S10E09: Happiness is a Serious Business – Unlocking How Leaders Can Foster Organizational Wellbeing and Thriving Teams
Description
Guest: NIC MARKS
Founder and Chief Statistician of Friday Pulse; Speaker and Author of ‘Happiness is a Serious Business’
Nic Marks is a statistician, speaker and author who pioneered the field of workplace wellbeing. After reading Mathematics at Cambridge, he trained in organisational change and psychotherapy before founding the Centre for Wellbeing at the New Economics Foundation. There, he created influential frameworks including the Happy Planet Index and the Five Ways to Wellbeing.
A sought-after international speaker, his TED talk has been viewed millions of times, and his TEDBook A Happiness Manifesto helped put measuring national wellbeing on the global agenda. Today, as founder of Friday Pulse, he helps organisations improve team happiness through science-led feedback. His latest book, Happiness is a Serious Business, shows why happy teams perform better.
Charity: This episode is in aid of the Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders to which we have donated as a thank you to Nic for joining us. This magnificent organization continues to support those in warzones, trauma and medical need everywhere. Please find out more and get involved here: https://www.msf.org/
Connect with Nic:
Nic’s book ‘Happiness is a Serious Business’: https://mybook.to/hiasb
Website: https://nicmarks.org
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marksnic/
Nic’s personal happiness at work test: https://fridayone.com
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