--- title: Incorporating Health and Wellness in Our Work description: Array's wellness week and Movember initiatives helped us reflect on what our clients endeavor to achieve and the impact our work has on helping them succeed. image: https://blog.array-architects.com/hubfs/Images/Blog_Files/Blog_Images/Array%20Architects%20wellness%20week.jpg --- [Array Architects](http://www.array-architects.com/) - Firm - [Mission](http://www.array-architects.com/mission/) - [People](https://array-architects.com/people/) - [Practice Areas](http://www.array-architects.com/practice-areas/) - [Leadership](https://array-architects.com/leadership/) - [Locations](http://www.array-architects.com/locations/) - [Contact](http://www.array-architects.com/contact/) - [Careers](http://array-architects.com/careers/) - [Press Releases](https://array-architects.com/press-releases/) - [Service Lines](http://www.array-architects.com/portfolio/) - [Advisory Services](http://array-architects.com/advisory-services/) - [Lean Process Led Design](http://array-architects.com/service-lines/lean-process-led-design/) - [Simulation](http://array-architects.com/service-lines/simulation/) - [On the Boards](http://www.array-architects.com/service-lines/on-the-boards/) - [Healthcare Planning](http://www.array-architects.com/service-lines/master-planning/) - [Ambulatory Care Centers](http://array-architects.com/service-lines/ambulatory-care-centers/) - [Ambulatory Surgery Centers](http://www.array-architects.com/service-lines/ambulatory-surgery-center/) - [Behavioral Health](http://www.array-architects.com/service-lines/behavioral-health/) - [Diagnostic & Treatment](http://www.array-architects.com/service-lines/diagnostic-treatment/) - [Emergency Departments](http://www.array-architects.com/service-lines/emergency-departments/) - [Inpatient](https://array-architects.com/service-lines/patient-rooms/) - [Greenfield](http://www.array-architects.com/service-lines/greenfield/) - [Intensive Care](http://array-architects.com/service-lines/intensive-care/) - [Interior Design](https://array-architects.com/service-lines/interior-design/) - [Laboratory](http://array-architects.com/service-lines/laboratory/) - [Long-Term Care / Skilled Nursing](http://www.array-architects.com/service-lines/ltch-snf/) - [Medical Office Building](http://www.array-architects.com/service-lines/medical-office-building/) - [Oncology](http://www.array-architects.com/service-lines/oncology/) - [Pediatric](http://www.array-architects.com/service-lines/pediatric/) - [Rehabilitation](http://www.array-architects.com/service-lines/rehabilitation/) - [Surgery](http://array-architects.com/service-lines/surgery/) - [Wellness](http://www.array-architects.com/service-lines/wellness/) - [Women’s Services](http://www.array-architects.com/service-lines/womens-services/) - Knowledge - [Design Books](http://www.array-architects.com/design-books/) - [Case Studies](http://array-architects.com/case-studies/) - [Thought Leadership](http://array-architects.com/publications/) - [Designs Delivered](http://array-architects.com/designs-delivered/) - [Videos](https://array-architects.com/videos/) - [Blog](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc) Search ![blog_hero4.jpg](https://blog.array-architects.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/Blog_Files/Blog_Heroes/blog_hero4.jpg?width=1600&name=blog_hero4.jpg "blog_hero4.jpg") # Welcome to our Knowledge Community # [Incorporating Health and Wellness in Our Work](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/incorporating-health-and-wellness-in-our-work) Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Dec 27, 2017 Array’s first wellness week and Movember initiatives have concluded, providing many takeaways for staff across our eight offices. Activities like mocktail happy hours, steps challenges and beard-growing competitions encouraged camaraderie. While wellness week focused its education sessions on “health in the [built environment](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/ecotherapy-and-its-positive-effects-on-healing-environments)” rather than health and wellness overall, both efforts brought staff together for mindful breaks, allowing committee members to share, via our intranet as well as social media, health tips, recipes and links to informational websites geared toward health and wellness. Since we all spend our time designing hospital spaces, these in-house initiatives allowed us to reflect a bit on what our clients endeavor to achieve each day—healthier communities with an eye toward preventive care—and the impact our work has on helping them succeed in achieving healthier communities. ![Array Architects wellness week](https://blog.array-architects.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/Blog_Files/Blog_Images/Array%20Architects%20wellness%20week.jpg?width=599&height=479&name=Array%20Architects%20wellness%20week.jpg) Representatives from each office acted as stewards for our healthy initiatives, and plans are already in the works for future events. Array’s wellness week sponsors—Teknion, Lutron, Herman Miller, Healthy Buildings, and Humanscale—were integral in making the week all that it was. Each sponsor was a like-minded affiliate who is doing exceptional work in and around wellness in the built environment. For wellness week, we utilized our intranet to share wellness apps for those interested in tracking their steps and water consumption. We solicited recipes for a healthy happy hour and encouraged each other to stop each afternoon for a stretch session. During the month-long focus on men’s health in November, each day’s intranet posts included a health statistic, a photo of a bearded celebrity, and a preventative measure everyone could take to better their health. Each week the number of stairs to climb and push-ups to do increased…so it behooved those participating to keep up with the challenges! ![Movember Challenge Sign on Glass Door](https://blog.array-architects.