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Will Blue Light Glasses Improve Your Sleep?
New research shows a substantial return on a small investment.
October 14, 2020
Illustration by Judith Rudd
Summary.
A new research study presents evidence that providing blue light-filtering glasses to employees may be an unusually practical solution for improving employee sleep, productivity and work outcomes. What’s most impressive about the results is the potential return on investment. It’s difficult to quantify the value of an employee who is 8% more engaged, 17% higher in helping behavior, 12% lower in negative work behavior, and 8% higher in task performance. However, given the expense of human capital, this is likely to be a substantial amount. In contrast to these highly valuable outcomes, the glasses used in the study currently retail for $69.00, and there may be other equivalently effective brands of glasses which can lead to similar outcomes. Such a small expense for such a substantial return is likely to be an unusually fruitful investment. Moreover, implementation of this solution is relatively simple: distribute the glasses along with some simple instructions for how to use them, why the glasses should work, and how the end result is beneficial for both employee health and work outcomes.