and enables interpretation of that information without requiring additional training or extensive discussion with process gaps and opportunities and to determine the
How to Have a Resilient, Positive Mindset
best way to address them. The standardized approach
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the original assessor. As a result, it’s easier to identify
and database then shift valuable collaboration time from sharing issues to solving them. This revolutionized ability to share information gives sites, regions and corporations a central access point from which to retrieve the data in their own time. Ergonomics process owners can easily monitor team activities, track status of improvements, monitor progress to goal and generate custom scorecards that enable them to measure success. Now, not only do we have the numbers, but we can organize them into ways in which everyone can easily and consistently view them. We can take data points and communicate key information while ensuring everyone is interpreting the data reliably, and we can continuously refine the methods of reporting and retrieval to make the data even more accessible over time. Good data provides better information. When you collect and interpret information, you gain knowledge. Knowledge allows you to identify actionable items to help solve problems in an
Switching to a positive frame of mind can boost yourself
effective and efficient manner.
and your business.
While there are many factors that influence the
Neil Pasricha didn’t cut away to what he calls “flashy
success of an ergonomics process, we can control
PowerPoint videos and slides.”
many of them by using technology to improve ease and efficiency. Enabling adults to learn the way they learn best—at their own pace, on their preferred devices and with on-the-floor practice to solidify their theoretical learnings—encourages the “use it or lose it” skills and helps them share what they learn with colleagues. Standardizing an efficient assessment process through structured methods and organizing results into meaningful data enables us to show trends and use the balance of time for value-added problem solving. The ability to track and sort assessments, direct causes and recommendations easily enables teams
The NY Times bestselling author and TED speaker spoke to Safety 2020 attendees about positive psychology and how someone can build resilience during difficult times. Pasricha’s story began ten years ago when he was happily married, working at Walmart as the director of leadership development. One night, his wife asked for a divorce. Upset with the news, he called his friend to discuss the development. The next morning, he received a phone call from his friend’s sister that his friend had died by suicide. Over the next four years, he started a blog called 1000AwesomeThings.com. The blog was his way of
to standardize best practices, identify gaps in current
processing the heartbreak mentally and emotionally.
processes and leverage trends and metrics to clearly
He explained, “I was sitting at home alone with a lot of
show the impact of the ergonomics team.
heartbreak asking myself how to get back out there again.”
All of these aspects function together to build an
It took Pasricha years to begin to trust himself again, to
effective, sustainable ergonomics process, which
build up his confidence and to eventually meet somebody
maximizes time on the most important element:
new - his current wife Leslie. When he discovered she was
implementing sustainable improvements to enhance
pregnant with their first child, he began penning a letter to
the lives of workers.
his unborn baby. The letter turned into 300-page novel.
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