10 Takeaways From the 2017 Happy Workplaces Conference
The fifth annual Happy Workplaces Conference took place in London on June 14, 2017. Representatives from Dutch care company Buurtzorg, industrial maintenance group ATS, digital transformation experts Foundation SP, and several others came along to offer their insights into creating and maintaining happy and engaged workplaces.
The conference looked at how engaged workplaces are more profitable and incur lower costs, as well as the tendency for happy workplaces to have higher staff retention, offer more flexibility and be more productive.
Here are 10 essential takeaways from the conference.
Mister Happiness: Arnaud Collery from Tech X Happiness
Arnaud Collery is the Tech X Happiness speaker and Chief Happiness Officer is known as ‘Mister Happiness’.
In this talk from the 2023 Happy Workplaces Conference, Arnaud explains the currency of personal authenticity. Using examples from his own life and the experiences of those he coaches around the world, he describes how a process of continual self-evaluation and reinvention can bring you to your ‘authentic self’ – a person that is recognised and valued both within and outside of the workplace.
