Happiness and positivity at WellMatch

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Software companies spend so much effort tracking productivity and velocity. What happens when you focus instead on helping everyone find happiness? This presentation was given to my team members at WellMatch, and is adapted from an earlier presentation given at DevOps Days Austin 2014.

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WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG,WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE

WHEN YOU GREW UP

SCOTT BALDWINCHIEF HAPPINESS OFFICER

I JUST WANT TO BE

HAPPY

ANSWER THIS:WHAT MATTERS MOST IS

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MY ANSWER:WHAT MATTERS MOST IS

WHAT LASTS THE LONGEST

THINGS THAT MATTER MOSTMAKE US HAPPY

[We] are endowed by [our] Creator with certain unalienable Rights ... Life,

Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.— Thomas Jefferson

HAPPY PEOPLETREAT PEOPLE LIKE PEOPLE, NOT OBJECTS

DO WHAT THEY EXCEL AT, OFTENACTIVELY PURSUE GOALS

MAKE GOOD FRIENDS

HAPPY PEOPLEACTIVELY EXPRESS THANKFULNESSLIVE THE LIFE THEY WANT TO LIVE

DON'T CHASE STUFFGIVE

Happiness is...a by-product of a life well lived.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

SO, ARE YOU FEELING

WELL CHUFFED?

TRACK HAPPINESS

WE DITCHED VELOCITY

TEAM HAPPINESSOFFERS: 8.5

TRANSPARENCY: 8.5MOBILE: 9

POSITIVITY + EYE CONTACT =

BIOBEHAVIORAL SYNCHRONYWhen positive emotions are shared and two people make eye contact,

they move to the same hidden beat and start to act as one.

YOU AND I NEED

3 positive emotionsTO BALANCE 1 NEGATIVE

▸ flourish at 11:1▸ languish at 1:1

NEGATIVITY LIMITS US

▸ music with negative emotions▸ is this face male or female?▸ focused only on the task

POSITIVITY OPENS US

▸ music with positive emotions▸ focus included more than the face▸ noticed background was rotating too

DO IT NOWYOU CAN'T WILL YOURSELFLOCATE ONE OF THE LEVERS TO TURN IT ON

DRAW YOURSELF IN▸ What makes me lucky/blessed to be here?▸ What's right about my circumstances?▸ What aspect of my current circumstances

might I view as a gift to be treasured?

WHAT MATTERS MOST...GIFTS TO BE TREASURED

AUTONOMY, MASTERY, PURPOSE

MOTIVATE US

AUTONOMY MAKES US FASTBECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR

MANAGERS TO MAKE DECISIONSCULTURE AT SPOTIFY

happierPEOPLE WILL PRODUCE

HAPPIER PRODUCTSCONWAY'S LAW (ADAPTED)

Happiness is the object and design of our existence.

— Joseph Smith

BIT.LY/WMHAPPY