workplace happiness does agility keep us happy?
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Workplace Happiness
Does Agility keep us happy?
Vivek GanesanGainsight
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Is the Work - Life
Balance narrative fair?
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What do people mean when they say Work-Life
Balance?
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What do people mean when they say Work-Life
Balance?
WORK LIFE
There is NO life in work
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Is there a better way to look at it?
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Is there a better way to look at it? WORK
LIFE
Here, people experience life while they work
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Activity
What is your definition of Happiness?
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If everyone’s definition of happiness differs…How can we effectively measure / improve it ?
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If you want to measure happiness,just ask people
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What if you want to improve happiness levels?
Correlation is the key!
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Correlation: What Science Tells Us?
Happiness as personal satisfaction
Happiness as positive engagement
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DRIVE
Happiness as Personal Satisfaction
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What is common among these logos?
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What is common among these logos?
● Voluntary contribution without remuneration (Not salaried employees)
● Why do people contribute their expertise and time without any benefit?
● If they don’t derive happiness from this activity, why would they do it?
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What motivates people?
Extrinsic Motivation - Rewards & Punishments
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What motivates people?
Extrinsic Motivation - Rewards & Punishments
Intrinsic Motivation - Motivation from within
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What motivates people?
Extrinsic Motivation - Rewards & Punishments
Intrinsic Motivation - Motivation from within
Autonomy
Mastery
Purpose
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What motivates people?
Extrinsic Motivation - Rewards & Punishments
Intrinsic Motivation - Motivation from within
Autonomy
Mastery
Purpose
PERSONAL SATISFACTION
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FLOW
Happiness as Positive Engagement
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What is common among these three?
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What is common among these three?
● We don’t consciously realize passage of time
● We have a good time engaging in these activities - We feel good while we do them.
● We experience a state of FLOW
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Will we be happy at work if our work is
FLOW inducing?
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What are the conditions necessary to induce a state of FLOW?
Interesting & Clear Goals Frequent Feedback Manageable Challenges
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What are the conditions necessary to induce a state of FLOW?
Interesting & Clear Goals Frequent Feedback Manageable Challenges
Finished Task with Visible Progress Increase in Skill
LevelSatisfaction
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Group Activity - Does Agility Make us Happy?
Factor Scrum Kanban <Insert your approach here>
Happiness as Personal SatisfactionAutonomy
Mastery
Purpose
Happiness as Positive EngagementConditions for Flow
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Does Agility Make us Happy?
It depends...
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What did we learn?● Happiness does not mean the
same thing to everyone● Correlation helps us in finding how
to ‘improve’ happiness● Drive - Happiness as Personal
Satisfaction○ Extrinsic Motivation - Carrots & Sticks○ Intrinsic Motivation - Autonomy,
Mastery & Purpose● Flow - Happiness as +ve
Engagement ○ Flow as a state of happiness○ Pre-conditions of Flow
● Does Agility make us happy?○ It depends on the specifics
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Questions?