Being Human at Work is our series of short articles that highlight key ideas around being more human at work and the benefits that can emerge from a more human-centric approach.
Ideas explored in this series:
Treating people as a someone, not a something (people are not a resource to be exploited)
Business as a social organisation, a network of relationships (rather than just a collection of contracts among self-interested individuals)
Work as an essential expression of our humanity and self-worth (not just a means to an end)
Useful links to accompany this series:
In this first Ted Talk called Declare Dignity, Donna Hicks discusses Dignity.
Dan Pink writes about human behaviour. The following two videos provide a helpful introduction to his work:
In this TED Talk, What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness, Psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, director of a 75-year-old study on adult development, offers unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction. He shares three important lessons learned from the study as well as some practical, old-as-the-hills wisdom on how to build a fulfilling, long life.