Unmuted Podcast | Episode #78
Topic: Preventive Health at Work: How Employers Can Help People Get Care Earlier Without Giving HR More to Manage
Guest: Jacob Batist - Growth & Marketing Leader at Alan Canada
Host: Jeff Waldman - Founder & HR Tech Evangelist at ScaleHR & SocialHRCamp
Episode Overview:
Most organizations still approach employee health reactively. Burnout happens. A leave begins. Claims costs rise. Someone struggles to access support. And only then does the system respond. But by that point, the issue is often bigger, more expensive, and harder to manage, both for employees and for already-stretched HR teams.
In today’s environment, the old model is no longer enough. Preventive health at work isn’t about adding another wellness app, launching another awareness month, or giving HR another program to administer. It’s about making it easier for employees to get care earlier, before a challenge becomes a crisis.
In this episode, Jacob Batist joins us to explore what practical, scalable preventive health support actually looks like and how organizations can improve access to care without creating more operational burden for HR.
We explore:
👉 What reactive health strategies look like inside most organizations today, and where they break down
👉 What preventive health actually means in practice (beyond buzzwords and wellness perks)
👉 How HR leaders can improve preventive support without adding another complex program to manage
👉 Why access to care is one of the most important drivers of employee well-being
👉 What happens when employees can’t get support early enough for physical health, chronic conditions, or mental health challenges
If you’re an HR leader, founder, or business executive thinking about employee well-being, benefits, or the future of workplace health support, this episode offers a highly practical perspective.
About Jacob Batist:
Jacob Batist is a growth and strategy leader with experience across Shopify, PayPal, and Alan. His background spans go-to-market, operations, and product work, giving him a practical view of how companies grow, make decisions, and bring new products to market. He currently leads growth and marketing for Alan Canada, where he is helping build the first Canadian health benefits company since 1957.
🔗 Connect with Jacob: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-batist/
🌐 Learn more: https://alan.com/
About ScaleHR:
The Unmuted Podcast is powered by ScaleHR (https://goscalehr.com/), a rapidly growing company supporting emerging HR, Recruitment, and Work Tech startups and SMBs with brand awareness and lead generation.
Our proprietary solution, Catalyst, blends content strategy, influencer marketing, and omnichannel distribution to help brands cut through the noise.
📩 Connect with ScaleHR: https://www.goscalehr.com/
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