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Happiness and Humans

Happiness and Humans

By Matthew Phelan

Focused on Employee Engagement and Employee Happiness

We share research, data, evidence and the stories of people focused on making work more human.

Host: Matthew Phelan

Co-Founder The Happiness Index / Author Freedom To Be Happy / TEDx Speaker


Author of Freedom To Be Happy

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Founder of the Happiness and Humans Community.


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Can soil really make you happy? With Associate Professor Christopher Lowry

Happiness and HumansOct 27, 2020

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Learning from a career in retail | Jules Eustance

Learning from a career in retail | Jules Eustance

Matt sits down to chat to Jules Eustance, Founder of The Corporate Success Co. to discuss career development and leadership develop for retail and e-commerce. Delving into how to create illusive measurement andaccountability, this is not one to miss!

Mar 26, 202402:23
The Happiness Index - Book Q&A with Kashi Chellen & Matt Phelan

The Happiness Index - Book Q&A with Kashi Chellen & Matt Phelan

In this episode we see Kashi takeover once again, hosting a Q&A session on the release of 'The Happiness Index - Why Todays Emotions Equal Tomorrows Business Success'.

A live Q&A with audience participation, you'll find out how this book came to be and why it's such a useful tool.

Dec 06, 202329:21
The Story Behind the World Happiness Summit with Karen Guggenheim

The Story Behind the World Happiness Summit with Karen Guggenheim

Matt is joined by Founder of The World Happiness Summit, Karen Guggenheim to delve into the story behind the 3-day event that sees the world’s leading experts in the science of happiness and wellbeing gather to share practice and tools!

Nov 12, 202325:50
Values, Meaning & Purpose & Employee Engagement | Minter Dial

Values, Meaning & Purpose & Employee Engagement | Minter Dial

Minter Dial, Keynote Speaker, NED/Advisor, Award-winning Author, Expert @APM, Podcaster: Minter Dialogue & Joy of Padel sits down to discuss 'Values' in this final instalment of our Neuroscience series.

We develop our personal values through life, and especially in our younger years. They are our emotional guide that help us know what we want to experience in terms of human connection and concepts such as fairness. Sharing our sense of values is critical to sustaining team journeys where we are engaging with others who want to share the same emotional experiences as ourselves.

Oct 23, 202335:47
Inspiration, Meaning & Purpose & Employee Engagement | Rob Turner

Inspiration, Meaning & Purpose & Employee Engagement | Rob Turner

Rob Turner, Culture & Engagement Manager at BT talks all things Inspiration with Matt!

Inspiration is the inner sensation which motivates us to do something important, a state where we are prepared to engage with a significant challenge regardless of the difficulties it may present. When we are inspired, we have the potential to be our best and to summon all of our personal talent. Inspiration can be triggered by our external experience or by our own internal thoughts.

Oct 16, 202333:17
Commitment, Meaning & Purpose & Employee Engagement | John Fitzgerald

Commitment, Meaning & Purpose & Employee Engagement | John Fitzgerald

Matt sits down with John Fitzgerald, the Founder of Harmonics, Executive Coach to CEO's. Described by Clients as Passionate, authentic, highly impactful, insightful and innovative. They tackle the topic of Commitment! Commitment is a state of emotional attachment to a cause. It is something we feel as a sense of belonging and purpose which is personally meaningful to our own life journey. It is a state of emotional engagement where we identify with a wider human group or purpose. At its higher energetic level, it can be described as passion

Oct 09, 202351:26
Information Flow, Clarity & Employee Engagement | Steve Bianchi

Information Flow, Clarity & Employee Engagement | Steve Bianchi

Steve Bianchi Chief People Officer at ECARX, sits down to tackle the tough subject of Information Flow, in this final part to the Clarity theme trilogy.


People need to have access to the right information to enable them to do their jobs effectively. This needs to include primary information for task execution and supporting information to provide context. The contextual information offers room for more creative ideas as to how task responsibilities can evolve


Sep 18, 202338:16
Resources, Clarity & Employee Engagement w/ Gemma Shambler

Resources, Clarity & Employee Engagement w/ Gemma Shambler

Gemma Shambler Head Of People at The Happiness Index sits down with Matt Phelan to discuss the topic of Requirements/Resources within the theme of Clarity.

