Why Mandatory Employee Smile Testing Will Backfire

How can an organisation go so far wrong in their attempt to create a better working environment?

Nicola Thomas
6 min readAug 11, 2021

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Credit: Adapted from GL Archive/Alamy

Canon China, a subsidiary of the Japanese camera and electronics giant, launched a new initiative to “create a positive [working] atmosphere”. The initiative monitors employees through cameras as they enter the…

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Nicola Thomas

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