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I only just skimmmed the article, but a helluvalot more employers need to be monitoring emotions. In fact if no matter who you are, I bet you would do well to

I only just skimmmed the article, but a helluvalot more employers need to be monitoring emotions. In fact if no matter who you are, I bet you would do well to immediately agree to take a 20% pay cut starting at the end of reading this paragraph (I know I would) in exchange for nothing more than the sure knowledge that soon, somehow your employer will start monitoring your emotions. Also by the by your dating life will improve by 500% if you do nothing else than start monitoring your date's emotions better than however you're doing it now. It's the single best thing you can do to start managing literally anyone and anything, including yourself. Do you know how you feel now? I bet until I asked you, you didn't, and now that I did, I bet you realize you're procrastinating doing something. (Not necessarily true, you could be taking a break for a few minutes.)

jrs95 8y ago
> Also by the by your dating life will improve by 500% if you do nothing else than start monitoring your date's emotions better than however you're doing it now. This is totally true. How do you think Mark Zuckerberg managed to marry Priscilla Chan? He got improved emotional monitoring algorithms in one of his 2011 firmware updates.
psetq 8y ago
Emotions are extremely complex, and the thought that anyone can easily turn "monitoring emotions" into actionable data is laughably wrong. /Acknowledging/ emotions may be much more useful, in case that's more along the lines of what you meant...
- logicallee 8y ago
  You're right and making those things actionable isn't trivial. but even trying to do so is a good start.
vorpalhex 8y ago
> I only just skimmmed the article Great start > Do you know how you feel now? I bet until I asked you, you didn't So emotions only exist when they're put into words? Or only emotions that can be described have value? Emotions are complicated, influenced by many factors, and exist as a composite of conscious and unconscious factors. To think that you can easily monitor emotions in a meaningful way, chart that to be useful data, and alter processes to "improve" emotional scores (whatever that means exactly) is foolhardy indeed. Emotions exist when they aren't measured. Measuring emotions is hard, even if we directly ask a truthful person, we only get part of the story. Your manager isn't a therapist, nor should they be.
- logicallee 8y ago
  What I mean is that more than likely, you weren't paying attention to it. My main point is that on the whole employers don't pay much attention to the emotional state of their workers, or at any rate less than they should. Most people reading this comment who happen to be at work and managing people, may or may not know what mood those people are in right now. Most people don't care.

jrs95 8y ago

> Also by the by your dating life will improve by 500% if you do nothing else than start monitoring your date's emotions better than however you're doing it now. This is totally true. How do you think Mark Zuckerberg managed to marry Priscilla Chan? He got improved emotional monitoring algorithms in one of his 2011 firmware updates.

psetq 8y ago

Emotions are extremely complex, and the thought that anyone can easily turn "monitoring emotions" into actionable data is laughably wrong. /Acknowledging/ emotions may be much more useful, in case that's more along the lines of what you meant...

logicallee 8y ago
You're right and making those things actionable isn't trivial. but even trying to do so is a good start.

vorpalhex 8y ago

> I only just skimmmed the article Great start > Do you know how you feel now? I bet until I asked you, you didn't So emotions only exist when they're put into words? Or only emotions that can be described have value? Emotions are complicated, influenced by many factors, and exist as a composite of conscious and unconscious factors. To think that you can easily monitor emotions in a meaningful way, chart that to be useful data, and alter processes to "improve" emotional scores (whatever that means exactly) is foolhardy indeed. Emotions exist when they aren't measured. Measuring emotions is hard, even if we directly ask a truthful person, we only get part of the story. Your manager isn't a therapist, nor should they be.

logicallee 8y ago
What I mean is that more than likely, you weren't paying attention to it. My main point is that on the whole employers don't pay much attention to the emotional state of their workers, or at any rate less than they should. Most people reading this comment who happen to be at work and managing people, may or may not know what mood those people are in right now. Most people don't care.