Each person needs to understand exactly what is expected of them in their role, an area classically explained in the job description and including key tasks and responsibilities. Importantly, such documents should be dynamic and evolve over time, keeping pace with the person’s learning and ability to contribute.

Sep 11, 202333:26
Organisational Impact, Clarity & Employee Engagement | Fiona McDonnell

Organisational Impact, Clarity & Employee Engagement | Fiona McDonnell

Fiona McDonnell International GM/ Board Advisor / Author /Speaker /VP Booking.com sits down with Matt Phelan to chat all things Clarity, specifically 'Organisational Impact' People have the opportunity to contribute more widely when they can see the bigger organisational picture. Understanding how their own role fits into the wider process flow of the end-to-end business encourages cross-functional consideration and ideas, avoiding the missed opportunities of siloed thinking.

Sep 04, 202333:50
Collaboration, Enablement & Employee Engagement

Collaboration, Enablement & Employee Engagement

Dan Sodergren, Founder at AI Marketing Course, joins Matt today to delve into the world of 'Enablement', more specifically the topic of 'Collaboration'

Collaboration with other teams outside of the immediate job role context can open up opportunities for wider creative contribution and more effective teamwork across the organisation.

Aug 21, 202341:42
Resources, Enablement & Employee Engagement

Resources, Enablement & Employee Engagement

Sope Agbelusi joins us today! The Executive Coach & Founder of Mindsetshift chats to Matt about how to give your people the resources they need to thrive. People need the right resources to be available to fulfil their responsibilities. This includes having access to the appropriate tools, systems and support services, as well as enablement through education and training.

Aug 14, 202343:53
Workload, Enablement & Employee Engagement

Workload, Enablement & Employee Engagement

Today's special guest is Azzy Aslam, Performance Habits Coach at Comentra! Here to chat to Matt about the Neuroscience theme of 'Enablement', specifically 'Workload'.

The level of workload and the degree of challenge within it needs to be sufficient to keep the person engaged but not overwhelmed. Listen on to find out more!

Aug 07, 202331:57
'The Happiness Index' Book Launch & Employee Happiness Conference

'The Happiness Index' Book Launch & Employee Happiness Conference

This episode, we switch things up and Matt is being interviewed by THI Community and Events Exec, Kashi Chellen

Listen on for all the things you need to know about upcoming release of Matt's book 'The Happiness Index' and the book launch!

Aug 01, 202312:35
Team Dynamics, Relationships & Employee Happiness with Arlette Bentzen

Team Dynamics, Relationships & Employee Happiness with Arlette Bentzen

On this episode of Happiness&Humans we have the incredible Arlette Bentzen, Chief Happiness Officer at Arbejdsglæde nu, talking about 'Team Dynamics'!

The term line manager might sound like an outdated term these days but no matter how flat your internal org chart is, there will be some kind of power dynamic in play and these relationships will impact the happiness of your employees.



Jul 20, 202343:15
Personal Relationships & Employee Happiness with Cathy Courtenay

Personal Relationships & Employee Happiness with Cathy Courtenay

Matt sits down with Cathy Courtenay Certified RLT Coach at Conscious Relating Coaching, to discuss all things 'Personal Relationships' There is a particular dynamic around teamwork that can give us a sense of community and collective bonding. Being able to connect with a team provides a vital social ingredient to our emotional needs and gives us the opportunity to feel that we belong.

Jul 20, 202348:34
Energetic Connections, Relationships & Employee Happiness W Tony Latter, Clive Hyland & Laura Page

Energetic Connections, Relationships & Employee Happiness W Tony Latter, Clive Hyland & Laura Page

Feeling energetically connected to our colleagues is that sense of just understanding each other. We are on the same wavelength and naturally click.


People and Happiness Assistant at The Happiness Index, Tony Latter, Co-founder & Chief Platform Officer at The Happiness Index & Clive Hyland, Head of Neuroscience at The Happiness Index & Founding Partner at Make Sense, sit down to chat about why energetic connections are so important in relationship building.

