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The challenges your team is facing could have many labels:
– but all of these challenges usually stem from one root: feeling stuck.
When people feel stuck, they have goals but can’t see a clear way forward.
And it’s more common than most leaders realize, my research found:
Most organizations focus on engagement surveys or burnout reports — but these measures miss the hidden operational risks of a team that is stuck.
In my Insights to Action sessions, I help leaders uncover and quantify these hidden risks so they can take focused, data-informed action to strengthen team performance and well-being.
Curious to learn more? Work through four real-world team scenarios in a free tool, Why Some Solutions Keep Teams Stuck. You’ll explore different approaches, see why well-intentioned solutions sometimes fall short, and gain insight into how Mindset Engineering™ can help uncover the constraints at the root of the challenges you’re facing.

Dr. Ada Y. Barlatt, Ph D, P Eng
Founder of Happy Mindset
Since I was a child, I’ve loved creating things and solving problems to help others. That passion led me to study engineering, and later to become a professor, researcher, and consultant — helping organizations analyze, automate, and streamline their systems.
Then, in 2022 — after becoming a mother and reflecting on world events — I made a shift. I realized I wanted to apply the analytical and problem-solving skills I honed in engineering to support people in experiencing more happiness, joy and ease in their daily lives.
I call the approach I developed Mindset Engineering™. Instead of quick fixes or generic advice, I use precise, analytical thinking to uncover the hidden mindset constraints that keep people stuck — and then help shift them so they can find a path forward.
At first, I focused on helping individuals. But my research revealed something striking: people feel most stuck at work. And since work occupies so much of our lives, improving how we approach it can transform overall happiness and well-being.
Today, my work is centered on leaders and their teams — using Mindset Engineering™ to surface the invisible rules shaping how work gets done and to create new ways of working where high performance doesn’t come at the cost of well-being.
My goal is simple: to empower people to see how their mindsets can be used to bring more happiness and flow to the place they spend most of their lives — at work.
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