We're improving the world of work
We're improving the world of work
A look back on Friday Pulse
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1994Nic Marks publishes his first statistical work – Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare – using UK data from 1950-1990
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2006Nic creates The Happy Planet Index based on three indicators – happiness, longevity and environmental impact
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2008Dr. Jody Aked joins Nic’s team and together they create The Five Ways to Wellbeing for the UK Government
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2010Nic is invited to speak at TED in Oxford. His book, A Happiness Manifesto follows
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2011Based on a 110-question survey, Nic creates The Happiness at Work Survey
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2015Nic and Jody develop The Five Ways to Happiness at Work
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2016Leading recruitment consultancy, Robert Half appoint Nic to design a 22,000 employee research study – exploring 15 questions from The Five Ways to Happiness at Work
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2019Friday Pulse launches with its unique statistical simplicity including a Happiness KPI and a 15-question Five Ways to Happiness at Work Culture Profile
Happiness experts and more
Led by world-renowned happiness expert Nic Marks, we’re a group of statisticians, psychologists, business leaders and systems thinkers.
Meet the team
Nic Marks
Founder & CEO
Nic was once described as a “Statistician with a soul”. For over 25 years, he has researched workplace culture with a particular emphasis on measuring happiness and creating lasting, positive change.
Rich Aston
Founder & CTO
A graduate of Cambridge University, Rich distils complex ideas into user-friendly experiences. An award-winning developer, he leads our product development, translating the latest happiness research across the online platform.
Dr. Jody Aked
Director
Jody has spent the last 17 years using behavioural psychology and the science of wellbeing to support change in communities and workplaces. Jody advises clients on how to improve workplace culture and survive corporate setbacks.
Clive Steer
Head of Helping People
As our Head of Helping People, Clive leads the commercial growth of Friday Pulse. Heading business development, Clive shows organizations the possible benefits of happy people and positive workplace culture.
Nicola Pallett
Chief Marketing Officer
With 20+ years of B2B and professional services experience, Nicola leads our communication efforts. In coordinating sales and marketing activity, she develops and implements our market and content strategies.
Gaurav Tiwari
Senior Developer
Gaurav oversees the digital development of Friday Pulse. Working across our entire client base, he also supports our Client Success team, ensuring our platform helps teams and organizations achieve a happier and healthier workplace.
Angela Miles
Client Success Coach
Angela provides strategic counsel to our senior clients. She expands the reach of our expertise through the development of resources and support materials, aimed to deepen the understanding of happiness at work.
Ian Townsend
Developer
Ian is one of our full-stack developers and oversees our technical support activity. Through his contributions to the team, we have our Friday Pulse platform.
Alexandra Lupu
Helper of Happiness
As a member of our Client Success team, Alexandra supports our new and existing client base, ensuring they gain the most value from their participation on our people platform.
Parul Singh
Software Developer
As our Software Developer, and working with the wider tech team here at Friday Pulse, Parul helps to keep our people platform both reliable and running smoothly.
