Are snacks the future of happy work? And esteemed Stanford economist Pr Nick Bloom (S5E2)

A bumper edition this week with Libby back from the Big Apple!

Both Libby and Matt share some tales from the road and ponder whether the secret to a happy workplace may be found through its (collective) stomach.

Also, Libby enjoys an in depth chat with Stanford University economics and management guru Professor Nick Bloom who - among lots of other things - has all the numbers on working remotely (and isn't afraid to use them!).

About Professor Nicholas Bloom

Nicholas (Nick) Bloom is the William Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University, a Senior Fellow of SIEPR, and the Co-Director of the Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research focuses on management practices and uncertainty. He previously worked at the UK Treasury and McKinsey & Company.

He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the recipient of the Alfred Sloan Fellowship, the Bernacer Prize, the European Investment Bank Prize, the Frisch Medal, the Kauffman Medal and a National Science Foundation Career Award. He has a BA from Cambridge, an MPhil from Oxford, and a PhD from University College London. 

On the personal side he is English, living with his Scottish wife and American kids on Stanford campus, in a multi-lingual English household.