Happiness: a much-discussed topic
Happiness, you can find something about it in the newspaper almost every day. From (measuring instruments for) Gross National Happiness to the Flemish psychiatrist Dirk de Wachter (author of Borderline Times) who says: “Being a little bit unhappy, that seems to me to be a good attitude to life”. Interesting angle, with which I have much more than the flood of motivational books and 'happiness on command' courses, such as Jouwbestejaarooit.nu .
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I personally find practice-driven forms of happiness the most interesting. Pieter Desmet is professor of latvia phone number list Positive Design at TU Delft. In that role, Pieter focuses on designing emotions. “Our institute is part of the Industrial Design department,” says Desmet. “But in addition to product design, we are mainly concerned with concepts that contribute to your well-being. From product design to service design to gaming.”
In line with this: on the site of the Delft Institute of Positive Design (DIOPD) you will find the Emotion Rainbow , developed by IO students Ilaria Scarpellini (concept & design) and Jasper Hartong (code). It is an online database in which you can explore all scientifically proven positive emotions that arise during interaction between people and product/service. Also interesting for designers of user experiences, where the design of emotions is crucial.
My experience shows: a campaign or repositioning stands or falls with internal engagement. How do you get or keep employees engaged? Psychologist Paul Verhaeghe says about this in his book Identity: “Being able to have a grip on the organization and the content of your own job increases motivation and engagement enormously.”