The happy secret to better work essay

The following videos can help you better understand some of the themes covered in the week 3 short-answer paper and are organized by theme.

Impression management

On first impressions:

Cabane, O. F. (2011, November 24). The science of first impressions. youtube.com. Retrieved August 26, 2019 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zRZ5j2O07w

Description: Writer and coach Olivia Fox Cabane explains the ongoing importance of first impressions has not gone away. She addresses the importance of visualization, imagination, and showing interest in others. As you watch, think about how might you apply some of the advice she offers to thinking about workplace relationships or making an “impression” at work.

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· Conveying that one cares:

· Headlee, C. (2015, May 7). How to have a good conversation. TEDx – Creative Coast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6n3iNh4XLI

Description: Journalist Celeste Headlee offers advice about the importance of genuinely listening and says that it is important to acknowledge that communication involves both a speaker and a hearer. We must learn to listen to understand, not just to reply. In doing so, we convey we care and are consideration of others

Communication and job satisfaction. There are two videos that cover job satisfaction.

1) Donohue, M. (2016, December 13). How to get along with Boomers, GenXers and Millennials. TEDX Toronto. Retrieved August 27, 2019 from https://youtu.be/RtDxPcQ8GJg

Description: Scholar Mary Donohue explores the role of generational categories in styles of communication. She sees boomers as focused on legacy and are geared toward auditory exchanges, gen-Xers are seen as builders and are focused on the visual, and Millenials are adapters and adopters. She offers advice about how to address generational differences. Look to see if you see any links to Bevan on intergenerational communication.

2) Achor, S. (2012, February 1). The happy secret to better work. TED Talks. Retrieved August 26, 2019 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLJsdqxnZb0

Description: In a reversal of logic, positive psychologist Shawn Achor emphasizes that we should be happy then work, not that we should try to become happy as a result of work. What might this mean in terms of our patterns of intrapersonal or interpersonal communication? So, instead of thinking that success leads to happiness, we must think of how happiness leads to success. Is your job satisfaction (happiness) determined by your external world or your internal processing of your work?

Online bullying. There are two video presentations on cyberbullying.

A teen takes on cyberbullying:

Prabhu, T. (2015, March 11). Stop cyberbullying before the damage is done. youtube.com. Retrieved August 21, 2019 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps3Cefys0Kc

Description: Teen activist and creator of “ReThink,” Trisha Prabhu explains that we are not talking about cyberbullying enough, yet millions are suffering every day. This leads to increases in drug and alcohol abuse and suicide. She has specific advice about how to overcome this bullying crisis. She offers concrete advice for overcoming the issue, which primarily involves signaling to the bully that they should “rethink” what they think and post. Based on what we’ve learned in this class, why might ReThink work so well?

How online abuse of women has spiraled out of control

https://www.ted.com/talks/ashley_judd_how_online_abuse_of_women_has_spiraled_out_of_control?language=en

Description: Actress Ashley Judd discusses her experiences being bullied online and demonstrates how it is a form of sexual harassment and that marginalized groups are typically the target. She invites us all to take on this crisis directly to try to rectify the situation. As you watch, see if you can make links to what we have said about taking responsibility and respect.

Online cultures

Online bubbles and our narrowing reality

Pariser, E. (2011, May 2). Beware online “filter bubbles.” TED Talks. Retrieved July 14, 2019 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ofWFx525s.

Description: In this presentation, internet activist Eli Pariser discusses some of the dangers of the online filter bubbles we all are parts of. While we as Americans tend to value terms such as democracy, inclusion, and diversity, the web is, and has been, using algorithms to give us information. This means we are all living in different worlds, keeping us from having a shared sense of reality and we are getting what others think we “want” to see, but maybe not what we “need” to see. This divisiveness is potentially dangerous to our democracy and even the idea that we are “united” as states of America. As you watch, think through the values that are important to him that he says as violated by algorithms.