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Rewarding the whole journey: What learning designers can learn from positive psychologyLPi Webinar July 2015
A QUICK QUESTION (Thanks to Martin Seligman)
What do you want for your
children?
A QUICK QUESTION (Thanks to Martin Seligman)
What do schools teach?
A QUICK QUESTION
How is your success
measured?
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT
Work-related stress caused workers in Great Britain to lose 11.3 million working days in 2013/14
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT
What were the causes?
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT
the amount of control individuals have at work or how much say they have over the way they do their work
the support employees receive in the workplace, in terms of encouragement and resources, from their employer, their line manager and their colleagues
how well relationships are functioning in the workplace, including prevention of bullying and harassment, managing conflict and ensuring positive relationships
how clear people are about their role and whether they have conflicting roles
how well change is managed and communicated in the workplace, including both large and small changes.
A QUICK INTRODUCTION TO POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
WHODUNNIT?
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY – A DEFINITION
Positive Psychology is the scientific study of human flourishing, and an applied approach to optimal functioning.
It has also been defined as the study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals, communities and organisations to thrive.
Positive psychology institute
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY – KEY CONCEPTS
1. Positive resonance2. Broaden and build3. Flourishing – life satisfaction; learning, growing, and
making contributions to society 4. Resilience – positive psychology isn’t the pursuit of
happiness, its about building resilience to flourish in all circumstances
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND LEARNING
Creating a complete learning environment
LEARNING VIRTUES
Cognitive learningAffective learning
Product Purpose
Emotional and academic learningTHE NEW BLENDED LEARNING
Positive psychology promotes full integration of cognitive and affective learning
Are we rewarding completion or contribution?
PRACTICAL EXAMPLE: BADGES
Mitigative Meliorism-Focused on getting less of what we don’t want.-e.g. appendicitis
Constructive Meliorism-Focused on getting more of what we do want.-e.g. physical fitness
WHAT DOES YOUR LEARNING FOCUS ON?
Rather than creating a diadactic ‘right way’, they provide a scaffold
USING LEARNING PATHS
POSITIVE RESONANCEInsight 1
POSITIVITY RESONANCE
Small positive moments
Traditional learning intervention are one big act of motivation – online, we can help facilitate many small positive moments
COMMUNITIES
• Give meaning to an individuals contribution
• Exist for the value of their members
• Value participation and building collective value
• Provide an accessible way for people to make meaning from their talents
COMMUNITIES
“Online social learning communities are changing the value of employer brands”
Forbes 2012
L&D as the facilitator, not the gatekeeperUNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF L&D
The desire to control and measure can suffocate learning and innovation
Communities need facilitators, not managers
POSITIVITY RESONANCE
Small positive moments
Portable learning enables you to break down key learning points into accessible moments that build habits
BROADEN AND BUILDInsight 2
POSITIVE COURSE DESIGN
Instead of solving problems of immediate survival, positive emotions solve problems concerning personal growth and development.
Barbara L. Fredrickson, The Value of Positive Emotions, American Scientist (2003)
WHODUNNIT?
Broaden and Build
Really successful, high-performing teams had about a six-to-one ratio of positive to negative statements, whereas the low-performing teams had ratios of less than one to one, meaning that more than half of what was said was negative.
THE IMPACT ON PERFORMANCE
Physicians who felt good were faster to integrate case information and less likely to become anchored on initial thoughts or come to premature closure in their diagnosis.
POSITIVE COURSE DESIGN
How can you build in opportunities to apply broaden and build?
BROADEN AND BUILD
• Communities of practice – widens the discussion and viewpoint
BROADEN AND BUILD
• Collaborative assignments – gives the opportunity to ‘exercise a signature strength’
BROADEN AND BUILD
• Reward curation, sharing and feedback
FLOURISHINGInsight 3
BUILDING THE FUTURE WORKFORCE
TELL THEIR STORIES
• Learning portals provide a home for the stories, showcasing work and highlighting excellence
HELP YOUR PEOPLE FLOURISH
• Your people directory could be the key to maximising your organisations value, through helping people add value
The 2020 workforceTHE RISE OF ‘SOFT SKILLS’
RESILENCE
The ideal mindset isn’t needless of risk, but it does give priority to the good
Shawn Achor, The happiness advantage
RESILENCE
Wellbeing programmes that focus on resilience could be the most valuable investment you make
CHANGE IS HERE TO STAY
• David Brooks, The Learning Virtues, New York Times Feb 28, 2013• Health and Safety Executive• CIPD, Building the business case for managing stress in the
workplace, 2011• James O. Pawelski, Director of Education and Senior Scholar,
Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania Theory for Practice: Positive Psychology and Leadership, 2006
• Shawn Achor, The happiness advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology that Fuel Success and Performance at Work , Virgin 2011
• Bridget Grenville-Cleave, Introducing Positive Psychology: A Practical Guide, Icon Books 2012
• Barbara Fredrickson, Positivity, Oneworld, 2012• Martin Seligman et al, Positive education: positive psychology and
classroom interventions Oxford Review of Education 2009
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