Jul 20, 202327:31
Acceptance, Freedom & Employee Happiness with Hannah Litt

Acceptance, Freedom & Employee Happiness with Hannah Litt

On the podcast today is Hannah Litt, Award Winning JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion)UK Top 100 Influential Muslims 2022, Head of EDIA & Resourcing Leader for Mindweaver. Matt and Hannah chat about the Freedom sub-theme of Acceptance. This area is about being accepted for who we are. It means not being judged or experiencing prejudice because we are different from the perceived norm. Acceptance is a state where diversity is embraced and openness is the encouraged state of mind.
Jul 03, 202337:49
Autonomy, Freedom & Employee Happiness with Matthew Knight

Autonomy, Freedom & Employee Happiness with Matthew Knight

Matthew Knight  Chief Freelance Officer and Independent Strategy Partner. Founder of Leapers and Manual of Me. YJ Freelancer of the Year. Mental health advocate. Matthew joins us to discuss Autonomy, Freedom & Employee Happiness The opportunity to operate with some autonomy strikes at the heart of the human experience. It gives us space to explore and grow, and to take ownership of our responsibilities, actions, and their consequences. It offers us the opportunity for deep personal meaning and learning. Matthew Knight
Jul 03, 202344:51
Authenticity, Freedom & Employee Happiness with Jenn Lim

Authenticity, Freedom & Employee Happiness with Jenn Lim

Matt Phelan sits down with Jenn Lim, Co-Founder, CEO and Chief Happiness Officer at Delivering Happiness and author of best seller, "Beyond Happiness". Named 'World’s Top 50 in 2023 Keynote Speaker' by Real Leaders.

To discuss all things Authenticity.
Authenticity in this context is a state of human expression, whilst Acceptance is the response we get. Being allowed to be authentic allows people to access their deepest talents and passions and enables them to offer their whole selves, rather than a diminished shadow shaped by judgement and prejudice.


Jul 03, 202330:33
Career Progression and Employee Happiness with Ben RainforthGott

Career Progression and Employee Happiness with Ben RainforthGott

Seeing our personal development and career development journeys translate into new job responsibilities is a great source of sustainable motivation. It provides the emotional reward that validates our efforts and keeps us on track. Taking ownership of increased or different responsibilities is a meaningful challenge that supports our sense of moving forward. Ben RainforthGott Director of People & Organisational Development discusses the association between career and personal progression with employee happiness.
May 24, 202337:35
Challenges & Employee Happiness with Njabulo Mashigo

Challenges & Employee Happiness with Njabulo Mashigo

To maintain a sense of momentum we need to feel appropriately challenged in our roles. The key is achieving the right balance. Feeling a little outside of our personal comfort zone is a good place for personal growth as we have to engage our wider potential to succeed. If this goes too far, we will retreat into survival mode, where we resist change and new demands.

CHRO of the year and board advisor Njabulo Mashigo discusses the association between challenge and employee happiness.
May 24, 202334:32
Personal Development, Personal Growth & Employee Happiness with Andrew MacAskill

Personal Development, Personal Growth & Employee Happiness with Andrew MacAskill

We are designed to evolve and grow, whilst standing still results in stagnation and inflexibility. People therefore need opportunities to expand their experience and expose themselves to new learning. This helps us feel engaged. Experiencing novelty is an important element of keeping the brain alert.


Andrew MacAskill CCO at Fraser Dove International and LinkedIn change maker shares his expertise on personal Growth and Person development.


May 24, 202334:20
Energetic Connections and Employee Happiness with Tony Latter, Laura Page & Clive Hyland

Energetic Connections and Employee Happiness with Tony Latter, Laura Page & Clive Hyland

The Happiness Index internal culture team of HR pro Laura Page, Co-Founder and technologist Tony Latter and Head of Neuroscience Clive discuss the impact of energetic on our working relationships. Feeling energetically connected to our colleagues is that sense of just understanding each other. We are on the same wavelength and naturally click. In the calmer state this is empathy, and when we are energised this can become a team that would describe themselves with terms such as buzzing or alive, a natural unforced state of understanding, togetherness and bonding.


