We had a fantastic day at the 2016 Happy Workplaces Conference, which took place at Bridewell Hall on 11th May. Thank you to everyone who joined us! Here are some of the highlights from the day on Twitter:
In June, Happy hosted our annual Happy Workplaces Conference in London. Here are the top 11 take-aways from the attendees on the day.
Trust and empowerment in Angola agriculture
Nicky Stone from Happy talked about how to implement the Happy Manifesto and create a Happy Workplace.
Nikki Gatenby is the owner and managing director of Propellernet, which was named one of the top 10 Best Places to Work in the UK for six years running. Digital marketing has always been their focus, but over the last decade they've gone from an unremarkable and locally-based company to a super-engaged, global player. Speaking at the 2018 Happy Workplaces Conference, Nikki explains how the decision to start putting people before profit has not only brought about greater workplace happiness, but also boosted profits.
Dr. Jill Armstrong and Jason Ghaboos are working together to create a more gender inclusive workplace. Speaking at the 2018 Happy Workplaces Conference, Jill and Jason (who're from the Murray Edwards College at Cambridge) explore some of our deep seated assumptions about men and women and how we apply those filters to our workplaces.
Nigel Paine headed the BBC’s Learning and Development operation. He built an award winning Leadership programme, state of the art informal learning and knowledge sharing and one of the most successful and well used intranets in the corporate sector.
Cemal Ezel has a company called Change Please which helps homeless people become baristas, access vital services and get safely, and sustainably, off the streets. Sir Richard Branson called Change Please his ‘start-up of the year’ in 2019 and it was rated the ‘Best Social Enterprise in the World’ in 2018. Cemal personally was rated the 46th Coolest Person in the World in 2015, and we definitely agree with that! In this video from the 2022 Happy Workplaces Conference, Cemal takes us through Change Please’s journey from inception to the modern day, and beyond.
The quality of our training has recently been recognised in the Coursecheck Brilliance Awards 2019, with the Highest Rated Trainers award of their large learning providers.
Henry on happy workplaces at Happy Workplaces 2014.
Guest blogger Elinor Jansen updates us with a summary of Gallup’s latest (2015) study on the relationship between firm performance, organisational structures and employee engagement.
Talking Partners is a new kind of buddy scheme, supporting a co-worker to be the best they can be. Find out more in this two minute video.
Tuesday 9th February, Happy and Epic CIC hosted the 2016 Transforming the Public Sector conference at Kensington Town Hall in London. The conference focused on encouraging change within the public sector to improve staff engagement, happiness, and productivity, with real life examples from the speakers.
Guest blogger Elinor Jansen updates us with a summary of Gallup’s latest (2015) study on the relationship between firm performance, organisational structures and employee engagement.
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