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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 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.

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30 minutes

Last on

Tue 6 Feb 2024 21:00

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  • Wed 17 Mar 2021 16:00
  • Mon 22 Mar 2021 00:15
  • Tue 6 Feb 2024 21:00

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