[Attila]

The result was closer to the Shredded categorie due to workers not receiving satisfaction from performing their work. They didn’t have a feeling that they added value to where they worked. Their work was irrelevant.

[Attila]

1.       Corporate laws requiring acceptable return on invested capital

2.       Shareholder expectations for earnings growth

3.       Compensation structure based on financial results

4.       Competition / Staying in the “game”

5.       Greed

6.       Ego

[Attila]

Collaboration

[Attila]

Totally agree. Companies are starting to incorporate time in the workschedule dedicated to Ideation/Innovation in a group setting.

[Attila]

I agree with the content of this video.

It can however be difficult to achieve while working long hours in highly competitive and ego cetric environments.

[Attila]

There must be many different reasons, I will just touch on a selected few:

I have experienced companies using this research to justify lowering performance bonuses and cutting back on benefits. It is all in order to increase retained earnings, providing additional funding for share buybacks and dividend payouts. The focus is not on building a happier workforce but to lower corporate expenses to increase profit. Aka More Disease

I find each year employees have to perform better, deliver more results in an increasingly stressful environment while living standards are declining. The growth in the after-tax disposable income has not been increasing at the same rate as the cost of living. This results in stress, anxiety and mental health challenges in general.

So, the research may have merit, however it is difficult to accept it when year after year it is increasingly more and more difficult to pay the living expenses.

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