Say hello to Emma, a life-sized representation of how we could look in 20 years’ time if we continue working with poor posture and inadequately set-up workstations.

We have worked with a Behavioural Futurist and a panel of experts to create a report on how our health could be affected in the future based on our current working habits. From the findings of the report, Emma has been built to shine a light on how the human body could change, physically and visually, if we don’t begin to take ergonomics seriously and change the way we work.

As part of the study, we have also commissioned a survey* to investigate the current and long-term health of office workers in the UK.

The survey has revealed that in the UK…

• We spend around 6 hours a day sat at our desks



• Nine in ten British office workers are suffering from poor health due to their work environment, and as a result, find their job more difficult



• Office workers are already suffering from strained eyes (50%), sore backs (49%) and headaches (48%) as a direct result of their workspace



• Seven in ten workers are resorting to medication to manage these issues



• Bosses are not doing enough to prevent workplace health issues – more than 25% employees have asked for their workstations to be improved and are still waiting for a resolution

About the Report

We’ve worked with Behavioural Futurist, William Higham, and an expert panel in ergonomics, occupational health and wellbeing at work to write a report looking at how the human body will change physically and visually if steps are not taken to address the way we interact with our workstation, improve our posture and simply move more!

Download the report