Episode 138: Flourishing Programs: The Smartest $12 Trillion Business Move You’re Not Making with Ashish Kothari
Organizations love to talk about well-being. But scratch beneath the surface, and it’s the same old perks: gym discounts, meditation apps, an extra day off. All while work itself remains exhausting. Leaders, you need to wake up! Only 20% of employees are thriving. More than 60% report daily stress. And the economic cost of poor […]
Episode 137: Why Happiness at Work Starts with the System, Not the Individual with Jennifer Moss
If a factory machine breaks, leadership responds within hours. If a system glitch halts production, it’s triaged immediately. But when a team’s morale is tanking, the response takes 6–12 months—if it comes at all. How did we get to a point where our physical assets get more respect than our human ones? We’ve spent years […]
Episode 136: How to Flourish and Be More Productive By Leading From a Place of Wholeness with Mieke Jacobs
When an organization is trapped in survival mode, it doesn’t just face external pressure. It suffers an internal collapse of energy, creativity, and coherence. Chronic stress becomes the culture, innovation dries up, and people burn out trying to keep the lights on. But just as individuals can heal from trauma, so can organizations, if leaders […]
Episode 135: Workplace Wellbeing: Making Happiness a Conscious Choice and Lifelong Practice with Karen Guggenheim
The happiness we used to know was like a reward, something that shows up once life finally goes our way. But what if that moment never comes? What if life hands you unimaginable loss instead, and you’re left trying to piece together who you are and what comes next? The truth is, happiness isn’t a […]
Episode 134: Flourishing Programs: Money as Energy – The Mindset Shift for Financial Planning Success with Tom Shepard
We often treat money as the finish line. We chase it, measure ourselves by it, and let it shape our choices. But in doing so, we lose sight of the real question: What are we trading our money for—and is it making us truly flourish? As we live in a world that often celebrates achievement, […]
Episode 133: Wellbeing Programs at Work: Build Exceptional Relationships That Transform Teams with Niren Chaudhary
We often talk about strategy, technology, and profit as the engines of success. And in times of rapid change and uncertainty, it’s easy to double down on those levers. But what if we’re missing the most important one? In this episode of the Happiness Squad Podcast, Niren Chaudhary, former CEO of Panera Brands, joins Ashish […]
Episode 132: Human Flourishing Program: The Real Cost of Misinformation on Leadership Choices with Alex Edmans
What if the success stories you believe, the leadership advice you follow, and the wellness rules you swear by are built on shaky evidence—or no evidence at all? Even well-meaning ideas like grit, purpose, and diversity can cause harm when taken at face value. So, we challenge you to think critically before embracing feel-good narratives. […]
Episode 131: How to Build and Repair Exceptional Relationships at Work and in Life with Dr. Carole Robin
Ever walked into a conversation with the best intentions…only to walk out with a broken relationship? The cost of emotional avoidance in the workplace is massive, and invisible. Most people don’t fail at communication because they’re cruel. They fail because they never learned how to do it without causing damage. In today’s Happiness Squad Podcast […]
Episode 130: Employee Engagement Solutions: Achieve Peak Performance Through Grit and Grace with Alison Tetrick
We live in a world that glorifies hustle, high performance, and constant doing. We rarely pause to ask what truly drives us or what it might cost to keep going without pause. Success demands work, but what if it’s not always about pushing harder? While it might not sound like it, slowing down, looking inward, […]
Episode 129: Workplace Happiness Programs That Work: End Human Suffering in Tech with Richard Sheridan
Sometimes, it feels like work wasn’t designed with us, humans, in mind. Human suffering at work is becoming far too common in our tech-driven world of work. It’s burning us out, disconnecting us, and draining our energy. We’ve lost sight of the one thing that truly powers progress: people. But there’s a way to break […]