An Intro to Happiness

how you can change the world and find happiness

Happiness Initiatives

Using the GNH Index Survey

A Great Team

Happiness Data Analysis

Granularity

Where it all started

Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross National Product

Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross National Product

Jigme Singye Wangchuk King of Bhutan 1972

An International Movement

Gross National

Happiness

- Material Wellbeing/Standard of Living

- Work

- Time Balance

- Arts & Culture

- Education

- Environment - Governance

- Health

- Community

- Social Support

- Affect (feelings)

- Satisfaction with Life - Psychological Wellbeing

Domain icons by Joumana Medlej at majnouna.com

Gross National Happiness scores are high in Material Wellbeing. Scores in Psychological WB, UK HI and SWL are at or above average.

Material Wellbeing had the largest range (10 - 95)

Suffering in areas of community –trust, time balance

Leverage – focus on the positive

Gross National Happiness scores are high in Material Wellbeing. Scores in Psychological WB, UK HI and SWL are at or above average.

Material Wellbeing had the largest range (10 - 95)

Suffering in areas of community –trust, time balance

Leverage – focus on the positive

Example group scores

Average (37K)

extremely divergent scores

extremely divergent scores

example policies

Sick Leave Ordinances

City of San Francisco- Ch. 12W of SF Administrative Code in Paid Sick Leave Ordinance includes part time and temp workers

City of Seattle ordinance 123698 – municipal code for paid sick leave and paid safe time

Pop-Up Parks

Plan

Measure- baseline

Intervention

Measure-access impact

A process

What you can doTake the

Gross National Happiness Index

Use the Gross National Happiness Index for your project or area

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