The Innovation by Happiness Principles

Happiness is a all-round skill. When people are happy they are more creative, more innovative, more emphatic. work better with others, fix problems instead of complaining about them, have more energy, are more optimistic, motivated, and healthy, they are less concerned about making mistakes and make significantly less ones, learn faster and take better decisions.

All the people in the company participate in the innovation cycle: Employees, suppliers, partners, stakeholders, customers and shareholders. The right company culture favours an input and output movement of stimulation and prospects to and from the company, implementing an open innovation.

When the innovative approach is a fun experience, the child within us regains the ability to play. Fun is a key ingredient of creative thinking because it helps people to play with ideas, makes them less critical and allows them to see things in new ways. The wealth of perspectives lead, indeed, to universal innovation.

The more democratic organizational structures promote a cohesive working environment for people, where both success and failure are appreciated. Focus on coordinating the work and not on that of people will distance the company from the hierarchical model and assure that people feel part of the organization.

The successful experience of the employee begins the first day of employment because there is not a second chance to make a good impression. Similarly to the customer experience what happens when an employee interacts with the company determines his degree of involvement and all his decisions: to be more motivated, to not resign and to do more in that environment.

Digital technology helps increase happiness if used correctly. Our brains are not accustomed to the complexity and amount of information of today, but technology can help. The welfare of the person goes through the use of technology as a form of aid and not as a tool that increases complexity.

People need to realize their different potential in every type of environment and when that happens innovation bursts. The diversity of perspectives inside the company allows to create universal products and services. The right company culture also includes  different trends that promote alternative styles of management and leadership.

Happiness is the barometer of emotional intelligence (EQ), that makes a big difference on how people are in life and at work. Encouraging an attitude besides skills and experiences promotes the emotional intelligence that helps to be more efficient on the workplace and to create better leaders, more aware, more transparent and trustworthy.