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A change of scenery can help, too, keeping workers interested during meetings that otherwise occur in the same drab conference room every week or every day. Clayton recently published a study in Harvard Business Review showing that trendy "walk and talk" meetings can be an effective management tool. (One immediate benefit: Walks have a natural ending point.)

Clayton's study found that walk-and-talk participants were 8.5 percent more likely to report high levels of engagement. His research suggests that walking increases creativity, too.
Walking meetings have serious limitations, of course—they become unruly if more than three people attend. So standing meetings are becoming increasingly popular, mainly because the threat of physical exhaustion helps limit the soliloquies.

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Treadmill desks were the hot new trend in exercising a few years ago. The idea was to get moving and lose weight at work. But a new study suggests people don't use them enough to make a difference.

The characters on "West Wing" had it right. ...

@kanter it was a big hit -- I'm becoming a walking as work evangelist! pic.twitter.com/GyZuUVEreA

There is evidence that letting patients see their medical files helps them take better care of themselves, but the medical establishment still resists sharing the data.

Ever since our ancestors rose to their feet, our species has been defined by walking upright. But the act involves our minds as well as our bodies. Marilyn Powell explores the world of walking and what it means to us.

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The 606 brings together elevated trails for bikers and runners, art installations, and landscape design to create an urban oasis and a new way to explore

After using a treadmill desk for two months, Alex Howard is seeing positive changes. Read about the reported health and productivity benefits that are motivating some workers to walk while they work.

She was subsequently drawn to the self-tracking movement, she says, in part because it involved people actively analyzing and acting upon insights derived from their own behavior data — rather than having companies monitor and manipulate them.

Office workers need to get up and move around more, according to a new campaign.