All about mass media
Ok, THAT was a challenge :o)
I spent the morning in a recording studio making a radio ad for a client. It was fun but quite challenging, repeating the same 15-second message over and over with tiny changes in inflection and tone.
They seemed happy with the result though, so I trust I did an OK job.
The TV ads they shot in December start airing tonight and the radio ads should start next week.
I’m featured in this article in The London Evenings Standard.
What’s especially funny is the way the healthy British scepticism towards happiness does shine through :o)
Countries in Eastern Europe have some of the lowest levels of workplace happiness among developed nations. This may be both due to a very hierarchical workplace culture and because of the lingering influence of the former communist regimes.
But maybe that can be changed a little. I was recently featured in this article from a Russian HR magazine and I’ll be speaking at the People Innovation Summit in Moscow in May.
I’m featured in the June 2012 edition of The Human Factor Magazine in India. What’s even cooler is that the main theme of that issue is fun at work.
This just reinforces what I’ve said for a long time, namely that the idea of happiness at work is spreading all around the world.
In fact, I was just booked to speak at the CFA Institute’s Fifth Annual European Investment Conference in Prague in October and that will mark the 25th country I’ve spoken in.
I honestly believe that happiness at work is inevitable and the future belongs to the happy :o)
Last night I was reading the excellent thriller novel Killer Move by Michael Marshall when I came to this passage where one of the main characters arrives at his office and runs into his assistant:
“How’s…” I struggled and failed to come up with the name of her spawn. “Feeling better?”
This was not something I cared about in the least, but that morning a Danish positivity blogger had suggested going out of one’s way to attempt to get inside other people’s lives and minds, however small and unappealing they might appear, as a thought experiment in connection building.
Now this may be conceited of me but I gotta ask… is that me? There aren’t that many Danish positivity bloggers and this is exactly the kind of thing I write about, eg. here, here and here.
I’ve been featured in The Times, The NY Times, Washington Post, BBC and Economic Times of India but this would be the first time I’ve ever been mentioned in a crime novel :o)
I spoke at a conference in Bratislava last year and now there’s an interview with me about happiness at work in a Slovakian magazine. You can read the whole interview here.
Last november I was interviewed by BBC Russian about stress and happiness at work and you can hear the resulting program here – in Russian.
I’m introduced at 5:15.
If you’d like to know more, you can read my Top 5 Myths about Workplace Stress.
Denmark is having the coldest winter in many years and the whole country has been covered in snow for the last several weeks. This, predictably, annoys the Danes. The roads are icy, the trains are late, your feet get wet, etc…
So last night I went on Danish TV to explain why snow makes us happier. Here’s the clip:
Basically, it’s because snow reflects light which means that the days are brighter which counteracts winter depressions (or SAD – Seasonal Affective Disorder).
The last time I was in New York City I recorded a podcast with the American Management Association and Terrence Seamon.
We talked about the value of happiness at work, why happy companies make more money and the importance of saying good morning.
Here’s the best part: The magazine is available as a free download – so go get it already :o)
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