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05/02/13 | Uncategorized

Fitter, Happier, More Productive: How Tech Can Help Us Be & Do Better

Author Lauren Bacon shares her recent talk on how tech can make us not only more productive, but even better, happier people. 

By Lauren Bacon (Author, The Boss of You)

Last night, I had the pleasure of speaking to the Vancouver User Experience group (AKA VanUE). The theme was “Inspiration,” so I decided to focus on something that’s preoccupied me for my entire career in tech, which is how we can bring our best selves to technology, and use technology in ways that help us grow and evolve in meaningful ways.

I titled my talk “Fitter, Happier, More Productive: How Tech Can Help Us Be & Do Better.” I talk about:

  • Why motivation matters less than you think.
  • The three factors you must have in place in order to shift your behaviour, according to Stanford professor BJ Fogg’s amazing research on behaviour design.
  • My rebuttal to venture capitalist Tim Chang’s “7 Deadly Sins” framework for assessing how successful an app is going to be.
  • Three apps that have made me a better, happier, more thoughtful person.

I’ve uploaded my slides to Slideshare with an audio track. (Warning: the slides make very little sense without the audio, because I’m a firm believer in using slides for illustration and counterpoint only.)

This post originally appeared on Curious for a Living. Photo credit: [Adam Baker] via Flickr.

Women 2.0 readers: How do you think technology can help people be and do better?


laurenbaconAbout the blogger: Lauren Bacon is a technology entrepreneur and author of The Boss of YouA firm believer that the first step towards building a great business is to create your own definition of success, she coaches entrepreneurs and startups, and writes about business, tech and more at LaurenBacon.com. She also has pink bangs. Follow her on Twitter @laurenbacon.

 

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