Wellness expert and renowned author of "The Healthy Workplace Nudge" Rex Miller is on a mission: to sound the alarm and raise awareness about the unsustainable cost of ignoring issues around employee wellness. In this episode, Rex and Lorri talk about why chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, addiction and other lifestyle-related illnesses are on track to create a major financial crisis in America, why wellness programs shouldn't be treated like a budget line item, and how to nudge healthier behaviours in employees. This is a must listen for anyone concerned about profitibility or fostering a healthier work environment.

Lorri was recently asked to participate at Hacking HR, an online event pioneered by future of work, design thinking and HR expert Enrique Rubio. The panel discussion Lorri was asked to participate in was entitled "Thinking and Doing Innovation."  Due to technical difficulty, Lorri was unable to join the event, so this podcast is her opportunity for a "do-over." Lorri takes this opportunity to answer questions given to the panelists prior to the event, and shows us how facilities are intricately connected to HR, employee experience and workplace culture.

Mim Senft prefers the phrase "employee well-being" over "employee wellness." Why? Well-being implies more than just physical health, reflecting a more well-rounded approach to an individual's overall wellness. In this episode, Mim and Lorri talk about how wellness programs are (slowly) changing for the better, the new benchmarks for well employees and healthy spaces, and why companies need to contribute to the better health of their greatest investment - their employees.

There's a huge shift in mindset about employee experience happening in the world work right now. In this episode, Lorri Rowlandson talks about using technology to improve employee experience, the war for talent, and how to enable employee productivity.

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Visit Lorri's website: www.lorrirowlandson.com

Harry French is the Program Manager of ClimateWise, a green economy network hub based out of Ontario, Canada that helps businesses and organizations set and achieve sustainability goals. In this episode, Harry shares how he managed a career shift from tourism to coaching executives on how to facilitate dialogue, and ultimately to developing and sharing his passion for sustainable energy. Lorri discusses with Harry why it can be so difficult for smaller businesses to adopt sustainable practices, and why it's so important to be willing to ask the vulnerable questions.

This episode has been adapted from a pre-recorded video for Leading Innovation at Work, an online community of resources for education and discussion about the future of business. For more information please visit www.leadinginnovationatwork.com.

Follow Harry French on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-french-423bb59/

Visit ClimateWise Business Network online at http://windfallcentre.ca/climatewise/

Architect and Building Information Management (BIM) specialist Ceilidh Higgins is a Senior Design Associate at Custance, a boutique architecture firm in Sydney, Australia. In this episode, Ceilidh shares her presentation on the impact of robots, computers and automation on design, property and the workplace.

This episode has been adapted from Ceilidh Higgins' presentation at Leading Innovation at Work's event,"Women of CRE & Proptech," a virtual conference held in November 2019. For more information on Leading Innovation at Work Events, visit www.leadinginnovationatwork.com.

Follow Ceilidh Higgins on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceilidhhiggins/

Read Ceilidh's blog, "The Midnight Lunch" here: http://themidnightlunch.com/

This episode is a reboot of Lorri's highly popular 8 Tips for Better Public Speaking course, originally offered in 2018. If you dread public speaking, this is definitely the episode for you! Lorri shares how she pushed herself to improve her public speaking skills, how it impacted her career, and shares her best advice for being a better speaker.

Visit Lorri Rowlandson online at www.lorrirowlandson.com 

When Jamie Orr became weary of her life in Silicone Valley, she and her family picked up and moved to Tahoe. Jamie opened a co-working space on the mountain (the world's first ski-in co-working facility!), but she didn't stop there. In this episode, hear Lorri and Jamie talk about how running a co-working company snowballed into developing Jellyswitch, an app for managing co-working spaces. 

Visit Co-Work Tahoe online at https://coworktahoe.com/

Learning more about the Jellyswitch app at https://www.jellyswitch.com/

Follow Jamie Orr on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamieforr/

Deb Noller, CEO of proptech company Switch Automation, believes the real estate industry is going through a digital transformation (and is struggling to keep up). Lorri and Deb talk about the struggles of connecting siloed data, the opportunities available for facilitating digital transformation, data privacy, and why change in real estate needs to come from the top down.

Visit Switch Automation online at https://www.switchautomation.com/

Follow Deb Noller on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debnoller/

In this episode of Leading Innovation at Work, Lorri talks to architect Gabrielle Redding about her research on deploying design as a method to create safe public spaces. Gabrielle's reasearch with the Harvard School of Design shows that design choices in places like public squares, subways, train stations and other places where people congregate can play a role in preventing sexual assault, harrassment and crime.

Follow Gabrielle Redding on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reddingg/