Crafting Realities: Work, Happiness, and Meaning
Apply psychological and neuroscientific principles to enhance workplace performance, decision-making, and professional relationships.
Apply psychological and neuroscientific principles to enhance workplace performance, decision-making, and professional relationships.
This introductory course offers a unique blend of positive psychology, neuroscience, sociology, and philosophy to help participants reinvent their approach to work and career. Over seven weeks, learners will explore how mental models, emotions, and beliefs shape their work experience and overall life satisfaction. The course takes an inside-out approach to create change, focusing on transforming one's own mental models and beliefs about work, career, success, and identity. Participants will gain intellectual understanding of brain function and emotion, engage in reflective exercises for deeper self-awareness, and learn practical tools from positive psychology and organizational behavior. By the end of the course, learners will be equipped to proactively craft their work experience with greater confidence and effectiveness, leading to increased happiness and meaning in their professional lives.
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What you'll learn
Understand how beliefs, thoughts, and emotions influence behavior and work experience
Assess and recognize the impact of personal mental models and attitudes on life experiences
Apply practical tools to leverage mental models and emotions for a better work experience
Develop strategies to redefine personal notions of success and failure
Cultivate resilience and a healthier attitude towards challenges in the workplace
Learn techniques to enter and benefit from flow states at work
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There are 6 modules in this course
This comprehensive course on crafting a meaningful work experience combines insights from positive psychology, neuroscience, sociology, and philosophy. Over seven weeks, participants explore various aspects of work, happiness, and meaning. The curriculum begins with understanding how we make sense of the world and our experiences, focusing on mental models and the distinction between objective and subjective reality. It then delves into personal definitions of success, examining societal influences and the importance of aligning with personal values. The course addresses the concept of failure, teaching resilience and healthier attitudes towards setbacks. Participants learn to redefine work, exploring flow states and cultivating purpose. The role of emotions in productivity and happiness is examined, with strategies for emotional intelligence and leveraging positive emotions. The final week focuses on creating and sustaining change, cultivating an innovation mindset, and managing personal energy. Throughout the course, learners engage in reflective exercises and practical tools derived from years of teaching experience, designed to create deep and lasting change in their approach to work and life.
Demystifying Success
Module 1
Demystifying Success
Module 2
Accepting Failure
Module 3
Redefining Work
Module 4
Leveraging Emotions
Module 5
Continuing the Journey
Module 6
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Instructor
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Pioneering Expert in Work-Life Joy and Organizational Behavior at IIM Bangalore
Dr. Ramya Ranganathan serves as a visiting faculty at IIM Bangalore, bringing a unique blend of corporate experience and academic expertise to her role. Her educational journey includes a B.Tech in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications engineering from IIT Madras, a PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad, and both a Masters of Research and Doctorate in Management from London Business School. Before transitioning to academia, Ranganathan gained valuable corporate experience working with prestigious companies like ICICI, Infosys, and Citibank. Her quest to understand how people can flourish better at work led her to specialize in organizational behavior and positive psychology. Over the past eight years, she has impacted over 10,000 participants through various programs and courses, developing expertise in areas including organizational behavior, positive psychology, emotional intelligence, nurturing creativity and excellence, cultivating an innovation mindset, and career crafting. Ranganathan's teaching style is distinctive, seamlessly combining intellectual left-brained logic with intuitive right-brained reflection. Her work focuses on helping individuals find joy and meaning through their work, creating transformative learning experiences that enable participants to discover their purpose and potential in both their professional and personal lives.
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