Corporate Atrophy
Powerful Strategies to Increase Mental Productivity
Stressed, overwhelmed and in ‘email overload’, Today’s Workers struggle to keep up the fast pace of technology, while also experiencing high rates of burn-out termed Corporate Atrophy. When connected to virtual reality, office workers are not getting adequate physical stimulation required for optimal mental productivity. Isolated behind desks and cubicles, many workers are also experiencing the Triple Disconnect from self, others and nature. Depression and anxiety disorders are on the rise, with absenteeism and stress related time off at an all time high in North America. Adult home use of TV and videogames on average is 4.5 hours per day. Combine this with 8 hours per day computer time at the office, a two hour commute, and office workers have definite productivity problems! The human body was designed to move, which is essential for brain health, not sit for 14 hours plugged into a box! Corporate Atrophy offers organizations an alternative to burn out through self-awareness of their own body energy, and provides instruction regarding effective, playful, easy, movement strategies to enhance mental acuity and improve workplace productivity.
Seminar Goal – Corporate Atrophy raises awareness regarding the effects of increased technology use on human productivity, and offers workplace tools and techniques to optimize individual and work team productivity.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify three critical factors for human development, and list five techniques for optimizing personal workplace productivity.
- Analyze current research on technology’s impact on worker’s ability to produce, focus, sleep, physical health (obesity, diabetes, eating disorders), mental well being (depression, anxiety) socialize (aggression, conflict), addictions….
- Using provided Productivity Scale, determine baseline energy requirements, and baseline quality and quantity of work, then identify daily techniques to improve workplace productivity.
- Using the provided Zone-O-Meter, identify body energy zones and apply relevant Zone’in office, gym, desktop, conference room and lunch time tools and techniques to get Zone’in to Work.