Discover more from The Future of Work Studio - Dr Libby Sander
I joined Channel 9 News this week to discuss a new survey that places Melbourne in the global top 10 for work-life balance. The uptake of hybrid work and the new right-to-disconnect laws are among the reasons for the results. The top three cities globally were Helsinki, Oslo, and Copenhagen.
New Episode of The Floorplan - A podcast about the future of work
If you have arrived at work feeling a bit worse for wear this morning, the latest episode of The Floorplan might help. In Episode 3 of Season 3, Matt Webber and I explore the real cost of hangovers and other workplace tales in a quick whip around of the organisational behaviour stories and issues making headlines.
Among them:
🎙️ The insane economics of boozing on a school night.
🎙️ Do workplace incentives do what they're meant to?
🎙️ Which jobs make us happiest?
🎙️ Do underperforming nice people have their own special value?
Listen here:
Workplace Research
A new study from the University of Sydney Medical School has found that standing desks don’t have the health benefits we think.
They have been billed as the ultimate antidote to sitting in front of a screen all day at the office. But a study suggests standing desks, which have soared in popularity in recent years, do not compensate for being inactive and may even increase the risk of conditions such as swollen veins and blood clots in the legs.
Research involving more than 80,000 adults in the UK has also discovered that standing does not reduce the risk of diseases such as stroke and heart failure, despite the widely held belief that it does.
The study, led by the University of Sydney, found that being on your feet for more than two hours a day may increase the risk of developing problems such as deep vein thrombosis and varicose veins. The findings were published in the International Journal of Epidemiology.
You can read more on the study here.
Does your city have good work-life balance? Do you love or hate standing desks? I’d love to hear your experiences.
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