GC03: Putting Fun into Health & Wellness | with Nick Martin from UnitedHealth Group

Our guest on this episode of Game Changer is Nick Martin of UnitedHealth Group.  Nick is the Vice President of Innovation, Research and Development for UnitedHealth. As an industry leader in wellness gamificaton, he and his team have been exploring ways to infuse video games and gaming elements into health and wellness activities for employees and their families. Together, Jesse and Nick discuss the process of introducing gamification into the wellness industry as well as the gamification solutions and products offered by UnitedHealth, including the popular wellness smartphone app OptumizeMe. Resources Mentioned in This Episode * UnitedHealth Group’s website:  UnitedHealthGroup.com * Find OptumHealth’s OptumizeMe app in the iTunes Store or similar app marketplaces. * Follow UnitedHealth on Twitter: @myUHC * For a deeper discussion of the topics covered in this episode, check out our LinkedIn group at engagingleader.com/group To stay up on the latest news and trends in employee gamification, join the Game Changer group on LinkedIn. Subscription Links iTunes Stitcher RSS Your Feedback If you like our show, please rate us on iTunes. That makes a huge difference in helping more people discover it. We love to know your thoughts about this episode. Please submit your comments below! You can also email comments to Jesse at jesse@engagingleader.com, subscribe to him on Facebook, or follow him on Twitter. For the transcript of this episode: Putting Fun into Health & Wellness | with Nick Martin from UnitedHealth Group

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Welcome to Game Changer, a show on using gamification to engage employees. Join us as industry experts discuss one of the hottest trends in business today: using fun and game-thinking as a strategy to better engage employees in their work and in areas such as health and wellness, recruiting, and more. This is a special podcast series by the producers of the top-rated podcast, Engaging Leader. Game Changer is the show for CEOs, HR Executives, and other business leaders to learn about internal gamification. Over the course of this series, you'll hear examples and pitfalls, discover how to assess when it's an appropriate strategy, and learn to evaluate gamification partners and game ideas.