A Recipe for Happiness

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Previously titled “6. A Recipe for Happiness” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 5, 2026

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Recorded17 Mar 2021

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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 MacInnesA Novel production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.

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