by HappyQuotient | Nov 8, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
t_kimura/Getty Images After a public outcry over privacy and their inability — or unwillingness — to address misleading content, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms finally appear to be making a real effort to take on fake news. But...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 8, 2018 | HBR
Growing up I had to wear glasses. Back then it was considered socially unacceptable, but necessary to be able to see. Sixty years later, everyone wears glasses and they are a fashion statement. Now as an aging adult, I need to wear hearing aids. This was and still is...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 8, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
gremlin/Getty Images Many companies struggle to deliver a consistent and easy buying experience for their customers. Consider the following scenario: A manager wants to purchase some computer software for her business. She asks an analyst on her team to do an online...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 8, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
gremlin/Getty Images Physician discontent over deteriorating working conditions and growing risks to patient care has risen to alarming levels in European hospitals. To understand physicians’ evolving reality, Bain’s biennial Europe Front Line of Health...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 8, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Tara Moore/Getty Images When your team wants to learn a new skill, where do they turn first? Google? YouTube? Their corporate training programs? No. According to a study conducted by our company, Degreed, more workers first turn to their peers (55%)—second only...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 8, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Our Happiness Guinea Pig, children’s author Joanne Rocklin, shares her happiness practice: bringing people together to share a meal. It took on a deeper meaning for her after a recent tragedy. source...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 8, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Our Happiness Guinea Pig, children’s author Joanne Rocklin, shares her happiness practice: bringing people together to share a meal. It took on a deeper meaning for her after a recent tragedy. source...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Youngme Moon, Mihir Desai, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee debate whether Netflix’s success is sustainable, before trying to wrap their heads around the unthinkably high murder rate in Latin America. They also share their After Hours picks for the week. Download this...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Gary S Chapman/Getty Images Recently the Chief HR Officer for a healthcare firm asked us to identify the best new framework for leadership that she could use to train and develop a cadre of high potentials. The challenge, she said, was that these managers were...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 7, 2018 | HBR
It’s a gorgeous weekend and you are playing a game of basketball with friends. You take a jump shot, scoring two points, but twist your right ankle on landing. You feel immediate pain and stop playing. After resting for an hour, you notice increased swelling and are...
