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In part one you calculated your rough people-cost baseline, in part 2 we put those numbers into context against UK benchmarks, now in today's episode we learn the language your business is speaking - the language of loss.

- Why these metrics matter

- The eleven core metrics

- How the metrics interconnect

- Homework

Once you understand the language you are ready to move onto definitions and then diagnosis.

#workplacewellness #auditing #workplacemetrics #languageofloss

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Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

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Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

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CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) doesn't need to end your career, but silence, pride and ignorance will.

Illness is manageable, but putting your head in the sand and refusing to ask for help or help yourself is the real disease.

Over the course of this episode, we will discuss - 

* Your legal rights.

* Practical tools and strategies

* CKD-friendly careers

* The Mental game

Kidney Care UK Employee rights - https://kidneycareuk.org/get-support/free-resources/patient-information-booklets/employment-rights/ 

Kidney Care UK contact number - 0808 801 00 00

Access to work - Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: Apply for an Access to Work grant - GOV.UK

Support the show

Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

Join our Newsletter The RED Edge for more here 

Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

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The use of AI has become a hot topic, is it a benefit or a danger?

As a neurodivergent, I use AI daily but understand both the risks and rewards of the technology.

In this episode of Behind the Edge, I talk about my experience with AI, the benefits, but also the darkside and risks of unregulated prolonged use.

Includes the impact on isolation, autism, psychosis, and businesses.

#aiandautism #AI #psychosis #AIimpact #airisks

Recovering from AI Addiction – Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous

Support the show

Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

Join our Newsletter The RED Edge for more here 

Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

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Over 8.5 million people in the UK live with Chronic Kidney Disease - that's more than 1 in 8 of us, with the majority of working age, and many still un-diagnosed.

Most workplaces treat it as a "personal health issue£ until fatigue, dialysis, or complications quietly destroy productivity, retention, and the bottom line.

In this episode of Illness is not a burden, we cut through the denial to look into CKD in the Workplace:

- What CKD actually is and why it's accelerating fast.

- How it hammers individuals with crushing fatigue, presenteeism rates up to 50.8% in the UK, absenteeism, and long-term earnings losses of £14,700.

- The brutal cost to UK employers: millions in lost productivity annually, heading to a predicted billions by 2033.

- The mistakes employers make and fears that trap employees.

Illness is not a burden - ignoring it is.

Whether you are a leader watching talent drain away, or an employee pushing through exhaustion, this episode gives you the unfiltered truth and first steps to turn a silent killer into the competitive edge.

Links: 

Kidney Research UK report - Kidney disease: A UK public health emergency - Kidney Research UK

Kidney Care UK employer guide - An employer's guide to chronic kidney disease | Kidney Care UK

Equality Act Factsheet - worksheet30-equality_act_2010_factsheet.pdf

#CKD #Chronickidneydisease #workplacewellbeing #ukbusiness #illnessisnotaburden 

Support the show

Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

Join our Newsletter The RED Edge for more here 

Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

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Welcome back to our second workshop session breaking down our Workplace Wellbeing Audit report - CEDAR: Helping you find hidden costs, create real gains, and unlock ROI through targeted wellbeing solutions.

Last time we spoke about people cost baselines, now we are going to move into UK Benchmarks to put those numbers into context, looking at wages, sickness days, distractions, the ripple effect, and what it means to your business.

Links and info:

Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2025 - ons.gov.uk

Oxford Economics - riseworks.io

Team moral dip costs - natwestmentor.co.uk

CIPD Health and Wellbeing at Work 2025 report - cipd.org

1 hour 24 mins non-work interruptions - totaljobs.com / clockify.me

Cognexo data - peoplemanagement.co.uk

Culture Amp - personneltoday.com 

ONS projects wage growth - standout-cv.com / recruitmint.com 

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If you would like to know more about our CEDAR outside of the podcast do let me know, and if you have enjoyed this episode, please share and like the show. 

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Next up on Illness is not a burden we move onto CKD in the Workplace (Chronic Kidney Disease)

Support the show

Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

Join our Newsletter The RED Edge for more here 

Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

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In this episode of The Chronic Edge Unleashed series Illness is not a burden we visit Endometriosis for the final time focusing on the Inclusive Endometriosis Workplace.

Endometriosis impacts 1 in 10 women (around 1.5-1.6 million women in the UK workforce), costing the economy £8.2-11 BILLION annually through absenteeism, presenteeism, and turnover.

