I read ‘The Science of Good Career Choices’ by Yu Suzuki (『科学的な適職』 鈴木祐 （著）), so I’ll share the insights I gained from the book.

Background: Interested in 'The Science of Good Career Choices'

I found a book with an intriguing title called ‘The Science of Good Career Choices’ (『科学的な適職』) on Kindle Unlimited, so I read it 📚

Below are quotes and notes from parts that left an impression on me.

[Deadly Sin 1] Turning Your Passion into Work

After checking everyone's skills and job continuation rates, the most excellent were the "pragmatic types."

(その後、全員のスキルと仕事の継続率を確かめたところ、もっとも優秀だったのは「割り切り派」でした。)

💡 “Pragmatic types” who treat work pragmatically outperform those who turn their passion into work

[Deadly Sin 7] Seeking Work That Matches Your Aptitude

However, the problem with these experiments is that they were all conducted independently by Gallup. Since none of them went through formal peer review processes, they cannot be adopted as evidence.

(が、これらの実験が問題なのは、すべてはギャラップ社が独自に行ったものだという点です。いずれも正式な査読の手続きを経て世に出た内容ではないため、証拠としては採用できません。)

💡 StrengthsFinder hasn’t gone through formal peer review

[Virtue 1] Freedom

◉ Women = Happiness increases with freedom of location and timing for work ◉ Men = Happiness increases with freedom of work approach and pace

(◉女性＝仕事に取り組む場所とタイミングの自由が効くほど幸福度は上がる ◉男性＝仕事の進め方と作業ペースの自由が効くほど幸福度は上がる)

💡 Want to incorporate this as reference

[Virtue 2] Achievement

Logically, all subjects should visit the cafe equally, but the results were vastly different. In reality, the group given "12 coffees for 1 free" cards accumulated stamps faster. The research team calls this phenomenon the "illusion of progress."

(普通に考えればすべての被験者が同じようにカフェに通うはずですが、結果は大きく異なりました。現実には「コーヒーを12杯で１杯サービス」のカードを渡されたグループのほうが、スタンプの貯まるスピードが速かったのです。研究チームは、この現象を「前進の錯覚」と呼んでいます。)

💡 Illusion of progress

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[Virtue 6] Colleagues

Regardless of factors like salary or job enjoyment, simply having good friends within the company makes life happier

(給料の多さや仕事の楽しさなどの要因とは関係なく、社内に良い友人がいるだけでも人生が幸福になる)

💡 Want to carefully handle hiring so everyone can make good friends within the company

[Virtue 7] Contribution

Therefore, some scholars call the happiness boost from kindness "helper's high." We can get sufficiently high from contributing to society without borrowing the power of drugs.

(そのため一部の学者などは、親切による幸福度アップの効果を「ヘルパーズ・ハイ」と呼んでいます。わざわざドラッグの力など借りずとも、私たちは社会への貢献で十分ハイになれる、というわけです。)

💡 Want to skillfully incorporate helper’s high

[Characteristic 2] Job Disorder

The final conclusion they reached was that "what the best teams need is 'psychological safety.'"

(そこでわかった最終的な結論は、「最高のチームに必要なのは『心理的安全』だ」というものです。)

💡 Psychological safety is most important

That’s all from the Gemba on wanting everyone to choose suitable careers while referencing ‘The Science of Good Career Choices’.