Happiness Guru Nataly Kogan
Happiness Guru Nataly Kogan VIDEOS
Nataly Kogan is a former VC and the founder of Happier, a global tech and learning platform that helps individuals and organizations realize their full potential by adopting scientifically-proven practices to boost their well-being.
From her teenage years as a Russian refugee learning English in the projects outside Detroit to becoming a leading venture capitalist in a predominantly male industry while still in her twenties, Nataly has consistently achieved at the highest levels. She has held top positions at Manhattan-based firms McKinsey and Co. and Hudson Ventures, served as the only female board member at Constant Contact, worked at Microsoft's cutting-edge Future of Social Experiences Lab (FUSE), and served as Vice President of Consumer Experience at WHERE, which she helped sell to PayPal in 2011.
Despite a lifetime of accomplishments, Nataly felt deeply unfulfilled. Initially skeptical of the research on the positive effects of gratitude, kindness, and mindfulness on our daily lives, she decided to incorporate happiness into her own life—just to prove the research wrong. But the more she applied these techniques, the more she immersed herself in and embraced the science and research—experiencing firsthand how effective happiness can be as a tool for realizing full potential in all aspects of work and life.
Rather than chasing "The Big Happy" of career, money, and achievements, Nataly soon dedicated her life to discovering and sharing the tools and best practices needed to reframe the concept of "I'll be happy when..." to the more powerful "I'm happier now because..." With this mission in mind, Nataly launched Happier to an overwhelming global response, and has since built a community that has shared over six million happy moments (and counting) on the Happier mobile app and website.
Since launching Happier, Nataly has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, New York Magazine, and Time Magazine, and has appeared as an expert on Dr. Oz, Bloomberg TV, and "One World" with Deepak Chopra. She is a sought-after keynote speaker, having appeared at events including the Million Dollar Roundtable, Fortune's Tech Brainstorm, BlogHer, SXSW, the 92nd St. Y, Harvard Women's Leadership Conference, TEDx Boston, and many more.
Nataly lives in Boston with her husband and daughter. When she's not running Happier, you can find her painting in her art studio, doing creative projects with her daughter, deepening her practice of yoga and meditation, or cooking up feasts for her family and friends—all of which bring her a lot of joy.
Speaker Topics:
- Improving Happiness and the Bottom Line
- The Pursuit of Happier
- The New Way to Lead at Work
- Cultivating Happiness at Work
- Fire Up the Awesome
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