The arrival of a new year is typically a reflective moment. Setting new goals can be exciting, but this moment of contemplation can bring a bit of dread, too. At the root of many people’s anxieties is an age-old question: Am I happy? I’ve been thinking a lot about happiness…

Do the math: if you work for 50 years (ages 20 to 70), work the expected 40-hour week (which few of us do), and take the standard North American 2 weeks of vacation, you end up with the following equation: 50 years x 40 Hours x 50 weeks = 100,000 Hours By way of comparison, if you sleep 7 hours a…

Burnout could be the official word of 2022 (and 2021, to be honest). So many people have had first-hand experience with it that you would think we’d understand it perfectly. But most people don’t really know what it is, nor what to do to prevent it. Burnout is not simply…

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter — the technical term for a chemical that gets released in the brain. You’ve no doubt heard of others like oxytocin (the cuddle chemical), serotonin (the one associated with contentment), and endorphins (which give you pain relief when you undertake activities like exercise or dancing). …

We’ve all been in challenging work environments; sadly, it’s a constant of professional life as the dreaded off-site and — my personal least favorite — the office birthday party. But how can we know when the regular grind of work (they call it “work” for a reason, after all) tips…

Flashback 50,000 years. You live on the land and survive as a hunter-gatherer. The more laid-back members of your tribe — the ones who are satisfied with a decent hunt or can’t be bothered to explore the next valley over to see if there is more food there — tend…

One of the lasting consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is that the nature of what we understand as the “office” has changed. I would argue that we’re merely at the end of the beginning, however, in the evolution of the workplace. …

The Hybrid workplace shouldn’t just be managed; it should be leveraged. This moment is an opportunity. — Here’s something you already know: the past 18 months have totally changed the game and organizations will have to adapt to a new way of working. Here’s something you probably realize but haven’t really acted on yet: the great disruptive wave of hybrid work is already here. …

Almost every industry will be “Pelotonized” in the post-pandemic world — The great science fiction writer William Gibson famously noted that “the future is already here; it’s just not widely distributed yet.” I think that I’ve seen the future, and in it, everything will be “Pelotonized.” Let me explain. For those of you who haven’t jumped on the hottest at-home fitness…