May 17, 202327:31
Work, Life, Balance, Harmony & Employee Happiness

Work, Life, Balance, Harmony & Employee Happiness

The Happiness Index internal culture team of HR pro Laura Page, Co-Founder and technologist Tony Latter and Head of Neuroscience Clive discuss the impact of work life balance
This is another area that has hugely been impacted by the pandemic and the digital revolution. With everyone carrying a phone with more computing power than the first spaceship that carried humanity to the moon it can be hard to balance our work and our private lives.
Work life harmony covers whether or not people feel that they are in a state of reasonable balance in terms of juggling their work and personal /family commitments and emotional needs. Excessive work pressure will cause difficulties in personal relationships and will limit people’s capacity to recover their energy.
May 17, 202331:41
Trust, Safety & Employee Happiness with Phil Burgess

Trust, Safety & Employee Happiness with Phil Burgess

HR expert Phil Burgess sits down with Matt Phelan to discuss how Trust and Safety are key drivers of Employee Happiness

People need to feel trust to be able to commit themselves emotionally to an organisation. They need to feel trusted and be able to trust those they work with. Our sensory intelligence system constantly surveys our environment and is very sensitive to factors such as tension, suppression, dishonesty, and insincerity, all of which are inhibitors to human expression and contribution.
Apr 28, 202335:41
Work Environment & Employee Happiness with Natasha Wallace

Work Environment & Employee Happiness with Natasha Wallace

HR expert, entrepreneur and author Natasha Wallace sits down with our host Matt Phelan to discuss how to create a work environment that drives employee happiness.

People need to feel that their physical working environment is safe, that it poses no danger either in terms of conditions or access. It also includes emotional safety, such as freedom from bullying, prejudice or psychological abuse.
Apr 28, 202328:26
Open Source HR with Nadia Vatalidis

Open Source HR with Nadia Vatalidis

Head of People Nadia Vatalidis sits down to share her wisdom with our host Matthew Phelan who is co-founder of The Happiness Index.


Nadia discusses her career in working in the fast pace tech world. Nadia shares insight from her career and her thoughts on building in public. This episode is wide ranging and covers a wide spectrum from inclusion through to advice on how best to support your people.


This episode is packed with new ideas and practical advice on how to build a thriving workplace culture for your people.



Apr 14, 202337:27
Feedback & Employee Happiness with Karen Robinson

Feedback & Employee Happiness with Karen Robinson

Matt Phelan author of Freedom to be Happy the Business case for Happiness and Karen Robinson sit down to discuss the importance of feedback on employee happiness.

Karen is a senior business leader with 15 years exp. Karen is a mentor, coach and trainer. Karen gives her expert view on how to give and receive feedback.

Regular feedback is a vital component of emotional sustainability and growth. Getting timely and relevant levels of feedback, delivered with appropriate skill and care, can be a critical personal development opportunity, helping people to keep on track on their own meaningful journey.
Mar 20, 202301:02:06
Employee Listening & Employee Happiness with Margot Slattery

Employee Listening & Employee Happiness with Margot Slattery

Happiness and Humans Host Matt Phelan Interviews Global head of Diversity and Inclusion and Belonging at ISS on the importance of employees feeling listened to.


When we express a thought or feeling it is important to us that our views are heard. This is a subtle, yet critical, experience that helps us understand our impact on the world. Not being listened to is a form of sensory deprivation that is emotionally destabilising and can make us feel unsure about who we are and whether we are important.

Mar 20, 202321:01
Recognition & Employee Happiness with Simon Berry

Recognition & Employee Happiness with Simon Berry

Our host and entrepreneur Matthew Phelan interview's employee recognition expert Simon Berry.

Simon is one of the world's most respected and knowledgeable experts in both employee recognition and reward. Simon also helped design the Employee recognition impact Index that sits within The Happiness Index's Employee Engagement platform.

