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What it is,
how to find it
...and the messiness of real life
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Bloom Psychology:Meaning In Work
Rob Archer, Bloom Psychology
“I’m fighting a battle I can’t win”.
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“I feel my life’s going by in a blur”.
“I’m always distracted”
“I forget what it’s all meant to be about”
“I’m always worried I’ll get found out”
“I often get lost in my thoughts”
The amount of information we process daily has
doubled in the past 20 years
Distracted...
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Disengaged...
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Distressed
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Distracted, disengaged, distressed....
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Mindfulness
Meaning
Movement
Meaning
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What exactly is meaning?
Meaning
Eric Klinger
Eric Klinger
All animals evolved to pursue goals
The role of cognition is to understand the world around us
Emotions are a call to action
Our brains evolved to help us meet goals.
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Meaning = comprehension
2020
Meaning = comprehension
?
apple
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Give me a bite of your
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I am ‘me’
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‘Meaning is a matter of human understanding regardless of whether
it’s the meaning of a word in a sentence or the meaning of our
lives’
Klinger 1998.
Do I understand this task?
Do I understand myself in this
context?
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“Humans have a drive to coherence”
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Evidence
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How to Increase Meaning in Work
Meaning in work
Use of strengths at work
Hypothesis 1: Use of strengths will predict meaning
Transcendent
Meaning in work
Use of strengths at work
Hypothesis 2: Transcendent purpose
will predict meaning
PurposeSelf
Transcendent
Meaning in work
Use of strengths at work
Hypothesis 3: Work role fit will predict
meaning
PurposeSelf
Work role fit
Transcendent
Meaning in work
Use of strengths at work
PurposeSelf
Work role fit
70%
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Evidence
Meaning in organisations
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• Competencies
• Time management
• Extrinsic Rewards
• Talent mgt
• Employee Engagement
• Shareholder value
• Growth
• Compliance
• Work stressors / OD
• Targets / enforcement
• Work / life balance
Current Focus
• Strengths
• Attention mgt
• Intrinsic motivation
• Develop all
• Transcendent purpose
• Stakeholder value
• Sustainability
• Autonomy
• Psychological flexibility
• Commitments / Trust
• Energy mgt
Meaning Focus
Strengths-based approach
Develop narratives
Promote context
Help with the messiness...
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Away from / avoiding
Towards / experiencing
The Messiness of Real Life
Experiential avoidance
Willingness
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Job performance (Donaldson & Bunce, 2004).
Attention and focus (Davidson et al., 2003).
Mental health (Flaxman & Bond, in press).
Psychological Flexibility…
Helping people to move in the direction of their values, instead of trying to control their thoughts and emotions.
Mindfulness
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“Optimal performance depends on the ability to enhance our focus on task-relevant behaviors
whilst feeling negative emotions.”
Professor Zella Moore, The Psychology of Enhancing Human Performance
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By helping to shift the odds that people will make healthier decisions at work, we help to realise significant benefits for both individuals and the organisation:
•Greater focus and productivity
•Fewer sick days,
•Greater engagement at work,
•Less stress,
•Better resilience,
•Better teamwork and
•Greater enjoyment of our working lives
Benefits
In addition to the benefits of the course, we work with organisations to help them identify ways in which behavioural psychology can be used more widely in the organisation, to ‘nudge’ people to make healthier decisions.
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Thank you
Global Warming: What Next?
Questions for Discussion
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Individual Meaning1.What aspects of your job do you feel most passionate about?
2.How does your role contribute to the greater good of society?
3.How would you want your friends and colleagues to describe you at your retirement party?
Organisational Meaning
1. What would the world lose if your organisation did not exist?
2. Is there a difference between your organisation’s ‘lived’ values and its aspired values? What would bring them closer?
3. To what extent does your organisation help people identify their purpose and link this to the organisation’s?
References
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All the information in this presentation has some kind of factual evidence behind it – this list keeps me honest!
•Brain Rules – Dr John Medina
•The Conference Board (2010). I Can’t Get No..Job Satisfaction: America’s Unhappy Workers
•Sapolsky, R., (2009). Why zebras don’t get Ulcers
•Bains , G., et al (2008). Meaning Inc.
•The Institute of the Future, California (2009). Information Overload. http://groups.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis479/projects/FISA.html
•Crenshaw, B., (2008). The Myth of Multitasking: How Doing it All Gets Nothing Done.
•Customer Engagement (2009). Customer Engagement. What’s Your Engagement Ratio?
•Workplace Stress (2007). Health and Safety Executive. http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2007/c07021.htm
•Ratey, J., (2009). Spark! The Revolutionary Science of Exercise and the Brain
•Klinger, E., (2005).The Human Quest for Meaning
•Avolio and Luthans (2005). The High Impact Leader.
•Moore, Z., (2007). The Psychology of Enhancing Human Performance
•Wegner, D., & Wenlaff, R., (2000). Thought Suppression. Annual Review of Psychology.
•Hayes, S. Bond, F. Barnes-Holmes, D., & Austin, J. (2007). Acceptance And Mindfulness at Work
•Kashdon, T., (2010). Personal Communication
Useful Links(watch this in presentation mode to activate links)
• Bloom Training Courses:
• Work Effectiveness –meaning and mindfulness in the workplace
• Resilience course –skills to move in a more valued direction
• Presentation outlining the effectiveness of mindfulness in the workplace
• Bloom Blog (useful links plus my ramblings)
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Other Useful Articles and Links•Valued Living Questionnaire
•Reshape Your Job – Time Magazine
•The Meaning in Life – Definitely Sweat The Small Stuff
•Leading with Purpose
•Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Workplace
Bloom Psychology Links