Finland is the world’s happiest country in 2024 based on a UN report. The report has a holistic view of how society and the environment affect people’s perception of happiness. Other Nordic countries are also top-ranked.
You have a company, ‘My Life Inc’, of which you are the managing director. The company is doing fine, but some of its Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) show poor performance. For example, one indicator shows that sick leaves have increased and another shows declining productivity. You investigate your company’s appearance and understand what is needed: more happiness.
As the managing director, you assign your Chief Operating Officer (COO) the task of acquiring more happiness for your company. Your COO conducts a search and finds the UN’s report. He investigates it and solicits bids from top-ranked happiness providers. After a week, he comes to you with the bids so that you can make a decision. You want the best for your company and decide to choose Finland as your happiness provider, despite it not being the cheapest option.
You move your company to Finland and start monitoring your KPIs. Some of them improve, but the most important ones do not. Confused, you book a meeting with your COO. He doesn’t understand the issue either and reanalyzes the situation using all the available data. The results confirm that your company has the best happiness provider money can buy.
Your COO, in this case, represents your mind, which is doing a perfect job. This situation indicates that outsourcing a happiness provider doesn’t achieve the best results. At this point, many companies re-evaluate their fundamentals, such as: What business is My Life in? What are the values of My Life? Your COO cannot answer these questions but is likely to be the loudest participant in the meeting where these issues are discussed. To maintain control in the meeting, you should be in charge of your mind.
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