Okaya Wellbeing

By Okaya

Health

What's Okaya Wellbeing about?

We're a startup whose goal is to help people manage their energy levels and avoid burnout.

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Okaya Wellbeing episodes:

09.24.2023
The Performance Edge: Integrating Mental Health Strategies in Esports Management
In the electrifying universe of esports, a stark reality is coming to light. The arena is not just about outsmarting opponents in virtual worlds; it’s also a mental battleground where the stakes are as high as they can get. And...
08.30.2022
Industrial Safety in the Air and elsewhere
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05.03.2022
The Mental Health of athletes is not properly supported
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03.13.2022
Anomaly Detection for Non-Normal Data
Unsupervised, Multivariate Statistical Anomaly Detection for Data with Complex Distributions The post Anomaly Detection for Non-Normal Data appeared first on .
03.13.2022
You can’t always believe your eyes: where AI falls flat
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08.11.2021
The Economic Cost of Mental Illness on Corporate Operations in the UK, USA, and Canada
In a 2008 editorial in The American Journal of Psychiatry, Thomas R. Insel M.D. estimated that, “serious mental illness is associated with an annual loss of earnings totaling $193.2 billion” within the US economy. His analysis is not an anomaly....
08.04.2021
API Technology: the Future of Reducing Mental Health Stigmatization
We say that we live in a better world than we did yesterday, but is that true? A few weeks ago, one of the most prominent tennis players in the world was fined and threatened with disqualification when she refused...
04.20.2021
How to rethink mental health assessments?
Mental health disorders are an issue for more than nine hundred million people worldwide. The impact on this group is tremendous but the impact on the Health Industry that is trying to serve them is overwhelming. That’s because the Health...
03.24.2021
New Skin Patch: the Future of Health Monitors?
Health monitors take various shapes and forms in our daily lives. Devices such as Apple watches, FitBits, and other health applications/accessories have become very popular for tracking heart rate, steps, and other health concerns. However, a new invention could revolutionize...
01.28.2021
Medical Devices & Apple Technology: a Dangerous Combination
A newly issued support document from Apple warns against keeping the iPhone 12 and any MagSafe devices too close to pacemakers, defibrillators, and other medical implants or technology that might be affected by magnets and radios. Apple has advised to...
01.05.2021
Encouraging Your Athletes: Pillars Of Success
The New York Times reports that the total amount of children engaging in team sports has decreased by over 10% in the past decade. In addition, 80% of youth athletes end up quitting sports by the age of 15. What...
06.05.2020
Can tech help us stay healthy? An update on computer vision and analysis.
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05.19.2020
Using Geo-data to map your team’s wellbeing
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03.22.2020
Tips for pros wanting to use Video or Web Conferencing
This current epidemic presents all of us with novel challenges. Even though people direly need your services, more and more the physical connection is lost. It means that it will be difficult to accurately assess those who are in need...
03.18.2020
How to survive home schooling during Covid19
A friend of mine just asked me for some ideas since I homeschooled my kid for a while and we both lived to tell. That’s just coming from my n=1 experience. Remember that I am not an expert
12.24.2019
How Does Founder Burnout Impact A Start-Up Growth?
How Does Founder Burnout Impact A Start-Up Growth? Are you an extremely determined person who’s set on focusing on your start-up’s growth? There are high chances that at a certain point, you’ll face the founder’s burnout. Founder burnout happens when...
12.23.2019
How does medical-school burnout impact Universities’ operations?
Before diving into the impacts of students’ burnout on the university at large, let’s quickly define what we refer to when talking about student burnout. It is essentially the state where the student is grasped with unprecedented distress that eventually...
12.19.2019
L’école pleinement : La prévention du stress dès le plus jeune âge
Des semaines bien chargées Les enfants et adolescents sont aujourd’hui soumis à plus de pression sociale et scolaire que jamais. Une étude menée par l’UNICEF en 2013 auprès de 22 500 jeunes en France note que 17% des enfants sont...
10.10.2019
Book review: Shoe Dog A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
How does a brand rise to the top and become iconic? Phil Knight’s memoir of how he took Nike from an idea all the way to being one of the most known brands in the world is an incredible read....
09.22.2019
Book review: Stress Less, Accomplish More
In this podcast, we take a look at Emily Fletcher’s book (as well as website) Stress Less, Accomplish More: Meditation for Extraordinary Performance This book offers many interesting perspective on why we need to change our view and approach to...
09.12.2019
Book Review: Homeless to Billionaire: The 18 Principles of Wealth Attraction
This week I review: Homeless to Billionaire: The 18 Principles of Wealth Attraction from Andres Pirla. This is a great book, based on deeply rooted examples of how the author managed to get himself out of living homeless to becoming...
09.05.2019
Book Review: Who Moved My Cheese? and I Moved Your Cheese
In today’s book review we look at not just one, but two great reads that complement each other. Each book takes under and hour to read. You can find these books at your friendly local library or directly at Amazon: The...
09.01.2019
Challenges of Running a Student Club at a University
If you are a college student and passionate about a certain hobby, sport, or activity, the University usually allows you to create a Student Organization. As a student there are many hoops that you need to jump through, and need...
07.15.2019
Wondering how a computer understands your facial features?
Barely a day goes by without a blog, article, or tv segment about the rise of computer vision. And let’s be honest, most of the time these pieces of content are focusing on the potential pitfalls of the technology. How...
06.19.2019
Algorithms are biased because we are. Are we willing to change?
Here is a link to my presentation during the Intel’s Global IoT DevFest IV 2019. Algorithms are biased because we are. Are we willing to change? from Gregory Menvielle The post Algorithms are biased because we are. Are we willing to...
05.31.2019
Is wellbeing the new selection factor for choosing a company?
Well-being, the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy. Since the beginning of the week, the World Health Organization has recognized burnout as a disease. This state of being, which previously was commonly used without real definition, is today qualified...
05.10.2019
Time is the only thing you can never get back
Fear not, I am not going to write about Endgame and spoil the movie for the 3 people on earth who have not seen it yet! Rather let’s focus on why understanding how we manage our time can make a...
04.23.2019
Entrepreneurship lessons from Free-Solo
I was going to blog about the importance of scheduling everything in your calendar. But you know what, it will wait for another week because I’d rather talk about Free-Solo. Yes, Free Solo. The movie that just won an Oscar...
04.09.2019
A story about AI, Clouds and Edges
Artificial Intelligence is (becoming) omnipresent in our everyday lives. Object recognition in images, natural language processing, speech recognition…AI is in our pockets, homes and vehicles. It feels like having super-powers! (AI super-powers) Let’s take a very basic example: I...
03.29.2019
Where do you draw the line in the services you offer on your marketplace?
When building a marketplace you, obviously, need buyers and sellers. That’s a given. However, you quickly run into a question of whom these buyers and sellers should be. Let’s take AirBnB. They need people who are looking for a place...
03.21.2019
How minimal sleep affects Humans and how we can Change
“Sleep is the Golden chain that binds health and our bodies together”- Thomas Dekker Humans always take sleep for granted. There are so many different activities to get done throughout the week, that humans often neglect their sleep. We...
03.15.2019
Could fatigue be just a fad ?
A problem without a solution is a poorly stated problem.. – Albert Einstein We often complain of being tired but do not take the initiative to feel better. What would happen if we traded in some of our bad habits...
03.08.2019
The new generation of Wellbeing Pros
Who are these new actors of wellbeing? Today I’m not going to talk to you about new wellbeing businesses (which could be part of another blog post), but of a new generation of professionals who are turning their lives around...
03.04.2019
Which foods can boost your day when you’re tired ?
Let’s start the year with new foods habits. Ones that help us eat and be more energetic all day long. Healthy foods are the cornerstone to your hygiene and overall ... The post Which foods can boost your day when you’re...
02.23.2019
How does computer vision know if you are happy
Most of the time, our emotions and feelings change spontaneously. When they do, they are accompanied by specific expressions on our face. Facial expressions play a key role in non-verbal ... The post How does computer vision know if you are...
02.21.2019
What it’s like to have a distributed team
People are often surprised when they find out that the Okaya team is extremely distributed. On any given week we have people in Boulder, Nantes, Paris, Grenoble, Bucharest…and anywhere in ... The post What it’s like to have a distributed team...
02.01.2019
Finding the right sleep tracking device
No matter what your wellbeing goals are, there is one element we must have under control: sleep. Monitoring sleep is definitely a good idea if you want to perform well and ... The post Finding the right sleep tracking device appeared first...
01.30.2019
Okaya’s First Retreat
Welcome to the 21st century’s way of working: The entire Okaya team is remote. While we love the flexibility of being able to work from any place, we also recognize the ... The post Okaya’s First Retreat appeared first on .

