6. A Recipe for Happiness
4 Extra Debut. Matthew Syed asks whether happiness lies in abandoning social hierarchy with the story of entrepreneur Tony Hsieh. From 2021.
A young entrepreneur builds the ‘happiest company in the world’, an online shoe retailer so profitable that Amazon snaps it up for over a billion dollars.
But what if the company’s profits and happiness could be boosted by a radical reimagining of the workplace?
No more bosses, no more job titles, just creativity, equality and pure joy.
Matthew Syed tells the extraordinary story of Tony Hsieh, a visionary entrepreneur who abandoned social hierarchy in his Las Vegas-based shoe company.
Could it be that the secret to happiness lies in making everybody equal?
Producer: Robbie MacInnes
A Novel production for ±«Óãtv Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.
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