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We all have that manager we’ll never forget — for better or worse Our relationship with our manager has a bigger impact on our mental health and wellbeing than that of our therapists, and even as much as our partners But most managers get little or no training. They're accidental bosses promoted based on technical skill rather than their ability to lead people So we hit the streets of London and New York to hear your stories — the good ones, the bad ones, and everything in between

Gen AI is set to transform so much about the world of work — including our approach to employee mental health From scaling support to lightening the load on People teams, AI will be game-changing for businesses and life-changing for employees. In this webinar, we’ll unpack: 🌍 Emerging AI trends for scalable, personalized and data-driven care 🔐 Privacy and ethics in AI-led mental health ✨ Unmind’s Nova — an AI wellbeing coach for real-time support Save your spot: https://unmind.com/events

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Novaaaaa 🎂 our AI mental wellbeing coach celebrated it's first birthday yesterday 🎉 Nova's pretty accomplished for a one-year-old. Here's just a few of the things it's achieved in the first year: ✨ Had over 20,000 conversations ✨ Learned to speak 60+ languages to support people all over the world ✨ Encouraged people to prioritize their mental health and use the resources on offer to them (we've seen that people who use Nova engage 176% more with the rest of Unmind than people who don't) ✨ Kept people coming back, with a 63% monthly user retention rate (that's 3x the industry standard 😱) Check out our blog for more about the brilliant Nova: https://lnkd.in/edCS-g9V

Well, research is finally proving what behavioral scientists have guessed for forever: mental health apps alone don’t make a dent in employee well-being.  (Check out the recent paper by William Fleming and the recent write up in Harvard Business Review by Jazz Croft  & others- link in comments!) It turns out that without changes in the workplace itself, burnout and stress will keep climbing no matter how many apps you offer. It’s just like how even after we’ve spent decades putting money towards the obesity epidemic, it’s still an epidemic. Because technology availability alone isn’t enough to create real behavior change that leads to addressing these issues. For years, I taught Worksite Wellness where I would assign 2-3 students to real-world workplaces to run behavior change programs involving physical activity or nutrition. We’d talk about how to engage the organization to make its own changes while trying to engage employees. And year after year, it was the worksites that actually got involved and made organizational-level changes that saw the best results. Nothing’s changed between then and now. Companies want to purchase or invent a magic cure-all app (and I’d love that, too!) but it doesn’t exist. Like most things in life, the apps work when you work them. Companies building the apps should be building a team to help with implementation, engagement, and behavioral change on a business level, too. (And maybe future research should check if combining individual-level interventions and workplace change works best… or, you know, just improving working conditions.) #science #fractionalCSO #wellnessapps

Meet Rachel Plaistowe – working mother, former lawyer and recovering perfectionist – and Global Head of Wellbeing at Standard Chartered Bank. In our Wellbeing Strategy Masterclass, Rachel takes you behind the scenes and shares her approach to employee mental health and wellbeing for Standard Chartered's 80,000 colleagues across 52 markets. And trust us, this isn't your typical "here's-a-free-yoga-class" approach. She's on a mission to shake up how we think about mental wellbeing at work and create change across the whole organization. Take the course to discover: 👉 Her three-level framework 👉 Why it's about more than just reactive benefits (spoiler: it's about prevention too) 👉 How she's reframing wellbeing as an enabler of sustainable high performance 👉 Her three top tips for anyone in a similar role 🔗 Course link in the comments

We’re excited – like really excited – to announce a new partnership with Reward Gateway | Edenred, a global leader in employee experience 📣 Together, we’re making mental health support easier to access for millions worldwide. Through our partnership, Reward Gateway | Edenred’s 4,500 clients can now offer our mental health and wellbeing support to their 8 million employees. That means access to: 🌏 a global network of therapists 🤖 our AI-driven mental health coach Nova 🧘♀️ over 700 hours of self-guided, psychologist-backed content ❗ and crisis care for those in need. This is more than just a collaboration. It’s a commitment to a future where mental health matters in every workplace 🤝

Say hello to Nova 👋 your AI-powered mental wellbeing coach Need support to manage stress? Or help preparing for a tough conversation at work? Nova's here to help. Nova combines the power of AI with our clinical expertise to provide instant, evidence-based support. Want to try it out? Let us know in the comments

85% of large US employers have wellness programmes, but the mental health needs they're meant to address continue to rise. What's not working? Acacia Parks PhD, MBA, our Interim Head of Science and Jazz Croft, PhD, our Senior Science Liaison, answer this question in Harvard Business Review 💡 The crux of the issue is that most employers focus too heavily on individual support - things like mindfulness apps or stress management training. These things can be great. But they ignore the broader systemic issues that impact our mental health. A mindfulness app does nothing if people are too overworked to use it. Check out the article for the problems with workplace wellness and how to solve them 👇 And if you're keen to foster a more holistic approach to mental wellbeing in your workplace, search 'Unmind Masterclass' for our free, online course 🎓

Today we've released our brand new report: The State of Wellbeing in Law 🗞 Download the report at the link in comments, or pick up your copy at the Mad World Summit in London today Make A Difference Summits Huge thanks to the authoring team James Keshavarz, Clare Bowerman, Dr Liza Jachens, Jazz Croft, PhD and Eoin Travers

PSA: A mental health app will do nothing if people are too overworked to use it Here's a sneak peek at lesson five of our Wellbeing Strategy Masterclass: Creating the Right Culture with Acacia Parks PhD, MBA Good employee wellbeing is almost impossible if the culture is toxic. We need to move beyond individual support if we want to make a real difference to mental health at work. In this lesson, we discover how organizational policies and practises impact mental health and wellbeing, and what you can do to influence them. 🔗 Want to check out the course? You know where the link is 👇