Overview

Investigations at the Quality of Life Laboratory are focused on empowering people to live the lives they find most fulfilling and meaningful by enabling them to:

1. Develop and actualize their capabilities
2. Integrate them into an identity
3. Channel their personal uniqueness to create works of lasting value

This involves studying human performance (creativity), the interpersonal relationships that promote personal development (mentoring), cognitive enablers of high performance (flow, trance), and the context in which people create (workplace culture).

Current Projects

How people can develop and exhibit their best selves through positive experiences

• Microflow: Is it possible to have optimal experiences even under suboptimal conditions?
• Short Positive Experiences: Can you have a good time when you don’t have time?
• Solitude: Is spending time alone necessarily a bad thing? (Collaboration with Thuy-Vy Nguyen)

Making the workplace a great place to work

• Creativity at Work: To what extent are we able to be creative at our workplaces and in our jobs?
• Creativity Tools: Is there a better way to brainstorm? (Collaborations with KILN, Playstorming)
• Team Flow: How do teams get into flow? (Collaboration with Jef van den Hout)
• Diversity & Inclusion: What are the best measurements to use to assess diversity and inclusion? What are the best ways to promote diversity and inclusion that do not incur a backlash?
• Performance Management: What are the most meaningful ways to measure performance? What are the best techniques for optimizing performance?