Take the Window Seat (Outbound)
By Steven P. MacGregor
As we near the year-end, a fairly typical professional reflection may include the number of business trips and particularly flights we...
[Podcast] Who owns wellbeing with Heineken’s Head of Workspace Services Fernando Lallana
This month we talk to Fernando Lallana, Head of Workspace Services at Heineken Spain. Discussing different wellbeing related initiatives at the company we consider...
When is the Best Time of the Day to Exercise?
By Steven MacGregor
I’ve fielded several questions from executives in the past few weeks, from Caixabank to Russian Railways, on a recurring and simple topic....
Episode 27: What office will we go back to? with IWBI Senior Vice President...
Kicking off our Q2 theme of "Wellbeing in the Built Environment" we talk to senior vice president of research at the International Well Building...
Ebb and Flow
By Steven MacGregor
I spent some time with Oracle a few weeks ago, during the kick-off to their new financial year. 150 senior leaders from...
From Experience to Belonging with ServiceNow’s Sally Sourbron
Rounding off our first theme this year of "Thriving Business" we talk to the VP of Global Talent at ServiceNow EMEA, Sally Sourbron. We...
Looking Forward to the Roaring 20s with L’Oréal’s Ronny Kelders
In a continuation of the "Thriving Business" theme on the Chief Wellbeing Officer podcast we talk to Global Head of Learning & Development at...
Episode 24: How can wellbeing survive in professional services? with Deloitte’s Arti Kashyap-Aynsley
Kicking off our new thematic focus in the Chief Wellbeing Officer podcast we talk to Arti Kashyap-Aynsley, Wellbeing Leader at Deloitte Consulting UK, about...
Take the Window Seat (Return)
By Steven P. MacGregor
As we begin a new year and return to work a fairly typical professional activity may include a look ahead to...
Episode 26: Leadership development in times of crisis with Korn Ferry’s Katherine Semler
In the last of 3 episodes on the theme of wellbeing in professional services we talk to Katherine Semler, Head of Leadership Development Iberia...
Do You Need to be Happy to be a Chief Happiness Officer?
Examining the new Happiness at Work initiative at SAP
By Steven MacGregor
“The term is loaded. It doesn’t mean I’m walking around all day telling jokes...
Habit Hacking (Part I)
By Steven MacGregor
In the first of two parts looking at habits in the workplace the author uncover the preliminary results of research into habit...
Episode 29: Home/Office insights from the Netherlands with Steve Longhorn and Elyse Nijsse
In this special joint episode which closes the Q2 theme of Wellbeing in the Built Environment we talk to experts in Facilities Management and...
Episode 28: Designing the new workplace with Akka Architects CEO Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes
We continue our look at wellbeing in the built environment with Akka Architects CEO Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes. Coinciding with the launch of The Recovery...
Will the machines really make us more human?
By Steven P. MacGregor
Learning another language isn’t an easy thing to do (and I’m very aware how lucky I am being a native English speaker)....
The Joyous Republic of giffgaff
By Steven P. MacGregor
The Minister for Development arrives at the office by bicycle, and gets straight to work. Meeting the other ministries is first...
We Are All Executives Now
By Steven P. MacGregor
Last week I was teaching on a new “Executive Program” for Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica at their Corporate University north of...
Into the wild
By Steven MacGregor
“Brisk exercise imparts elasticity to the muscles, fresh and healthy blood circulates through the brain, the mind works well, the eye is...
Chief Wellbeing Officer
By Steven MacGregor
This month we include an excerpt from Steven MacGregor’s new book, Chief Wellbeing Officer: Leading in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, co-authored with Rory...
Working From Home: 3 Things You Should Know So You Don’t End Up Living...
By Steven P. MacGregor
Working from home has put our health, wellbeing and workplace performance to the test for over a year now. My work...
Designing Culture for 202,000 Employees at Santander
By Steven P. MacGregor
Dan Strode couldn’t believe Monday had rolled around again so fast. Sleep had been at a premium during a busy ‘working’ weekend...
[Video] On the relationship between learning and wellbeing
Inspired by attendance at the World Innovation Summit on Education (WISE 2019) we discuss the link between learning and wellbeing. Check out the 30...
We all have Mental Health with Kyan Health’s Vlad Gheorghiu
Closing out the "Starting Up" theme we talk to Vlad Gheorghiu, co-Founder and co-CEO of mental health start-up Kyan Health. Departing from his own...
[Video] Steven MacGregor with Chief Wellbeing Officer: Who owns wellbeing?
The July episode of Chief Wellbeing Officer asks who owns wellbeing with Heineken. Different functions within the organisation may have a different angle on...
[Podcast] Designing Positive Cultures with Santander’s Head of Strategy and Culture, Dan Strode
Here we talk with Santander's Global Head of Strategy and Culture, Dan Strode about The Santander Way; eight behaviours, three values and four leadership...
