Are you bored?

Bored Rhino provided by https://pixabay.com/photos/rhino-boring-animals-zoo-nature-2204784/ 

With 100% homeoffice for 6+ weeks in the meantime, very reduced face-to-face interaction with colleagues if any interaction is possible/allowed at all, people are realizing slight changes in their work environment. Some are talking about increased productivity others are just bored. 

"Bored workers are 2 times more likely to leave a company than those who are not bored" according to the 2016 Udemy Workplace Boredom Study  https://research.udemy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2016-Udemy-Workplace-Boredom-Study.pdf 

"More women are bored at work than men", what might also be related to the Gender Pay Gap, see some U.S. data at  https://lendedu.com/blog/cities-states-gender-pay-gap/ 

Udemy is offering a lot of other reports that might contain solutions for the boredom problem? Maybe Online Education, Workplace - Happiness, Distraction, Boundaries and Stress, or closing Skills Gaps? https://research.udemy.com/research-reports/ 

• You're Not Burnt-Out. You're Bored-Out  https://www.inc.com/melissa-lamson/8-ways-to-conquer-bore-out.html 
• Boreout Syndrome – The Total Opposite to Burnout  https://exploringyourmind.com/boreout-syndrome-the-total-opposite-to-burnout/ 
• Burnout vs boreout  https://nesslabs.com/burnout-vs-boreout 

I personally can recommend to better understand yourself, just lately I mentioned the IKIGAI test as one example. But you could also look closer into one of the Management 3.0 practices - Moving Motivators - https://management30.com/practice/moving-motivators/. A good way to understand your intrinsic motivation and how it changes with influence from the outside. Finally in the mindset of lifelong learning, close a skills gap or learn something new, like I am doing it in the moment https://shiftup.work/qualification/. 

Anyway you have to realize 1st that you are bored and have to make a change, the 2nd step is easy, as there are endless ideas and opportunities out there to get better over time 😉.  https://management30.com/happiness-at-work/  - HAVE FUN ...

• The 3 qualities of the most effective team players  https://ideas.ted.com/the-3-qualities-of-the-most-effective-team-players/ 
• Captain Tom Moore gets special Royal Mail postmark to celebrate 100th birthday  https://www.thejournal.ie/captain-tom-moore-stamp-5084497-Apr2020/ 
• 19 Stunning Images of Abandoned Things Being Reclaimed by Nature  https://interestingengineering.com/19-stunning-images-of-abandoned-things-being-reclaimed-by-nature 
• LinkedIn’s AI generates candidate screening questions from job postings  https://venturebeat.com/2020/05/01/linkedins-ai-generates-candidate-screening-questions-from-job-postings/ 
• TED: 3 ways to measure your adaptability — and how to improve it  https://www.ted.com/talks/natalie_fratto_3_ways_to_measure_your_adaptability_and_how_to_improve_it 

When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting. -- Jon Kabat-Zinn,  American - Educator Born: June 5, 1944,    https://www.mindfulnesscds.com/pages/about-the-author