Recognition informs us that we are doing things right, which in turn gives us a sense of emotional validation. This is not limited to more formalised recognition schemes and rewards, but is the much wider and richer tapestry of human to human acknowledgement expressed at an authentic interpersonal level.
Mar 20, 202337:16
Building the UK's latest Tech Unicorn with Sultan Saidov

Building the UK's latest Tech Unicorn with Sultan Saidov

Tech founders Matthew Phelan of The Happiness Index and Sultan Murad Saidov of Beamery sit down to discuss Sultan's journey from childhood to founding the  UK's latest tech unicorn.  Sultan Murad Saidov is Co-Founder and President of Beamery, the leading Talent Lifecycle Management Platform. Prior to Beamery, Sultan worked at Goldman Sachs.  He studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Oxford. Sultan is a frequent speaker on AI, the Future of Work, and Talent Transformation Beamery’s Talent Lifecycle Management platform allows enterprises to create more human experiences for all talent, and unlock the skills and potential of their global workforce. We help organizations identify and acquire top talent, move the needle on DE&I, close important skill gaps and retain top performers. Questions in this episode include; What makes you happy? Tell us about your childhood? What’s it like working with your brother?  Why did you start Beamery? Can you talk us through what it’s like letting employees go from a company you founded? Any tips on how to offer employees a soft landing when making job cuts? Does becoming a tech unicorn change things? What’s been your proudest moment? What do you want to learn next?
Mar 14, 202349:05
Soft landing during job cuts with Walter Peterscheck

Soft landing during job cuts with Walter Peterscheck

With layoffs being announced across the globe Walter Peterscheck felt compelled to share his story of being let go twice in his career. This episode is designed to help both the individual being let go and the company in how to do this in a supportive way. Walter is motivated to help people being made redundant continue with their career and prosper.
The last 3 years have been a tough struggle for many individuals and organisations alike. The financial strain has resulted in many layoffs being made and this episode is a learning opportunity for all of us. A huge shout to Walter for sharing his personal experience with the Happiness and Humans community.
Mar 14, 202334:29
The Architecture of Happiness with Timothy Lomas

The Architecture of Happiness with Timothy Lomas

Tim Lomas is a Research Affiliate at the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University and the author of Translating Happiness- A Cross-Cultural Lexicon of Well-Being. His work has been featured in Time, the New Yorker, Vox, Scientific American, and the Atlantic. Tim discusses his new paper The Architecture of Happiness. Happiness is an increasingly prominent topic of interest across academia. However, relatively little attention has been paid to how it is created, especially not in a multidimensional sense. By ‘created’ we do not mean its influencing factors, for which there is extensive research, but how it actually forms in the person. The work that has been done in this arena tends to focus on physiological dynamics, which are certainly part of the puzzle. But they are not the whole picture, with psychological, phenomenological, and socio cultural processes also playing their part. As a result, this paper offers a multidimensional overview of scholarship on the ‘architecture’ of happiness, providing a stimulus for further work into this important topic.
Jan 06, 202341:01
HR, Happiness and Psychology with Dr Hayley Lewis

HR, Happiness and Psychology with Dr Hayley Lewis

Dr Hayley Lewis is on the HR Most Influential 2022. Hayley is a chartered psychologist, coach, University lecturer & Sketchnote doodler. Hayley describes herself as a pracademic making psychology accessible. Matt and Hayley discuss Happiness, HR and modern Psychology in the word of work
Nov 03, 202254:50
Mood, food & sleep with Laurentia Campbell

Mood, food & sleep with Laurentia Campbell

Matt Phelan and guest Laura Campbell discuss health, neuroscience, gut microbiota, food & nutrition, mental health, alcohol, mood & sleep. Laura discusses her own health journey that covers serious subjects such as anorexia, diet and the importance of getting the right information and advice on subjects related to your own health. This is a wide ranging conversation covering many areas related to our wellbeing and happiness. The conversation also focuses on how companies can help their employees focus on their wellbeing.
Nov 02, 202236:41
12 Millions Lessons in Happiness with Matt Phelan and guest host Kashi Chellen

12 Millions Lessons in Happiness with Matt Phelan and guest host Kashi Chellen

Kashi Chellen takes over as Happiness and Humans host to interview Matt Phelan on his TedX Brighton talk. The talk is titled 12 Million Lessons in Happiness. Matt uses a concept called The Super Happiness Suit with in built emotional deflector field to discuss what has been learnt from data collected by The Happiness Index via their Employee Engagement and Happiness Platform. The talk covers learning from 1 million human beings from over 100 countries.

