Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-331).
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I: The leadership blind spot: happiness and well-being -- Chapter one: What economic models miss -- Chapter 2: Unhappiness and elections -- Part II: Addressing the blind spot: Measuring happiness and well being -- Chapter 3: The happiest people in the world? -- Chapter 4: How on earth do you measure happiness? -- Chapter 5: Do people know how happy they are? -- Chapter 6: Behavioral economics and measuring a great life -- Part III: What makes a great life? -- Chapter 7: The five elements of a great life -- Chapter 8: The global great jobs crisis -- Chapter 9: Does money buy happiness? -- Chapter 10: The world's broken communities -- Chapter 11: The global hunger crisis -- Chapter 12: A lonely planet -- Chapter 13: The serious outcomes of unhappiness -- Part IV: Unanswered questions -- Chapter 14: How are women's lives doing? -- Chapter 15: The emotionless society -- Chapter 16: A letter to Rwandan president, Paul Kagame -- Chapter 17: How the global pandemic shaped happiness -- Part V: What leaders can do to improve how people's lives are doing -- Chapter 18: What public sector leaders can do -- Chapter 19: What private sector leaders can do -- Chapter 20: What public sector and private sector leaders can do together -- Conclusion: Five million conversations -- Appendix -- References -- About Gallup -- About the author -- Acknowledgements.
Summary:
Unhappiness has been increasing globally for a decade, according to Gallup -- and its rise has been missed by almost every world leader. That's because while leaders pay close attention to measures like GDP or unemployment, almost none of them track their citizens' wellbeing. The implications of this blind spot are significant and far-reaching -- leaders missed the citizen unhappiness that triggered events ranging from the Arab uprisings to Brexit to the election of Donald Trump. What are they going to miss next? Grounded in Gallup's global research, Blind Spot makes the urgent case that leaders should measure and quantify wellbeing and happiness -- how citizens' lives are going -- and shows them how. It also discusses the five key elements of a great life and where the world needs to improve in each of them to better the lives of people everywhere.
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