Connecting Wellness and Wellbeing Frameworks to Help People Thrive Author: Reena U. Sheth, MBA The workplace is one of the places where personal wellness is either supported or constrained every single day. That is the premise connecting two frameworks now shaping the wellness conversation: World Wellness Weekend’s Five Pillars of Wellness, and the Global Wellness Institute Workplace Wellbeing Initiative’s (WWI) newly released Workplace Wellbeing Strategic…
Dave McCaughan, Storyteller @ BIBLIOSEXUAL, Vice-Chair Global Wellness Institute Ageing Well Initiative William (Bill) Hall, President, Ipsos Healthcare Japan Japan has a word for it:Â kodokushi. Literally translated as “lonely death”. It describes a person dying alone at home and remaining undiscovered for days, weeks, or in some cases years. This is not a new phenomenon. The term entered public consciousness in the 1980s. In 2025,…
Workplace Wellbeing Initiative Introduces a New Strategic Framework for Advancing Employee Wellbeing Developed by members of the Workplace Wellbeing Initiative Employers are dealing with a workforce under real strain. Burnout, disconnection, and rising mental health risks are cutting into performance, and the biggest opportunity for most organizations is treating wellbeing as an investment, not just a cost to contain. The number that matters more is…
September 15, 2026, 9AM-10AM ET | Hosted by GWI Aging Well Initiative Description: The wellness industry is investing heavily in younger consumers while one of the world’s largest, fastest-growing, and most economically powerful consumer groups remains dramatically underserved. Adults 60+ control a significant share of global consumer spending, yet they continue to be overlooked, misunderstood, and often misrepresented by brands across the wellness ecosystem.…
Psychological Health Is Health and Safety: A Human Sustainability Approach Author: Emily Pearson, Founder, CEO and Author It is a question that deserves far more attention than it gets: if employers have had a duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of employees for decades, why has work-related stress sat so far outside mainstream health and safety practice? It is not a small question,…
Becoming An Employer of Choice: How Wellbeing Creates Business Value September 9, 2026, 10AM-11AM EDT, 3PM-4PM BST | Hosted by GWI Workplace Wellbeing Initiative THIS WEBINAR HAS CONCLUDED Description: As organizations face mounting pressure to cut costs, workplace wellbeing efforts are often the first to go. Yet the most forward-thinking companies are taking the opposite approach: recognizing that supporting their people isn’t just good for…
