Most people don’t think their desk is the problem. They think the problem is their back. Or their neck. Or their wrists, which have been doing something uncomfortable at night that can’t quite be explained. They’ve been to the chiropractor and had massage. They bought a new chair. They Googled “why does my shoulder always hurt” at 11pm and fell down a rabbit hole of stretches that helped for about four days. The desk, the actual physical setup of where they spend eight hours

Updated May 2026. Originally published August 2024. I got a call not long ago from someone who wanted to book a lunch-and-learn for her team. She asked if there was enough material to fill 30 minutes. I told her yes. More than enough. In fact, when I do these sessions they typically run 45 to 60 minutes - and could go even longer. Because ergonomics covers posture, equipment, setup, and habits. And all of those things matter. She was relieved, and a little surprised. Most peo

Here's something that sounds small until it isn't: lunch. It's an hour. You eat something, maybe scroll your phone, come back and get to work. Except that's not really what lunch is. And when ours got dismantled piece by piece, it wasn't the first blow to our team. It was just another one in a long line of them. I spent nearly two decades working in healthcare. Our department was full of dedicated clinicians who genuinely cared about their patients. For a long time, we had a