Wellbeing | The Importance of Happiness in the Workplace...

Authored by Marc Coleman, Founder and CEO of UNLEASH

Earlier this year, I observed the audience’s reaction to our UNLEASH America keynote speaker, Mo Gawdat, on innovation and happiness. Mo is the founder of onebillionhappy.org but prior to that he was the Chief Business Officer at Google X and decided to leave his position after losing his beloved son Ali. He is making it his personal mission to help 1 billion people become happier in all aspects of their life. After telling the room it was alright to be happy at work, and how he wanted to achieve his goal, Mo’s speech brought tears to thousands of people in the room. One of the reasons I wanted Mo to be our keynote speaker is my own belief we need to humanize, look ourselves in the mirror and be happy again – at work and at home.

We spend a substantial amount of time at work in our life and I do believe our happiness is hugely impacted on how we feel in the workplace. This process of pursuing happiness highly resonated with me and the important role that HR professionals play in it. On our own mission to inspire and transform the world of work and technology and to continue highlighting the importance of wellbeing, I am very excited about our keynote speakers in Amsterdam for UNLEASH World Conference and Expo this October, Esther Perel and Matthieu Ricard.  

If you haven’t heard of Esther Perel yet, you are in for a treat. A Belgium-born, New York-living psychotherapist who helped change the lives of millions of couples and who is not afraid to tell people to “shut it!” has decided to join us in unleashing the chains of workplace relationships where jealousy, betrayal and bitterness can sabotage a business as much as a marriage.