Discover what can happen when you challenge traditional ergonomic wisdom in your office. Designing a healthier, more engaging office is easier than you think.

1. Josh Kerst, CPE, CIE
Focal Upright
Break the Barriers of
Office Ergonomics
HOW TO:

2. When it comes to ergonomics,
knowledge is power.

3. Challenging ergonomic
conventions can change your
life for the better.

4. Remember when cars weren’t
equipped with seat belts?

5. And smoking on planes was
commonplace?

6. Institutional ergonomic change =
healthier populations

7. Today’s pressing ergonomic
issue is the inactive office.

8. Sitting has become the
smoking of our generation.
Sedentary jobs have risen 83% since 1960 and
now account for 43% of all U.S. jobs

9. Hazards of prolonged sitting
1 Hour of TV
-21.8 minutes of life expectancy
1 Cigarette
-11 minutes of life expectancy

10. “Today the AMA adopted policy recognizing the potential risks of
prolonged sitting and encouraging employers, employees and
others to make available alternatives to sitting… Prolonged
sitting, particularly in work settings, can cause health problems
and offering employees alternatives to sitting all day will help
create a healthier workforce.”– June 18, 2013
Policy H-440.843 Health Risks of Sitting
Source: www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/new/2013/2013-06-18-new-ama-policies-annual-meeting.page

11. Hazards of
prolonged
sitting

12. Hazards of prolonged sitting
Inactivity and metabolic impact
Deleterious health
outcomes despite
regular physical activity
Prolonged sitting
and back pain

13. What can we do about it?

14. 1. Sit-to-stand Workstations

15. Researchers have reported that only
between 8% to 12% of workers use
standing desk feature after 6 to 8
weeks of use.

16. 1. Sit-to-stand Workstations
2. Stand-biased Desks

17. How long can you stand?
Guidelines suggest that people limit
standing to between 2 to 4 hours per
day

18. 1. Sit-to-stand Workstations
2. Stand-biased Desks
3. Stand-to-lean Workstations

19. Benefits of
Stand-to-Lean
Posture

21. What can stand-to-lean workstations
do for your business?

22. Enhances
employee
engagement
by 12%
Helps attract
top talent
Improves
workplace
wellness
Boosts mood,
well-being, and
cognitive focus
No detrimental
impact on the
quality of work

23. If we could increase the amount of
time we are in flow by 20%, we would
double our productivity.
Source: http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/organization/increasing_the_meaning_quotient_of_work
Top executives in "flow" are five times
more productive than out of it.5x

24. Josh Kerst
EVP & Principal Ergonomist
josh@focalupright.com
www.focalupright.com