AstraZeneca has come back thirteen times since 2021
The strongest kind of evidence is not a single figure, but the fact that a large and demanding employer chooses the same thing again and again. Since 2021, AstraZeneca in Mölndal has run Mindworkout's mental training programme thirteen times, and more than ten per cent of employees have taken part.
since 2021
of employees in Mölndal have taken part
A relationship that lasts
AstraZeneca began investing in the mental gym in 2021, training focus, recovery, sleep, stress management, memory and mindfulness. Since then the collaboration has returned time after time. For us that is the clearest receipt there is: when an organisation chooses to train the brain with the same seriousness as any other central capability, and keeps doing it year after year, the work has given something lasting.
How we set it up
The core is a three month programme that combines scientifically grounded knowledge with practical training. Participants train weekly via Zoom, attend four educational workshops and get access to recorded sessions for their own training even after the programme ends. Alongside the programme we have also held leadership workshops for AstraZeneca's managers, where they were given knowledge about the brain and concrete tools such as the compassion tool CALL and conscious breathing technique, to handle pressure in everyday work and lead sustainably.
The result
The effect is measured directly after the sessions. Participants increase their wellbeing by around 37 per cent after a 30 minute session, according to Göran Hedkvist, Senior Organizational Health Specialist at AstraZeneca. The fact that more than ten per cent of employees in Mölndal have taken part, and that the programme has returned thirteen times, shows that the perceived value holds far beyond a single measurement.
”I think it is a fantastic programme. I like the combination with the theoretical parts that build on scientific findings.”
measured effect per session, according to AstraZeneca
”We cannot stop training the body at the neck, the brain needs training too.”
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