LAB

The Wellbeing Paradox – Can Wellbeing be Engineered?

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:25 AM – 11:05 AM SGT Lab 9

We've spent decades trying to engineer wellbeing. What if the real challenge isn't changing people, but redesigning the systems that shape who people become?

About this session

We have built an entire industry around wellbeing. We have measured it, funded it, and turned it into targets and dashboards. And still, across our workplaces and institutions, we see people burnt out.

So this panel will not avoid the question: are we building wellbeing, or have we spent years clearing the wrong obstacles? It takes a certain kind of leadership virtue to sit with that honestly, to ask what actually produces a flourishing person, team, and society.

Can we truly build wellbeing, or only clear the way for it?

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