Does the way your office look affect the way you feel at work? Of course it does, and Joel Spolsky knows this and has gone all the way in designing an office that is beautiful and functional.
I don't want to be the only kid on the block without a photo blog, so here's mine. The newest couple of images are in the sidebar. It'll be interesting to see what I can use this for. Just having a phone with a camera in it has already made me take a lot … Continue Reading ››
Frozen North has an excellent piece which argues that a certain level of openness (as opposed to total secrecy) can actually be healthy for startups.
This is right up my alley: I believe that openness and generosity (in many forms) is one of the ways to become happy at work - and to … Continue Reading ››
I'm in book heaven: It seems that all my favourite authors have new books out right now. I just finished Chuck Palahniuks new book Diary, Douglas Couplands Hey Nostradamus! is waiting for me and, wonder of wonders, I walked into a bookstore today and they had Neal Stephensons new book Quicksilver which … Continue Reading ››
I need your help: I'm currently writing a book about happiness at work. The book is directed at both managers and employees, and should give the reader a better understanding of what makes people happy at work, as well as a lot of practical tools to use.
The happiness at work project is really taking off now. We're working on a lot of interesting things, and the newest development is that customers have actually started calling me up to arrange seminars and workshops. I just looooooove that.
This afternoon I have a workshop with a large european car manufacturer and … Continue Reading ››
I had the pleasure of visiting aarstiderne on monday to see how they achieve happiness at work, and the visit and conversations were extremely inspiring.
For those not in the know, aarstiderne (the seasons, in english) deliver fresh, organic vegetables and other foods straight to peoples homes. Their mission is expressed in … Continue Reading ››
In a recent study, brown capuchin monkeys trained to exchange a granite token for a cucumber treat often refused the swap if they saw another monkey get a better payoff -- a grape.
This indicates that our sense of fairness and justice has evolved and is therefore built-in in humans. From an … Continue Reading ››