The Daily Reset: 366 Nudges to Move Your Life Forward
From the McGregor on Chief Wellbeing Officer column
Steven McGregor's new book, The Daily Reset: 366 Nudges to Move Your Life Forward, now available: www.dailyreset.me.
To celebrate the start...
Design For Wellbeing
By Steven MacGregor
Health and wellbeing in the professional domain continue to garner increased attention. In this article, the author wraps up the year through...
Calculating the Financial Return on Wellbeing
By Steven MacGregor
Toby and Daniel were corporate rebels. Meeting at SAP in 2005 their approach to work – challenging the current way of doing...
[Podcast] Episode 30: When the Disruptor is Disrupted with Uber’s Matt Wilson
We're back! Kicking off the Q3 theme of Travel we talk to Matthew Wilson, Associate General Counsel EMEA and APAC at Uber about the...
[Podcast] Digital wellbeing with Data Scientist of the Year Nuria Oliver
On our return from the summer break we talk to Dr. Nuria Oliver of the Vodafone Institute. Honoured as Data Scientist of the Year...
The Mindful Entrepreneur with Malte Krohn
Kicking-off our Q2 theme of "Starting Up" we talk to Malte Krohn, a design and innovation expert and author of the forthcoming book, The...
Leo Messi and Larry Ellison have more in common than you think
By Steven P. MacGregor
I was watching through a crack in my fingers. And there it was, inevitable really. Number seven. My football team, Glasgow...
The 7 Hacks of Highly Effective Habits by Dr. Steven MacGregor
How many times have you said that you will change for the better? Dr. Steven MacGegor's 7 Hacks of Highly Effective Habits can be...
Learning and wellbeing: A visit to the World Innovation Summit on Education (WISE)
“Before the invention of cooking, we spent most of our lives chewing.” I laughed out loud, with quite a few others, in the vast...
Habit Hacking (Part II)
By Steven MacGregor
How many times have you said that you will change for the better? In this Part Two of the article, the author...
[Podcast] Episode 31: Re-Designing Travel with McKinsey’s Melissa Dalrymple
In the second of three episodes based on Travel for Q3 we talk to McKinsey Partner Melissa Dalrymple about her recent article, "Make it...
[Podcast] Episode 33: Mobilising change with The Wellbeing Project’s COO Elissa Goldenberg
Kicking off our Q4 focus on community we talk to Elissa Goldenberg, COO at The Wellbeing Project and Founder of EG Coaching & Consulting....
Re-Design Your Feed
Taking a Deeper Look at Environment for Behaviour Change: Part I
By Steven P. MacGregor
In the year 1929, and nearing the end of his second,...
Biochemistry 101
By Steven MacGregor
I’ve been lucky enough to teach executives from companies including Oracle, Telefónica, Chevron Philips and Banco Santander the past few weeks in a...
Could You Answer These 3 Questions?
I need your help.
I’ve been asked to reflect on 3 questions for an interview this week on the Innovation Ecosystem podcast. Founded by anthropologist...
Episode 25: On the quest to mainstream empathy with EY Seren CEO Michael Von...
In the second part of our look at wellbeing in professional services we talk to EY Seren CEO Michael Von der Geest on his...
Space, But Not as We Know It: Notes on the Future Workplace
By Steven P. MacGregor
Apple Park opens in a few weeks time. The new headquarters of one of the world’s most innovative companies, referred to...
The ROI of Wellbeing
By Steven P. MacGregor
I was teaching Masters students at IE’s School of Human Sciences and Technology this week. Teaching wellbeing at work to an...
[VIDEO] Steven MacGregor with Chief Wellbeing Officer
The second part of the SAP case looking at the new humanizing business initiative within EMEA Commercial Sales. How do we move towards a...
A Conversation with Ann Pickering, Director of Human Resources at O2
By Steven MacGregor
We continue our global influencers series this month in conversation with Ann Pickering. This was a recorded interview that you can listen to...
Happy New Year: MacGregor on Executive Health
By Steven P. MacGregor
For most of Europe, especially those engaged in academic pursuits, September marks the beginning of a new year. After the traditional...
A Conversation with Roberto Di Bernardini, Global Head of HR at Banco Santander
By Steven MacGregor
Returning to our series of interviews with global influencers we talk to Roberto Di Bernardini, who after almost a decade of HR leadership...
Episode 36: Stronger People, Stronger Society with Arla’s Claus Flensborg
We make a return for 2021 and a new theme of "Thriving Business." First up is Claus Flensborg, Global L&D Director at Arla Foods....
[Podcast] Calculating the return on wellbeing with SAP Apphaus veterans Toby Haug & Daniel...
In part 2 of the SAP case recorded 6 months on from episode 15 we discuss the changes in the Happiness at Work initiative...