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/Blog_Files/Blog_Images/Movember%20Challenge.jpg?width=300&name=Movember%20Challenge.jpg "Movember Challenge.jpg") No firm-wide initiative at Array is complete without some challenges, winners and prizes. From steps taken and H2O consumed to best hipster or most philosophical beard, participants took home cookbooks and gift cards. All staff received a lunch bag filled with healthy snacks and Array offered rebates to anyone purchasing wearable fitness trackers during the week leading up to wellness week. We thought the fall, with all offices enjoying pleasant weather, was the perfect time to kick-off our healthy initiatives. Rolling right into Movember was perfect timing to turn our attention to the health of the men in our lives – at home and at the office. One co-worker told me she mentioned the initiative to her husband, which convinced him to schedule a long overdue physical. Just that one outcome makes the planning and organizing very much worth the effort! No modern office event is complete without spreading the word on social networks. We had a team of committee members responsible for tweeting a ‘did you know’ health fact the week leading up to wellness week, as well as a team who created LinkedIn posts to share our story with our followers and professional network. We utilized [Pinterest](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/a-design-firms-use-of-pinterest-an-evolving-experiment) to share recipes and infographics with exercise tips. Many male staff took advantage of no-shave Movember, and each week various offices took the opportunity to post updates of their office’s progress on our intranet. The final day of November was dedicated to photos from the ‘unique shaves challenge,’ where our leader-in-beard, Noah Tolson, suggested we have one final contest to see who shaved the most unique pattern into their beard. A photo survey ensued and finalists in five categories were elected by a firm-wide survey. ![Movember Pictures of Architects](https://blog.array-architects.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/Blog_Files/Blog_Images/Best%20groomed_All.png?width=602&height=244&name=Best%20groomed_All.png) As a fun departure from the everyday, I can attest to the enthusiasm everyone brought to our inaugural events and look forward to planning new and interesting ways to bring our growing firm together, if even virtually, to participate in more healthy initiatives.   Topics: [Health and Wellness](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/health-and-wellness), [wellness week](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/wellness-week), [Movember](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/movember) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ### Subscribe to New Articles ### Latest Tweets [Tweet to @ArrayArch](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?%20%20%20via=arrayarch) ### Posts by Contributor - [Alec Higinbotham (4)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/alec-higinbotham) - [Cheryl Woo (2)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/cheryl-woo) - [Craig Meaney (1)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/craig-meaney) - [Dan Cadden (1)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/dan-cadden) - [Darren Conlen (2)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/darren-conlen) - [Elizabeth Schmitt (1)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/elizabeth-ochal) - [Fady Barmada (2)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/fady-barmada) - [Guest Contributor (207)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) - [Hannah Berman (2)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/hannah-vought) - [Herman Agoyo (1)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/herman-agoyo) - [James Britt (2)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/james-britt) - [Jonathan Bykowski (14)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/jonathan-bykowski) - [Julia Savastinuk (1)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/julia-savastinuk) - [Kent Doss (17)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/kent-doss) - [Laura Moran (13)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/laura-moran) - [Lisa Lipschutz (10)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/lisa-lipschutz) - [Mike Ryley (1)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/mike-ryley) - [Nancy Erb (1)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/nancy-erb) - [Nicole Wood (6)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/nicole-wood) - [Noah Tolson (12)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/noah-tolson) - [Pat Malick (15)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/pat-malick) - [Ron Evitts (2)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/ron-evitts) - [Stephanie Story (4)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/stephanie-story) - [Tim Nichols (3)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/tim-nichols) - [Wendy Jaffe (1)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/wendy-jaffe) See All ![Array](https://blog.array-architects.com/hs-fs/file-605823977-png/images/footer-logo.png "Array") - [Advisors](http://www.array-advisors.com/) - [Analytics](http://www.array-analytics.io/) - [Contact](http://www.array-architects.com/contact) - [Locations](http://www.array-architects.com/locations) - [Careers](http://www.array-architects.com/careers) - Login - [Outlook Web](https://outlook.office365.com/) - [Info Exchange](https://newforma.arrayhfs.com/userweb) - [OpenAsset](https://array.openasset.com/) - [Vision](https://vision.array-architects.com/visionclient) - [K2](https://arrayarchitects.sharepoint.com/Pages/Home.aspx) - [![LinkedIn](https://blog.array-architects.com/hs-fs/file-944518273-png/Branding/Logos/Social_Media_Icons/icon-linkedin.png?width=24&height=24&name=icon-linkedin.png "icon-linkedin")](https://www.linkedin.com/company/array-architects) - [![Twitter](https://blog.array-architects.com/hs-fs/file-597997249-png/images/icon-twitter.png)](https://twitter.com/ArrayArch) - [![Wistia](https://blog.array-architects.com/hs-fs/file-605856812-png/images/icon-youtube.png)](http://array.wistia.com/projects/qoa7dvtl9e) - [![Issuu](https://blog.array-architects.com/hs-fs/file-605829727-png/images/icon-issuu.png)](http://issuu.com/arrayarchitects)