Behavioural Science of Workplace Wellbeing

Course content

The course is taught face-to-face over two full days, at either The Shard in London, or our Warwick campus.

Day 1 content

The core of workplace wellbeing

 

Insights

• Key drivers of human wellbeing
• Wellbeing in the workplace
• Measuring success and progress with wellbeing and happiness
• The importance of job satisfaction and its effect on productivity 
 

Practice

• Beyond money and profits: Measuring progress in society and modern organisations using wellbeing and happiness
• What are the key economic and social determinants of human wellbeing and happiness? Does money buy happiness? How do we adapt to major life events?
• The ideal job and professional workplace
• What matters in a job? From personal characteristics to valued incentives
• Case study analysis: Will paying your employees more solve all the problems?

Day 2 content

Delivering wellbeing as an organisation

 

Insights

• Using the behavioural science of wellbeing to improve workplaces and consumer products
• Employee wellbeing in real-world industries and business organisations
• Reducing status competitions and job strain in the workplace
 

Practice

• Building a culture of experimentation within organisations
• Using the behavioural science of wellbeing to build better workplaces and consumer products
• Employee wellbeing in real-world industries and business organisations. A series of interactive short talks and discussions with industry professionals and organisational leaders who have researched wellbeing and happiness within their workplaces and industries
• What next? Prioritising a wellbeing strategy in your organisation, and wrap-up.