Sep 26, 202233:60
Subjective Wellbeing Research with Amanda Henwood

Subjective Wellbeing Research with Amanda Henwood

Matt Phelan and Amanda Henwood discuss Amanda's research into subjective Well-being
Amanda's research focuses on exploring the links between well-being, cognition and behaviour.
Amanda uses a mixed methodological approach, combining field and lab experiments, to investigate potential well-being related mechanisms underpinning people’s responses to online cognitive and behavioural interventions, with a focus on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. To do this, Amanda draws upon insights from different disciplines including, psychology, computer science, human computer interaction and behavioural economics.
Expertise Details
Wellbeing; happiness; behaviour change; mental health; cognitive behavioural therapy; new technology
Sep 07, 202226:10
Death and Happiness Tracey Smith-Atkins, Robert Black & Alex Rowlands

Death and Happiness Tracey Smith-Atkins, Robert Black & Alex Rowlands

Matt Phelan from the Happiness Index an employee engagement and happiness platform sits down with Tracey Smith-Atkins, Robert Black & Alex Rowlands to discuss what it is like to work in a job where death is a daily part of the employee experience. We discover we can learn from this sector from the perspective of a CEO, HR professional and a Technology evangelist. 


Sep 01, 202247:04
Entrepreneurship in Space with Bianca Cefalo

Entrepreneurship in Space with Bianca Cefalo

Bianca Cefalo of Space DOTS sits down with Matthew Phelan to discuss entrepreneurship, happiness and new space.

Bianca discusses her career, organisational culture, her co-founders and what it is like to be an entrepreneur in the space industry.

BIO

Space Scientist & Engineer
Developing the next generation of telecommunications in space, and advocate for girls in STEM.

Jul 12, 202243:06
Happiness in Space with Melissa Thorpe

Happiness in Space with Melissa Thorpe

Melissa Thorpe is the inspirational Head of Spaceport Cornwall and sits down with the Co-Founder of the Happiness Index Matt Phelan.

Melissa discusses her career, her leadership tips, how kindness is an important part of success and also gives insight on how to start a career in the Space industry. Melissa discusses her twin passions of nature and space and how they plan to run a UK space port that supports the local Cornish community by being considerate to their neighbours in Cornwall and the wider planet.

This episode is packed with advice on how to rise to the top and still be a great human being by being an empathetic leader.

Jun 20, 202232:02
Inside The Happiness Index's crowdfunding campaign with Matt Phelan and guest host Pat Phelan

Inside The Happiness Index's crowdfunding campaign with Matt Phelan and guest host Pat Phelan

In this episode guest host Patrick Phelan who is a Happiness Index founding employee interviews Co-founder Matt Phelan on The Happiness Index's crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Pat asks Matt the following questions.

What makes you happy?
Why Seedrs?
Why fundraising?
What is crowdfunding?
How does it work?
Can people still get involved?
What does the future of THI look like? 


This episode is perfect for anyone looking to become an investor or for people trying to understand how crowdfunding platforms like Seedrs and Crowdcube help businesses raise cash to fund their growth plans. Capital at risk.

You can find more details here on the campaign https://www.seedrs.com/the-happiness-index

Jun 09, 202225:52
Employee Happiness with Executive HR Director Njabulo Mashigo

Employee Happiness with Executive HR Director Njabulo Mashigo

Njabulo Mashigo Executive Director | International HR Executive | Non Executive Director of Vodacom part of the Vodafone family sits down with Matt Phelan to discuss everything from employee happiness through to how to build a successful career in HR.
Matt Phelan the Co-Founder of The Happiness Index and host of the Happiness and Humans podcast asks Njabulo the following questions.
What makes you happy? What is your number one career learning? What’s been your biggest mistake in your career? What tips do you have for someone starting a career in HR? How important is employee happiness to you?
May 13, 202232:50
The Future of Work with Dan Sodergren

