The Communiverse
Social Wealth, by design.
The Cost of Doing Nothing
The business case for Social Health
Prepared for your organisation
Estimated annual addressable cost
US$609,000
Based on 500 people leaders and employees, of whom 145 are estimated to be impacted by loneliness.
How we get there
Step 1
500 people leaders and employees
Step 2
29% estimated to be impacted by loneliness
Step 3
US$4,200 per person per year in lost productivity and absenteeism
Result US$609,000 annual addressable cost
Why this number matters
Organisations measure what they can see. Connection and belonging are rarely measured, yet they show up as cost in productivity, absence and turnover. The figure above makes an invisible organisational cost easier to discuss. It is an illustrative estimate of what may be addressable, not a forecast.
Where the cost shows up
The opportunity
Investment in Social Health, including the Social Health in Professional Leadership certification, executive strategy workshops and Social Wealth Activation, addresses the conditions that make trust, belonging and useful connection harder to sustain.
Prevention costs a fraction of the fix.
29% is from Doyle, S. (2025), research with 1,218 remote and hybrid people leaders. US$4,200 is the cost of loneliness to employers in lost productivity and absenteeism, per lonely employee every year, Cigna Whitepaper, March 2020.