Pride, Work and Necessity of Side Projects: Illustrator Liz Fosslien and Designer Mollie West Duffy Advocate Emotion at Work

What are you working on—on the side?

Our side project is an illustrated book (working title: No Hard Feelings) that aims to make it OK to acknowledge emotion at work. The problem with the idea that emotion does not exist at work is that humans experience emotion constantly, independent of time, location or task. Of course, there are large differences in how individuals react to emotion, but emotion itself cannot be turned off. More importantly, emotions can serve as valuable guideposts for dec...