Wolf Kirsten

Global Wellbeing Specialist

International Health Consulting

Wolf Kirsten is a social entrepreneur and Founder of International Health Consulting based in Hamburg, Germany and Tucson, Arizona (www.wolfkirsten.com). His consulting portfolio is truly global, advising companies on health and well-being strategies such as Johnson & Johnson, IBM, and Siemens in many regions of the world. In addition, he has consulted the World Health Organization (WHO) on developing global guidelines for Healthy Workplaces. He also advised the governments of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Mongolia on the development of a national strategy for health promotion. Mr. Kirsten is co-founder of the Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces (http://globalhealthyworkplace.org), which hosts the Global Healthy Workplace Awards each year.

Speaker Questionnaire

What are your top priorities for employee health and well-being in 2022?

Advancing a comprehensive approach to health and well-being which includes a healthy psychosocial working environment.

What are the most innovative programs that you will focus on in 2022 and 2023?

Holistic mental wellbeing, psychosocial risk assessment, wellbeing reporting as part of ESG.

Looking at our three moonshots surrounding costs, culture, and care, which do you align with the most? What are you doing in this area?

The Culture moonshot.

If you could automatically receive a 25% reduction in costs in three areas/programs, what would your dream list be?

Turnover, lost productivity, mental illness.

Is there an area where you were able to either create savings or stop costs from rising?

Mental illness.

Are you doing anything to reimagine corporate culture and wellbeing?

Creating a healthier and fairer work environment.

If there were two physical solutions that could be turned into virtual or remote care instead, what would those be?

Not 100% but mental health counseling and biometric screening.

If you look at our 3 Moonshots - Costs, Culture, and Care; In one sentence, tell us what would be something positive for us to take from 2020 and bring into this new year?

Sessions Speaking

Creating a Mentally Healthy Work Environment - Learning from the Global Top Employers

April 28, 2022

12:00 pm

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12:50 pm

This session will take a close look at what it really takes to create a mentally healthy workplace and how to measure mental wellbeing at the workplace. Two leading employers in the world will present how they have been able to advance the mental wellbeing of their employees in challenging times.

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1 Conference. 3 Moonshots.

Remember the mission to reach the moon? In 1962, President JFK set forth a vision. He initiated a movement that outlived him! Even in his death, the mission was accomplished seven years after his famous speech. Now we’re on a five-year mission, and it's not about us. This is a mission for you – the individual, the stakeholder, the employer healthcare and benefits professional. Join the mission to reduce costs, reimagine culture, and reinvent care.