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The champion in happiness and job satisfaction

Jon Nielsen

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Consultant, prime influence, and pioneer for happiness with passion for creating happy and more successful workplaces

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5 out of 5 stars

An extremely serious keynote, which, beside the cold facts, also delivered on the soft values. The audience was taught to see the serious side of the humor, and was thus inspired like rarely before.

Pia Elisabeth Olesen, Maersk Oil See all references

Why you should book Jon Nielsen for your next event

  • A seminar with Jon leaves everyone feeling in charge of shaping the work culture in a positive direction, rather than waiting for management to solve all problems.
  • Jon delivers fun, engaging and forward-looking talks, perfect for getting the day started with energy, or closing off on a high note.
  • With his science-based but down-to-earth approach, Jon appeals to a wide audience, from thoughtful academics to fast-talking salespeople.
  • Clients recommend Jon for their conference and team events based on his focus to deliver specific, actionable advice for creating better workdays.
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Since graduating with a Master of Science in Engineering in 2002, Jon has worked to create better, happier and more productive workplaces. His career led him to a job in corporate HR in the financial industry, and since becoming independent he has led more than a thousand events, from 30-minute keynotes to multi-day workshops. He spoke at the inaugural TEDx SquareMile event on the importance of a happy workplace, and his third book Happiness at Work is a multi-language bestseller.

Why you should book Jon Nielsen for your next event

  • A seminar with Jon leaves everyone feeling in charge of shaping the work culture in a positive direction, rather than waiting for management to solve all problems.
  • Jon delivers fun, engaging and forward-looking talks, perfect for getting the day started with energy, or closing off on a high note.
  • With his science-based but down-to-earth approach, Jon appeals to a wide audience, from thoughtful academics to fast-talking salespeople.
  • Clients recommend Jon for their conference and team events based on his focus to deliver specific, actionable advice for creating better workdays.

Jon has worked independently as a consultant, author and podcaster since 2006, and his three books offer specific help for employees and leaders alike. His first book, Happy in 6 Weeks, showed how small, daily changes can shape our work lives for the better. His third book – the international bestseller Happiness at Work – includes 100 chapters with specific, try-this-tomorrow tool. As such, Jon’s writings are like his keynotes: Focused on what we can do next.

Alongside his own writings, Jon is frequently interviewed for articles in newspapers and magazines, and he has made numerous appearances on talk radio and TV news shows. His two podcasts include The HappyWays Podcast and well as a Danish language counterpart, with both focusing on happiness in the workplace, culture, leadership, personal productivity and daily habits.

Since the university years, Jon has been passionate about helping organizations, leaders and employees create great workplaces. He holds an M.Sc. in engineering, but it was never his desire to land a classic engineering job. His Master thesis centered on learning theory and the hardships of creating organizational change, and he has worked passionately for the past two decades, shaping better company cultures.

The years before independent consulting included working in IT, media and finance. Since then, he has worked with clients across industries, from manufacturing, healthcare, government, education and retail. His thousand+ events have been held in more than 20 different countries, and he has given talks all over Scandinavia and Northern Europe, as well as in the USA, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Australia, The Bahamas and more. In 2012 he was invited to talk at TEDx SquareMile in London. Alongside his talks, Jon runs a Mastermind for leaders sharing his mission of happier workplaces, as well as an online membership for all Danish people sharing his mission. In 2014, Jon was included on a list of Top-10 speakers in Denmark.

As Jon puts it, work should be something we enjoy, not just endure. But life is more than work, and beside his own work, Jon is engaged in the larger community. For more than a decade he was active with the global NGO JCI – Junior Chamber International – culminating with a tenure as Chairman and National President of the Danish branch. Lately, he has volunteered for several supply runs to war-torn Ukraine, delivering donated cars, generators and pre-hospital supplies. When not working or volunteering, Jon reads, rides his offroad motorcycle, passionately cooks or works in his garden.

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The Powerful Difference of Happiness at Work

Culture can make or break a workplace, both when it comes to mission results and human wellbeing – and culture is shaped by the people on site.

In his signature keynote on Happiness at Work, Jon Nielsen will shine a light on the importance of a great workplace and show what creates happiness, day to day. Covering a mix of case studies, insights from science, as well as lived experiences, Jon will leave us with the charge that it’s up to each of us to make tomorrow better. Leaving no place for poor excuses, he also provides plenty of specific ideas to act on immediately. For, as Jon puts it, work should be something we enjoy, not just endure.

Keynote by Jon Nielsen

Embracing Change and Uncertainty to Create A Happier Workplace

When facing the new and untried, humans often react with hesitation, pausing instead of jumping in. Whether it be new technology, an organizational change, new management, a move or teams merging, we employ hope as a strategy. This leads us to sit too long on the fence when we could be actively shaping reality, causing Kodak moments of missed opportunity.

In this humorous and insightful talk, Jon will entice us to jump down from the fence, together create the best possible workplace and then, from a place of strength and team spirit ask: What can we do to make this better?

Keynote by Jon Nielsen

Change Management for Mere Humans

Change is everywhere, making employees anxious and leaders overworked. But leaders don’t have to shoulder the burden alone. Everyone wants a great and successful workplace, and engaging your people in shaping solutions can make all the difference.

In this keynote for leaders and managers, Jon shows how to turn team members from skeptics to ambassadors, involving everyone in creating a culture of happiness and success.

Keynote by Jon Nielsen

Becoming Productive and Staying Happy

In this keynote Jon highlights the principles and laws of nature that should make you give up on “doing it all”. Rather, we should focus on the essentials, do our core tasks, skipping what doesn’t matter and, most importantly, keeping our energy and mood up. Jon equips the audience to take back control of their days through simple and effective approaches – no advanced software required.

The fun and insightful keynote covers the most important roadblocks and opportunities like Parkinsons’ Law, the myth of multitasking, the 80/20 principle and more.

Watch Jon Nielsen's TEDx Talk!

The powerful difference of happy work: Jon Kjaer Nielsen at TEDxSquareMile

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"An extremely serious keynote, which, beside the cold facts, also delivered on the soft values. The audience was taught to see the serious side of the humor, and was thus inspired like rarely before."

Pia Elisabeth Olesen

Maersk Oil

"Jon gave an excellent presentation – highly professional while also being empathic and funny. I’ve only gotten positive feedback from our staff."

Charlotte Leth

Sanofi

"You hit the nerve of what it’s really all about… Happy people/employees/coworkers make for satisfied and happy customers! I sincerely hope you will continue spreading your happy message – from this end I send a big Thank You from a more that happy participant."

Jacob Beier, General Manager

Middelfart Savings & Loan

"Thank you very much for your presentation at our HR Conference, I really enjoyed it, it shows how Danish are the most happy people :-)"

Michaela Jezikova, Conference Consultant

In Form Slovakia

"If you need a speaker with a fantastic energy, who is both inspiring and delivers food for thought, then on behalf of 50 dental assistants I can only recommend Jon."

Peter Lembke Gerdes, CEO

DentaNet
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5 out of 5 stars

An extremely serious keynote, which, beside the cold facts, also delivered on the soft values. The audience was taught to see the serious side of the humor, and was thus inspired like rarely before.

Pia Elisabeth Olesen, Maersk Oil See all references

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