In Three To See this week: Measuring the unmeasurable, happiness and culture.

A recent Ted Talk; Measuring what makes life worthwhile by Chip Conley is my first pick.

Conley discusses the intangible motivational factors that stimulate engagement, proposing that leaders be responsible for cultivating the conditions for individuals to flourish by using metrics that matter and not just the mundane, citing the Bhutanese example of using Gross National Happiness as a measure of national wealth instead of Gross Domestic Product and employing, as one of 9 key indicators used to measure GNH, the question; "How do you feel about how you spend your time each day?"

Chris Ferdinandi illustrates the importance of this to employers with the quote below from his post on the Renegade HR blog; HR101:

"You can have the best HR practices, programs and processes in the world, but if people aren’t happy with the work they’re doing and the manager they work for, it doesn’t matter."

Derek Irvine's post to the Globoforce blog: Culture & Change * It's ALWAYS about the People echoes the sentiments of my previous two picks by examining the influence of culture on organisational change and urging practitioners to:

"Prepare for inevitable change now. Start fostering a culture centered on your people."