![]() ![]() We’re already getting glimpses of the smart decisions today that can have profound impact on our future selves, and the future of work overall. Under the leadership of PhD Googlers Brian Welle and Jennifer Kurkoski, we’re two years into what we hope will be a century-long study. ![]() Inspired by the Framingham research, our People Innovation Lab developed gDNA, Google’s first major long-term study aimed at understanding work. We all have our opinions and case studies, but there is precious little scientific certainty around how to build great work environments, cultivate high performing teams, maximize productivity, or enhance happiness. After more than a decade in People Operations, I believe that the experience of work can be - should be - so much better. Upon reading about the study, I wondered if the idea of such long-term research could be attempted in another field that touches all of us: work. The Framingham Heart Study, which started with more than 5,000 people and continues to this day, has become a data source for not just heart disease, but also for insights about weight loss (adjusting your social network helps people lose weight), genetics (inheritance patterns), and even happiness (living within a mile of a happy friend has a 25% chance of making you happier). More than 65 years ago in Massachusetts, doctors began a longitudinal study that would transform our understanding of heart disease. ![]()
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