Why is this important?
This Report, from a group that has a history of several serious efforts at examining more of a global and futuristic view of wellness, provides an organizing construct for multiple industries to help prepare them for coming change.

I also believe this document is important in helping all of us stretch our paradigm about human wellness and well-being, thus its inclusion here. Whether these suggested trends become strong winds shaping the U.S. based worksite wellness field, we will have to see, but the mental and cognitive challenges embodied in the Report are likely to be helpful in influencing our own viewpoints about the future.

What can you do with this resource?
Here’s what you could do with this resource/document:

• Scan the Report for its highlights.
• Check out the graphics for their utility to be used in your programming/briefing content.
• Save this resource under the heading of “Future of Wellness.”
• Note any major trends that are proposed in the Report that you believe should be addressed in your present or future programming strategy.
• Share with your staff and volunteers the highlights to get them thinking about future issues.
• Examine the applicability of wellness as a core construct for use in your core business strategy.
• Use this Report as fodder for a program planning retreat.

In summary, this futuristic Report has several thought-provoking ideas that can enlarge our own worldview about where wellness is headed and how we might anticipate some of these changes and use them to maximum advantage.