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Watch — PurposeCast: Purpose and Values

Our values shape our purpose, and the start of the year is a perfect time to reflect on what we value and why.

Watch the recording to hear neuroscientist Dr. Emily Falk and Dr. Vic Strecher discuss the way we adopt our values and how purpose and values help us live for what matters most.

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Watch — PurposeCast: The Gifts of Compassion

Sometimes it can be challenging to show compassion to ourselves and others. Psychologist and neuroscientist Dr. Olga Klimecki will help you understand some of the barriers to compassion and ways you can strengthen this important relational aspect of kindness and care.

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The Benefits of Gratitude and Compassion

Thanksgiving is a time to reflect and express gratitude for our blessings and to share our love and kindness with others. However, it can also be a challenging time when we are aware of the wars and conflicts that are happening around the world — and the death and suffering that they cause. How can we perhaps shift our perspective and approach this season with a compassionate and hopeful heart? How can we use gratitude and compassion to lead a more purposeful life?

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Blog and Insights, Chief Innovation Officer - Eric Zimmerman, MPH, MBA

Rethink or Reboot? Five Things We Heard You Say About Workforce Wellbeing

We recently completed a deep dive interview project with HR and Benefits leaders representing a diverse array of industries – consumer goods, insurance, manufacturing, high tech, healthcare, consulting, financial services, engineering, energy, and food services. We wanted to know if they were indeed rethinking wellbeing. We asked about business drivers in play now, and challenged them to grade their current wellbeing programs and platforms. We asked what “better” would look like, and tested new ideas for resonance.

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Making an Impact – Leadership on Purpose

Having a purpose in life can make you a better leader in many ways. Our research with organizations shows that many common leadership attributes are enhanced in those who are guided by a strong connection to their purpose in life. By aligning your actions with your values and vision, you gain a clear direction and intention in life that guides your decisions and behaviors. You can better communicate your vision and values to others, inspire them to follow you, and motivate yourself and others to achieve your goals.

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Vic Blog and Insights

A Vitamin or an Aspirin?

What does taking care of one’s health really mean? Are Purposeful users looking for a “vitamin,” something that makes you even better than you currently are? Or, are they in need of an “aspirin,” that is, trying to fix something that’s gone wrong? We ask this question amongst ourselves at Kumanu: are we building an application that fixes people’s problems or one that helps people become even better? Can you do both?

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Some Thoughts on Engagement

Engagement is a very complex issue. It’s an issue I’ve personally studied for decades and come around to the conclusion that a single percentage describing engagement is almost always an oversimplification of reality. The real proof in the pudding is not how frequently a person “touches” an application, which can easily be manipulated by financial incentives. It’s whether people change their lives for the better, and we know that even this measure has different meanings for different people.

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Blog and Insights, Chief Innovation Officer - Eric Zimmerman, MPH, MBA

Are We Getting Engagement and Behavior Change Right? Part 2

Let’s go from theory to practice. Which of the following statements are true?

1. Participation incentives produce health behavior change
2. Incentives tied to biometric outcomes lead to improved outcomes
3. When it comes to engagement with apps or web portals, the more the better.

Which sounds right to you. All three? None of the above? Read on for the answer.

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Blog and Insights, Chief Innovation Officer - Eric Zimmerman, MPH, MBA

Are We Getting Engagement and Behavior Change Right?

Let’s start with this question: what is engagement, anyway, and why do we care so much about it? Is engagement what happens on the wellness portal, or is it what happens in my daily life and work? Am I gaining confidence, skills, and inspiration, or am I clicking for points? If I engage with wellbeing apps or resources for just a while, or once in a while, BUT I build new mindsets and habits, and stronger purpose and connection lasting a lifetime, is that a success, or a failure?

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What is a Family?

In our January 2023 Kumanu-Harris Purpose Poll, we found that LGBTQ+ individuals feel less socially connected compared to heterosexuals. This is after statistically adjusting for age. We also find, as many others have, that lack of connectedness is associated with anxiety, burnout, and depression. Along with greater social isolation, LGBTQ+ individuals, again after adjusting for age, report lower levels of emotional self-regulation, life purpose, and hope for the future.

Are there ways we can build these characteristics?

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Belonging & Purpose

Pride Month is a time to celebrate the diversity and contributions of the LGBTQ+ community. It is also a time to reflect on how each one of us can create a more welcoming and supportive environment for others.

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