Failure to implement
Gabrielle Lis
Workplace health and wellbeing programs almost always sound great in theory, but often come unstuck during implementation. Researchers analysed 74 studies to see where organisations typically go wrong…“In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.” It probably wasn’t Albert Einstein who coined the above quote but it’s apt all the same. What does research have to tell us about the practice of implementing workplace health and wellbeing programs? A systematic review of the research conducted in the UK in 2021 has two overarching messages for employers: Workplace health an...