And I know what you’re thinking, but putting out a bowl of free vitamin D supplements isn’t going to cut it.ģ. According to Ingrid, people who have sunnier desks sleep 46 minutes more a night than workers at dim, poorly lit desks.
And light, or more specifically natural light, because it helps us stay alert AND helps us sleep better. Color because vibrant workspaces make people more friendly. Art because visual stimulation reduces fatigue. The four pillars are: Plants, art, color, and light. Still, wherever we work, Ingrid’s four pillars of joyful spaces can be applied to relieve stress, improve productivity, reduce burnout, and generally help us feel more human. which will undoubtedly turn into work-from-home forever for more than a few people. which turned into work-from-home for now. The physical spaces we work in have gone through a lot of iterations since the day corner offices first turned into carpet-sided cubicles. The second is that if you want more joy in your WORK, start with PLACE. Watching a hummingbird outside dance amongst the flowers. A moment of peace while watering your plants. A chance conversation with a friend you haven’t seen in a while. The little things, day-to-day, that give us energy and connect us to other people. When Ingrid talks about joy, what she means is an intense, momentary experience of positive emotion. It’s much simpler and more immediate than that.
Now it's time for tangible takeaways, where we take big ideas up to 10,000 feet in a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan, strap them to our chest, and countdown from 3, 2, 1 before hurling ourselves out into a cloudless Nevada sky and free-falling for 30 seconds of pure, unadulterated, adrenaline-fueled bliss.ġ. Ingrid was interviewed by Lindsey Nikola, a speechwriter, producer, and neighborhood handywoman. Ingrid’s immensely popular TED talk “Where Joy Hides and How to Find it” has been viewed more than 17 million times, so no one tell her how many people listen to this podcast, okay? She’s also the founder of the website The Aesthetics of Joy, which helps people to find more joy in life (and work) through design. Ingrid Fetell Lee is an experienced designer and author of Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness. Join us after the interview for Tangible Takeaways, where we’ll talk about the ideas and actions we can take with us and implement our own workplace cultures.
This episode, we’re talking with author Ingrid Fetell Lee about joy-why it’s not the same as happiness, and what we can change about the places we work to make our jobs, and ourselves, more joyful. Welcome to The Work Place, where we’re hot on the trail of what makes great workplace cultures tick, and what we can all do to make the ones we work in better.
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