Carl Smith 🎙 Front End Design Conference 2019
summary
Describes turning a closed agency into an active community hub called Bureau of Digital and running live experiments that prove small rituals change outcomes: cites 12% more efficient when people are happier, runs audience games like show your phone lock screen to spark real connections, and encourages daily habits such as take ten minutes a day to boost energy. Built repeated events and peer networks that actually increase engagement and lift speaker–audience energy.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Welcome and introduction
- 1:17Why we’re all here
- 2:34Talking about happiness
- 5:03Happy people are more efficient
- 6:41Energy in the room matters
- 8:14Connecting with others
- 9:57We deny ourselves joy
- 11:07Shoes off on stage
- 12:44Take time for yourself
- 14:04Reach out to loved ones
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