Research, data, evidence and the stories of people focused on employee engagement, workplace happiness and driving performance at work. Connect with Matt via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewphelan/ You can download The Happiness Index's Global Workplace Happiness Report here https://thehappinessindex.com/the-global-workplace-happiness-report/
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This week on the podcast, our host Matt Phelan sits down for a deep, insightful conversation with someone who has been a trusted partner since the early days of The Happiness Index. His guest is Kay Gunn MSc FCIPD , a veteran people director and the founder of her own leadership development consultancy - Kay Gunn Limited. Kay specialises in a critical yet chronically under-invested area of…
Matt Phelan catches up backstage at Google HQ in London with Andrea D Carter , a renowned neuroscience researcher and a core contributor to the Global Workplace Happiness Report 2026 . In this high-impact five-minute conversation, you will discover: 🧠 The personal spark. How navigating the real-life pain of raising neurodivergent teenagers drove Andrea to decode the neuroscience of workplace…
Matt Phelan welcomes back a good friend and headline sponsor of the Global Workplace Happiness Report 2026, Viktoria Otero del Val from Pluxee. In this lightning-fast snippet, Matt fires over one vital question: What is the most important data point for modern leadership? In under five minutes, discover: 🗺️ The multidimensional reality. Why looking at a person as the sum of all their coexisting…
This week, we’re changing things up. Our host Matt Phelan is back in the chair, and he’s turning the microphone on Stefan Tornquist . After spending months hosting our Global Workplace Happiness Report 2026 series, Stefan is stepping onto the other side of the desk as a guest. Stefan is the lead author of the report and the managing director of Executive Summary Research. He’s spent over 30 years…
Natalie Semmes from Kind-Hive: What is radical kindness in leadership? Matt Phelan catches up backstage with Natalie Semmes , CEO of Kind-Hive and contributor to the Global Workplace Happiness Report 2026. In this lightning-fast snippet, Matt asks one core question: What is radical kindness, and why is it the ultimate business multiplier? In three minutes, discover: 🧠 The human-first lens. Why…
Matt Phelan sits down at Google HQ in London with Kaly Little, Head of HR, UK Large Customer Sales at Google and contributor to the Global Workplace Happiness Report 2026. He asks her one quick question: What is radical safety in the AI era? In under three minutes, discover: 🚀 Radical safety. Why absolute psychological safety is the non-negotiable permission slip for Google’s famous moonshot…
Matt briefly chats with Dr Amanda Henwood, a key contributor to the Global Workplace Happiness Report 2026. He asks her one simple question: What do you mean by clarity is capital? In under four minutes, discover: 💰 The metric. Why clarity functions as actual business capital, driving productivity and retention. 📉 The hidden tax. How a lack of clear conditions forces employees to blame…
This week, we’re welcoming back our host, Matt Phelan, as he takes the baton back from Stefan Tornquist after his brilliant Global Workplace Happiness Report series. Matt dives straight into the deep end with a topic that bridges human emotion and high performance. His guest today is the exceptional Andrea Carter. Andrea is a performance consultant, researcher, and creator of the Belonging First…
For the final time in this series, we’re handing the host chair to Stefan Tornquist. Stefan is the lead author of our Global Workplace Happiness Report. He has spent the last few months interviewing the brilliant contributors to this project. While he's signing off for now, Stefan will return next year for our 2027 report. His final guest is the expert-friendly Dr Sarah Pass. Sarah is a senior…
This week, we’re handing the host chair to Stefan Tornquist. He’s the lead author of our Global Workplace Happiness Report. Stefan is interviewing the experts shaping the future of work. His guest today is the fascinating Dr Anne Hsu. Anne is a lecturer in computer science and psychology at Queen Mary University of London. She’s an expert in resilience, motivation, and personal growth. Anne helps…
