Danny Smith

Consultant

Armakuni

Pole Star EAM

Chief Operations Officer

Oyster®

Consultant - Remote Workplace Design & People Ops

Delocate (acquired by Oyster)

Principal Consultant

RED Academy

VP Technology

Global Curriculum Director, Technology

Lead Instructor

Ada. National College for Digital Skills

Curriculum Designer & Lecturer

CharlieHR

Senior Software Engineer

Sparta Global

I wore *a lot* of hats as we grew from a 3-employee startup to 80+ folks

All Sorts

Royal Air Force Air Cadets

Adjutant, Central Training Team, HQ RAFAC

COO & Consultant | Creating high-performance remote organisations 👨‍💻🌍

I work with leaders to intentionally design remote organisations & ways of working, laying the foundations for rapid scaling, long-term organisational health, and a globally distributed workforce.

I spent 2021 at Oyster, scaling their fully-remote (globally distributed) company from 14 to 500 people (and a $1bn valuation). Which was absolutely wild.

I work mostly at the intersection of system design, human behaviour, remote work & operations. I'm convinced that knowledge work has no borders and the "remote work revolution" has the power to make the world a fairer and more equal place for everyone. Globally distributed companies are the future.  And the remote workplace should be diverse, safe & supportive for all.

I talk about "Organisational Health" a lot because healthy orgs feel calm when ploughing through unknown waters at 1000mph and can operate on the edge of chaos without being chaotic: much better for our people, and our business. Since systemic health problems have a disproportionately large effect on distributed remote teams (and quickly compound with scale), I'm on a mission to help folks be more intentional about how they design & transform remote-first orgs.

➡️ Read more on this → https://danny.is/writing/organisational-health

I love meeting new folks, so hit me up if you wanna chat 🙂☎️

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Wanna learn about remote best practices? 👇

· Oyster Reef → https://oysterhr.notion.site/Welcome-to-The-Reef-Oyster-s-Open-Source-Employee-Guide-fc482e3f107c4afd8c85ed217f1d0c1d
· Some tiny remote working tips → https://danny.is/remote

If you've read this far you *might* be interested to know...

· I've a sporadic sideline in personal coaching and team facilitation.
· I used to be a software engineer, but realised I have a much bigger impact when I help others do their thing better. And now that's my thing. (I still code, but just for fun.)
· Before that I was a blues musician. I still perform and jam lots: music has this weird ability to transcend language and cultural barriers.
· I'm a generalist. Obviously. Sorry not sorry.


In the past, my desire to "make work better for everyone" saw me doing:

· Education → curriculum design, learning design, teaching etc.
· Engineering process → DevOps, architecture etc
· Agile coaching & delivery process (SAFe still gives me nightmares).
· Design systems before they were hip.

Nini Fritz

The Work Happiness Project 

The mission of The Work Happiness Project is to humanise the digital work environment by connecting remote teams stronger than wifi. I have created a set of fun, yet, meaningful team building workshops to help your team get to know each other outside of work, connect deeper with each other - and themselves. So that they can work from anywhere while still feeling connected to everyone. 

My big goal is to inspire employees to thrive - not just survive by redefining the definition of a holistically happy life to help them live up to their fullest potential - personally & professionally. 

HOW?
By helping employees to charge their own batteries first, to then be able to give more to others and eventually create a positive ripple effect into every area of their lives and everyone they encounter. 

Therefore all of my workshops are based on the three pillars:  
Live fuller. Connect deeper. Be happier.

They range from Bucket List workshops, customised Christmas parties to Digital Detox workshops and "no smalltalk virtual coffee breaks" with my own icebreaker game eyeConnect - stronger than wifi.   

As a people enthusiast and an advocate for the Future Of (Remote) Work, my services range from:
● Fractional Head Of Remote Culture & Connection
● Fractional “Chief Of Happiness At Work” Officer
● Team Building Facilitator For Online & Off-site Retreats
● Keynote Speaker & Webinar Host

www.the-work-happiness-project.com

Reach out anytime for a casual coffee chat to brainstorm how we can connect YOUR team stronger than wifi :)

Founder

CultureBot

Ambassador, advisor and wholehearted supporter of the one-fits-all Slack integration app that boosts stronger (remote) cultures, happier teams & healthier employees 🤖

With features like automated recognition for birthdays and anniversaries, personalized shoutouts, diversity awareness initiatives, wellness tips, and engaging gamification features, CultureBot transforms “Slack ping fear” (it’s a thing!) into a hub of positivity and connection. 🌈

Advisor

eyeConnect - make connections stronger than wifi.

eyeConnect is the first (and only) Digital Detox game for everyone who prefers smiles over likes and real emotions over emoticons. 

