The Effect on Happiness

When our journey started several years ago, employees were feeling stressed and we could feel the frustration in the air as we walked around the office. Speaking to coworkers would often bring tales of disappointment and irritation.

Since we were embarking on unchartered territory with self-selection, we knew that we needed to have measurements in place that would tell us if we were heading in the right direction and whether the effects would wear off over time, having provided a temporary spike only.

Measuring happiness is not an exact science, but you can to gather samples and track trends over time. In our case we designed and built a tool that we referred to as the Happiness, Innovation, and Productivity (HIP) survey. ...

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