Without people you don’t have a business. Higson, are a people consultancy, working with organisations to create progressive work cultures with high productivity and high happiness. Augusta Vivian, is the founder and joins us for this interview where she discusses:

• How she feels we are all entitled to have fun at work
• Her personal values of fun, kindness, curiosity, and stubbornness and how her early life shaped those
• How to go about defining your personal values
• Her entrepreneurial Great Aunt who broke the mould as a woman on her own in business 
• Her experience of being told ‘what to wear to be successful’
• Her work at Higson to help businesses become more happy, productive workplaces
• The common blindspots that businesses face when creating a positive work culture
• The real benefit of unlimited holiday vs an annual allowance
• How to create your company values and design the behaviours within your org to live up to them
• The importance of practicality and pragmatism with any cultural change work
• What she’s most proud of in her Founder’s journey
• How she approaches Strategy at Higson and regularly reviews it
• The importance of feedback in all directions with radical candour
• The charities Higson supports with 20% of profits every year 
• The new phase for Higson: becoming a certified Carbon Literate organisation

Augusta on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/augustavivian/

Visit: https://consulthigson.com/

Rob on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-warren/

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