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Automated Office Comfort

Employees turn to apps to make long work days more durable

Implications - Maintaining a positive attitude in workplace environments can be challenging, prompting employees to look to more efficient methods of relaxation. Using apps to adjust physical settings or enhance moods, workers are combining the efficiency of mobile devices with a desire to make office culture better aligned with personal needs.
Trend Themes
1. Employee Wellness Apps - Helping employees maintain a positive attitude by making office culture better aligned with personal needs through apps.
2. Personalized Office Comfort Apps - Enhancing workplace comfort by empowering workers to personalize their environment with apps.
3. Worker-reported Health Apps - Creating incentives for employee health and wellness through apps that allow employers to track and respond to their health and wellness data.
Industry Implications
1. Employee Wellness Industry - Businesses that focus on improving the general health and wellness of their workers, achieved through products that are technology-driven, personalized, and convenient.
2. App Development Industry - Emerging apps and software development companies focused on the creation of easy-to-use and personalized workplace apps to enhance the quality of work-life and employee wellness.
3. Health Insurance and Wellness Industry - Companies focused on health insurance and wellness benefits that prioritize the individual employee's health, and incentivize employers to take care of their workers’ well-being through technology.
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