Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, and Nic Marks, lead author of NEF’s innovative Happy Planet Index, are in London today to launch an exciting new survey that measures happiness at work. Following the event, it’s onto the lower commons of Parliament, where the two will discuss the status of global happiness at work. Why Measure [...]
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People don’t resist change, they resist being changed Our image of a hospital mental health ward is not very exciting. Apart from occasional therapy sessions we might expect to see little activity beyond watching TV, and dis-engaged staff. Indeed five years ago that is what you might expect to see. However the picture, on UK [...]
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My last post was on finding out what your people are good at, to help them play to their strengths. So how can you put this idea into practice? Georgie Fienberg is the founder of Afrikids, an inspirational charity working to improve the quality of life of vulnerable children in northern Ghana. Sustainability is key [...]
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Are you and your people using your strengths at work? One of the simplest ways to make your people happier, and more productive, is to ensure they spend their time at work doing what they are good at. That may sound obvious but it is surprisingly rare. Based on asking over a million people, Gallup [...]
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Get Lucky is a manual for serendipity written by Get Satisfaction founders, Thor Muller and Lane Becker. We recently asked Lane about serendipity, and how one actually goes about getting lucky. You can download a sample chapter of Get Lucky at www.getluckythebook.com. DH: Isn’t luck just superstition? Lane Becker: Not at all. In fact, luck is [...]
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I recently lead a workshop for non-profit professionals on Moving from Burnout to Inspiration. These dedicated people are intensely passionate about their work and give so much that they can become burned out. I expected a few people to come. We ended up with over forty people who quickly realized that in their herculean efforts [...]
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How do you treat people at work? At 4 p.m. each day at Happy, my London-based training company, it is ice cream time. Our learners take a break and are introduced to the freezer full of frozen goodies. After a day learning IT or management, most find it a refreshing change. And it gives a [...]
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It is tragic that so many people say they’re unhappy at work. Here in the UK it was over 50% in a recent survey¹ and there have been similar findings in other countries. Considering most of us spend nearly half our waking hours at work, this is such a waste of human energy and potential. [...]
Continue Reading →See what happened when DH@work’s Carlos Piera-Serra joined fellow DH team and community members to pass out 100 flowers on a rainy day in San Francisco.
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Delivering Happiness and Writers of the Round Table Press are proud to announce the launch of Delivering Happiness, the comic book! In this interview with DH, publisher Corey Michael Blake discusses his reason for creating the DH comic, his creative influences, and why the world of comics might surprise you. You can order the DH [...]
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