These days, with an extra look at how to get an even better working environment in the faculty's units, a fun idea from the research administration comes to inspiration. At the first section meeting of the research administration in the autumn semester, after we were again thrown back into the home office with a high risk of sitting still, they decided to try new things. In consultation with faculty director Hans Mossin, they chose to test the Dytt Pro app. The purpose of the app is to get in shape in a fun way with small changes in everyday activity. It was of course voluntary to participate.
An undivided positive experience
Section manager Maria Olofsson thinks that the section has had an exclusively positive experience with the app. - The cost of joining such an activity pays off in social community and increased movement for each individual, she continues. At the section meeting last week, they evaluated the experiences with the app and all participants were satisfied and there was great agreement that they wanted to continue with more such competitions.
It was suggested that one could do this for a month in each semester. More movement and something to collaborate on across the section's groupings will always be nice, even though we have now returned to the office.
The implementation
The research administration decided to divide the participants from the section into teams across the groups in the section to get to know each other better. Participation was an offer to all 24 employees in the section, and all but 3 people participated. The groups chose group names themselves and have in the app been able to see how many steps and other activities the group members have taken.
The participants summarize:
- We have moved a lot
- We have become better acquainted with each other in the section
- The app is easy to use
- The app raises awareness about how much physically active we are in everyday life and how many steps there are from the office space to the colleague at work.
