Bjarte Bogsnes, chairman of Beyond Budgeting,  explains how budgets might be holding back your organisation and how rethinking them could make your staff happy as well as your balance sheet.

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’.

Arnaud Collery, also known as “Mister Happiness”, 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.

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.

CEO of CoppaFeel, Natalie Haskell, 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.

Rachel Law, Cheif Executive of social enterprise PossAbilities, talks about the power of dreams to create a happy workplace, and motivating and retaining staff in a notoriously difficult sector.

Alun Pomfrett, HR Manager at Leicester-based Cocoa Amore and graduate of Happy’s Level 7 Senior Leadership Apprenticeship Programme, has developed a very simple way to make autonomy work for your staff.

Helen Taylor from the London Borough of Hounslow Council, who is currently enrolled on the Level 7 Senior Leadership Apprenticeship Programme, explains how she has implemented a system where her staff are Pre-Approved to spend £100,000.

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.