It’s much simpler and more immediate than that. Now it's time for tangible takeaways, where we take big ideas up to 10,000 feet in a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan, strap them to our chest, and countdown from 3, 2, 1 before hurling ourselves out into a cloudless Nevada sky and free-falling for 30 seconds of pure, unadulterated, adrenaline-fueled bliss.ġ. Ingrid was interviewed by Lindsey Nikola, a speechwriter, producer, and neighborhood handywoman. Ingrid’s immensely popular TED talk “Where Joy Hides and How to Find it” has been viewed more than 17 million times, so no one tell her how many people listen to this podcast, okay? She’s also the founder of the website The Aesthetics of Joy, which helps people to find more joy in life (and work) through design. Ingrid Fetell Lee is an experienced designer and author of Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness. Join us after the interview for Tangible Takeaways, where we’ll talk about the ideas and actions we can take with us and implement our own workplace cultures. This episode, we’re talking with author Ingrid Fetell Lee about joy-why it’s not the same as happiness, and what we can change about the places we work to make our jobs, and ourselves, more joyful.

She loves pancakes, polka dots, and rainbow sprinkles, and has an extensive repertoire of happy dances for any occasion.Welcome to The Work Place, where we’re hot on the trail of what makes great workplace cultures tick, and what we can all do to make the ones we work in better. Lee holds a Master’s in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute and a Bachelor’s in English and Creative Writing from Princeton University. Her design work has been exhibited at imm Cologne, Germany.

She was a founding faculty member in the Products of Design program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She has over fifteen years of experience in design and branding, having led design programs for Target, Condé Nast, Eileen Fisher, American Express, Kate Spade, Diageo, Pepsico, and the US government, among others. Lee has been featured as an expert on design and joy by outlets such as The New York Times, The Guardian, Wired, Real Simple, The Atlantic, the Today Show, HGTV Magazine, and Fast Company.

Her immensely popular TED talk “Where Joy Hides and How to Find it” has been viewed more than 17 million times. As a former design director at IDEO, author of Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness, and the founder of the website The Aesthetics of Joy, she empowers people to find more joy in life and work through design. Ingrid Fetell Lee is a designer and author whose groundbreaking work reveals the hidden influence of our surroundings on our emotions and wellbeing.

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