Curious Conversations
Bee Heller and Debbie Martin love all things people and culture. Join them as they lean into their nerdy nature and go on a journey of discovery through the academic research that sits behind the work they do everyday. We hope you learn as much listening to the podcast as they did making it.
Curious Conversations
Meaning – why we want to invest our time in things we feel matter
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Bee Heller & Debbie Martin
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Reading and research referenced in this episode on meaning:
- Impact and the art of motivation maintenance: The effects of contact with beneficiaries on persistence behaviour by Adam M. Grant, Elizabeth M. Campbell, Grace Chen, Keenan Cottone, David Lapedis and Karen Lee
- The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom and Philosophy to the Test of Modern Science by Jonathan Haidt
- The Power of Meaning: The true route to happiness by Emily Esfahani Smith
- How To Create Meaning At Work by Rebecca Fraser-Thill
- Finding Meaning at Work, Even When Your Job Is Dull by Morten Hansen and Dacher Keltner
- Employee motivation is driven by connection to purpose.
- Autonomy, mastery, purpose: three forces that motivate us all by Daniel Pink
- What Is the Meaning of Life According to Positive Psychology by Courtney E. Ackerman
- Man's Search for Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust by Viktor E. Frankl
