World Happiness Report 2025 | LBC Interview

World Happiness Report 2025 | LBC Interview

Two days after International Day of Happiness, Natasha Devon asked me onto her LBC show to talk about the World Happiness Report 2025. 

We started off talking about how to define happiness, and some of the key findings from the 2025 report, in which the UK dropped from #20 to #23, while Finland remained at the top of the table for the 8th year running. The report found that social support, welfare systems in place, and how kind we perceive others to be are important factors that affect how happy we are.

Exploring the Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Playful and Uplifting afternoon at “Positive Psychology Summit: UK”

Exploring the Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Playful and Uplifting afternoon at “Positive Psychology Summit: UK”

At Positive Psychology Summit: UK 2024, I was honoured to be given a 2.5-hour Friday afternoon slot to give delegates a practical taster of what Appreciative Inquiry (the original AI!!!) is all about. Given that most AI Summits live and die on the basis of the preparation process with a small representative group of participants (the Definition phase), and that they tend to last at least a day (often 2-3 days), this was quite a challenge, but one I rose to with playfulness and curiosity.