We’ve been a fan of Oliver Burkeman’s work for many years, and so it was a privilege to spend an hour in his company recently. Read on to hear what we learnt.

Emma Draper knows what it’s like to juggle a growing business with raising a family. Here are nine takeaways from our conversation with her.

James Victore’s work is a provocative call for creatives to choose authenticity over comfort. Read the nine takeaways from our conversation.

Why more and more people are ditching the clichéd trophies of success for a richer experience of life

Move over, hygge. There’s a new Scandinavian concept to embrace, and it will give you more of a natural high than candles and cushions ever could.

The dashboard tells us when to refuel our car. The warning lights are there for a reason.

I’m standing at the edge of a 5 metre high rocky outcrop over looking a rushing river. The idea is to jump in. I’m told that it’s deep enough and that I’ll be fine.

Reflections after 10 years building The Happy Startup School

Lots of people talk about collaboration, but very few show you how to do it.

Today The Happy Startup School turns 10

Many of us spend our lives on what writer David Brooks calls the first mountain. Happiness here tends to be individual. Some never leave this place.

An accidental journey from anonymous company to global movement.

It can feel uncomfortable, even scary, to start unleashing your ideas on the world.

Start with what moves you, not what moves the market

“You aren’t a machine with broken parts. You are an animal whose needs are not being met.” Johann Hari

“We come complete with one true note we were destined to sing… And it doesn’t dictate your choice of job; what it dictates is how you do it.”

For those of us born in the West today, living to 100 will be the norm not the exception — how does this affect our relationship to work?

What if you don’t agree with mainstream definitions of success? What if, when looking at what everyone seems to value and strive for, you start to feel like “do I actually belong here?”

When thinking of who your ideal customer is it's easy to fall into the trap of asking the traditional questions

It could be a matter of life and death