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EMERGING PATTERNS TRENDS
Eight case studies of spaces, applications, initiatives, policies, products and services that reveal the importance of the correct workplace strategy and how great minds handle it.
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HEALTHIEST 100
The healthiest 100 workplaces in America.
The Healthiest 100 is an award organized by the Healthiest Employers. The goal is to identify and reward all companies and corporations in the US that invested into creating the healthiest workplaces. It started as a survey to understand what employers were doing for the wellbeing of their employees. Today it involves more than 6.000 companies and 60 million workers in the US.
The award is open to companies of all sizes from every industrial sector that conduct programs of corporate wellness and declare to have the workers’ wellbeing at the center of their corporate strategy. The crite- ria are: Leadership commitment, foundational components, strategic planning, communication & marketing, programming & interventions, reporting & analysis.
BAYER HEALTHCARE (Whippany)
From company’s values to company’s office strategy
The new Bayer Healthcare headquarters in Whippany have been de- signed with a holistic approach to the workers’ wellbeing based on the development of the brand values.
All spaces have been conceived to stimulate people to move.
More than 2.500 workstations in the company are height-adjustable and equipped with treadmills. The restaurants offer a wide range of healthy food, and doctors are available for check-ups and controls. The layout of the green areas around the building was developed around long walking paths, but the most interesting elements are the stair- cases: They are considered the key elements of wellbeing at the office. Along the staircases, there are cafeterias, meeting rooms and other ar- eas to ecourage people to walk from one floor to another, and not to use the elevators.
http://businessfacilities.com/2013/10/bayer- healthcare-opens-u-s-headquarters-whippany-nj/.
http://healthiest100.com/.