Archive for June, 2008

I’m on BBC

June 30, 2008 @ 11:52 am · Filed under Happy At Work, Media

BBCI was interviewed recently for the BBC Radio 4 program In Business with Peter Day.

They were doing an episode on happiness at work:

A British professor at the Wharton Business School in Philadelphia has done some research appearing to indicate that US corporations with the happiest employees have a financial performance notably better than lower ranked companies.

This is either blindingly obvious or a great mystery, and investors seeking more than merely quantitative data on which to base their decisions are getting interested in these league tables of Best Companies to Work For.

The real question seems to be: Is happiness in the workplace (that may be so beneficial to a company) created by healthcare and staff karaoke sessions and subsidised canteens, or is it deeper than that?

You can listen to the whole program here.

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My book is now available in Dutch: Happy Hour is van 9 tot 5

June 12, 2008 @ 11:28 am · Filed under Happy At Work, Happy Hour is 9 to 5

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay - my two favorite Ernos (that’s Erno Mijland and Erno Hannink) just announced that the Dutch version of my book Happy Hour is 9 to 5 is now out.

You can buy it on paper, as a pdf e-book or you can read it free on line.

There’s also an excellent accompanying blog in Dutch about happiness at work.

And incidentally, I’m coming to Holland to give a presentation on November 5 this year at Thoughts on Happiness Symposium in Baarn. Read all about it and sign up here.

Other versions of the book:

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Meet me in New York

June 10, 2008 @ 9:54 am · Filed under Happy At Work

Alexander KjerulfI’ll be in New York soon attending (believe it or not) a course in standup comedy! I’ll be in New York from Tuesday June 17 to Saturday June 21 and the course is only in the evenings, so I have plenty of free time.

Wanna meet? Feel free Contact me if you’re also in NY around then.

And here’s one final tip: My standup course ends with a performance Saturday evening at 5:30pm at (I think) The Gotham Comedy Club. If you want to see me give standup a try for the first time, please join me there :o)

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