Alex La Villa, 36, said his relationship with technology had “become unhealthy” and that he was using TV shows on Netflix “in a dark room” to try to stop working outside of work.
Alex realized he needed to change.
She traveled to Spain and walked alone for 34 days; Complete 500 miles on the Camino de Santiago.
Alex said her departure from ever-changing emails and her constant connection to technology inspired her to change her life and create a new company that would promote an alternative way of working.
He founded Live More Offline, a consulting firm that “helps leaders and teams advance health, performance, and communication by creating a healthy digital culture.”
Since then, Alex has worked with some of the world’s largest companies to help improve employee morale by following healthy digital habits.
Describing the business, he told YEP: “Live More Offline helps teams advance health, performance, and belonging by creating a healthy digital culture in an age of continuous connectivity.
“We help workplaces facing problems including permanent work, endless notifications, zoom burnout, meaningful virtual socialization, and remote isolation.
“Digital work means the blurring of boundaries, the time we spend in meetings is increasing, and 65% of people check their work email right before bed.
“With frequent notifications, people work at nights and weekends to get their important work done at a quieter time.”
Alex told YEP that his solo career has inspired a change in his lifestyle.
She said, “My passion for digital health arose in the quiet of this journey, seeing the difference in how I felt about myself and my curiosity about how my digital habits affected my health.
“The passion discovered along this path has led to her earning a master’s degree in research into the impact of technology on health and, over the past three years, working with organizations across the UK to help them improve wellness, performance and human connection through changes in habits. digital”.
Alex believes that despite some preconceived notions about working from home due to the ease of dealing with Covid, many employees have already seen their workload increase.
“If some people work primarily in the office and some people work primarily remotely, then those who work from home may be under greater pressure to respond faster and stay online longer to prove their work, a term called digital presence,” he said. .
In hybrid work, what is the impact on those who work from home, when office workers benefit from personal contact?
“And what about beginners without existing networks?
“Deepening the human connection of remote workers is critical to creating an inclusive hybrid workplace.”
“What I hear most in my training is a sense of relief that people are not alone in the challenges they face.
“Many of us suffer in silence, thinking we are not handling things well enough.
But the truth is that our human brain is not designed for continual loneliness and stimulation.
There is a reason why it is difficult. But there is also a lot we can do to improve workplaces in the digital age.”
“Even before COVID, organizations were concerned about the effects of digital habits on mental health.
“It is now at the heart of the luxury and hybrid business strategy.”
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