When it rains the price of umbrellas goes... - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

When it rains the price of umbrellas goes... - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Complete this sentence: When it rains, the price of umbrellas goes __. If you guessed up youd be right in most places. But at IKEA stores, youd be wrong. Heres how they price their umbrellas: IKEA umbrellas Sunny Day: $ 10 Rainy Day: $ 3 Yes, on rainy days, umbrellas are cheaper :o) What a nice way to make customers happy. This is no coincidence happiness matters at IKEA. Their founder, Ingvar Kamprad, once said this: Work should always be fun for all colleagues. We all only have one life. A third of life is work. Without desire and fun, work becomes hell. To me, this attitude only makes sense. Making your employees happy makes the business more profitable and making your customers happy keeps them coming back. It aint rocket surgery, and fortunately more and more companies are figuring this out and committing themselves to happiness at work. Your take What about your workplace? Does happiness matter where you work? Does anyone care whether the people and customers are happy? Please write a comment, Id love to know. Related posts Top 5 Reasons Why The customer is Always Right is Wrong Happiness at Work at Southwest Airlines Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related