Case Studies

Work less hours, and get more done!

On the one hand we learned last week that Goldman Sachs view of work/life balance was to tell their interns to leave the office at midnight and take Saturdays off, limiting the working week to a mere 102 hours. A very different approach is being taken by Gothenberg...

Brendan O’Keefe, Managing Director, Epic CIC

by Henry Stewart

How freedom is helping re-think the delivery of public services – a 3-minute highlights video and the full talk

Dom Monkhouse: Happy staff = happy customers = happy profits

by Henry Stewart

From a man who has built two £30 million businesses – hire interesting people and make sure they are happy in their work. A 2-minute headlines video and also the full talk.

Shannon Banks, MD of Be Leadership

by Henry Stewart

Shannon Banks recounts her experiences of happy workplaces in her career at Microsoft and at Be – a 2-minute highlights video and the full talk

Simon Fowler, Board member at the John Lewis Partnership talks Happy

by Henry Stewart

Simon Fowler, a Board Member of the John Lewis Partnership, talks about their unique culture that aligns very closely with the Happy Workplaces philosophy

Helena Moore from Bromford Housing Association and their culture

by Henry Stewart

Helena Moore looks at the approach Bromford take to their staff and customers to create a happy workplace

Could work become a freedom-centred world?

by Henry Stewart

Freedom and democracy aren’t always linked with the way organisations run, but that was the topic of the Freedom At Work summit, organised by Worldblu this week in Miami.

Tansy Drake and Tim Dorsett describe the Innocent culture

by Henry Stewart

Innocent are a very unique brand with a very unique culture – hear first hand from two of their key personnel

Bjarte Bogsnes – Ambition to Action at Statoil

by Henry Stewart

How do corporates be both small (lean and agile) and big. Make measurement your servant not your master.

Kate Grimes – autonomy and patient care in the NHS (27:51)

by Henry Stewart

Kate Grimes has risen from hospital porter to CEO of Kingston NHS. In this thoughtful presentation at Happy Workplaces 2014, Kate explains how Kingston created its values-driven culture, promotes autonomy coupled with coaching and accreditation, and poses the question “If we know this stuff works so well, why doesn’t the NHS do more of it?”

Yvonne Agyei, Head of Benefits, Google (27:38)

by Henry Stewart

Yvonne Agyei, of Google, took time while at the recent Happy Workplaces conference to tell us about the benefits structure within Google, and how Google creates happy, healthy staff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dIwtbRFWdA Yvonne has been the head of Benefits for...