Category: mental-health
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The workplace wasn’t designed for humans – and it shows
The workplace wasn’t designed for humans – and it shows Christine Ipsen, Technical University of Denmark and Maria Karanika-Murray, University of Leicester Input. Output. Targets met. Value created. Performance delivered. Strip work down to its essentials and for many people, this is what remains: a machine-like focus on producing, performing and optimising. The system keeps moving…
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What teenagers want adults to know about their digital lives
What teenagers want adults to know about their digital lives Leo Ziegel, Karolinska Institutet and Carl Fredrik Sjöland, Karolinska Institutet Teenagers all over the world use social media and messaging apps as part of their daily lives. This is accompanied by growing concerns about negative effects of social media on youth mental health – and ongoing…
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How Japan is healing from its overwork crisis through innovation
How Japan is healing from its overwork crisis through innovation Grace Chang Chief Executive Officer, Kintsugi This article is republished from The World Economic Forum under a Creative Commons license. In 1969, a 29-year-old man died of a stroke while working in the delivery department of Japan’s largest newspaper. As the tragic details of his…
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