Unsupported flares can tank productivity by around 65%, while supportive workplaces can flip the script on those numbers and reap the rewards.

Culture thrives with educational buy-ins, fostering equity and morale, a key factor in attract top tier talent.

In this episode we cover compliance, supportive opportunities and more.

#thechronicedgeunleashed #endometriosis #workplacewellneing #businesssupport #HRmanagement #roi 

These episodes are just a small piece in a bigger more researched puzzle for your company, ensure you always do your own research as information can change.

Support the show

Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

Join our Newsletter The RED Edge for more here 

Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

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In this episode of Behind the Edge I talk about why I have stripped away everything from my business to focus on giving away content for free via The Chronic Edge Unleashed channel.

Doing the podcast is like a lifeline in a purposeless world and how inspiration can come from anywhere at any time.

If you ever felt lost, then this is the episode for you.

#therapy #findyourpurpose #chronicillness #

Support the show

Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

Join our Newsletter The RED Edge for more here 

Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

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In this episode of The Chronic Edge Unleashed series - Illness is not a burden, we continue to look at Endometriosis and the strategies you can use as an employee with the condition.

ONS data shows that employees with endometriosis can lose between 1.9 and 15.8 hours per week in lost work hours, and can see up 15% of women facing job losses for poor symptom management and workplace support.

The data is grim, but with the right tools, understanding your rights and open communication from your workplace, there are so many additional benefits you can bring to the workplace, your colleagues and yourself, proving to everyone and more so yourself that Illness is not a burden.

Cover legal rights, benefits, careers, support and more.

#thechronicedgeunleashed #illnessisnotaburden #endometriosis #womenintheworkplace #workplacestigma 

Some links:
Emdometriosis UK - https://www.endometriosis-uk.org/ 

ACAS - https://www.acas.org.uk/

Access to work - https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work

Clue app - https://helloclue.com/

Flo app - https://flo.health/ 

Focus@WILL - https://www.focusatwill.com/

RescueTime - https://www.rescuetime.com/

Support the show

Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

Join our Newsletter The RED Edge for more here 

Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

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Getting your wellbeing strategy wrong can cost you thousands too hundreds of thousands of pounds each year in lost productivity, absenteeism, presentieesm and retention.

With the hundreds, maybe thousands of wellbeing solutions on offer to you (Employers / HR Professionals), how can you make the right choice for real ROI for your company?

At the Chronic Edge, we have CEDAR - our Comprehensive Edge Diagnostic Audit Report, which covers all of the areas to successfully calculate your potential losses, highlight your risk areas, and show you how to add both value and profit the right strategy can bring.

Reports like this can cost thousands, but I'm going to talk you through how you can create your own for free on this channel.

The Behind the Edge series is bi-weekly, and we will be alternating between the audit workshop and existing Behind the Edge content.

Once you have all the information needed to craft your own report, you will have the power of your next wellbeing opportunity and discover ways to both boost productivity but improve retention and plug any hidden gaps.

Watch out for our next Audit Workshop in March 2026.

#WellbeingAudit #Workshop #Chronicedgeunleashed #Workplacewellbeing 

Support the show

Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

Join our Newsletter The RED Edge for more here 

Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

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Welcome back to The Chronic Edge Unleashed and part of the Illness is NOT a burden series.

In this episode we will be looking at Endometriosis in the Workplace.

Rather than me throwing some statistics at you (but don't worry there are still some in there), I wanted the words in this episode to be from someone with the condition and how it is impacted them in the workplace.

Listen as I read Miss Q's words about her experience with Endometriosis and her thoughts about working with the condition and hopes for the future. 

Including: Legal Acts, reasonable adjustments, recruitment, tools, and more.

Endometriosis costs the UK billions per year in lost hours, with some many women prioritising their career's over their bodies due to stigma, misunderstandings, and a lack of support and knowledge to help them improve their position and ultimately support their employer, resulting in loss of income, jobs, and their sense of self, but this doesn't have to be the norm, and with the right support, illness is not a burden.

Next time on Illness is NOT a Burden we discuss the Strategies to help the Endo employee navigate the workplace.

The time is now, it's Time to Unleash your Edge, with the Chronic Edge.

#chronicillness #podcast #endometriosis #thechronicedge #thechronicedgeunleashed #unleashyouredge #recruitment #businesssupport #endo 

Support the show

Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

Join our Newsletter The RED Edge for more here 

Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.