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.
I’m now back from my sabbatical and, while I was away, our people at Happy decided to make the four-day...

12 Jan 2023

When I read Maverick in 1992, it transformed what was then Happy Computers. I went from being a micro-managing boss,...

12 Dec 2022

We all know how to recruit, right? Shortlist then go through our routine interview questions and choose who answers best?...

09 Sep 2022

New research has backed up one of the core principles at Happy. A happy workplace – where employees feel valued...

22 Aug 2022

Who decides what the CEO takes home every month? Them? A senior committee? What might happen if you handed that...

15 Aug 2022

Our Level 7 Senior Leadership programme is about significant change in how you run an organisation. It takes place over...

08 Aug 2022

Recent research confirms that happiness and wellbeing have a huge impact towards success in the workplace. Here at Happy, creating...

01 Aug 2022

At the 2021 Happy Workplaces Conference, we had a fabulous presentation from Sarah Pugh. I ask the speakers at our...

18 Jul 2022

Happy has just started the six month trial of a four-day working week being organised in the UK by 4...

13 Jul 2022

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