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Practicing What We Preach – Guest Blog by Esther Stevenson
In: BlogsBy: Claire LickmanRead length: 5 min read
Trust and empowerment in Angola agriculture
- Happy Manifesto
- Leadership
Connecting for Happiness – Guest Blog by Shannon Banks
In: BlogsBy: Claire LickmanRead length: 5 min read
Eighteen months ago I left Microsoft, where I had spent 17 years. It was a huge decision for me and one I struggled with. I was really scared of the change. But do you want to guess what I was most afraid of? It wasn’t loss of income, it wasn’t status, it wasn’t instability. I was afraid I’d be unhappy.
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- Leadership
Happy People Case Study: Epic CIC
In: BlogsBy: Claire LickmanRead length: 5 min read
Epic's requirements were commercial capability and culture transformation. The key test was whether the new company could not just survive but successfully expand its services. Here's what we did.
- Leadership
Radical Innovation In a Key Part of UK Government
In: BlogsBy: Claire LickmanRead length: 5 min read
Members of GCHQ discussed how they are bringing innovation into the department using a new crowdfunding-style system.
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- Leadership
8 Companies That Celebrate Mistakes
In: BlogsBy: Henry StewartRead length: 5 min read
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.
The Public Sector is Well Run, but Government Procurement is Not
In: BlogsBy: Henry StewartRead length: 5 min read
I am quoted this morning in an article in the Independent: “Capita accused of using major government contract to short-change small companies, driving some out of business.”
Could Work Become a Freedom-Centred World?
In: BlogsBy: Henry StewartRead length: 10 min read
Unleash the power of the people in your workplace. Isn't that what democracy is about?
Henry's Talk to WorldBlu's Freedom at Work Conference
In: BlogsBy: Henry StewartRead length: 5 min read
Henry gave a speech at WorldBlu's Freedom at Work Conference in Miami in 2015. Henry explains why you should allow your people to choose their manager.
9 Benefits of Having Happy Employees
In: BlogsBy: Henry StewartRead length: 10 min read
Following last week’s article on 7 ways to find more meaning at work, Elinor Schmitz-Jansen has continued her research. This week she covers the benefits of having happy employees.
Think Big – Like Google
In: BlogsBy: Henry StewartRead length: 5 min read
At the Happy Workplace 2013 conference Yvonne Agyei (Google Head of Benefits) explained Google’s Think Big philosophy. Or as she put it, “have a healthy disregard for the impossible”.