We recently surveyed racers in the Triangle Tech Challenge, a multi-week virtual race between 43 teams from tech companies in North Carolina. Survey respondents said the race had significant positive effects on both individual habits and people’s social networks. Individual results Racers reported broad positive effects of the virtual race …
Companies are scrambling to boost employee health by any means available. In part, this is altruism — a sincere desire to improve staffers’ physiques and psyches. Beyond altruism, boosting employee health can also boost profits because many companies with more than 60 staff now self-insure, ie pay for employee health care costs. Many …
Since early April, students, staff and faculty at the Duke University School of Nursing have been battling in a 9,000 mile virtual race from Durham, North Carolina to Wuhan, China. On the map tracing the race’s progress, the competitors are in Canada nearing the Arctic Circle. But, while the exertion …
