happiness and positivity at wellmatch
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Software companies spend so much effort tracking productivity and velocity. What happens when you focus instead on helping everyone find happiness? This presentation was given to my team members at WellMatch, and is adapted from an earlier presentation given at DevOps Days Austin 2014.TRANSCRIPT
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WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG,WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE
WHEN YOU GREW UP
SCOTT BALDWINCHIEF HAPPINESS OFFICER
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I JUST WANT TO BE
HAPPY
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ANSWER THIS:WHAT MATTERS MOST IS
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MY ANSWER:WHAT MATTERS MOST IS
WHAT LASTS THE LONGEST
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THINGS THAT MATTER MOSTMAKE US HAPPY
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[We] are endowed by [our] Creator with certain unalienable Rights ... Life,
Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.— Thomas Jefferson
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HAPPY PEOPLETREAT PEOPLE LIKE PEOPLE, NOT OBJECTS
DO WHAT THEY EXCEL AT, OFTENACTIVELY PURSUE GOALS
MAKE GOOD FRIENDS
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HAPPY PEOPLEACTIVELY EXPRESS THANKFULNESSLIVE THE LIFE THEY WANT TO LIVE
DON'T CHASE STUFFGIVE
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Happiness is...a by-product of a life well lived.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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SO, ARE YOU FEELING
WELL CHUFFED?
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TRACK HAPPINESS
WE DITCHED VELOCITY
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TEAM HAPPINESSOFFERS: 8.5
TRANSPARENCY: 8.5MOBILE: 9
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POSITIVITY + EYE CONTACT =
BIOBEHAVIORAL SYNCHRONYWhen positive emotions are shared and two people make eye contact,
they move to the same hidden beat and start to act as one.
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YOU AND I NEED
3 positive emotionsTO BALANCE 1 NEGATIVE
▸ flourish at 11:1▸ languish at 1:1
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NEGATIVITY LIMITS US
▸ music with negative emotions▸ is this face male or female?▸ focused only on the task
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POSITIVITY OPENS US
▸ music with positive emotions▸ focus included more than the face▸ noticed background was rotating too
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DO IT NOWYOU CAN'T WILL YOURSELFLOCATE ONE OF THE LEVERS TO TURN IT ON
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DRAW YOURSELF IN▸ What makes me lucky/blessed to be here?▸ What's right about my circumstances?▸ What aspect of my current circumstances
might I view as a gift to be treasured?
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WHAT MATTERS MOST...GIFTS TO BE TREASURED
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AUTONOMY, MASTERY, PURPOSE
MOTIVATE US
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AUTONOMY MAKES US FASTBECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR
MANAGERS TO MAKE DECISIONSCULTURE AT SPOTIFY
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happierPEOPLE WILL PRODUCE
HAPPIER PRODUCTSCONWAY'S LAW (ADAPTED)
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Happiness is the object and design of our existence.
— Joseph Smith
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BIT.LY/WMHAPPY