Here's a sobering fact:
Over 80% of the world’s employees are disengaged at work.
At ignite80, our mission is to shrink that number by teaching leaders and their teams science-based strategies that foster happier, healthier, and more productive workplaces.
The quantifiable value of creating an extraordinary workplace:
the ignite80 Manifesto
ignite80 was founded to bridge the gap between the latest science and the modern workplace.
In recent years, advances in behavioral science have produced eye-opening insights on the factors that help us work more effectively. Yet most of these findings remain trapped in library stacks, collecting dust on university bookshelves.
Our programs give you the best of what science has uncovered about top performance, translated into practical strategies that you and your team can apply to achieve at the highest levels.
Here are three key insights that science has taught us about top performance that we are committed to spreading.
Psychological needs are at the heart of peak performance.
Decades of research reveal that to thrive at work, people need experiences that (1) grow their skills, (2) connect them to colleagues in a meaningful way, and (3) empower them to feel like they have some say in how they do their job. Every leader can create psychologically-fulfilling workplace experiences and unlock peak performance. But they first need the tools to know how.
Fueling peak performance is a learnable skill.
Thanks to the latest science, we no longer have to guess how top performance happens. What we need are practical strategies for putting the research to use. By applying proven techniques grounded in psychology, neuroscience, and human physiology, any professional can dramatically and sustainably improve the way they live, work, and lead.
Books by Ron Friedman, PhD.
His first book, The Best Place to Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace, was named an Inc. Magazine Best Business Book of the Year. Library Journal called it a “must-read,” and it was described as “stunning,” “eye-opening,” and “a contemporary classic” by New York Times bestselling authors Daniel Pink, Adam Grant, and Marshall Goldsmith. To date, more than 60,000 copies of The Best Place to Work have been sold, and it’s been translated into seven languages.
His most recent book, Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success, was a national bestseller and was selected by Amazon's editors as one of the year's best non-fiction books.