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.

Lessons from Tiger Woods

In 2009, Fortune magazine asked Tiger Woods, among others, for the ‘best advice I ever got’. The replies were often...

Henry Stewart

25 Jun 2013

Nando’s — Happy People are the Key

Nando’s is a popular restaurant chain in the UK, specialising in spicy chicken. Some years ago they undertook research to...

Henry Stewart

25 Jun 2013

Choose Your Manager — My Radio 4 Four Thought Broadcast

“49% of the UK working population would take a pay cut to have a different manager.”...

Henry Stewart

29 May 2013

Radio 4 Four Thought: Let People Choose Their Managers

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Henry Stewart

22 May 2013

How Spiral Health Implemented The Happy Manifesto

Publishing the Happy Manifesto has led to a lot of organisations contacting Happy. Some call us in to help them...

Henry Stewart

13 May 2013

Revealed: The Most Important Management Behaviour

At our Happy Workplaces Conference last week we got to experience a Google manager induction, from Emma Rapaport. She explained...

Henry Stewart

29 Apr 2013

Let Your People Choose Their Manager – Because it Works

Of all the proposals in the Happy Manifesto, there is one that tends to get the strongest reaction. Most people...

Henry Stewart

15 Apr 2013

Do You Make it Easy For Your Customers to Give Compliments?

Sitting in the reception of Central & Cecil Housing Association, one of our clients, I flicked through the information leaflets....

Henry Stewart

11 Apr 2013

Happy: One of the World’s Most Democratic Workplaces

Happy is today named as one of the most democratic workplaces in the world, in a unique list of companies...

Henry Stewart

09 Apr 2013