Using sensors in the office to support knowledge workers with self-management of well-being

The project SWELL 1 aims to support knowledge workers to self-manage their well-being. We extend traditional approaches (like questionnaires and department wide interventions) by developing an interactive system that can provide situated support. In our approach (see Figure 1), behaviour data is captured with sensors and then interpreted into a format that is intelligible, e.g. the users current working context and mental state (Koldijk et al., 2012). This captured information can then be used to provide tailored interventions which are proven to be more effective than nontailored (Hawkins et al., 2008).