
Flourishing Edge Podcast with Ashish Kothari Designing Anti-Inflammatory Workplaces with Specialist Jaqueline Oliveira-Cella
What if rising healthcare costs, burnout, and disengagement weren’t people problems—but system problems? In this episode, Ashish Kothari speaks with actuary and health strategist Jaqueline Oliveira-Cella to explore flourishing as a business strategy, anti-inflammatory workplaces, and how culture, leadership, and benefits design directly impact health, performance, and cost.
Key Topics Covered
- Why flourishing is a strategic lever for CEOs and CFOs
- Culture as a hidden driver of health risk and performance
- Anti-inflammatory vs. inflammatory workplaces
- The limits of traditional employee benefits and cost-shifting
- Designing equitable, accessible, and preventive health benefits
- Manager trust, psychological safety, and engagement decline
- Emotional intelligence as a performance differentiator
- The SAFE framework for individual clarity, reflection, and better decisions
Connect with Jaqueline Oliveira-Cella:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaquelineoc/
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