Why Corporate Wellness Is No Longer Optional

The Numbers Speak for Themselves

According to the World Health Organization, depression and anxiety cost the global economy an estimated $1 trillion per year in lost productivity. In Spain alone, workplace stress accounts for between 50% and 60% of all lost working days (European Agency for Safety and Health at Work).

These are not abstract figures. Behind each statistic there is a person who feels overwhelmed, a team that is falling apart, and a company that is losing talent it cannot afford to replace.

What I Saw Before Building Harmony

Before founding Harmony, I spent years studying workplace psychology and observing how companies approach employee wellbeing. The pattern was almost always the same:

1. -A reactive approach — companies only act after a crisis (a valued employee leaves, sick leave spikes, or a team collapses under pressure)
2. -Superficial solutions — a meditation app subscription, a one-off workshop, or an "unlimited PTO" policy that nobody actually uses
3. -No real measurement — HR teams know something is wrong but have no systematic way to detect early warning signs

The result? Companies spend money on wellbeing programmes that don't work, while employees continue to burn out in silence.

Why This Moment Is Different

Three forces are converging right now that make corporate wellness not just important, but essential:

1. Talent Expects It

The post-pandemic workforce has fundamentally changed. Employees — especially younger generations — choose where to work based on culture and wellbeing, not just salary. A company that ignores mental health will struggle to attract and retain talent.

2. The Cost of Doing Nothing Is Too High

Replacing a knowledge worker costs between 50% and 200% of their annual salary (Society for Human Resource Management). When the cause is burnout — which is preventable — that cost is entirely avoidable.

3. Technology Now Makes Prevention Possible

For the first time, we have the tools to move from reactive to preventive. Regular check-ins, pattern analysis, and personalised recommendations can detect burnout risk weeks before it becomes a crisis — without invasive monitoring.

What Real Corporate Wellness Looks Like

Effective workplace wellbeing is not about perks or one-off events. It is about building systems that:

• -Measure regularly — brief, consistent check-ins that track energy, workload, and connection over time
• -Detect early — identifying warning signs before they escalate into burnout or resignation
• -Empower managers — giving team leaders the visibility and tools to support their people, not just their output
• -Respect privacy — aggregate insights for leadership, individual data controlled by the employee
• -Drive action — turning data into concrete interventions, not just dashboards

What We're Building at Harmony

This is exactly what Harmony is designed to do. We are building a platform that helps companies take care of their teams through:

• -Adaptive check-ins that learn from responses and ask the right questions at the right time
• -AI-powered analytics that surface patterns across teams without exposing individual data
• -Manager dashboards with suggested interventions based on team trends
• -Guided wellbeing resources — from breathing exercises to structured journeys grounded in psychology
• -A marketplace connecting companies with qualified psychologists for professional support

We are currently in early access, working closely with our first companies to refine the experience.

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Natalia Cuadrado is the founder of Harmony.