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Curious why solutions to addressing burnout, stagnation and disengagement sometimes don't work?


Try Why Some Solutions Keep Teams Stuck — an interactive experience that walks through four real-world scenarios and reveals what might be getting in the way.

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You’re a capable leader with a talented team, but something feels off...

Motivation and morale are fading.

Mistakes are on the rise.

Team members are disengaged.

Looking for a way forward? You’re in the right place.

I'll help you uncover what's holding your team back and guide you to identify actionable solutions that help your team thrive.

“feeling stuck”: the root cause causing the problems you’re seeing with your team

The challenges your team is facing could have many labels:

  • burnout,
  • stagnation or
  • disengagement

– 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:

64% feel stuck


59% feel stuck in their careers


When you view common workplace challenges via a “stuck” lens a progression emerges:

Burnout / Stagnation

staying in a workplace that keeps you from achieving your (work/life or career) goals

Disengagement

withdrawing effort as the stuck feeling continues

Quiet quitting 

stepping back when the path to your goals isn’t clear

Resigning / Lying flat

exiting or rejecting the system that keeps you stuck

Solutions that target the symptoms (burnout, stagnation or disengagement) won’t work — they miss the root cause (being stuck).

There are real costs if your team is stuck.

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.

Here's your OPPORTUNITY:

Burnout, stagnation and disengagement aren’t isolated — they’re symptoms of feeling stuck at multiple levels.

It is possible to deliver high-quality results while also supporting your team’s well-being and growth.

To address the challenges you need to get your team unstuck – to change how your team works so that it thrives.

Mindset Engineering™: structured, repeatable, unconventional approach to getting unstuck.

In engineering, constraints define what’s possible.

Mindset Engineering™ applies this idea to our mindset: individuals and organizations have mindset constraints shaping what goals feel achievable and how work gets done.

By uncovering these hidden constraints, you gain a clear lens for understanding what’s causing the burnout, stagnation or disengagement on your team — and what needs to shift to move forward with clarity, confidence, towards high-performance + 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.


Meet Dr. Ada

Dr. Ada Y. Barlatt, Ph D, P Eng

Founder of Happy Mindset

Hi, I’m Dr. Ada! Thank you for visiting and reading more about my work.

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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