Happy Workplaces are More Successful

For the Korean edition of the Happy Manifesto, published in September, I’ve updated the section on the evidence that happy workplaces simply perform better.

The research has been done and the evidence is in: there is a clear link, shown in many studies, confirming that companies with great workplaces are more successful commercially.

How Microsoft Teams Keeps Improving Our Remote Working Experience

Since spring 2020, Microsoft Teams has become a household name. With Teams, you can keep your files, conversations and video meetings all in one place, making remote working so much simpler.

Microsoft has been adding new features to the application throughout the course of the year in order to make the software more immersive, flexible and convenient. In this blog, Billy highlights a range of Teams’ latest innovations, which are designed to both enhance user experience and improve productivity in our ‘new normal’.

Let’s Give Everybody an Equal Voice

On a Friday in August 2020, we held our third online Liberating Structures Immersion Workshop. Once again, it was rated among the most engaging conferences we’ve ever held.

Imagine at your events if everybody got to speak equally. Imagine the most senior people did not get to dominate the discussion. Imagine the loudest voices weren’t the ones who carried the decisions.

In this blog, Henry Stewart goes through nine Liberating Structures, which make it so everybody has an equal voice.

Happy’s January 2021 Competition

Happy’s January competition is back with another set of fantastic prizes. For a chance to win, tell us what challenge you overcame in 2020 and how you met it — or how you will meet it in 2021, if you didn’t in 2020. Our top prize includes a free place on any of our one or two day courses, the Happy Planner / Learning Journal, one year’s access to our Happy Video Library, and more!

Closing date: midnight GMT on 31st January 2021. Winner will be announced on 3rd February 2021.