What's Okaya Wellbeing about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Okaya Wellbeing episodes:

The Performance Edge: Integrating Mental Health Strategies in Esports Management

Industrial Safety in the Air and elsewhere

The Mental Health of athletes is not properly supported

Anomaly Detection for Non-Normal Data

You can’t always believe your eyes: where AI falls flat

The Economic Cost of Mental Illness on Corporate Operations in the UK, USA, and Canada

API Technology: the Future of Reducing Mental Health Stigmatization

How to rethink mental health assessments?

New Skin Patch: the Future of Health Monitors?

Medical Devices & Apple Technology: a Dangerous Combination

Encouraging Your Athletes: Pillars Of Success

Can tech help us stay healthy? An update on computer vision and analysis.

Using Geo-data to map your team’s wellbeing

Tips for pros wanting to use Video or Web Conferencing

How to survive home schooling during Covid19

How Does Founder Burnout Impact A Start-Up Growth?

How does medical-school burnout impact Universities’ operations?

L’école pleinement : La prévention du stress dès le plus jeune âge

Book review: Shoe Dog A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Book review: Stress Less, Accomplish More

Book Review: Homeless to Billionaire: The 18 Principles of Wealth Attraction

Book Review: Who Moved My Cheese? and I Moved Your Cheese

Challenges of Running a Student Club at a University

Wondering how a computer understands your facial features?

Algorithms are biased because we are. Are we willing to change?

Is wellbeing the new selection factor for choosing a company?

Time is the only thing you can never get back

Entrepreneurship lessons from Free-Solo

A story about AI, Clouds and Edges

Where do you draw the line in the services you offer on your marketplace?

How minimal sleep affects Humans and how we can Change

Could fatigue be just a fad ?

The new generation of Wellbeing Pros

Which foods can boost your day when you’re tired ?

How does computer vision know if you are happy

What it’s like to have a distributed team

Finding the right sleep tracking device

Okaya’s First Retreat