Archive: 2019

On Tuesday, June 25th, SHINE Director, Dr. Eileen McNeely, and Renee Petrie, vice president of Healthcare Product & Strategy at ADURO, a human performance company, will be sharing the newest approach in well-being measurement. On the webinar you…

A new paper published by SHINE researchers investigates human flourishing in five culturally distinct populations. In this study we present two measures of human flourishing with psychometric support for their application to culturally distinct…

This paper aimed to identify drivers for worker well-being (such as job satisfaction, worker engagement, and self-assessed work performance) among Mexican apparel factory workers and their association with work outcomes, controlling for demographic,…

Workplace harassment and abuse, especially against women, occur with great frequency worldwide. Estimates suggest that as many as 50% of U.S. women experience sexual harassment during their working lives, but only a minority report it. Studies indicate…

Originally published in Vogue Business.  Blockchain is one of the fastest-growing sectors in tech, and the fashion industry is taking note.  Investment in blockchain startups has increased at a compound annual growth rate of 90 per cent over…

A new paper examines psychometric properties of the Flourish Index (FI) and Secure Flourish Index (SFI) in the workplace setting.  Written by Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska and Eileen McNeely of SHINE and Tyler J. VanderWeele of the Human Flourishing…

A new study on the effects of secondhand smoke on never smokers has just been published by SHINE Harvard researchers.  The study reports associations between legacy secondhand tobacco smoke (SHTS) exposure going back decades and several severe…

There’s a clear business case for helping employees get healthy, but it’s more than that—it’s simply the right thing to do. We’re facing unprecedented levels of poor health—from obesity and chronic health conditions to loneliness, which…

A new paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) authored by Tyler J. VanderWeele (Human Flourishing Program – Harvard), PhD, Eileen McNeely, PhD (SHINE – Harvard) ; Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH (Culture of Health…

Delta flight attendants are complaining that a new set of uniforms introduced by the airline are still causing skin rashes and worse almost a year after the company introduced them. And while the airline says it is addressing the issue, some flight…