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Barilla: Engaging Employees Through an Active Lifestyle

Global Initiative for Employee Engagement and Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle
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How It All Started

HR specialists often face the problem of excessive corporate communication: endless emails and news can lead to fatigue and loss of employee attention. Barilla sought a way to combine employee engagement, corporate changes, and employee well-being into one solution, especially for staff across different factories, offices, and remote teams. Collaboration with app allowed the company to transform internal communication into an interactive and engaging experience using sports challenges and gamification.

What's the Challenge

  • Bringing together all employees: factory workers, office staff, and remote teams
  • Ease of communication: a unified platform for interaction
  • Increasing engagement: motivating employees to lead an active lifestyle, fostering team spirit, and strengthening connections among colleagues
  • Informing about business processes: helping employees gain a deeper understanding of Barilla's production facilities and their contribution to the company's overall success

The Solution

  • A virtual journey across 8,600 km connected Barilla's facilities in Italy, France, and Sweden
  • Weekly personal challenges kept participants engaged throughout the program
  • Six creative competitions enhanced the element of friendly rivalry
  • app's analytics dashboard allowed the HR department to track overall progress and see employee engagement in real-time

The Results

The "Factory Run" became for Barilla not just a fitness challenge, but a tool for strengthening corporate culture and increasing engagement
  • Record participation: 100% of employees with access took part in the challenge
  • High activity: each participant averaged 6-7 workouts per week
  • Popular activities: yoga, meditation, and cycling were the most sought-after
  • Creative engagement: six creative competitions and 45 personal challenges helped maintain motivation
  • High completion rate: 98% of participants completed at least one challenge
98%
Completion Rate
7
Workouts per Person
10.5k
Steps per Day per Person on Average

What employees say

We achieved all our goals. The project united employees worldwide—from factories to offices and remote workers. It was incredibly valuable. Engagement over the summer exceeded our expectations, and the creative challenges received overwhelmingly positive feedback. We are already planning the next challenge!
HR Manager at Barilla

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