Happiness, Love and Work Culture | Episode #034 | Brooklyn Dicent

With Valentine’s Day approaching, love tends to get framed as something personal. Romantic. Private. Something that belongs outside the walls of work.

But what if love does belong in the workplace — just not in the way we usually think about it?

Not sentimentality. Not forced positivity. Not heart emojis or motivational posters.

In organizations, love shows up as respect. And when respect is present, happiness follows.

That’s why this week’s Leading With Respect conversation felt especially timely.

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Brooklyn Dicent Chief Happiness Officer, Chief Happiness Officer at The Happiness Consulting Company. Brooklyn’s work focuses on bringing the science of happiness into organizations across the country and beyond. What immediately stood out to me was how closely her perspective on happiness aligns with my work on respect.

Early in our conversation, a powerful connection emerged:

Happiness and respect are not soft ideas. They are courageous practices.