Happiness
by design

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Athlon Studio is built

around the idea that

happiness drives good

design. This simple,

powerful concept

informs how we think,

how we partner with

our clients, and the

work we do.

Athlon Studio is

built around the

idea that

happiness drives

good design. This

simple, powerful

concept informs

how we think,

how we partner

with our clients,

and the work

we do.

A decade of research proves that happiness raises nearly every business and educational outcome: raising sales by 37%, productivity by 31%, and accuracy on tasks by 19%, as well as a myriad of health and quality of life improvements.

Harvard Business Review

550 million workdays are lost each year due to stress on the job. When organizations develop positive cultures they achieve significantly higher levels of organizational effectiveness.

Harvard Business Review

The possibility of turnover was 0.57 times smaller for any one-unit increase in well-being. Why? Happier people are more satisfied with their jobs, and job satisfaction is clearly linked to employee retention.

Stanford Business

Research by Oxford University's Saïd Business School, in collaboration with British multinational telecoms firm BT, has found a conclusive link between happiness and productivity.

University of Oxford

Happiness

is

pleasure

Our job is to continually align experiences and expectations. People have jobs to do.

We design products and services to remove friction and enable the right action at the right time. When people are in harmony with their tools, they are in flow, a balanced state of needs and wants.

…and

purpose

People want the work they do to matter. We design meaningful product experiences by connecting the dots between work goals and personal ones.

When we design for pleasure and purpose, Business performs better. People are happier. Work gets done.

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Happiness
is tangible

Happiness shows up in productivity scores, recruitment and referrals, adoption and retention. The bottom line is that happiness drives the bottom line.

1. Wrzesniewski, A. and Dutton, J.E. (2001) ‘Crafting a job: Revisioning employees as active crafters of their work’.

2. Chamberlein, A. and Zhao, D. (2019) The key to happy customers? happy employees.

3. Roy, R. and Konwar, J. (2018) International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts, 6(2).

4. Lyubomirsky, S., King, L. and Diener, E. (2005).

5. Nink , M. (2013) ‘Low Employee Well-Being and Engagement Hurt German Companies ’.

6. Make More Money by Making Your Employees Happy by Noelle C. Nelson (Author).

Productivity

Employees that find purpose in their jobs are more likely to be engaged in their work, and go above and beyond to achieve their goals.¹

Customer satisfaction

Creating a positive employee culture is a strong predictor of a company’s ability to deliver outstanding customer satisfaction, according to Glassdoor research.²

Employee retention

Workplace happiness is a key element to inspire employees to remain in the organization for a longer period of time.³

Innovation

A meta analysis of over 225 studies has found that happier people are more likely to engage in creative thinking and problem solving.⁴

Employee health

Employees who are engaged and thriving have an absenteeism rate due to illness that is 3 times lower than the rest of the population.⁵