We are Onewave.

It is our mission is to help employees and organisations move through life with energy and resilience.

We see that life and work have become more intense, faster and more complex, while people often have too little room for recovery. Employees become afraid of stress, not trusting their own ability to deal with challenges. This affects wellbeing, collaboration and performance.

But we can deal with challenges, as long as we take recovery serious. Our mission is to put energy back at the centre of how organisations think about work. Not as a wellness extra, but as a strategic factor for resilience, productivity and sustainable employability. With Onewave, we want to set a new standard for how work can be healthy, smart and human.

We deliver data-driven vitality programs to organizations and their employees.

We deliver data-driven vitality programs to organisations and their employees. We provide insight into what causes stress for employees and what helps them recover. And we help you learn how to positively influence your own energy. In doing so, we also strengthen the vitality, mental resilience and performance of your organisation.

Our approach is based on three connected pillars:

• Insight: we make energy and stress visible through the latest wearables. We then discuss the results with you to create a holistic understanding of your energy sources and potential pitfalls.
• Behaviour: we work on achievable routines that fit into real working life.
• Impact: we measure what matters — for people and organisations.

Click through to learn more about our program and our method.

How it began?

How do you ensure that after periods of hard work, you recharge sufficiently to stay energized both during and outside of work?

This was the question Lieke asked herself when she was an HR advisor, responsible for a group of consultants with high workloads. From her master’s research at FC Groningen, she knew that professional footballers perform best by alternating top-level efforts with sufficient rest and relaxation. Consultants were also expected to deliver top performances, but were they able to recover physically and mentally? And did they still have enough time and energy for life outside of work?

In 2018, Lieke and Stijn founded Onewave, driven by the belief that people can perform at a high level without exhausting themselves or their surroundings, if they learn to better regulate their energy and if the right facilities are provided by the companies they work for. In 2019, Noortje completed the founding team and joined as a partner. Together, they combine extensive knowledge of business administration, change management, and HR strategy with concrete expertise at the intersection of physiology, health, top sports, and coaching.

Our ambition is to teach people how to work and live with more energy.