What can mindfulness do for management?
Cécile Dejoux reflects on the trend followed by many companies which have started teaching mindfulness in the office.
“Kindness and business shouldn’t just rhyme”
Peter Vanham reflects on the 2023 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, an organisation he used to work for, and the importance of friendliness and benevolence in the corporate world – and outside of it.
Bricks, bytes and behaviour: Solving the hybrid work dilemma
With the recent introduction of the hybrid work environment, what can companies incorporate to encourage employee engagement?
Well-being at work: why has it become the strategic issue for companies?
As if we needed more proof of how important physical and mental health is for staff, the recent crisis further highlighted this reality as employees struggled to remain flexible, withstand pressure and work remotely. Recent studies indicate that, in France, an employee that is fulfilled is an employee that is less frequently absent and sick,…
Here’s how companies can truly improve employee happiness
A broad, cross-cultural study found a universal need for managers to address more collective and meaningful aspects of happiness.
Burnt-out? Understanding the worker’s mind with Prof. Argyro Avgoustaki
With the post-Covid workplace under the microscope, Argyro’s expertise gives us a clearer view on the impact of our work cultures on employee well-being.
When choice overload makes it too hard to choose
We are culturally programmed, in a certain way, to think that freedom of choice will bring us love, prosperity and satisfaction. But is this always the case? Sophie Guignard explains why too many choices makes it hard to choose.
“Consumers need means of escape and self-development”
Prof. Charlotte Gaston-Breton explains how consumers’ everyday experiences can regulate the negative feelings induced by the Covid-19 pandemic, and how brands can help improve their well-being.
Do we still need work friends?
With remote work no longer a nice-to-have but a requirement in the new normal, do people still believe in the necessity to make friends at work?
When was the last time you charged your batteries?
ESCP Professor Chiara Succi takes a look at how the digital work environment threatens mental well-being and what we can do to keep our batteries charged.
Taxi rides go a long way towards explaining the overwork culture
Through original research, Prof. Vasudevan confirms the doubts raised by a recent article from the Financial Times about excessive workload in banks.
Happiness economics: Is it really all about money?
Whether young or old, people’s happiness equally benefits from certain non-economic factors. Wealth and income are important but not self-sufficient.
