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 …
Busy building virtual races for real athletes, we’re obviously fascinated by interactions on the borderline between machines and athletes. So two stories this week caught our eye. First, the Washington Post noted that, after winning a gold medal in the world championships in Beijing, the most-likely next Olympian gold medalist …
Too often employers worry about improving employees’ physically fitness, but ignore the many other components that drive overall well being.
Responding to popular demand… starting today, racers will be able to upload mileage directly through their race’s map. Accessed via the ‘log miles’ tab, the upload form has today’s date auto-filled, but also allows back-dating mileage for racers who miss logging a day or two. Right now, the app assumes …
Though teachers and parents do it every day, there’s lots of evidence paying kids to learn/read/study is a waste of time. As Alfie Kohn, educational consultant, sums up the substantial body of research: Rewards are no more helpful at enhancing achievement than they are at fostering good values. At least …
With two teams past the midpoint of the Triangle Tech Challenge, which covers 1,077 miles around North Carolina, two dozen racers got together last night for beers at Bull McCabes in downtown Durham, NC. To date, the 43 teams of four runners from Triangle tech companies have covered more than …
