Jennifer Moss

Jennifer Moss is the award-wining author of “Unlocking Happiness at Work”, CBC News columnist, and international public speaker. Jennifer has taken the stage at highly-recognized stages and forums across the world, including multiple times at SXSW, the World Government Summit, TEDxWomen, and others. Jennifer speaks predominantly at workplace leadership events organized by the most successful companies in the world. She also consults these same companies on workplace and HR-related strategies in an ongoing capacity.

Jennifer is considered a workplace expert and has written over 50 articles and appeared in as many media interviews on the topic of workplace mental health and well-being. She has written eight articles for HBR on related topics, three of which were focused on burnout. Her article, Happiness is Not the Absence of Negative Emotions, was selected as the lead piece in the first of HBR’s Emotional Intelligence Series, When Passion Leads to Burnout was HBR’s fifth most popular article of 2019, and her latest article, Burnout is About Your Workplace, Not Your People was widely read and shared across social media channels. Jennifer writes professionally for a series of publications on topics relevant to workplace and HR-related issues including, SHRM, HRPA, and CHRPA. She is frequently asked to appear as an expert in their publications and speak to their associations.

In addition to writing and speaking, Jennifer is a researcher and consultant. She is a member of the United Nations Global Happiness Council – a small group of leading scientists and economists in their field. In this role, she provides research, relevant case studies, and content for the workplace chapter of the Global Happiness Council Policy Report (GHCPR). The GHCPR is unveiled each year at the World Government Summit in partnership with the World Economic Forum. This report sets the stage for future policy work, notably burnout, which has been a key theme for the committee. As part of their goal to ensure the UN’s sustainable development goals (SGDs) are met, tackling burnout for workplaces globally will be a major focus of the workplace chapter in this year’s report.

Throughout her career, Jennifer has received a variety of awards and accolades. Among her favourites: being named an International Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2016, receiving a UK Business Book of the Year Award and being named Canadian Innovator of the Year, both in 2017. Jennifer was also honored with the Public Service Award from the Office of President Obama and attended his inauguration.