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Julian Birkinshaw from London Business School: Bureaucracy, Meritocracy and Adhocracy

Julian Birkinshaw is Professor and Chair of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the London Business School. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Advanced Institute of Management Research (UK), and a Fellow of the Academy of International Business. He is co-founder with Gary Hamel of the Management Lab (MLab). At Beyond Budgeting 2015, Professor Birkinshaw explored how organsations must adapt to the post-knowledge work era.

First Happy Workplace Ireland Conference

The first Happy Workplace Ireland conference took place in Dublin on 29th October. This was jointly organised between Happy Ltd and locally-based happiness entrepreneur Stephen Dargan of Wake Up!.

Happiness Is Awesome

Guest blogger Elinor Jansen updates us with a summary of Gallup’s latest (2015) study on the relationship between firm performance, organisational structures and employee engagement.

At Happy, we have been hearing from learners about the different ways you use Microsoft Word. Some of you create multiple documents, often with lots of dynamic content and formatting. Others need to focus on one really big project, such as an annual report or a dissertation, where document structure and multiple drafts are critical. The knowledge and skills you require in each scenario are very different.

5 Big Companies Who Swear By Mindfulness

Guest blogger Elinor Jansen updates us with a summary of Gallup’s latest (2015) study on the relationship between firm performance, organisational structures and employee engagement.

Lynne Pearce was a much loved member of staff at Happy Computers, who had been a trainer here for just over ten years. It is with much sadness that I write that she passed away on Friday 7th August as a result of Pancreatic Cancer.

Six companies that let you get promoted without having to manage people

Guest blogger Elinor Jansen updates us with a summary of Gallup’s latest (2015) study on the relationship between firm performance, organisational structures and employee engagement.

Four steps to improved company performance: it’s about talented managers and happy employees

Guest blogger Elinor Jansen updates us with a summary of Gallup’s latest (2015) study on the relationship between firm performance, organisational structures and employee engagement.

Creating a great place to work is strongly correlated with better financial performance

Nearly every measure of performance is improved if you create a happy workplace where staff are fully engaged. So, if you want to improve results, financial or otherwise, then one of the key things to focus on is making sure your people are happy and engaged at work. Here is some of the research to back it up — taken from the 2015 Happy Workplaces Conference.

8 Companies That Celebrate Mistakes

Do we want people to make mistakes? The answer I generally get to this question is 'Yes', because people recognise that this is how we learn and discover new ways of doing things. In this blog, find out about eight companies that celebrate mistakes by staff, and how they do it.