Closing the loop

On science-based employee policies and work practices

This week I was fortunate to attend Gratitude Railroad’s investor gathering at 1440 Multiversity, an immersion learning retreat center located in Scotts Valley, California in the middle of wonderfully odorant, majestic, beautiful redwood trees. The restorative power of nature has often left me wondering about the ways in which companies could implement new ways of working and gathering to boost their teams’ creativity and ability to regularly re-evaluate their workflows and strategic priorities by “resetting”.

One of the keynote speakers was Pireeni Sundaralingam, a cognitive neuroscientist and behavior change researcher. She brought some scientific rigor to my intuition in the context of a fascinating conversation related to the impact of technologies on our brains, specifically frequent interruptions and constant stimulation. She cited several studies that have demonstrated that creating space for deep work and the ability to rethink translates into stronger forecasting skills and more sound decision-making.

In an increasingly distributed and hybrid workforce, the ability to design and implement better workplace practices backed by science and data becomes as critical as it is challenging to typically drive behavioral change in any environment. If you are working on innovative solutions to help companies measure the impact of proposed employee policies and work practices before implementation (or share best practices and benchmarking data across organizations), email me directly here and/or fill out this form. I look forward to hearing from you!