HOW CAN A DAY OUT OF THE OFFICE MAKE PEOPLE MORE CREATIVE,

PRODUCTIVE AND HAPPY?

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A blend of mountains and sea where, fresh air and the chirping of birds were crucial for a heal-thy and full of benefits day for the body and the mind, such as: reducing stress, stimulation of the cardiovascular and respiratory system, activation of the memory, promotion of the self--esteem, multiplication of the creativity, good humor and happiness.In the words of Nuno Ribeiro Ferreira, HR Director of ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, it was an "Excellent walk and a metaphor for what is our day-to-day work – there are times when each one walks alone and others in which we help each other to overcome obstacles, because it is how we operate as a team". More testimonials of the participants in our Happy Corporations Society blog.

HAPPY WORKERS LOVE HAPPY WALKS

Last April 29th, a corporate work team from ANA Aeropor-tos de Portugal ventured into the enchanted forests of Sintra, during a nearly 12 kilometres walk that started from Penedo Village and ended at Peninha – with stops at iconic monuments such as the André Nunes Dolmen or the Chapel of San Saturnino, interspersed with splendid views over the Sintra lowland, Mafra, Serra do Socorro or the Guincho Beach. There was also opportunity for true teambuilding exercises, which included overcoming obs-tacles, collaboration, trust, patience and the incursion into the unknown – all tests widely surpessed with great suc-cess and willingness on the part of participants. In the end, get-together time on "stone couches" with tasting cinnamon cookies and ginger and apple tea.

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INTERVIEW

He is teacher, psychologist and director of the Facial Emotion Expression Laboratory of Universidade Fernando Pessoa - the only institution in the world with a Post-Gaduation in this area. Since our face is capable of showing 10 000 different expressions, Freitas-Magalhães prepares a new longitudinal study about the happiness of the Portuguese people, which will end in 2024 and aims to evaluate the dimension of happiness in a neuropsychophysiological point of view.

Armindo Freitas-Magalhães explains:

THE IMPORTANCE OF A SMILE IN YOUR FACE

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If you are a doctor, a lawyer, an architect or a teacher, congratulations! These are some of the most changeling jobs, those which could prevent Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, help keep brain active and slow the rate of decline in memory and thinking, according to a new study carried out by researchers at the University of Leipzig, in Germany. read more

DID YOU KNOWTHAT YOUR JOBDEFINES YOURBRAIN HEALTH?

For nearly 20 years, Pixar has dominated the world of animation, producing incredible films that collected 30 Academy Awards. So about if we could bring some of the joyousness of the storytelling, the inventive plots, the emotional authenticity and the profits made of Pixar movies to our work and life? From Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios, comes the book, that Forbes considers as “just might be the business book ever written”.

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"The Future of Employer Branding - A C-level and Executive View of How Organizations Tackle Talent Attraction, and The Obstacles That Stand In Their Way” is the name of the impacting research for which Universum gathered its resources to survey over 2000 HR professionals and CEOs round the globe to get their take on talent recruitment and employer branding. A webinar presented by David Brudenell, the Global Vice President of Product at Universum, gives you a brief overview of some of the findings of the study.

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“CREATIVITY, INC - OVERCOMING THE UNSEEN FORCES THAT STAND IN THE WAY OF TRUE INSPIRATION”!

HOW WILL THE FUTURE OF EMPLOYER BRANDING LOOK LIKE IN 2020?

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However smile is a contagious act that multiplies in small gestures of our day-to-day, in moments of great happiness and even in selfies that identify us in social networks, we tell you that there was a time (during the nineteenth century and early twentieth century) in that smile was ugly, inconvenient and a completely unreasonable gesture in the photographs.

WHY OUR ANCESTORS DID NOT SMILE AS MUCH AS WE DO?!

WHAT IF YOUR WALLPAPER COULDMOTIVATE YOU?If you stop one minute to think how many times you need to go to your desktop, searching for images, reports, folders and lost documents in recycle bin, certainly it will be hundreds. What if the next time you "visit" your desktop you find a motivational quote? A nice compliment? A green landscape or a beach at sunset? Change the wallpaper of your desktop with a beautiful, powerful, motivating wallpaper, able to raise your confidence, creativity and inner peace.