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Thomas Delfing
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The Haptic Health Turn: How the TimeSpin® Cube Helps Prevent Burnout and Builds Trust

The world of work is changing — and with it, the challenge of keeping productivity high while protecting employee health. In hybrid and remote teams, the lines between work and private life increasingly blur. The silent consequences are overload, stress, and rising burnout rates. While the law requires complete time tracking, for experts like us, it is not about control but about care and transparency.

The TimeSpin® Time Tracking Cube offers a delightfully simple answer: it turns the often annoying obligation of time tracking into an intuitive tool for corporate health management (BGM). Instead of waiting for complicated software entries, the haptic cube makes health a priority with a simple twist.


1. The cube as a silent break guardian and overload early-warning system

The biggest challenge in digital work life is consistently taking breaks. When employees are deeply focused, they easily forget the legally required rest periods. This is where the TimeSpin® Cube shows its strength.

The solution: One twist — and the focus changes

  • Break compliance becomes playful: Employees simply turn the TimeSpin® Cube to the designated side (e.g., “Break” or “Lunch”). The cube instantly records the break and sends the data to the cloud software.
  • Overload becomes visible: The software dashboard provides HR and leadership teams with anonymized, aggregated insights. Employees who record too few breaks or continuously work at the limit of their working hours are automatically flagged as potential overload cases.
  • Data-based care: Companies can act proactively before it’s too late. The cube delivers facts instead of guesses: Is the project genuinely too big, or is the problem a lack of break structure? The data helps distribute workloads fairly and integrate employee well-being directly into the work process.

2. TimeSpin® as a health coach: Track exercises, improve well-being

TimeSpin® is more than just a tracker for working hours. With its 12 freely assignable sides, it becomes the perfect tool for recording health-promoting measures.

Imagine dedicating some sides of the dodecahedron specifically to BGM:

  • Side 7: “Mindfulness Moment” — used for a 5-minute meditation or stretching exercise.
  • Side 8: “Learning / Training” — for focused learning that supports mental health.
  • Side 9: “Movement Break” — activated when the employee takes a short walk or rolls out a yoga mat.

This playful integration (gamification) motivates teams to actively incorporate health into daily work. Instead of viewing health as something extra, it becomes an immediate habit through the haptic act of turning.

Practical example: The “Healthy Law Firm”

A mid-sized law firm implemented TimeSpin®. They designated one side as “Billing Ready” and another as “Back-Fit Exercise.” After three months, the software reports showed: employees who regularly used the “Back-Fit” side recorded 15% fewer overtime hours and reported higher well-being in internal surveys. The reason: the active break helped them work more focused and finish earlier.


3. A data foundation for future-proof BGM

The TimeSpin® cloud software collects and visualizes all these data points in real time:

  • Validated BGM measures: HR teams can see not only whether employees take breaks, but which health-promoting offers are most used. This enables targeted allocation of BGM budgets.
  • Transparency builds trust: The collected data proves compliance with legal requirements and simultaneously strengthens a culture of trust — because the focus is on balancing recorded time, not micromanaging tasks.
  • Employee satisfaction: The ability to record health time so easily sends a strong signal of appreciation. Employees who feel seen and protected are more motivated and loyal.

The TimeSpin® Cube is therefore not only an efficiency tool for billing but a key driver for a healthier, more productive, and more trusting work culture. It’s time to free time tracking from bureaucracy and turn it into a tool for better quality of life at work.


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