The Happiness Index - Data. Insight. Stories

What makes you happy Gemma and Chris? Chris how was the happiness index concept born? Gemma how did you use the data from v1 of the happiness index? Chris why did the happiness index become a company? Gemma how has your understanding of happiness evolved? Chris In your day to day role how is customer happiness used? Gemma what is the future of happiness?

What makes you happy Brandon? What’s your view on the link between employee and customer happiness? Why are global brands using happiness in their marketing? What brands are using happiness well?

What makes you happy? Please tell us about the study and the key findings? Why did you want to investigate this subject? What most surprised you in the study? Will you be following up the study?

What makes you happy Margot? Is Ireland a happy country? Margot please tell us about the Irish governments approach to anti racism? Is happiness and LGBT progress linked? What do boards need to focus on to progress D&I within their own organisations?

What makes you happy Kevin? What is Ikigai? Why is D&I important to you? What does “diversity wins” mean? Are D&I and happiness linked? How do you build a happy and inclusive culture?

1. What makes you happy Nicola ? 2. In your opinion why is the happiness of employees important? 3. Is happiness important in storytelling? 4. Can a company balance making tough decisions and employee happiness? 5. What’s does the future of employee experience look like? 6. Why do you think curiosity is important in business?

What makes you happy Gethin? Are wellbeing and happiness linked? Can money make you happy? Do you think their is a link between happiness and company performance?

What makes you happy? You often discuss the link between happiness and performance, what have you found? What are the 3 reasons for Danish high wellbeing scores and how workplaces can become six times more productive and eleven times more innovative? What can the education sector learn about happiness?

1) What makes you happy Jenn? 2) Why do you believe happiness is important for organisations? 3) Are American employees happy? 4) Do you have any good examples where companies have used happiness successfully in their business? 5) If a company wants to take happiness seriously what are your top tips?

What makes you happy Clive? What can Neuroscience teach us about happiness? What can Neuroscience teach us about employee engagement? What can Neuroscience teach us about the link between happiness and performance?

Norris discusses happiness, music, community, hope, Ibiza, leadership, energy, flow and rhythm.

What makes you happy Arlette? Are the Danes really happier than other countries? Can you explain ARBEJDSGLÆDE? Why do you work in happiness? What does a chief happiness officer in Denmark do? What evidence / data have you seen that shows the link between happiness and performance?

What makes you happy Raj? Is happiness important in a covid19 era? Please tell us about your work on employee happiness in India? Do you think the happiness of employees in India is unique to the country or are their local differences? How can a CEO put happiness in the board room?

What makes you happy Henry? Do you have rough days? Why is employee happiness important? Is there a link between employee and customer happiness? Do you think there is a link between happiness and company performance?

What is conscious leadership? Do you think the happiness of HR professionals is important? Has HR changed much in your career? How can understanding human behaviour help HR? Is happiness important in conscious leadership?

28 years of data and found that firms with high employee satisfaction outperform their peers by 2.3% to 3.8% per year in long-run stock returns – 89% to 184% cumulative – even after controlling for other factors that drive returns. Moreover, the results suggest that it’s employee satisfaction that causes good performance, rather than good performance allowing a firm to invest in employee satisfact...

Entrepreneur Louisa Pau discusses the importance of the company board understanding happiness. Questions that Louisa answers in this episode are; What makes you happy Louisa? Is happiness important in the business world? Is happiness in the boardroom important? How can a CEO put happiness into the board room?

Marina and Matt review the evolution of the workplace from the founding of Google, the .com boom, the 2008 financial crisis, the current Covid pandemic and discuss what work could look like in 2030.

Published author, business expert & keynote speaker Minter Dial shares with us why he thinks meaningfulness and empathy are an important part of business and human success. If you enjoy Minter’s take on the world find out more about leadership, brand strategy, and transformation at minterdial.com

Ashley discusses being an entrepreneur through the .com bust, 2008 financial crisis and now the coronavirus virus. We talk about what it’s like to be an entrepreneur the 2nd time round, his new startup Guild and what it’s like to receive a legally threatening letter from Google.

In this extremely wide ranging episode Shereen and Matt touch on many aspects of company culture. They go very deep into subjects such as surviving Cancer at work, diversity, inclusion, building culture, 80 pop sensation Jason Donovan and what a modern business culture could look like.

Katie Jacobs discusses her career, culture, people measurement and being a HR commentator. Katie covers her career as a journalist, what’s she’s learnt from meeting and interviewing HR Directors from FTSE 100 companies, her opinions on culture, & Employee Engagement.

Phil discusses selling encyclopedias door to door, toxic work cultures, sociopaths, the service profit chain and making business more human.

Clive grew up in a working class family in Wales where his family instilled in him the importance of hard work. Clive discusses how he turned his interest in human behaviour into his current career in neuroscience. Clive is an advisor, shareholder and head of Neuroscience at The Happiness Index.

Pat Fahy discusses growing up in care, his creative career, entrepreneurship, suicide at work and the business world. Pat gives advice to others in their career and also talks about his career low, highest career moment and what he has learnt. We discuss company culture and how important it is to build a thriving culture at work.