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.

Ethical Investment: It Has Paid Off For Me

Recently I’ve found myself several times in lively discussions about whether choosing to invest ethically means accepting a lower financial...

Henry Stewart

17 Mar 2021

Make work more fun

Make Work More Fun. That’s the title of the inspirational book from Corporate Rebels, published in 2020. The rebels, Joost...

Henry Stewart

11 Feb 2021

Liberating Structures: Giving Everybody an Equal Voice

“It was astonishing how a day on Zoom could be so energising, interesting and engaging.” Since their introduction in mid-2020,...

Henry Stewart

03 Feb 2021

Happy Workplaces are More Successful

For the Korean edition of the Happy Manifesto, published in September, I've updated the section on the evidence that happy...

Henry Stewart

31 Jan 2021

Let’s Give Everybody an Equal Voice

On a Friday in August 2020, we held our third online Liberating Structures Immersion Workshop. Once again, it was rated...

Henry Stewart

05 Jan 2021

How to Create Truly Engaging Online Conferences

Have you, like me, been to a number of online events where you just have to sit and listen while...

Henry Stewart

28 Dec 2020

Let’s get rid of annual appraisals and replace them with snapshots

Around three years ago my colleague Cathy Busani organised a vote of all our employees on whether they wanted to...

Henry Stewart

14 Dec 2020

Wigan Council: Empowering the Workforce, Empowering the Citizens

Donna Hall, the ex-Chief Executive of Wigan Council, will be speaking at the Happy Workplaces Conference on 12th May. Hers...

Henry Stewart

16 Mar 2020

Reddico’s Journey into a Self-Managing Organisation

Inspired by the Happy Manifesto, Reddico started the move to becoming self-managing in March 2018. In just 18 months it...

Henry Stewart

04 Mar 2020