Working With Humans

What makes you happy Arlette? Are the Danes really happier than other countries? Can you explain ARBEJDSGLÆDE? Why do you work in happiness? What does a chief happiness officer in Denmark do? What evidence / data have you seen that shows the link between happiness and performance?

What makes you happy Raj? Is happiness important in a covid19 era? Please tell us about your work on employee happiness in India? Do you think the happiness of employees in India is unique to the country or are their local differences? How can a CEO put happiness in the board room?

What makes you happy Henry? Do you have rough days? Why is employee happiness important? Is there a link between employee and customer happiness? Do you think there is a link between happiness and company performance?

What is conscious leadership? Do you think the happiness of HR professionals is important? Has HR changed much in your career? How can understanding human behaviour help HR? Is happiness important in conscious leadership?

28 years of data and found that firms with high employee satisfaction outperform their peers by 2.3% to 3.8% per year in long-run stock returns – 89% to 184% cumulative – even after controlling for other factors that drive returns. Moreover, the results suggest that it’s employee satisfaction that causes good performance, rather than good performance allowing a firm to invest in employee satisfaction. Alex answers the following questions; What makes you happy? Please tell us about your research Alex into workplace happiness? Why did you write Grow the Pie? How can HR and Finance work better at board level?

Entrepreneur Louisa Pau discusses the importance of the company board understanding happiness. Questions that Louisa answers in this episode are; What makes you happy Louisa? Is happiness important in the business world? Is happiness in the boardroom important? How can a CEO put happiness into the board room?

Marina and Matt review the evolution of the workplace from the founding of Google, the .com boom, the 2008 financial crisis, the current Covid pandemic and discuss what work could look like in 2030.

Published author, business expert & keynote speaker Minter Dial shares with us why he thinks meaningfulness and empathy are an important part of business and human success. If you enjoy Minter’s take on the world find out more about leadership, brand strategy, and transformation at minterdial.com

Ashley discusses being an entrepreneur through the .com bust, 2008 financial crisis and now the coronavirus virus. We talk about what it’s like to be an entrepreneur the 2nd time round, his new startup Guild and what it’s like to receive a legally threatening letter from Google.

In this extremely wide ranging episode Shereen and Matt touch on many aspects of company culture. They go very deep into subjects such as surviving Cancer at work, diversity, inclusion, building culture, 80 pop sensation Jason Donovan and what a modern business culture could look like.

Sarah discusses changing career, going back to university, balancing life and her HR career in the civil service. She talks about impact and the importance of her work on others and how that drives her career.

Katie covers her career as a journalist, what’s she’s learnt from meeting and interviewing HR Directors from FTSE 100 companies, her opinions on culture, & Employee Engagement.

Phil discusses selling encyclopedias door to door, toxic work cultures, sociopaths, the service profit chain and making business more human.

Clive grew up in a working class family in Wales where his family instilled in him the importance of hard work. Clive discusses how he turned his interest in human behaviour into his current career in neuroscience. Clive is an advisor, shareholder and head of Neuroscience at The Happiness Index.

Pat Fahy discusses growing up in care, his creative career, entrepreneurship, suicide at work and the business world. Pat gives advice to others in their career and also talks about his career low, highest career moment and what he has learnt. We discuss company culture and how important it is to build a thriving culture at work. 

Nadine Furlong has worked on shows such as Made in Chelsea, Big Brother and I’m a Celebrity. She discusses the culture of working in TV, casting and the importance of storytelling. We talk about how she uses her skills of storytelling and casting to help companies tell their story via their employees.

Robyn discusses her early career vision, her mother's passion, and her thoughts behind company culture, data and brand. We talk about the companies she has worked for such as Vivienne Westwood, Selfridges and Marks and Spencer. Robyn also discusses how leaders such as Vivienne Westwood and Jeremy Jauncey shape the culture of where you work. This is a great podcast for anyone who has ever been underestimated in their career or for someone who is just starting out.

Matt Phelan interviews Isobel during mental health awareness week on growing up in London, her career in wellbeing, performance at work and advice on how to be a great human.

We cover subjects including marketing, HR, Big data, the future of work and career advice from Brandon. Brandon discusses the big challenges in his life and gives advice to others facing tough times in their career. We also discuss the different work cultures in different companies.

Gareth discusses growing up in Belfast, human centred design and his career advice. Gareth runs and owns one of the world’s leading UX companies.