Henry Stewart

Henry is founder and Chief Happiness Officer of Happy Ltd, originally set up as Happy Computers in 1987. Inspired by Ricardo Semler’s book Maverick, he has built a company which has won multiple awards for some of the best customer service in the country and being one of the UK’s best places to work.

Henry was listed in the Guru Radar of the Thinkers 50 list of the most influential management thinkers in the world. “He is one of the thinkers who we believe will shape the future of business,” explained list compiler Stuart Crainer.

His first book, Relax, was published in 2009. His second book, The Happy Manifesto, was published in 2013 and was short-listed for Business Book of the Year. His latest book, Creating Joy at Work: 501+ ideas for a happy workplace was released in 2025 and is filled with ways that people around the world have implemented workplaces based on empowerment and working to strengths.

One Simple Step to Be More Productive – Today

Have you noticed how in some organisations people seem stressed and over-loaded and complain of too much work, but nothing...

Henry Stewart

02 Oct 2013

The Joy of Not Working

At Happy every member of staff is entitled to one month’s paid sabbatical for every six years of working here....

Henry Stewart

23 Sep 2013

Blog from Our Drupal Apprentices

Today we started the first Drupal pre-apprenticeship programme. The idea of the course is to find school leavers with an...

Henry Stewart

04 Sep 2013

The Myth of the Clever Manager: Lessons from Boss Swap

Looking back at the lessons which can be learned from a decade-old TV show, there is still plenty for most...

Henry Stewart

03 Jul 2013

Work Less Hours, And Get More Done!

On the one hand we learned last week that Goldman Sachs view of work/life balance was to tell their interns...

Henry Stewart

29 Jun 2013

Abel & Cole – Getting the Right People in the Job

The Managing Director for Abel & Cole details how she shifted her recruitment system from scouting for experience into scouting...

Henry Stewart

28 Jun 2013

Open Salaries at Piscines Ideales

One thing I find interesting about the concept of open salaries is that, at first, people normally assume the concept...

Henry Stewart

28 Jun 2013

One to Celebrate

When it comes to mistakes being made, there is more than one way to look at the situation....

Henry Stewart

28 Jun 2013

Interface — A Restorative Enterprise

The biggest impact most companies have on society is through the products they sell, the people they employ and the...

Henry Stewart

28 Jun 2013