{"id":659967,"date":"2025-04-01T21:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T18:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/wellbeing-tech-is-the-new-battleground-for-top-talent\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T21:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T18:05:12","slug":"wellbeing-tech-is-the-new-battleground-for-top-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wellbeing-tech-is-the-new-battleground-for-top-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellbeing tech is the new battleground for top talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35d253b6e2f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35d253b6e2f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wellbeing-tech-is-the-new-battleground-for-top-talent\/#Employers_as_catalysts_for_wellbeing\" >Employers as catalysts for wellbeing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wellbeing-tech-is-the-new-battleground-for-top-talent\/#The_next_generation\" >The next generation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wellbeing-tech-is-the-new-battleground-for-top-talent\/#The_future_of_wellbeing_in_the_workplace\" >The future of wellbeing in the workplace<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2025%2F04%2FUntitled-design.jpg&amp;signature=d49e215e6ca217dacf6f3ab28bdfd04b\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gone are the days when a bean bag and free kombucha made your office cool. Today\u2019s top tech talent wants something far more valuable: their health. That\u2019s the view of Lucien Engelen, a renowned healthcare innovation expert, who believes workplace wellbeing is about to spark a seismic shift. This transition will not only transform employment perks, but also create a new tech market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engelen\u2019s vision draws on deep experience.\u00a0Across three decades in healthcare, his work has spanned acute care, ambulance services, and dispatch centres. As the founding director of the REshape Center of the Radboud University Medical Center, he spent eight years developing and implementing healthcare technologies, grabbing headlines for efforts to <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2013\/08\/16\/lucien-engelen-patients-not-included\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">integrate patients<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in their own care and improve service provision <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2012\/mar\/04\/bright-idea-engelen-healthcare-network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with social media<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, he focuses on running Transform.Health, which assists organisations such as Vodafone, Erasmus University Medical Center, Deloitte, and Sanofi in their healthcare strategies. He also delivers 100 keynotes a year across the globe about the subject. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These roles revealed a fundamental flaw in conventional treatment. \u201cWe\u2019ve built a sick care system, not a healthcare system,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper channel-cta\">\n<div class=\"ica-text\">\n<p class=\"ica-text__title\">Hugging Face, ASML, OpenAI, Monzo &amp; Datasnipper<\/p>\n<p>Check out the NEW speakers for TNW Conference 2025 on June 19 &amp; 20.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engelen compares the problem to bad plumbing.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe wait until water gushes out of the wall before fixing the leak, instead of turning off the tap.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Engelen, the fix is obvious. We need to shift the focus from treating illnesses to preventing them. And employers have a crucial role to play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/41IbD3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TNW Conference<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on June 19, Engelen will share his vision in full during a talk titled \u201cCODE RED: Why the Future of Work is the Future of Health.\u201d Ahead of the event, he shared a glimpse of what to expect.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Employers_as_catalysts_for_wellbeing\"><\/span>Employers as catalysts for wellbeing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The business case for staff wellbeing is obvious: healthier employees deliver higher performance. Illness, stress, and long waits for medical care drain their productivity and availability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf it takes eight weeks to get a consultation, that\u2019s eight weeks of lower productivity,\u201d Engelen notes. \u201cAnd if they leave due to poor health, replacing them can cost about \u20ac40,000 in rehiring and training someone to reach the same level.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To stay ahead, forward-thinking employers are getting proactive. Instead of waiting for health problems to arise, they\u2019re offering services that can prevent them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a> is rapidly expanding the possibilities. From digital wellbeing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>s and fitness trackers to online therapy, these perks are becoming a competitive advantage in attracting elite workers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Engelen says, \u201cWe\u2019re all fishing in the same bucket of talent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To attract that talent, he urges<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> employers to apply a broader concept of wellbeing. \u201cIt\u2019s not only about your physical health. There\u2019s\u00a0also your mental health, and even your <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> health and financial health.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gradually, this holistic model is shaping modern <span style=\"color: #000000;\">workplaces.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_next_generation\"><\/span>The next generation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For employers, mental health services have become a growing focus \u2014 and with good reason. Deloitte research found that UK organisations investing in mental health support see an average return of <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deloitte.com\/uk\/en\/services\/consulting\/analysis\/mental-health-and-employers-the-case-for-investment.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">five to one<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The benefits could be especially impactful for younger workers. A <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwc.co.uk\/services\/economics\/insights\/economic-inactivity-report.html#:~:text=One%2Din%2Dten%20workers%20is,work%20for%20an%20extended%20period.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recent study<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by PwC found that almost four in 10 Gen Z employees in the UK have seriously considered leaving their jobs in the last year, with mental health \u201ca major driver.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital services offer promising solutions. Yet they also introduce new challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe same Gen Z that is willing to step down due to mental health concerns also thinks privacy is very important \u2014 for the right reasons,\u201d Engelen says. \u201cThe challenge now for companies is offering solutions without sacrificing their privacy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engelen sees employers addressing this by offering third-party services that staff can use confidentially, away from the prying eyes of bosses or colleagues. For instance, they\u2019re providing anonymised access to online mental health services and fitness apps connected to gyms outside the company \u2014 with no data flowing back to the business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This growing focus on employee wellbeing also has powerful potential for tech firms. Engelen envisions a new market emerging for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019ll see an increase in Big Tech closing big contracts with big corporates,\u201d he says.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe will also see Big Tech acquiring more startups in this sector than ever before, because they can not only get this technology scaled, but also access a market that is willing to pay for it. Now that employers see the real financial benefit of this, it is going to create a new revenue stream.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For tech companies, this is a lucrative opportunity. The same is true for employers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_future_of_wellbeing_in_the_workplace\"><\/span>The future of wellbeing in the workplace<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The benefits of healthy workplaces are well-established. Researchers have found that the ROI on employee wellness programs <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uf4cd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/HarvardBusinessReview-Hard-Return-on-Wellness.pdf?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can be<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> six to one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEmployers are realising that investing in prevention is far cheaper than paying for treatment or replacing talent \u2014 and can also attract talent,\u201d Engelen explains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accessibility to digital wellbeing is also set to increase. Integration layers are connecting more and more healthcare apps, creating new approaches to medical care. The EU, meanwhile, recently ratified the European Health Data Space regulation, which will enforce mandatory access to medical records on users\u2019 smartphones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the technology progresses and enters the workplace, the ripple effects could improve lives and productivity, while alleviating pressure on overburdened health systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By embracing wellbeing tech, Engelen believes employers can accelerate a shift from reactive healthcare to proactive prevention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe technology is already there,\u201d he says. \u201cWhat\u2019s changing is how we\u2019re using it. Employers have realised that investing in health and wellbeing is not just good for their people \u2014 it\u2019s good for business.\u201d<\/span><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Lucien Engelen will be among the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4bV9Wo3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">standout speakers<\/a> at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/41IbD3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TNW Conference<\/a>, which takes place on June 19-20 in Amsterdam. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tickets\u00a0for the event are <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4hueZwX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">now on sale<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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