The Future of Work with Dan Sodergren

Dan Sodergren shares his views on the future of work and his positive outlook on how we can all move towards a world where we love the work we do.
Apr 29, 202223:42
Toxic masculinity with Lewis Wedlock

Toxic masculinity with Lewis Wedlock

Lewis Wedlock is an Activist, academic & Social Psychologist. As one of the UK's youngest lecturers, Lewis' work centers around exploring and challenging structures that limit expression. We discuss Lewis’s views on Toxic masculinity.
Apr 22, 202209:15
Work from Happy With Jason Lancaster

Work from Happy With Jason Lancaster

Creative Jason Lancaster discusses how reading the book Blink by Malcolm Gladwel changed the way he looked at the world forever. Following a chance visit to a remote Scottish Island Jason uprooted his London life and now lives full time among the sheep and crystal clean blue ocean.
We discuss the impact of this move on his career, happiness and performance. This episode will make you stop and listen to your emotions. This is a story about the Isle of Tiree, this is a story about career happiness.
Apr 12, 202244:43
A career in HR with Ben Rainforth-Gott

A career in HR with Ben Rainforth-Gott

Matt Phelan Co-Founder and Co-CEO of the Happiness Index sits down with Ben RainforthGott Ben is a Strategic Group HR Director. He has extensive international HR & business transformation through optimisation of agile, commercial, and adaptive HR functions, A strategic thinker & agile operator with substantial experience in all facets of Human Resource management and proven expertise in business change and transformation. Ben is also hilarious and shares his wonderful story and life lessons with the Happiness and Humans audience. A must listen for all HR professionals.
Feb 11, 202230:56
Leadership and Feedback with Karen Robinson

Leadership and Feedback with Karen Robinson

Karen Robinson Founding Director of The Flockist sits down with Matt Phelan the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of The Happiness Index to discuss Karen's mission to rebrand leadership.

Karen will help you find your voice in the workplace and make a difference without compromising your values or falling over with stress.

In this episode of Happiness and Humans Matt asks Karen the following questions;

What makes you happy?
Why does leadership need a rebrand?
Who do you work with?
Why is feedback important?
How to give and receive feedback?
Feb 07, 202238:03
Leadership is a behaviour with Steve Rush

Leadership is a behaviour with Steve Rush

Leadership expert Steve Rush and Co-Founder of The Happiness Index Matt Phelan sit down to discuss Leadership. Steve helps people and teams explore new ways of working, new behaviours and processes through learning by unlocking their AH-HA moments.
Matt asks Steve the following questions

What makes you happy?
Do the fiance sector care about their employees?
How did your Leadership podcast go so crazy?
What is the The Leadership Cake?
What is leadership?
Is leadership nature or nurture?
Jan 31, 202221:26
What can we learn from The Green School with Kate Druhan

What can we learn from The Green School with Kate Druhan

Kate Druhan head of community and environment at the Green School Bali joins Matthew Phelan Co-Founder and Co-CEO The Happiness Index to discuss What is a Green School? Does the school consider the happiness of students important? Do you think nature has a role to play in happiness? What can the world of work learn from what you have learnt at the Green School so far?
Green School's mission is a 'Community of learners making our world sustainable'​ and is so much more than a school - it is a community where all members - students, staff, parents, volunteers and the surrounding community - come to learn and engage in various social enterprises, such as Green School's innovation hub (makers space), Kembali (Green School's resource management centre) to help build and educate on sustainable solutions for the future. Green School's tailor-made campus includes beautiful wall-less bamboo classrooms, specifically designed to encourage play, creativity, collaboration and facilitate learning.
Jan 28, 202244:16
The Happiness Index Co-Founders Tony Latter, Chris Hyland and Matt Phelan review

The Happiness Index Co-Founders Tony Latter, Chris Hyland and Matt Phelan review

The Co-Founders of The Happiness Index Tony Latter, Chris Hyland and Matt Phelan sit down to review the year and discuss what could have gone better, what went well and their ambitions for 2022.
Dec 17, 202140:19