Jessica Tracy has done some amazing research on pride. She’s a professor of psychology at the university of Colombia, where she is leading the Emotion & Self lab. The insights that she has collected in her fascinating book “Pride, the secret of succes” make it a must-read. In this ‘Talks at Google‘ video, she reveals […]
Monthly Archives: February 2022
What does engagement actually mean?
Personally I’ve never been fond of the idea and the terminology of ’employee engagement’. It was borrowed and introduced from the marketing domains where ‘customer engagement’ once used to top the lists. And though there might be some human truths in the idea of so-called employee engagement, it has also injected the HR domain with […]
What motivates us?
Daniel Pink makes room for emotions, that lead to the succes of a company it’s all about intrinsic motivation, a fancy name for what in workshops could be called ‘passion’. I’m not a fan of the latter, on the contrary. When passion became a post-it on the brainstorm wall, I’d always be the first trying […]