Paul Sternberg
"Believing in Happiness - But Whatever You Do Don't Mention..."
Turning conventional wisdom on its head, Paul will provide us with a fascinating way of thinking about faith and belief. He will argue that ‘transcendence’ as espoused by world religions could have a major role to play in everyday life.
He will talk about why this subject has become the ‘elephant in the room’ – it exists, but is almost unmentionable – and that an understanding of faith and belief can be as important to our happiness as enjoyment, positivity and quality of life. Going beyond traditional ideas of religiosity, Paul will describe his own journey and how gaining a sense that life’s significance extends beyond the material world is often the forgotten key to our happiness and to how we can contribute to the happiness of others.
Paul Sternberg is known as is an ideas generator, and is an adviser to leading media, business and not-for-profit organisations. Until recently he was Chief Executive of the Peter De Haan Charitable Trust where he transformed the Trust into a radical digital hub investing over £3m a year into young people’s ideas and creativity.
Prior to this he was Managing Editor of Education at Channel 4 Television Corporate where he helped redefine the public service remit of Channel 4 for the multi-media and multi-channel age and oversaw a range of cutting edge learning-based commissions.
He has been responsible for setting up social enterprises such as Ethical Media, ProtégéTV and The Media Trust and, as Director of Communications at Business in the Community, he worked with leading FTSE companies transforming their Corporate Social Responsibility programmes into robust communications and cultural change programmes.
Paul sits on a number of Boards and has published several papers on employee engagement, collaborative innovation and the role of creativity and enterprise. He has advised and worked with organisations such as HM Prison Service, National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA), The Natural History Museum, Universities and arts organisations.
Paul is currently working with, amongst others, Action for Happiness (www.actionforhappiness.org). This is a mass participation movement bringing together the latest scientific and evidence based thinking around Happiness and its application to community settings, schools and the workplace.
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