Author: Sam Mehoke

So, taking those two findings together, that leading a life of purpose is a good thing and that it’s a relatively rare thing- members of our adolescent moral development lab have gotten really interested in how can we foster purpose.

-Dr. Kendall Bronk

Dr. Kendall Bronk is a professor of positive developmental psychology at Claremont Graduate University. In this episode, we discuss what purpose is, and how we can cultivate more purposeful lives.

Recently, Dr. Bronk and her lab has released the Fostering Purpose site complete with resources and tool kits.
https://www.fosterpurpose.org/

Thank you, Dr. Bronk!

If you would like to contact Dr. Bronk, please visit her lab’s site: here

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Some notes from the episode:

The Claremont Graduate University’s Adolescent Moral Development Lab, and their site on fostering purpose
Lab Home page:
http://www.amdcgu.com/

Fostering Purpose resources and tool kits:
https://www.fosterpurpose.org/

The vast majority of research in emotional labor, and everything else and it’s all done on white and western samples. You get these huge samples and tons of repeat studies, but it’s all on the same culture and you can’t really generalize from that.

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What if we stopped looking for answers for a moment? What if I just ask 20 questions: How are my employees today? Is there enough coffee for them?, etc.
-Noah Boyd

Claremont Graduate University Positive Organizational Psychology PhD student Noah Boyd joins Sam Mehoke to discuss culture in the workplace and how the way we interact with that culture relates to burn-out. Later on we dive into where the future of workplaces may be headed. What happens when we have facial recognition A.I. as our HR department? How should companies go about researching and knowing themselves? What questions should they be asking?

I love talking about the future and getting a little sci-fi. Thank you Noah!
Please enjoy the episode, and see you all next time.

If you would like to contact Brian, you can email him here:
noahaboyd@gmail.com

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Some notes from the episode:
I invent the phrase “False Herring”.
Microphones got a little interesting at the end. Sam continues to learn how to edit.

For more on this topic, Noah has suggested looking at:
Professors Geert Hofstede, Harry Triandis, and Edgar Schein work.

Thank you for holding out over the drought of episodes this last month. In Episode 19: March Status Update I explain some of the behind the scenes with some nibbles of what’s to come.

Episode 20: A Resiliency Chat

I go into some of the things that tend to get glossed over when talking about resiliency. Resiliency is often portrayed as a solid and straightforward measure when there is much to unpack here. Sore throat and all, I talk about a few things to keep in mind about resiliency in this short mini-episode.
Enjoy!

One of my purposes is to help people be better… but if everybody is developing and thriving well… then we can have a lot of people working on things that are important to them that can change things.

-Brian Riches

Claremont Graduate University Positive Psychology PhD student Brian Riches joins Sam Mehoke to discuss heroism. How can we be more heroic in our daily lives? What gets in the way? Who is Brian’s favorite superhero?

I had a blast having this conversation, and I hope you enjoy it as well.

Thank you Brian!

If you would like to contact Brian, you can email him here:
brian.riches@cgu.edu

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Some notes from the episode:
I fail miserably to recall The Lucifer Effect. Brain saves me.
The Claremont Graduate University’s Adolescent Moral Development Lab, and their site on fostering purpose
Lab Home page:
http://www.amdcgu.com/
Fostering Purpose resources and tool kits:
https://www.fosterpurpose.org/

We need to talk about value and what is good enough when discussing the “good life” and human potential. This is an introduction to the discipline of evaluation and some of the ways that evaluation differs from your standard research. How do you know if something is worth it? What do you measure?