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Optima-life specialises in optimising health, wellbeing and performance in work, sport and everyday life.
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Collecting numbers is just the starting point

September 8, 2020/in Optima-life Blog /by Simon Shepard

Over the past 10 years I have been collecting a mass of physiological data through my work at Optima-life. I have information on stress, sleep, exercise, resilience, energy – the list goes on; and as for numbers, I have over 3 billion digits at my disposal, that provide information on what is going on in […]

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Conversations – Back to School

September 7, 2020/in Optima-life Blog /by Simon Shepard

The events of the past six months have highlighted that people can be fragile, indeed for many the vulnerability has been devastating. Life has changed significantly. As teachers and support staff move towards a new school year, one that is likely to feature new working practices, disruption, and uncertainty, their leaders will need to provide […]

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The Festival Of Us

September 1, 2020/in Optima-life Blog /by Optima-life

Work should be stimulating, energising and above all create a sense of community, however with a turbulent world and a dispersed workforce ‘togetherness’ can be tough. With attrition, absence, and the challenge of dealing with accelerated change becoming increasingly prevalent, people and organisations need support. This is why we have created The Festival of Us, […]

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Optima-life Appoints Ian Iceton As Non-Executive Director

August 6, 2020/in Optima-life Blog /by Optima-life

Ian is a highly experienced commercial HR Director, who has a track record of influence at both organisational and c-suite level. He is a qualified accountant (FCMA) and Chartered HR professional (FCIPD) and has extensive HR experience with national and multi-national organisations. Ian is currently managing director of The Cambridge Code for Moloney Search, an […]

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‘Everything you do, you’ll do better with a good nights sleep’

July 15, 2020/in Optima-life Blog /by Simon Shepard

‘Everything you do, you’ll do better with a good nights sleep’  Ariana Huffington They say that life is a balancing act; and this is so true when thinking about how we can counter the mental and physical demands of everyday life with effective recharge and the most important recharge mechanism we have is sleep.  It is something […]

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It’s Time To Talk Time

January 6, 2020/in Optima-life Blog /by Simon Shepard

If you were granted 10% more time in your day, a magical 144 extra minutes, what would you do with it?  Relax, sleep, answer more emails, get to the gym – there are many possible answers to a question which is, unfortunately, a mere fantasy.  In a world that is rapidly changing, maybe the one […]

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Growing Pains

January 6, 2020/in Optima-life Blog /by Simon Shepard

It was nearly twenty years ago that the dot com bubble burst.  Invention, adoption, growth, expansion, more, more and more……….. then, all of a sudden, bust with some serious corporate casualties along the way. As we move forward into the next decade there are other sectors that are growing at a significant rate.  Have they […]

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Something for the Weekend: Why Work can be ‘The Goody’​ in the Work Life Balancing Act

August 2, 2019/in Optima-life Blog /by Simon Shepard

Over the past ten years, I have collected a heap of physiological data on UK PLC whilst it goes about its routine week. The data will look at things such as stress, sleep, physical activity, resilience, and has been collected from lots of different sectors, on people with varying skills and titles. There are many personal stories […]

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Bridge the Gap

July 29, 2019/in Optima-life Blog /by Simon Shepard

Earlier this year I was asked to moderate a two-day conference in Finland. The event, hosted by @FirstbeatTechnologies, brought together speakers from around the world and focused on the theme ‘Elements of Optimal Performance’. There were some excellent presentations from the world of health, sport and work but there was one phrase that really struck […]

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#WeAre10

July 2, 2018/in Optima-life Blog, Optima-life News /by Optima-life

Celebrating is a good thing to do.  So in the month that Optima-life reaches the grand old age of 10 we’d like to celebrate in three ways. Say THANK YOU. Success has been born out of collaboration, adventure and belief.  So a big thank you to our clients, our confidantes, our critics, our advisors and […]

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The Data of Stress: From Understanding to Recognition

May 16, 2018/in Optima-life Blog /by Optima-life

This week marks Mental Health Awareness week, and with this being hot on the heels of National Stress Awareness month the topic of looking after mind as well as body is quite rightly making the press. As an organisation that has worked in this arena for the past decade and has physiological data relating to […]

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NHS Staff – Who is Caring for You? Shifting to a Salutogenic mindset

February 14, 2018/in Optima-life Blog /by Simon Shepard

Four years ago, I completed a tender document for an automotive company looking for a partner to deliver a strand of work entitled Health & Leadership.  If I am honest, most tender documents I find quite tedious to plough through, so it was interesting to come across a word that I had never heard before.  […]

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