![]() Successful companies like Cascade Engineering and Zingerman’s are proof that using positive practices and focusing on both employee and community satisfaction are integral parts to running a successful business. No, it’s not a perfect world where everything runs smoothly and every practice applied will work the first time, but having the willingness to try and try again is what’s important.įinding ways to make your employees feel important and purposeful may seem like a large task, but when everyone is working together to figure it out, it creates a community of coworkers that feel safe and trusted, which can lead to a more efficient business. When businesses are able to take into account people, profit, and the planet, everyone benefits. Companies that use positive practices have happier employees who want to come to work, which in turn leads to a more efficient and profitable workplace, which then leads to a workplace mindful of the decisions it’s making that may affect the greater community. Companies who encourage and enable employees to succeed in these areas will receive benefits from happy and engaged employees. We want to perform as our best selves and achieve flow and virtuousness in our work. It shows that it’s natural for us to want to find the most beneficial thing for us. #Helio definition how toWhen trying to figure out how to “convince” people to use POS in the workplace, or when trying to convey why using positive practices is beneficial and not just the newest fad, an explanation of the heliotropic effect can be a useful tool. In other words, it is leaning toward the light that gives it life. For example, if you put a plant near a window that faces the sun, you will soon notice that the plant begins leaning toward the light. ![]() This natural search for light can be referred to as the “heliotropic effect,” which simply means that every living system has a tendency toward light and away from darkness, or a tendency towards that which is life giving and away from that which endangers life. If you’re stressed and under a lot of pressure at school or work, why do people say, “There’s a light at the end of the tunnel?” And why was there an Oprah quote on my Starbucks cup today, telling me to “know what sparks the light in ,” and to “use that light to illuminate the world”? Finding “the light” is a common thing that people are searching for. ![]() If you walk into a dark, unfamiliar room, what is your first instinct? Probably to find the nearest light and turn it on. Finding the Light in Darkness: The Heliotropic Effect ![]()
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