Lisa and The Moose Heads: Tuff Leadership Training
Lisa Gill, founder of Reimaginaire, trainer with Tuff Leadership Training and host of the Leadermorphosis podcast, was included in the Thinkers50 Radar List 2020 for her work with self-managing teams.
In this talk from the 2023 Happy Workplaces Conference, Lisa talks about ways you can create more Psychological Safety in your workplace, about removing moose heads and how to avoid becoming a ‘positive stinker’.
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.
Why Happy is a Great Place to Work: A Talk From Our Team
The speakers at conferences are usually senior leaders who praise how well things work at their organisation. For Happy’s talk, we asked three of our frontline staff to talk about their own experiences and a sense of what it’s like to work in a happy workplace.
In this talk from the 2023 Happy Workplaces Conference, Sal, Laura and Rebecca share what makes Happy a great place to work. This includes discussing the four-day week and how it works in practice, as well as how Happy’s staff live the company’s values.
Key Messages From Alex Soojung-Kim Pang About The Importance of Rest
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is Global Programs Director at 4 Day Week Global, and a leading voice in reduced hours working. He is the author of three books exploring how companies and individuals can better integrate rest, creativity, and focus into digital-age lives and work.
In this talk from the 2023 Happy Workplaces Conference, Alex focuses on the key messages from his second book, Rest: Get More Done When You Work Less, which explores the hidden role of rest in the lives of exceptionally creative and prolific people. He discusses the concepts of ‘active rest’, ‘deep play’, and the brain’s ‘default mode network’ as well as the value of vacations and the afternoon nap!
The Power of Dreams: Rachel Law from PossAbilities
In this talk from the 2023 Happy Workplaces Conference, Rachel talks about the power of dreams to create a happy workplace, and motivating and retaining staff in a notoriously difficult sector. Rachel discusses the importance of trust, listening to staff and linking with local communities, as well as gardens, a miniature Shetland pony, holidays, and Duvet Days.
Building a Culture of Trust at CoppaFeel!
Natalie Haskell is the CEO of CoppaFeel!. CoppaFeel! is a renowned breast health awareness charity with a commitment to enabling happy workplace ideas. Natalie has fostered a unique culture with CoppaFeel! where the ways of working are designed to support productivity and individual needs.
In this entertaining talk from the 2023 Happy Workplaces Conference, Natalie shares how her enthusiasm for implementing a four-day working week turned to disappointment and how she worked with her team to bring about a solution that worked for everyone.
Liz Wiseman: What are Impact Players and Why are They Important to Your Organisation?
Liz Wiseman is the CEO of The Wiseman Group, a talent development and research organisation in Silicon Valley, California. Liz is also the author of bestsellers Multipliers and Impact Players, and is consistently rated by Thinkers50 as a top ranked thinker.
In her book Impact Players, Liz identifies two types of people: Ordinary Contributors and Impact Players, and noted that there were five practices that differentiated the Impact Players from the Ordinary Contributors. In this video, from the 2022 Happy Workplaces Conference, Liz tells us more about the concept and takes us through the five characteristics of Impact Players.
Andrew Barnes: Why the 4 Day Week is the Future of Work
Andrew Barnes is the head of New Zealand’s biggest corporate trust company, Perpetual Guardian, but he’s probably better known as the father of the four-day week movement. Andrew trialled the four-day week at Perpetual Guardian in 2018, despite a lot of fear and opposition from his board and management team. It was a resounding success and has grown into a movement with unprecedented momentum.
In this video from the 2022 Happy Workplaces Conference, Andrew explores some of the data supporting the four-day working week and challenges you to think about how it would work in your organisation.
Creating a Culture of Leadership Development
Kevin McCoy and Chris Hannay, of US e-commerce company Next Jump, understand the importance of investing in leadership development for getting to Beyond Budgeting. The culture at Next Jump is built around helping people with situational judgments, and the organisation’s investment in its people has led to revenue growth and business transformation.
In this talk at the 2017 Beyond Budgeting Conference, Kevin and Chris explain how to navigate the “lying, hiding, faking” problem and how investing in your people gets you to Beyond Budgeting.
Read the transcript and watch Kevin and Chris’ full talk below.
Ambition to Action: The Equinor Beyond Budgeting Journey
Bjarte Bogsnes has worked in finance and HR at Norwegian energy company Equinor (previously known as Statoil) for over 35 years. He’s witnessed rapid growth during that time, with the company now operating in 36 countries.
Bjarte is also the Chairman at the Beyond Budgeting Institute. His beyond budgeting journey started back in 1995, a time when the concept was still largely unheard of.
In his talk at the 2017 Beyond Budgeting Conference, Bjarte explains how it’s possible to hang onto the flexibility of a small organisation without losing the benefits of being big.
Read the transcript and watch Bjarte’s full talk below.
