Ben Rogers

Ben Rogers is a Project Manager and IT expert, who was a permanent member of staff at for Happy for 5 years. He now works freelance as a project manager and writer. He is a big fan of Excel spreadsheets, especially Pivot Tables and XLOOKUP.
Happy workplaces have many key similarities, such as giving their people more trust and autonomy. From studying and learning more...

05 Nov 2024

Giving your staff more autonomy means they don’t require as much oversight, freeing up the time of managers. It allows...

21 Oct 2024

How much money would you trust your employees to spend, without checking with their manager first? £50? £100? How about...

21 Oct 2024

Many years ago, an apprenticeship was something that young people did at the beginning of their careers to learn a...

01 Oct 2024

We all hate tedious paperwork. Filling out transport claim documents, internal KPI tracking documentation, expenses claims… All these things can...

23 Sep 2024

You’d be forgiven for thinking that Beyond Budgeting is only about, well, budgeting. However, it’s about so much more than...

04 Sep 2024

Every successful organisation proudly boasts of how great their culture is and how that has enabled them to succeed. But...

29 Aug 2024

Talk of love in the workplace can be an uncomfortable topic, but should it be? This was a question at...

06 Aug 2024

Daniel is a champion of Happy’s leadership and management programmes, as he explained during this talk at the 2024 Happy...

06 Aug 2024

Femi Otitoju founded her equality and diversity consultancy in 1985 and has dedicated her career to advancing diversity and inclusion....

29 Jul 2024