May
14
When we began our #InvestIn campaign, we were not anticipating a snap election to overtake us! If we were true PR animals this would be a golden opportunity for us: right when we want our message heard, the people in power are at least pretending to be willing to listen....
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May
07
Could there be a simple formula for happiness? It sounds like a political holy grail: a potential panacea for all our spiritual ills. But is this attractive prospect a real possibility? Mo Gawdat, Google’s chief business officer, has been doing the media rounds in the last weeks to promote his...
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May
03
Come to our not-quite-a-panel-show event where you, the audience (with rousing cheers) will decide which are the greatest books of all time*. We've sent intrepid explorers into deep shelf-space to dig out the most thought provoking ideas about happiness for your delight. Our probes found all kinds of interesting things...
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May
02
Here at Happy City we’ve been busy reviewing our website. How do we best engage people in the exciting revolution we are a part of, namely re-aligning our economy and our society towards growing our capacity to flourish not just to consume? Our small but growing team of communicators...
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Apr
30
We wondered about this one, in fact this is the first time on the Happy City blog that we've linked to a sermon from the pope! But you don’t have to be catholic to take on board this wise advice from Pope Francis: in the below TED talk he speaks...
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Apr
28
It is great to see the brilliant the self-styled 'renegade economist' Kate Raworth's work being showcased at the World Economic Forum. There is so much in common between her Doughnut model of economics and Happy City's approach to putting sustainable and equitable wellbeing at the heart of decision making. We...
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Apr
05
A recent survey of prominent economists across Europe (conducted by the Centre for Macroeconomics in partnership with the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)) asked if Wellbeing analysis should play an important role in guiding policy makers. It will come as no surprise to students of economics that the 57 members...
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Mar
22
On 20th March, Happy City's Chief Executive Liz Zeidler participated in The BBC's Big Questions show to debate the topic 'Does a Nation's Happiness Matter?' You can view here. Assuming the producers prioritise strong disagreement for the sake of spicy and thought provoking debate, it was interesting to see so much...
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Mar
21
We want to know which books have inspired or provoked your thinking about happiness the most. Based on the ideas you send our way, we'll come up with the top 10 books of all time* at an event in May. We're not just interested in self-help and psychology - we want to...
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Mar
18
At Happy City we dream big. We want to help shift the way society thinks. This is no small task and it's certainly not a vision that is easy to neatly sum up. If only we had the eloquence of Robert Kennedy! Happy City exists to start conversations on what really matters and...
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