When you can’t take the heat, head for the kitchen It was one of the very first classes that I took in positive psychology, in the first iteration of the Positive Psychology diploma program at the Universidad IberoAmericana, led by Dr. Margarita Tarragona. And we were asked to think of some of those magical moments […]
Not achieving your potential? We’ll help you work out why.
by Katie Demain What’s causing you to feel that you’re not achieving your full potential? At iOpener we talk about achieving potential as attaining your best possible self. For the past 12 years we’ve been collecting iPPQ data about people’s wellbeing at work and monitoring the extent to which people feel that they are achieving […]
April was a positive month at work. The data tells us so.
The early results are in, as we continue to collect data about people’s wellbeing and resilience at work. And they’re worth shouting about. 350 individuals from across the world took their iPPQ resilience and wellbeing survey this April as part of iOpener’s quest to understand how people are managing their work life and work performance during […]
Psychological safety: a precious treasure in turbulent times
In adverse moments companies need to make an additional effort to preserve the psychological safety of their people. They have a lot at stake. In 2012, after the success of the Oxygen Project, in which they studied the characteristics that define a great manager, analysts from Google’s People Analytics team decided to use a similar […]
Are you a one-winged leader or two-winged?
COVID-19 has knocked us off-kilter. Leaders are under pressure. Employees are under pressure. This collective fear and ensuing stress is jeopardizing long-term trust, camaraderie and innovation at a time when these organizational attributes are most needed. Talking about the COVID-19 pandemic last month, British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, said, “We will be judged […]