Digital Wellness Initiative 2022 Trends TREND 1: This Year Social Media Users Want Real Life Connection It’s no secret that the lives we see documented on social media are not really the lives that people are living. More often than not, whether it is a picture posted on Instagram, or a status update on Facebook, all we are seeing is a snapshot of a person’s…
Supporting UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) Initiative 2022 Trends Trend 1: Business is stepping up its action for supporting SDGs The private sector has advanced greatly over the last five years in aligning sustainability strategies and reporting with the SDGs, studies show the gap between ambition and action is getting smaller as awareness of SDGs increases, suggesting that business is realizing its potential to…
Social Impact Initiative 2022 Trends TREND 1: Change for Good A shift from performative “social washing” to taking action to help achieve the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. TREND 2: Nothing About Us Without Us Including people with lived experience of social problems in developing solutions to these problems. TREND 3: Stories are as Important as Numbers Increased use of qualitative data in the…
Sleep Initiative 2022 Trends TREND 1: Hotels increasingly prioritize sleep for travelers Awareness about the importance of sleep has only grown in recent years, and more hotels are stepping up their efforts to help guests truly rest and recharge during their stay. Better sleep in hotels can not only lead to happier, healthier, and more productive guests but also serve as a means of positively…
Respiratory Wellness Initiative 2022 Trends TREND 1: Respiratory Conditions on the Rise Major indicators predict a significant increase in respiratory conditions throughout the world due to new and evolving airborne pathogens along with the impact that climate change is having on the environment such as extended seasonal allergies, shifting conditions of wildfires, and black carbon and methane—which all affect the quality of the air we…
Psychedelics & Healing Initiative 2022 Trends TREND 1: Peaceful Psychedelic Civil Disobedience Psychedelic peaceful civil disobedience arrived in the Nation’s Capital when a sit-in was held May 9, 2022 at the doorstep of the Drug Enforcement Agency to protest the agency’s block of psilocybin (known in its fungal form as “magic mushrooms”) for the terminally ill, despite the federal “right to try” law passed with…
