Global Employee Fitness Portal - Fit Nation
Building a unified global fitness experience with custom calendar integrations and gamification.
The Challenge
Warner Media envisioned Fit Nation—an employee wellness portal that would unite their global workforce through fitness programs and healthy competition. The initiative faced significant technical and user experience challenges that would determine the platform's success or failure.
The primary obstacle involved creating a unified experience for geographically dispersed employees operating across different time zones worldwide. The application required sophisticated capabilities:
- •Employee-Only Access: Single sign-on (SSO) protected portal ensuring only Warner Media employees could access the platform
- •Global Time Zone Management: Events and activities needed to display correctly for employees in every time zone, from Los Angeles to London to Tokyo
- •Skill-Based Filtering: Fitness events at varying difficulty levels required intelligent filtering so beginners and athletes alike could find appropriate activities
- •Universal Calendar Integration: Employees using different calendar platforms (Google, Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo) needed seamless integration for event discovery and personal scheduling
- •Engagement & Motivation: The platform needed gamification elements to encourage ongoing participation and create friendly competition
Our Solution
After Warner Media's internal team completed the design and requirements phase, Centauri Systems (Stratus Meridian) took over implementation. Working from clearly documented specifications, our team developed custom Drupal modules that addressed each of Fit Nation's unique challenges:
Custom Calendar Functionality
Built sophisticated calendar management system enabling employees to discover fitness events, filter by skill level, and view activities in their local time zone with automatic conversion.
Universal Export Capabilities
Developed export functionality allowing employees to add fitness events to their preferred calendar system with a single click—supporting Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, and Yahoo Calendar.
SSO Integration
Implemented enterprise single sign-on protection ensuring secure, employee-only access while providing seamless authentication experience.
Achievement System
Created gamification layer with achievement badges for participants and competition winners, encouraging ongoing engagement and friendly competition.
Implementation Collaboration
The project showcased effective collaboration between client and implementation partner:
- •Warner Media's Role: Internal team handled requirements gathering, design phase, and defined user experience goals
- •Centauri's Role: Technical implementation of custom Drupal modules, third-party integrations, and AWS infrastructure deployment
- •Result: Clear handoff and documented requirements enabled efficient development and successful delivery
Technologies Used
Results & Employee Impact
Fit Nation successfully launched as Warner Media's global employee wellness platform, delivering on the vision of uniting a geographically dispersed workforce through fitness and healthy competition. The solution addressed every technical challenge while creating an engaging, accessible experience for employees worldwide.
Key outcomes achieved:
- ✓Truly Global Experience: Employees from Los Angeles to London to Tokyo accessed the same platform with events automatically displayed in their local time zones
- ✓Universal Calendar Integration: One-click event export to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, and Yahoo Calendar eliminated scheduling friction
- ✓Personalized Discovery: Skill-based filtering enabled beginners and experienced athletes alike to find appropriate fitness activities matching their abilities
- ✓Engagement Through Gamification: Achievement badges for participants and competition winners created motivation and friendly rivalry across the global workforce
- ✓Secure, Seamless Access: SSO integration provided enterprise-grade security while maintaining effortless employee authentication
Building Community Through Technology
Fit Nation demonstrates how thoughtful technical implementation can support organizational culture initiatives. By solving complex challenges—time zone management, universal calendar integration, skill-based filtering—the platform removed barriers to participation and created an inclusive wellness experience for Warner Media's global workforce. The combination of custom Drupal development, third-party API integrations, and cloud infrastructure delivered a scalable, engaging platform that connected employees through shared fitness goals.