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.

10 Ideas for Taking Time at Work to Reflect

If you take 15 minutes to reflect at the end of the day, you can improve your productivity by 22.8%....

Henry Stewart

05 May 2018

The Gender Pay Gap at Happy

Would the gender pay gap be less if salaries were transparent? In this blog Henry talks about the situation at...

Henry Stewart

05 Apr 2018

Great Leaders Aren’t Always Great Managers

People management is a crucial role, and it is different from leadership....

Henry Stewart

28 Feb 2018

Happy Workplaces Save Lives

In this two-minute video, Henry Stewart explains the financial evidence and academic research behind happy workplaces. The Best Workplaces have...

Henry Stewart

19 Feb 2018

30 Years of Happiness

In the summer of 1987 I wrote in my diary that I could never imagine being happy again. The newspaper...

Henry Stewart

31 Jan 2018

The Best Business Books of 2017

Last month, I asked in my newsletter and on LinkedIn for your favourite business reads of 2017. Here is a...

Henry Stewart

10 Jan 2018

What If the Boss Makes No Decisions?

As a manager, do you see your role as the expert, with responsibility for making key decisions? Do you find...

Henry Stewart

09 Jan 2018

Are You Wasting Your Time?

Are your people doing things which produce no benefit to your organisation? How much time could your people save by...

Henry Stewart

02 Dec 2017

Dear CEO: Let Your People Choose Their Managers

I was honoured to be asked by Thinkers50 to contribute a letter to their Dear CEO book, published in July...

Henry Stewart

02 Dec 2017