{"id":759660,"date":"2019-10-29T09:05:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T08:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/insights\/?post_type=videos&#038;p=759660"},"modified":"2025-03-17T14:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T13:02:20","slug":"the-science-of-happiness-part-i","status":"publish","type":"videos","link":"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/insights\/videos\/the-science-of-happiness-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"The Science of Happiness (Part I)"},"featured_media":759662,"template":"","meta":{"_has_post_settings":[]},"schools":[29,33,35],"areas":[20,25],"subjects":[],"class_list":["post-759660","videos","type-videos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","schools-business-school","schools-human-sciences-and-technology","schools-university","areas-human-behavior","areas-talent"],"custom-fields":{"wpcf-video-media":["https:\/\/youtu.be\/zQZ5Ntx98po"],"wpcf-video-description":["Today, the science of happiness is more important than ever; we really do have to learn to be happier. Organizations, too, can apply the lessons learned in this field, by giving employees the tools and the environment they need to increase their happiness. This will boost performance and engagement and so contribute to retaining talent. Diego del Alc\u00e1zar Benjumea, Executive Vice President at IE University, talks to Tal Ben-Shahar, CEO of the Happiness Studies Academy and Professor of Positive Psychology at Harvard University, on the importance of happiness and the best ways of addressing it in the educational and corporate field, with a view to ensuring that we all enjoy better and more fulfilling lives. The 21<sup>st<\/sup> century needs students to be equipped with essential life skills that will enhance their impact in the world and that\u2019s the purpose of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/center-for-health-well-being-and-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IE\u2019s Center for Health, Well-Being and Happiness<\/a> that will be launching its first courses in the second semester of this academic year.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\u00a9 IE Insights."],"wpcf-video-extract-enable":["1"],"wpcf-video-extract":["<strong>Diego del Alc\u00e1zar Benjumea<\/strong> talks to <strong>Tal Ben-Shahar<\/strong> on the importance of happiness and the best ways of addressing it in the educational and corporate field, with a view to ensuring that we all enjoy better and more fulfilling lives."],"wpcf-insights-transcription":[""]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/videos\/759660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/videos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/videos"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"schools","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/schools?post=759660"},{"taxonomy":"areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/areas?post=759660"},{"taxonomy":"subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subjects?post=759660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}