The Science Behind Happy, Healthy Workplaces

Discover 30 critical employee engagement questions and why measuring actual behaviors beats traditional surveys. Learn how behavioral data reveals true engagement patterns that drive business results and sustainable workplace cultures.

After analyzing 2.5 million workplace interactions, the data reveals thriving organizations aren't those with best perks or highest salaries—they're the ones that cracked the code on human motivation and designed systems making positive behaviors effortless.

The myth of shrinking attention spans masks a remarkable truth: humans are becoming more selective, not less focused. New research reveals our capacity for deep attention is intact—we've simply evolved sophisticated filtering for an information-rich world.

When workplace stress peaks, we choose recovery methods that make us worse. Research shows reading for 6 minutes reduces stress by 68%, while phone scrolling impairs recovery. The solution isn't willpower, it's design.

Research across 29 companies reveals only 7% effectively address poor performance. Strategic leaders distinguish between character issues requiring swift action and competence gaps deserving patience—creating cultures where excellence thrives while innovation flourishes.

When offices emptied, organizations lost the invisible infrastructure driving 90% of workplace learning. The result: decisions take longer, problems require meetings, and new hires struggle with challenges experienced colleagues could solve instantly.

Young adults' conscientiousness has plummeted 40% since 2014 while neuroticism surged. This personality shift is reshaping workplaces—but organizations can reverse it. Learn why personality traits matter more than skills and how to build environments that develop rather than diminish capability.

Most companies treat their mission, vision, and values like wall art—beautiful but ineffective. Research shows fewer than 30% of employees can recall their company's mission, and even fewer see it lived daily. Here's how to close the gap between stated values and reality.

Organizations struggle with a fundamental question: how many direct reports should managers have? Our analysis of 200+ companies reveals it's not a magic number, it's a formula based on cognitive limits and work complexity that most ignore, costing thousands of hours of human potential.