NEWThe RIA™ model for workplace flourishing

Put the verve back into work.

Yellowverve brings positive psychology and Indian wisdom into your organisation through RIA™, our Reflect, Introspect, Action model, then measures what changes in Joy, Purpose and Growth.

Grounded in researchPERMA, broaden-and-build, flow Rooted in Indian thoughtDharma, Svadhyaya, Nishkama Karma
Yellowverve InsightsLive pilot
Flourish Index
Sales & Operations, 8-week pilot
Flourish Index
74+12
Participation
86%
Practice adoption
68%
Intent to stay
76+6
Weekly Flourish IndexWeek 1–8
807060W1W8 Workshop 6274
By value
Joy74
Purpose81
Growth68
Baseline
Next best action: Growth lags. Run an RIA™ session on job-crafting with managers, then pulse again in 30 days.
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Wellbeing isn't a perk. The research says it shapes how people work and live.

Three findings from positive psychology that shape how we design every engagement.

40%

of the differences in people's happiness are linked to intentional activity: what they choose to do each day.

Lyubomirsky, Sheldon & Schkade, Review of General Psychology, 2005

28%

lower risk of dying over seven years for adults over 50 who reported the most enjoyment of life.

English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (Steptoe & Wardle, 2012)

9.4 yrs

longer life for nuns whose early writing showed the most positive emotion, compared with the least.

The Nun Study (Danner, Snowdon & Friesen, 2001)

Our model

RIA™: how change actually happens.

Step 1 · Reflect

Look at your experience.

Pause and notice what is actually happening at work: the moments that give energy, meaning and progress, and the ones that drain them.

Science
Mindfulness and savouring
Wisdom
Sakshi bhava, the witnessing mind
In practice
Guided reflection prompts in the workshop

Step 2 · Introspect

Look within.

Understand the why behind it: your strengths, your values and what truly matters to you, so change starts from who you are.

Science
Character strengths and values clarity
Wisdom
Svadhyaya, the practice of self-study
In practice
Strengths mapping and values reflection in pairs

Step 3 · Action

Act with intention.

Choose one small, deliberate practice and repeat it. Intentional activity is the share of wellbeing people can change, and we measure whether it sticks.

Science
Intentional activity and habit formation
Wisdom
Nishkama Karma, full effort without anxious attachment
In practice
A 7–30 day practice, tracked as Action adoption

Three values every employee is quietly asking about.

RIA™ is applied to each value. Each one joins positive psychology with a principle from Indian philosophy, and each one is measured.

Joy

A reason to come. Do I look forward to work?

Lasting joy comes from energy, connection and using your strengths, not from the next perk.

Science
Positive emotion, broaden-and-build
Wisdom
Shreyas over Preyas: what nourishes over what merely pleases
We measure
Joy and energy

Purpose

A reason to care. Does my work matter to me?

People engage deeply when work connects to something larger: the colleagues, customers and communities it serves.

Science
Meaning and relationships (PERMA)
Wisdom
Dharma: doing your duty well, for its own sake
We measure
Meaning and contribution

Growth

A reason to grow. Is this role taking me toward my career?

Growth is a practice, not a promotion. Small intentional actions compound into mastery and a steadier mind.

Science
Accomplishment, intentional activity
Wisdom
Sthitaprajna, the steady mind through change
We measure
Career alignment

Perks fade.
Practices last.

People adapt to good news fast. In a classic study, lottery winners rated everyday pleasures no higher than people who hadn't won. That is the hedonic treadmill, and it's why one-off perks rarely move engagement.

What does move it is the share of wellbeing people shape through daily choices. RIA™ turns that share into habits.

What shapes how happy people are
50%Genetic set point
10%Circumstances
40%Intentional activity
Sources: Lyubomirsky, Sheldon & Schkade (2005); Brickman, Coates & Janoff-Bulman (1978).

From insight to habit to measurable change.

Every engagement follows the same five steps, so HR can see what moved.

  1. Discover

    A short baseline pulse across six signals of flourishing.

  2. Experience

    A facilitated RIA™ workshop on Joy, Purpose and Growth.

  3. Practice

    Small daily practices that turn insight into habit.

  4. Measure

    A repeat pulse and a clear before-and-after readout.

  5. Reinforce

    Next best actions for HR and managers.

Yellowverve Insights

See where your people are flourishing, team by team.

Six leading signals show what changes first. Where your data allows, we connect them to the outcomes leadership already tracks: attrition, internal mobility, absenteeism and productivity.

  • Spot strengths and gaps by team
  • Track movement from baseline to follow-up
  • Get a recommended next action for each gap
Flourish signals by teamScore out of 100, after pilot
TeamJoy & energyMeaningCareer alignmentEngagementIntent to stayAction adoption
Sales687458707261
Engineering716952666457
Operations637260687466
Customer success768064757870
Finance667062677159
LowerHigher
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The Joy, Purpose and Growth workshop

Our first programme takes your teams through RIA™ for each value and gives HR a measured view of what changed. We bring it to your workplace or run it online.

Employees leave with practices they can use the next morning.
Managers get a shared language for meaning and growth.
HR gets a before-and-after readout and next steps.

More programmes in development

We're building further programmes on the same science, the same RIA™ model and the same measurement. Tell us what your organisation needs most.

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