The Impact of Activity-Based Working on Health, Productivity and Employee Engagement
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In this presentation Carrie MacDonald and Michelle Bremer look at the impact of activity-based working in relation to the business environment. Citing positive benefits in work-life, wellbeing and productivity, Carrie and Michelle look at the ways activity-based working works in practice and how office ergonomics has evolved to incorporate these practices. This presentation was delivered at The Sydney Ergonomics Forum at Sydney's The Mint museum on 31st January 2017.
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The Impact of Activity-Based Working on Health, Productivity and Employee Engagement
- 1. The Impact of Activity-Based Working on Work-Life, Wellbeing and Productivity Carrie MacDonald, NSW Rehabilitation Manager Michelle Bremer, Senior Rehabilitation Consultant and Australian Ironman Champion
- 3. “Almost 2 in 3 Australian adults are overweight or obese based on 2011 - 2012 ABS Health Survey” & “Overweight & obesity (high BMI) is the 2nd highest contributor to burden of disease, after dietary risks. Smoking is the third highest” Physical ABS Health Survey, 2011-2012
- 4. Psychological “One in five Australians aged 18 – 65 experience a mental illness in any year” Black Dog Institute 2012
- 5. Activity Based Working Ergonomics Education Employee Productivity Factors Attitude Employer Relations Health Technology Environment National Business Research Institute USA, 2017
- 9. Health & Well-Being Ergonomics Activity Based Working Health Productivity and Employee Engagement Attainment and Retention
- 10. Work Place Culture Work-Life Balance Focus Injury Management Approach Integrated Approach to Health & Well-Being
- 11. Ergonomics is all around us
- 12. 2011 Bike Position 2016 Bike Position - Seat height higher: allows more hip/glut extension- promoting use of cycling specific muscles/ saving running specific muscles; also allows more rotation at pelvis- reducing lumbar spine flexion - Larger frame size in 2016: allows body to assume a lower position and relax over frame, as opposed to holding self upright over smaller frame space and allows more control of the bike - Aerobar extension end changes: more support for upper body allowing neck/shoulders to relax
- 13. - Upper body stretched out: reaching forward with arms and pushing back with butt: lead to strain/ tension on back/neck/ shoulders - Sitting very upright; in a position where he is having to brace and hold himself on the bike. Very forward in seat: creating stress and overuse on the running muscles - Upper back very hunched/ rounded- long-term lead to upper and lower back injury as well as neck and shoulder tension from holding upper back in this position - In a position where she can relax her entire back/neck/ shoulders and create power from the primary cycling muscles
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Editor's Notes
- Organisations utilise 60-70% of space on average meaning 30-40% is vacant at one time. Introducing zoning/activity areas that are conducive to the task at hand Work on a both scales in terms of size; Successful large corporations mentioned previously (and which Procare have been involved with during their transition to such design) including Ernst and Young. Whilst on a smaller scale Goodman, Jones Lang LaSalle have rolled out ABW in areas of 5000 sqm ABW not just about the size of the space, it is focused also on the functions and focus of the organisation – does this lend itself to the nature of ABW? Does the company have the technology to support ABW – this refers back to the points I mentioned previously re productivity of workers. Human Behaviours - Workforce – baby boomers, Gen X Y Z, Millenials, peoples attitudes to change (change management)
- What it is all about – brief description of zones, areas First adopted in Australia by Macquarie Group in 2009 and since been adopted by large corporations including Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Ernst and Young. Ergonomists were originally hesitant to accept this approach to workplace set up given the use of multiple different spaces and how this could be controlled however, given time for ABW to demonstrate its worth with respect to the consensus that current workplace set up does not encourage movement and therefore not designed to optimize human well-being, it has been embraced into the ergonomists work…..if implemented in the correct manner.