When was the last time you received a deep, heartfelt "thank you"? Caught you thinking? Then join our journey to gratitude! Someone appreciates your work but you think: “That’s my job.” or “This is what I get paid for.” Sounds familiar? Or are you just unable to recall when you recently heard a “thank you”? Exactly: audibly heard or – even better – physically felt gratitude with all your senses… because we humans are more than just our brains. Science shows that perceiving positive emotions improves our (mental) health and raises resiliency. Mental health and human resiliency are two topics we still haven’t integrated well enough in business “out there” – although they’re highly relevant in our volatile, uncertain, ambiguous digital world. Our mission is to change that – together with YOU!

1. Gratitude in business
- more than just appreciation!
Cosima Laube (& Armin Schubert) #ATD2019

2. Cosima Laube // @gazebo_c
Cosima Laube
❏ software crafter “between Coding,
quality and leadership”
❏ studied Psychology (BSc) & and
Coaching education on the side
❏ today: (Agile) Coach for Humans,
Teams and Organizations
Bridge Builder & Travel Guide

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Armin Schubert
❏ CEO and founder of Emendare
GmbH&Co KG
❏ “team whisperer”
❏ giving people and teams
perspective since 2000
Positive Kräfte entfesseln!
a.k.a. “Unleashing positive forces”
Cosima Laube

4. A normal day at school...
Right after lunchtime...
17.02.1989

5. “It is not probable that you live to your 18th birthday!”
Photos: Armin Schubert (private)

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“In good times
and in bad”
Why gratitude?
Resiliency, Flourishing & Self efficacy

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Resiliency
https://unsplash.com/photos/ZqtrEEOH0X8

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Resilienz
“Resiliente Menschen unterscheiden sich
von weniger resilienten in der Art,
wie sie positive Erfahrungen wahrnehmen und
bewerten.”
(Dr. Daniela Blickhan, 2015/2018)

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graphiccreatedbySaskiaJancik

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Flourishing
languishing
flourishing
healthyunhealthy

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Flourishing
Move your
Baseline
languishing
flourishing
healthyunhealthy

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Self Efficacy
graphiccreatedbySaskiaJancik

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Self Efficacy
https://unsplash.com/photos/jl8x6XpE8Y4
The belief that you can actively contribute
to improve a situation.
Best source: own experience!

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Saying “thank you”
properly

15. A “pretty common” day in the office.
Right after lunchtime...
29.10.2012

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Business as usual
https://unsplash.com/photos/SvdO

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The official “farewell”
Photo:CosimaLaube(private)

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Business (almost) as usual
https://unsplash.com/photos/p-xSl33Wxyc

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Rigid rollercoaster of emotions
https://unsplash.com/photos/i--IN3cvEjg

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It is the little things (and steps)
https://unsplash.com/photos/jBoTngAnC3o

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Mindfully upwards… slowly, steadily...
https://unsplash.com/photos/mqwcNlWf3II

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strengthen your resources
grow personally
broaden your view
be aware
of positive emotions
experience more positive emotions
Broadening
Building

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(Start to) be aware of positive emotions
https://unsplash.com/photos/7wqCKri1uI4

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Broaden your view
https://unsplash.com/photos/Vjrx7V7hlrY

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Build and strengthen your resources
https://unsplash.com/photos/DuBNA1QMpPA

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Growing (personally)
https://unsplash.com/photos/eN6c3KWNXcA

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experience (even) more positive emotions
https://unsplash.com/photos/U8FEzONZCsg

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“Daily diet of
positive
emotions”
Gratitude is THE fuel
for this upward spiral

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Three positive
“things” per day

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Flourishing
Move your
Baseline
languishing
flourishing
healthyunhealthy

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Circle of gratitude

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Thank you cards/
Kudo cards
http://agile-living.com/download/?lang=en

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Priming Cards
http://priming-cards.emendare.de

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Writing a Daily Journal
(e.g. with traffic lights encoding)

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The “Grüffelo”
- gratitude challenge cup
http://grueffelo.emendare.de

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(Team-)Feedback-Wall

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Shower of
Appreciation

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Celebrate
successes

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#itsTheLittleThings
- sharing is caring

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“It’s an awesome day!”
- positive Affirmations

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Bite Your Pencil

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“1@mgr8#!”
“Unst0pp@b!E”
“Yes1C@N”

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Small presents
to strangers

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Donations
http://kiva.org

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Share your experiences with us!
CosimaUndArmin@dankbarkeit.rocks
Your stories energize us to go on speaking
about and sharing gratitude in business!
Thank you for your e-mails, tweets, etc.

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Recommendable literature
● Blickhan, Daniela (2015). Positive Psychologie: Ein Handbuch für die Praxis.
● Fredrickson, Barbara L. (2009). Positivity.
● http://www.positive-psychologie.ch and https://www.dach-pp.eu/
● Achor, Shawn (2011). The happiness advantage.
● Tan, Chade-Meng (2015). Search inside yourself.
● Gray, Dave (2016). Liminal thinking.
● Recommendable article (German) on the difference between “positive
thinking” and Positive Psychology:
https://alcudina.de/die-tyrannei-des-positiven-denkens/
● ‘Bite Your Pencil’ / Behaviour creates emotion:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/insight-therapy/201010/action-creates-emotion

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Our next tour stops
● 21./22. Nov 2019 - Tools4AgileTeams (Wiesbaden, DE)
● in different UserGroups / at MeetUps
● Invite us to your company or event!
→ CosimaUndArmin@dankbarkeit.rocks

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Photos: https://unsplash.com (unless stated differently)
X-ray photos: property of Armin Schubert
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