Joye, a Singapore-based wellness technology company, has partnered with Microsoft to bring an engaging mental fitness capability to Microsoft Teams users around the world. This timely innovation for the post-pandemic hybrid workplace will help millions of employees prevent burnout and improve their mental health and productivity, she said in a press release.
With studies finding that mental wellness has a significant 35 percent impact on productivity, and inspired by how ‘10,000 steps’ revolutionized fitness a decade ago, Joye integrates mental wellness into everyday work life to help users develop and maintain a habit of mental exercise. . Microsoft Teams admins can easily activate Joye for the organization with a single click from the Teams app store.
How does it work?
For example, Joye’s Daily Brew allows the user to measure and manage their daily wellness, much like a virtual confidant or mentor. The user can speak, write or follow a guided reflection in a safe and anonymous space. Joye’s AI is trained to recognize the user’s unique situation and then help with joy level mood analysis, behavioral coaching, and short podcasts.
In addition, Joye’s Stress Busters are 2-minute breathing techniques to sharpen the mind at that critical moment when Joye feels that there is a high probability that stress may be affecting the user’s mental capacity and decision-making.
Employee Experience Strategies
Joanna Lim, Business Group Leader, Modern Work & Security, Microsoft Singapore, said: “In our hybrid world of work, companies are rethinking their employee experience strategies to bring together communications, knowledge, learning, insights and well-being to help employees to become their best selves. With innovators like Joye, Microsoft Teams users can enjoy options to build and solidify their habit of mental fitness and personal well-being, while securely using the Teams platform for events, employee experiences, communications and collaboration.”
Sanjeev Magotra, Founder and CEO of Joye, said: “Joye analyzes your work patterns in Microsoft Teams with extreme privacy and provides timely suggestions to measure and manage your wellness when you need it most. This is empowering all employees in the hybrid workplace, especially when they are lonely, overworked and stressed.”
Dr. Lata Dhir, Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior, Group Leader – Design Thinking – SPJIMR, Licensed Psychologist and Author, said, “Joye is an innovative way to instill the habit of mental fitness through the use of psychology to improve performance in the workplace Applying design thinking techniques: Joye is showing a way forward in the mental health space by integrating psychology and technology to reach people when they may need intervention By partnering with a mainstream platform like Microsoft, they have ensured that it is easily accessible to a broader audience.”
The company said that Joye does not share individual data with the employer or anyone else. Joye follows GDPR guidelines and user inputs are anonymised.
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Posted On: Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 12:46 pm IST
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