Henry Stewart

Henry is founder and Chief Happiness Officer of Happy Ltd, originally set up as Happy Computers in 1987. Inspired by Ricardo Semler’s book Maverick, he has built a company which has won multiple awards for some of the best customer service in the country and being one of the UK’s best places to work.

Henry was listed in the Guru Radar of the Thinkers 50 list of the most influential management thinkers in the world. “He is one of the thinkers who we believe will shape the future of business,” explained list compiler Stuart Crainer.
 
His first book, Relax, was published in 2009. His second book, the Happy Manifesto, was published in 2013 and was short-listed for Business Book of the Year.

You can find Henry on LinkedIn and follow @happyhenry on Twitter.
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10 Oct 2024

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23 Sep 2024

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12 Aug 2024

In this short video, recorded from his live session on Wednesday 10th July, Henry Stewart talks about getting people to...

11 Jul 2024

Find out from Henry Stewart how you can create a workplace culture based on trust by using Pre-Approval. In this...

10 Apr 2024

I once asked a panel of Deans of MBA programmes why they focused so much on strategy and finance and...

26 Feb 2024

It is now six years since I stopped, as a Founder, making decisions at Happy. And, no, I haven’t passed...

03 Jan 2024

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