The Health Dividend: How Organization Wellness Pays 3X Returns

What's the measurable return on organizational health? Through rigorous assessment frameworks and 25 years of transformation data, former IBM Change Leader Dr. Donna-Marie Arias, Ph.D. quantifies the dividends of workplace wellness. She unpacks a landmark case study: a troubled global financial institution's 3.5-year journey to becoming an industry health leader, demonstrating how organizational wellness compounds into market performance.

Beyond McKinsey & Company's research showing 3x performance gains, Dr. Arias reveals the metrics that matter - from diagnostic frameworks to retention patterns tied to manager relationships. Discover the science behind Guatemala's world-leading collaborative culture, how AI adoption impacts organizational vitals, and what drives sustainable returns across finance, technology, and education sectors.

Highlights

✏️ ROI Case Study: Quantified results from a 3.5-year financial organization transformation

✏️ Measurement Science: Analysis of 100+ diagnostic indicators across accountability, direction, coordination, control, and motivation

✏️ Performance Metrics: How organizational health assessments predict and track market outcomes

✏️ Cross-Industry Data: Comparative analysis across financial, educational, and technological sectors

✏️ Cultural Intelligence: Measured impact of collaborative versus "I-centric" workplace approaches

✏️ Assessment Framework: Scientific basis for 12-24 month measurement cycles with pulse monitoring

✏️ Retention Analytics: Data-driven correlation between manager relationships and employee retention

✏️ Health Indicators: Three measurable relationship factors driving organizational performance

Guest:  Donna-Marie Arias, Ph.D.

Host:  Marco Annunziata, Co-Founder, Annunziata Desai Partners

Series Hosts: 

Vikram Shyam, Lead Futurist, NASA Glenn Research Center

Dyan Finkhousen, Founder & CEO, Shoshin Works