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Send In the Fungineers!

As more and more companies employ 'happiness engineers', proud curmudgeon Oliver Burkeman asks whether prescribing or enforcing workplace fun is ever a good idea.

β€œAre we having fun yet?!” There is a growing trend for companies, particularly in fields of technology and new media, to employ happiness engineers or - in at least one case - 'fabulous facilitators' to boost morale among the workforce. Oliver Burkeman, psychology writer and proud curmudgeon, is a firm believer that forced fun is no fun. He is appalled and perplexed by the idea that happiness should be prescribed - even enforced - in our workplaces. In episode 4 of The Power of Negative Thinking, Oliver explores a phenomenon that has come to be called β€˜fungineering’. He meets a β€˜Head of Happiness’, and asks what really motivates employees and makes them happy.

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Mon 2 Aug 2021 09:30

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  • Thu 24 Nov 2016 13:45
  • Mon 2 Aug 2021 09:30