Happiness and Humans Podcast
1) When You Grow Up, What Do You Want to Be? The Science of Workplace Happiness
What if the secret to your organisation's success is hidden in a childhood dream? 🤯This week, we share a truly unique and fascinating story about a young beetle named John—a Liverpool native who just...Show More
2) Regenerative Performance: Why You Can't Pour from an Empty Cup with Dr James Hewitt
In a world of 'hustle culture' and burnout, what if the secret to elite performance isn't grinding harder, but recovering smarter? 🤯We're joined by James Hewitt, a human performance scientist and for...Show More
3) Decoding Your Brain: The Science of Benevolence with Mark Dean
This week, we're joined by Mark Dean, a brilliant brain and mind scientist on a mission to end mental ill-health in the workplace. We dive into the fascinating science behind benevolence—not just as a...Show More
4) Ending Career-Based Misery with Andrew MacAskill
This week, we're with Andrew MacAskill, who's on a mission to end career-based misery. He reveals a stark truth: Europe has the lowest engagement scores globally, yet the fewest people looking for a n...Show More
5) Collabureaucracy: Why Your Meetings Are Killing Productivity with Dr. Carrie Goucher
What if the biggest drain on your business isn't competition, but your calendar? 🤯We're with the brilliant Dr. Carrie Goucher, who reveals why our meeting culture is a relic of the industrial era.Dr....Show More
6) Global Alert: Workplace Happiness Down 6% with Tony Latter
This week, with Tony Latter, we reveal vital new data: cultural assessment scores are down 6% globally in the last year. Happiness and engagement are both falling. Trust is eroding, driven by a shocki...Show More
7) Beyond the Spreadsheet: HR's Human Superpower with Toby Hough
In a world obsessed with data, what if HR's true superpower isn't crunching numbers, but something far more intuitive and impactful?This week, we're with the brilliant Toby, who just delivered a power...Show More
8) Cultivating Confidence: Your Untapped Performance Driver with Anaïs Nebel
This week, we're joined by the brilliant Anaïs Nebel, an expert passionate about cultivating confidence as a true performance driver. Forget confidence as just a buzzword for younger generations on Ti...Show More
9) What if everything you thought about disengagement was wrong? With Dr. Siobhan Renshaw
We’ve seen disengagement as a simple lack of productivity. But what if it’s a profound, internal psychological experience? In this conversation, Matt Phelan talks with Dr. Siobhan Renshaw, an organisa...Show More
10) The business and societal case for happiness with Oxford professor
What if the most powerful metric for your business, and indeed society, isn't what you think?This week, we're honoured to host Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve – a leading authority in economics and beh...Show More