• Work Wellbeing Playbook 2.0 builds upon successful release of first edition in March 2024
• Expanded resource features even more evidence-based interventions organised into a broader, clearer framework to enhance ease of use
• Users can download open-access resource completely free-of-charge

Experts in the research of workplace wellbeing have released a new-and-improved Work Wellbeing Playbook of proven strategies to equip leaders with research insights to make work better.

Work Wellbeing Playbook 2.0, published today (Wednesday) by registered charity the World Wellbeing Movement, features recommendations from the large scale review of more than 4,000 academic studies of workplace wellbeing interventions, following the successful release of the first Work Wellbeing Playbook in March 2024.

This expanded resource continues to bring together the best available evidence on workplace wellbeing interventions, and has once again been co-created alongside experts from the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford to support leaders in creating effective research-informed work wellbeing strategies.

Work Wellbeing Playbook 2.0 is also even easier to navigate than its predecessor – with an increased number of ‘drivers’ of wellbeing categorised into six broader domains of workplace wellbeing:

• Development and security;
• Relationships;
• Independence and flexibility;
• Variety and fulfilment;
• Earnings and benefits;
• and Risk, health and safety.

Each recommendation in Work Wellbeing Playbook 2.0 is also labelled as an individual-, team-, job-, or organisation-level intervention, to help leaders implement a comprehensive approach to workplace wellbeing.

The Playbook is designed as a ‘living review’, and will continue to be updated as new research evidence is published.

Sarah Cunningham, Managing Director of the World Wellbeing Movement and a co-author of Work Wellbeing Playbook 2.0, said:

“More and more business leaders around the world understand the value of wellbeing at work. But even the most committed wellbeing champions would be justified in wondering where to start, and which interventions actually improve work wellbeing.

 

“We were blown away by the positive feedback from business leaders who put the recommendations made in our first Work Wellbeing Playbook into action. We’ve listened carefully to their experiences to this expanded resource continues to evolve, both with the science of workplace wellbeing, and with the realities faced by today’s busy business leaders.”

Dr Cherise Regier, Research Associate at Oxford’s Wellbeing Research Centre and a co-author of Work Wellbeing Playbook 2.0, said:

“Our goal has always been to bridge the gap between academic research and real-world business practice. With Work Wellbeing Playbook 2.0, we continue to provide the highest-quality evidence in a format that’s clearer, more practical, and easier to use.

 

“Workplace wellbeing research only makes a difference when it’s actually put into practice. Playbook 2.0 turns rigorous, peer-reviewed science into an accessible resource that speaks directly to the challenges people leaders face today.”

The World Wellbeing Movement is a registered charity (Charity No. 1208699) in England and Wales. An earlier edition of the Work Wellbeing Playbook is supported by recruitment company Indeed.

Work Wellbeing Playbook 2.0 is available as an open-access resource, free-of-charge, at worldwellbeingmovement.org/playbook.