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HR Insights: The truth about workplace wellbeing

Hannah Costen
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As the pace of work accelerates, wellbeing continues to decline across industries, making conversations about sustainable performance more important than ever.

In this episode, our CEO and Host, Stuart Elliott, is joined by Bianca Errigo, global speaker, wellbeing expert, and founder of HumanOS, a platform redefining how organisations approach resilience and high performance.

Off the back of our Global HR resilience report, Bianca and Stuart discuss the state of workplace wellbeing today, why so many high performers are still burning out, how organisations can close the gap between wellbeing programmes and real wellbeing outcomes, and what it means to build a culture that supports both performance and recovery.

 

Who is Bianca Errigo?

Bianca Errigo is a global speaker, wellbeing expert, and Founder of HumanOS, a platform advancing sustainable high performance in the workplace. With a BSc in Psychology, a background in corporate sales, and over 13,000 hours of coaching with clients ranging from global CEOs to elite athletes, she blends science, strategy and lived experience to drive meaningful behaviour change.

Named one of Startups Magazine’s 24 Most Influential Women of 2024 and recognised as American Express’s Top External Speaker, Bianca specialises in resilience, emotional intelligence, burnout prevention, and the future of work. She has delivered keynotes and workshops for organisations including American Express, Cisco, Barclays, Dell, Diageo, The NHS, Canva and the University of Cambridge. Known for her warm presence and practical approach, Bianca challenges outdated ideas of “wellbeing”, empowering leaders and teams to perform at a high level, sustainably.

If you’d like to explore how HumanOS can help your team build resilience and sustainable performance, you can learn more here.

 

Key time stamps:

  • 01:36 – Introduction to Bianca Errigo
  • 03:37 – About HumanOS
  • 12:14 – Competitiveness fuels resilience
  • 19:00 – The current state of wellbeing
  • 22:00 – Sleep disappearing under pressure and stress
  • 30:00 – Tracking and monitoring health
  • 33:40 – Gender differences and the impact on HR’s resilience
  • 37:45 – Advice to companies for their HR team
  • 42:00 – Psychological safety
  • 46:45 – Advice for leaders of HR teams