The workforce should move more....
For some time now, the company in which Hannes sits on the management board has been operating a so-called case and health management system. Through targeted measures, sick days were reduced in all seriousness and consistency. This was carried out very professionally from the very beginning and all superiors played along. A recipe for success. Success makes you hungry for more. What works on a large scale should now also be reflected on a small scale.
The assignment for Hannes, the specialist for meticulous detail work, is "to exploit the potential in everyday life through targeted, small and minute measures so that employees make an active contribution to their own health and, in a figurative sense, also to the health of the company". After all, that's what it's all about. The annual goal is to generate a return, not to run a wellness oasis. The framework conditions are the same as always: it must not cost anything, but it must achieve a lot. In the meantime, Hannes has become an expert at squeezing a dry lemon so that "something sour" comes out. "In this specific case, it means doing what we do anyway - doing it in such a way that it is also healthy," Hannes reflects. In this project, "healthy" in turn means "prevention through more exercise". After all, people who exercise more are healthier, get sick less quickly, are available to the company for longer and, according to science, are also more mentally agile. This is necessary today, when you never know who your boss will be tomorrow, where your office will be the day after tomorrow and why you will be working in the Far East next week.
Hannes is back at "pebrasto", as he calls his personal brainstorming. He already has a meeting with the lift manufacturer. He wants to have the lift programmed so slowly that walking is always faster than using the more comfortable, but health-wise less profitable option, namely the lift. Because the stickers encouraging people to voluntarily take the stairs for one or two floors are hardly noticed and certainly not followed. As long as everyone in the company has the concept of efficiency inoculated subcutaneously under their skin, the switch to the stairs will only work via the incentive system of speed.
The coffee machines located on each floor are also reprogrammed. With the personal badge, on which the coffee budget is loaded, only drinks on the respective upper floor can be let out. So whoever works on the first floor must necessarily go to the second floor
"Hannes is convinced: health must be built into the natural workflow."
without a lift, that is - to get the coffee. Hannes smiles at this brilliant idea.
Something similar makes sense with the shelves. The more often a file is used, the further away it is placed: either at the top or at the bottom of the shelf. "Bending and stretching" goes in one fell swoop with "looking for files." "Health has to be built into the natural workflow," Hannes is convinced.
Hannes once again becomes aware of how effective detailed solutions can be. Well, his proposal to replace all company cars VW Golf and VW Passat with off-road vehicles that you have to climb on was shot down for oeocological and image reasons. But what the hell. His ideas haven't been exhausted yet. As of now, the parking spaces are no longer in front of his own business. They have been swapped with the parking spaces of the neighbouring company. Anyone parking their car will still have to walk at least 300 metres. Strong calves and a stronger heart for free
Speaking of muscles on the legs: a sign in the toilet draws attention to a very efficient measure. More and more people are brushing their teeth during the day. A sign encourages them to do so in the so-called downhill squat. Staying in the squat position for two minutes while scrubbing your teeth - it's almost like skiing down the Lauberhorn course. It hurts at first, but then the full thighs kick in. And that's definitely healthy.
Hannes is proud. He is about to present the catalogue of measures to the management. But first he wants everyone to read through the document. Before he clicks the "send" button in the e-mail outbox, he considers that he could deliver the catalog to everyone personally - on foot, of course. Then he can go get a coffee, brush his teeth - but the meeting starts in ten minutes. So, on the button pressed - however healthy that may be.
