Luis Marrero, CEO of the Boston Institute for Meaningful Purpose, reveals how our deeply held unconscious beliefs about human nature prevent workplace engagement from improving despite decades of research and initiatives.
• Working with Transaction Analysis Psychology within major companies like Disney and DEC before founding the Boston Institute in 1986
• Distinguishing between meaning (about being) and purpose (about doing) - purpose fulfills meaning
• Explaining why workplace engagement statistics haven't improved in 20 years despite abundant knowledge
• Tracing how historical figures like Machiavelli and Adam Smith embedded harmful assumptions about human nature into organizational structures
• Contrasting Theory X management (assuming employees are lazy and untrustworthy) with meaningful purpose psychology
• Highlighting the importance of organizations leading with the social component before technical and business components
• Describing the "Cassandra Effect" - having answers but being unable to see or believe them
• Introducing the meaning analysis framework that helps identify quality of meanings through attribution, intelligence, health, harmony, and mindfulness
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