Safety Moment - The Power of Happiness in Organizational Change

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OK, let's talk about this just for a minute, because I think it's it's a really

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important thing in facilitating organizational change, but it's kind of fluffy.

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So it'll be interesting to chat.

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Hey, everybody, Todd Conklin, Pre-Accident Investigation Safety Moment.

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But it's those little tiny moments where we get together and talk, and they're fun to do.

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Although many of you tell me you don't like them as much as the long ones,

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but nonetheless, it's what we do. It's how we do it.

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And I kind of like them because you can sort of start ideas,

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and then if they're interesting, you can make them longer.

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Today, I want to talk to you about the idea of being happy.

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Now, it's weird, and I've thought about this a lot, in fact, most of my life.

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And I kind of think happiness is, in essence, kind of a choice.

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Now, there's a context around that. And you sort of have to choose.

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When something happens, you can choose to be angry or you can choose to not be angry.

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You can choose to be sad or choose to be happy. It's just kind of how you frame it, right?

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But I think one of the things that happens, especially in organizations,

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is when we're up against a difficult change, There's lots of resistance to the

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change. People don't want to change.

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That we oftentimes see happiness as the opposite of challenges, of the change itself.

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And I actually would share with you guys straight up that I think that's wrong.

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Just like we say failure is an essential part of success, I think happiness

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is an essential part of organizational change.

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And you can read happiness as satisfaction or smoothness.

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That would be a good way to say happiness. But I think we can't see them as

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oppositional because they're not.

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And so one of the key components, and I do think this is a reasonable and important

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thing to say, of creating significant change,

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a philosophical shift, if you will, in an organization, is to ensure that as

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that shift is happening,

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the people are happy, that you're happy, that leadership is happy,

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and creating opportunities to sort of build on happiness.

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Because a happy group of people is much more prone to really accept significant

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challenges than an angry group of people.

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Think about it. I mean, it's a really interesting idea. That's the pod.

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I mean, it's that simple.

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But that's kind of what these little tiny pods do is introduce these ideas.

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And again, if it's worth talking about, tell me and we'll talk about it more.

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Until then, learn something new every single day. Have as much fun as you possibly

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can. Be good to each other. Be kind to each other.

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And for goodness sakes, you guys, be safe.

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