Digital HR Leaders with David Green29 Jul 2025

The Hidden ROI of Workplace Wellbeing (an Interview with Jan-Emmanuel De Neve)

If people really are our greatest asset, why is wellbeing still treated like a perk instead of a priority?

In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green explores this very question with Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Professor of Economics and Director of the Wellbeing Research Centre at University of Oxford, co-editor of the World Happiness Report, and co-author of Why Workplace Wellbeing Matters.

Tune in as Jan shares eye-opening insights from a massive global dataset of over 25 million workers, revealing why employee wellbeing is a business-critical priority.

You’ll hear:

The real drivers of happiness at work (and why most companies get it wrong)

How employee wellbeing directly impacts performance, retention and recruitment

The role of AI in shaping the future of meaningful, human-centered work

This is a must-listen for HR and business leaders ready to shift from wellbeing-as-an-initiative to wellbeing-as-a-strategy.

This episode is sponsored by Mercer.

To thrive in an AI-augmented world, organisations must rethink how work gets done. Mercer’s Work Design solution uses AI to deconstruct jobs, redeploy tasks, and redesign work for greater agility, productivity, and impact.

Unlock your team’s full potential. Learn more at mercer.com/wfdemo

Links to resources:

World Happiness Report

Why Workplace Wellbeing Matters

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