Category: Press Releases

More Engaged, Resilient, and Purposeful: Kumanu Announces Results of Its Wellbeing 3.0 Impact Study

Kumanu, the purpose-centered wellbeing company, today announced the results of a year-long analysis of key wellbeing indicators among participants in its third-generation wellbeing platform. The study finds improvement in measures of employee retention intent and ability to manage emotions among platform users.

Purpose-inspired Behavior Change Meets Work-life Integration: Kumanu’s Spring Release of Wellbeing 3.0 Features is Here

Kumanu, the purpose-centered wellbeing company, today announced the launch of over a dozen new research-backed, cost-effective features, fortifying its flagship Wellbeing 3.0 platform for employers. Newly released capabilities enable employers to better elevate personal purpose as a source of intrinsic motivation, help individuals combat burnout and more easily adopt healthy mindsets and habits, and showcase company benefits and resources in fast-to-find ways. New designs incorporate the latest research on drivers of business-relevant outcomes, like retention intent, and social and mental wellbeing.

Industry Leader, Seth Serxner, Joins Kumanu as Senior Advisor

Seth Serxner joins Kumanu Senior Advisor

Serxner, former chief health officer of Optum and leader of Mercer’s Total Health Management practice joins Kumanu as senior advisor. “I’m excited to welcome Seth to our team of expert advisors. Not only has he been a colleague and peer over many years, Seth is also one of those deeply passionate and versatile people who understands both the challenge and importance of improving health through a focus on factors like purpose, resilience, and health equity,” said Dr. Vic Strecher, Kumanu’s founder and chief executive officer.

Kumanu Named Rising Star Finalist by Prestigious UCSF Digital Health Awards

“We are thrilled to be among the innovative Rising Stars recognized by UCSF Health Hub,” said Dr. Vic Strecher, Kumanu’s founder and chief executive officer. “It’s a testament to the years of research and development that underpin Kumanu’s solution, as well as the growing roster of client organizations who joined the purpose-centered wellbeing movement—knowing there is a better way than ‘pay for clicks’.”

Vic Strecher, PhD, Author of “Life on Purpose,” to Share Designs for “Wellbeing 3.0” at HERO Forum on September 22, 2022

Kumanu’s Founder and CEO, Dr. Vic Strecher, PhD, will be speaking at HERO Forum on September 22, 2022, in Amelia Island, Fla.

Strecher’s session, titled “Wellbeing 3.0: the Personal, Social, and Organizational Determinants of Health,” will help audience members conceptualize a new evidence-based framework that goes beyond the basics to address deeper root causes affecting workforce wellbeing today.

As Wellbeing Takes Center Stage in Workforce Strategy, Kumanu Launches Capabilities to Combat Burnout and Cultivate Purpose

Kumanu, the purpose-centered wellbeing company, today announced capabilities to help center workforce strategy on unaddressed factors driving engagement, retention, and better mental health.

The Business Group on Health’s 2023 Large Employer Survey reveals that most leaders now consider wellbeing integral to workforce strategy. Trending needs include Social Determinants of Health, mental health stigma, and rampant burnout.

Purpose-Centered Approach to Wellbeing Meets the Moment — Fuels Record Growth for Kumanu

Kumanu, a purpose-centered wellbeing company, today announced record performance in key areas of the business. With a diverse roster of new and returning customers, Kumanu is experiencing growth across multiple industry sectors and is positioned to carry the momentum forward into the next year despite potential macroeconomic headwinds.

Purposeful Experience Enhanced to Fill Growing Gaps in Employee Wellbeing

“The last 17 months accelerated ‘future of work’ talk in leadership meetings and boardrooms around the world. What we see now is a movement to re-center employee experiences on purpose, belonging, and authenticity — root causes of social and emotional wellbeing,” said Vic Strecher, Ph.D., founder and CEO of Kumanu, and a world-renowned expert in the science of purpose and behavior change at scale. “Turning left for wellness and right for behavioral health while ignoring a purposeful culture is a flawed model. Let’s pull things together, starting with employees’ why — the motivations they care about most — and build it into each workday.”

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Future of Work Fuels Kumanu’s Record Growth

“The silver lining in a very difficult 2020 is that a growing number of diverse employers discovered the powerful impact purpose and a people-centered approach to wellbeing can have on their people’s lives and on their ability to retain and bring out the best in their people,” Strecher said. Amid its rapid growth, Kumanu secured a round of Series A funding and launched key partnerships with ProMedica, the Harris Poll, and the South Carolina Hospital Association, among others. It expanded globally to service employees in major markets like the UK, Canada, Australia, the EU, and elsewhere.

Kumanu and ProMedica Co-launch Solution to Help Employers Identify and Address Employees’ Unmet Social and Economic Needs

Kumanu, a leading purpose-centered well-being technology firm, in partnership with ProMedica, a mission-based, not-for-profit integrated health and well-being organization, announced today the launch of a new employer-focused solution Resourceful. Powered by Kumanu’s PurposeCloud™ platform, Resourceful supports employers by addressing unrecognized Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) issues that can have a profound impact on employees’ quality of life and work.