International happiness day: why it's a serious global issue The UN's International Happiness Day is an opportunity to reflect on [ ] Happiness is important for building sustainable and healthy Happiness may come as news to many people. Indeed it would be fair to happiness is ridiculous and that the UN has far more important things political and humanitarian work but it is also worth remembering that also about thriving. Indeed, I would argue that human happiness is a It is a serious issue for our communities – unhappiness is a breeding And it is a serious issue for businesses – unhappy workplaces are less But happiness is also a serious 21st century global issue: how on earth and not much human happiness. So we need to talk about happiness. We need to talk about happiness in work over the last 20 years – though to be honest, I didn't come to I am now working actively on how to encourage conversations about happiness in businesses. People spend a lot of time at work and I don't believe anyone wants to be unhappy in the workplace even if they don't naturally think of it as our primary source of happiness. happiness at work survey that seeks to align positive experiences at work with the performance of the organisation and the social value it "day of happiness" campaign has been launched to this end. If today done us all a service – by starting to take human happiness seriously. business called Happiness Works to globally promote these ideas in * Work for us