# Tracking Joy at Work

DevFeed: [Tracking Joy at Work](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tracking-joy-at-work-21466.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://begriffs.com/posts/2015-03-15-tracking-joy-at-work.html>)

Published: 2015-03-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Joe Nelson](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/joe-nelson.md>)

Topics: [Data Science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-science.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dashboards.md>), [experiments](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/experiments.md>), [Slack](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/slack.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Git](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/git.md>)

Tags: [data-science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-science.md>), [experiments](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experiments.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [realtime](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/realtime.md>), [reports](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reports.md>), [slack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/slack.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes a workplace mood-tracking program based on the Experience Sampling Method. It sends random Slack prompts, collects anonymous one-to-five ratings, and displays the results on a real-time dashboard to reveal shared moods and encourage discussion.

## Source excerpt

2015-03-15 You can't improve what you can't measure, and what better to measure than an activity that consumes your waking life. Work. Work, that oft-maligned but secretly important part of having meaning in life. Why are some days frustrating and others swept in effortless flow? Are bad days shared among an entire office or suffered individually? I've created a program to help answer this question.