Academia da Felicidade. Better organisations start with people.
Wellbeing at work is not a perk to add to a strategy. It depends on how organisations are designed, how leaders make decisions and whether people have the conditions to thrive.
Founded to change how we think about work.
Founded on 4 September 2023, Academia da Felicidade set out to treat workplace wellbeing with the rigour it deserves.
Its work goes well beyond feel-good initiatives. It helps organisations understand what is happening beneath the surface — and turn that insight into better leadership, sounder practices and sustainable performance.
From good intentions to lasting change.
A joined-up approach to culture, leadership, teams and evidence — not another attempt to treat the symptoms.
Diagnosis
Listen to people, examine everyday practices and identify the obstacles built into the system.
Intervention
Redesign processes, build capability and clarify what leaders are accountable for.
Capability building
Help people and teams turn learning into habits that endure beyond the programme.
Wellbeing backed by method and evidence.
International training and certification help establish workplace wellbeing as a serious professional discipline.
Organisational Wellbeing and Happiness Manager (GBEFO)
For professionals who want to bring organisational diagnosis, leadership, culture, wellbeing and measurement into the way organisations are managed.
Discover the 80-hour certification ↗A foundation for more human-centred management
An introduction to the principles and practical tools of organisational wellbeing and happiness.
Explore Level 1 ↗Ideas that cross borders.
The Academy’s international programmes bring together professionals from across the Portuguese-speaking world.
One project. One conviction.
The Academy puts into practice an idea that runs through Sofia Manso’s writing, talks and consultancy: people do better work when organisations create the conditions for them to contribute, grow and choose to stay.
Better questions make change possible.
You don't need all the answers. You need a better starting question.