Website: www.iopener.com
I’m currently the founder and CEO of iOpener a consultancy that focuses on people and performance. We’re in the business of human asset management – in other words we help others to help others. Because that’s what truly makes a difference at work.
I became interested in what makes people tick and tick better at work when I had a job working for an alcoholic, chain-smoking boss. After 10 months of this I jumped ship and worked for someone I respected, admired and whom I still see 25 years later. Even then I wondered about what really made me want to make an effort and what closed me to that possibility – and it sparked a long-term interest in finding out.
I’d always wanted to set up my own business even though when I was 26 I couldn’t see how that might happen. But as Covey said, ’start with the end in mind’ and somehow the rest all fell into place. Of course I’ve had a lot of lucky breaks on the way, and I think that this has been helped by not being afraid to ask. Not to mention finding some fabulous supportive colleagues too.
Writing the book was something I really wanted to do because we had so much information and knowledge gleaned from our years of experience. And I thought what a pity it would be if only those who could afford it had access to it. So I sat down to write a book that would be useful to anyone who had a job. Which I hope means you too.
Please write to me if you’d like to share your experience as I’m always interested to hear. You can contact me at jess.prycejones@iopener.com. And if you’d like to learn to deliver what we do inside or outside your organization, we’d love to hear from you too.
Meanwhile I hope you enjoy ‘Happiness At Work’ and that you walk away with some new ideas and practical tools to boost your personal success.
