Sunday, October 28, 2007

Dashboard for Relationships

Greetings,

Some companies have thought of adopting dashboards for work performances. Why not for relationships?

Firing and dumping can be painful experiences. Both "releases" can elicit depression and emotional upset, though, one may be due to laborial performance and the other due to self intrinsic traits.

I strongly believe in periodical evaluation of the input and output of relationship including any pet peeves and any other behavioral ticks that may become major sisyphus stones, just like a report card for scholastic performance or annual review at a job helps determine performance at some level. (Though it may open some can of worms).

This is when Dashboards come about. Many business intelligence programs have dashboards based on live data to monitor major key performance indicators, including work performance. So why not adapt it to relationships?

Only if it is that easy.....

This way, it may prevent a sudden shock at the moment of "relational release" and opens up communication channels. Imagine that if one partner was upset about how her boyfriend never said thank you and breaks up with him but he may have been totally oblivious of this little behavioral tick and becomes upset at the end why he was never informed so he could correct it!

So what do you think?

Dashboards for relationships!

1 comment:

Fetch said...

So how would you implement this dashboard? It's not like you can strap a relationship-o-meter on your partners forehead. I believe the important thing is to be 100% honest with your partner and communicate your feelings clearly. Then it's up to the other person to listen and do or the things that make that person feel fulfilled and happy. If both partners do that then it all comes back to you in a circle of virtue.