Change programmes | How to shift from 'random acts of wellness' to a structured wellbeing strategy

For all the promises of greater investment, there remain concerns that workplace wellbeing initiatives are isolated, disconnected, and, at times, performative.

Intentions may be positive, but “random acts of wellness” ultimately leave core drivers of stress, burnout, and ill health unaddressed.

Stella Gavinho, Group Head of Wellbeing at Entain – and speaker at HR Grapevine Live 2026 – argues that there is still too much investment in wellbeing “activities,” and not enough in wellbeing “systems.”

Gavinho tells HR Grapevine why employers must correct this balance; how to drive measurable improvements to absence, engagement and productivity by treating it as a change programme; and why events like HR Grapevine Live 2026 are the perfect forum for HR and wellbeing professionals to learn from one another.