For HR & People Teams

Your people are tired.
Kern helps them recover.

Cognitive fatigue is the silent productivity killer. Kern gives your team the micro-recovery tools that actually get used — because no one is forced to.

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56 RCTs

Confirm workplace mindfulness reduces stress & burnout

5 min

Of daily practice measurably reduces stress

200% ROI

Documented by SAP on their mindfulness program

How it reaches your team

Simple to deploy. Simpler to use.

No app to install. No training required. Kern lives in the browser — your team accesses it in one click.

You send a link

We provide a custom Kern URL for your organisation. You share it via Slack, Teams, email, or intranet. That's the entire rollout.

Employees choose if and when

Kern never sends push notifications or mandatory reminders. Employees visit when they want a break. No account required unless they want to track personal history.

You see aggregate data

Your People dashboard shows team-level trends: which exercise categories are most used, overall participation rate, weekly activity. No individual data. Ever.

Employees keep coming back

Because Kern never pressures them, employees return on their own terms. Personal history, gentle self-competition, and a genuinely pleasant experience drive voluntary use.

The evidence

Returns backed by independent research

Every claim below comes from peer-reviewed studies or independently verified corporate programmes.

RCTs confirm stress reduction

A meta-analysis of 56 randomised controlled trials confirms workplace mindfulness programs effectively reduce stress, burnout, and mental distress.

Springerlink · Mindfulness journal, 2020

Clinical trials validate breathwork

A systematic review of 58 clinical trials found regulated breathing practices consistently reduce psychometric measures of stress and anxiety in healthy adults.

Fincham et al. · Scientific Reports, Nature, 2023

200%

ROI documented by SAP

SAP's mindfulness programme returned €200 for every €100 invested, measured across reduced sick days, improved retention, and manager effectiveness scores.

SAP SE internal case study · independently verified

23%

Less absenteeism reported

A 2019 meta-analysis found mindfulness-based interventions reduced absenteeism by an average of 23% across knowledge-worker populations.

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 2019

32%

Improvement in working memory

Computerised cognitive training showed significant improvements in working memory across 1,543 participants in randomised controlled trials.

Bonnechère et al. · Scientific Reports, 2020

5 min

Is enough to make a difference

Stanford research showed 5 minutes of daily breathwork produces the largest reductions in anxiety compared to other interventions including mindfulness meditation.

Balban et al. · Cell Reports Medicine, Stanford, 2023

Privacy architecture

Built so your employees actually trust it

Most wellness tools fail because employees don't trust them. Kern is architected so that trust is impossible to break — not because of policy, but because of design.

What employers see

Most popular exercise categories across the team

Weekly participation rate as a percentage of team size

Overall team wellness trend

Individual names, scores, or timestamps

Which employees did or did not participate

Personal history, personal bests, or session details

What employees see — and own

Their full personal history — exercises, scores, personal bests

Their own weekly and monthly usage charts

Gentle self-competition and progress over time

Full control to delete their data at any time

Confidence that their employer sees none of the above

Pricing

Simple, transparent, per seat

All plans include the full exercise library, personal history, and employer dashboard. No hidden fees.

Starter

Small teams

€4 / seat / month

For teams up to 50 people. Everything included. Billed annually.

Full exercise library (14+ exercises)
Personal history dashboard
Employer aggregate dashboard
Up to 50 seats
Email support

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Questions from HR teams

How do employees access Kern? Do they need to install anything? +

No installation required. Kern runs entirely in the browser. You share a custom URL with your team — via Slack, Teams, email, or intranet. Employees open it, choose an exercise, and start. No account needed unless they want to save personal history.

Can employees really not be monitored individually? +

Correct. The employer dashboard is technically architected to receive only aggregated, anonymised data. Individual session data never leaves the user's browser in a form that can be attributed to a person. This isn't a privacy policy promise — it's a technical constraint built into how Kern works.

What if employees are sceptical about yet another wellness tool? +

That's the right question. Nothing is mandatory. No reminders, no streak pressure, no league tables. The product earns use by being genuinely useful and pleasant. The biggest driver of adoption is a colleague saying "have you tried this?" — not management messaging.

Does Kern support employees with ADHD or other cognitive profiles? +

Yes. Kern's library includes both high-stimulation cognitive exercises (better for ADHD profiles) and low-stimulation mindfulness exercises. Personal history helps each user discover what works for them — without clinical labelling.

How long does onboarding take? +

For Starter plans: zero. You get your URL and share it. For Growth, we run a 45-minute onboarding call with your People team. Enterprise onboarding is scoped to your needs.

What languages is Kern available in? +

Currently 13 languages: English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Korean. More being added. Full localisation including the word games adapts to the selected language.

Is there a minimum contract length? +

No. All plans include a 30-day free trial, then billed monthly or annually. You can cancel at any time.