Prov. involved with anti-burnout platform Thrive Global launched by Arianna Huffington

PROVIDENCE MAYOR Jorge O. Elorza said he is excited to get involved with Thrive Global. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
PROVIDENCE MAYOR Jorge O. Elorza said he is excited to get involved with Thrive Global. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

PROVIDENCE – The city of Providence is one of four cities involved with Thrive Global, a new initiative by Huntington Post founder Arianna Huffington that aims to lower stress and burnout, and increase productivity by offering solutions to enhance well-being and performance.
It offers corporate training and workshops, a media platform to promote conversation about well-being and an e-commerce platform.
“Thrive Global rejects the myth that burnout is the price we must pay for success,” a press release about the initiative states.
Providence is receiving free training, as well as Boston, Minneapolis and Oakland, Calif.
“Here in Providence we are excited to get involved with Thrive Global and appreciate their focus on maintaining strong and sustainable work-life balance for our employees,” Mayor Jorge O. Elorza said in a statement issued this week.
Elorza said he has seen firsthand the “hard work” that nonprofit and public sector employees put into their jobs.
“I know that providing them with resources and training they need is critical to supporting their quality of life both at work and at home,” he continued.
Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global, said in a statement that “technology has granted us powers that accelerate the speed of life beyond our capacity to cope.”
“Thrive Global is born in response to this need to take control of our lives and offer new strategies and tools, based on the latest science, to address the unintended consequences of these profound and invasive changes,” she said.

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