Created to get you off your phone and talk to real humans and to make you & your conversations become more interesting than social media. 

As the creator of this game, I believe that the world is full of interesting people with exciting stories to tell. The problem is that we are so busy with not missing out in the online world that we so often forget to be present in the offline world.

I thought that needs to change. 

So instead of making phones more uninteresting, I decided to focus on the bright side of life - and simply make people more interesting. 

How? By skipping the small talk and asking better questions to get more out of your conversations - and make connections stronger than wifi. 

That's when eyeConnect was born.
www.eyeconnectgame.com

Co-Founder

Certified Bucket List Coach®

As a Bucket List Coach I believe that when people thrive, organisations thrive! 
That's why I help remote work teams to create a positive corporate culture across borders by creating & taking action on each team member's individual action plan for a more fulfilled life - personally & professionally.

Based on programs that implement the holistic 12-steps M.Y.B.U.C.K.E.T.L.I.S.T. Blueprint TM formula, I encourage individuals & corporate teams to experience more meaning, sense of purpose, and fulfilment in their lives and, in turn, an inspired culture for their organization.

I believe that companies who serve as a springboard rather than a barrier to help their employees reach their personal goals, will be rewarded with highly driven & energetic employees who, in turn, help you reach your corporate goals.

When employees are working to attain passion and progress in every area of their life, they have the emotional resources to invest in their work. They begin to feel positive, their brain is now free to think, be more creative and better at solving problems.

Especially in times of an all-time mental illness peak (see brochure attached), recognition and investing in the personal development of your employees has never been more important.

My mission is therefore to change the perspective on goal-setting so it not only benefits the bottom line of your organisation but also your employees lives and vice versa. 

Ultimately, happy employees make happy profits.  
(And let's be honest, who would NOT want to work for the "Bucket List" company? ;))

Certified Bucket List Coach 

Self Employed

Speaker about "Phubbing- When touchschreens make us lose touch" 

The anti-social art of phubbing (phone& snubbing) describes the effect of engaging with our smartphone in the presence of others and its detrimental consequences on our social relationships and work life. 

In my lecture, I give a profound overview about the latest research on the widely unknown yet omnipresent social phenomenon 'phubbing', how it detrimentally affects our relationships
and how we as both, individuals and business people, can successfully contribute to stop human interaction from dying out.

Speaker

Nomads Giving Back!

Nomads Giving Back informs, inspires, and empowers foreign nomads to give back to the local community they call "Home Away From Home". By connecting nomads and locals, we bridge the gap between them through social activities, meetups, workshops. #livethelifeyouimagined

Head of Culture

Bucket List Coach Global HQ 

22 countries on 7 continents in 2 years - and counting! 🌎 

° Planning & creating global digital marketing campaigns
° Lead generation (B2B, B2C) 
° Organising and co-hosting weekly webinars 
° Content & social media marketing
° Managing remote team of content creators, graphic designers, virtual assistant 
° Community management for global coaches in a private FB group 
° Copywriting & designing media and promotional content (flyers, presentations, corporate     brochures)
° Coordinating & creating graphic designs
° Marketing Global Bucket List programs to corporate clients (B2C)
° Actively supporting coaches to find their niche and set up corporate coaching gigs 
° Regularly briefing & updating global Master licenses and regional managers
° Reporting of analytics
° Distribution of global marketing budget 
° Organising global merchandise

Global Marketing Manager

Endemol Shine Group

Facilitating Germany's biggest influencer & social media exhibition across multiple cities nationwide
° Event planning 
° Event coordination 
° Artist relations
° Artist bookings
° Brand communications
° Social media & influencer casting  
° Influencer relationship management 
° Writer for stage and panel content  
° Venue logistic planning

Event Producer

Artist Management

(Head of) artist management for numerous renowned German/ international TV productions (e.g. Let’s Dance 2015 - 2018, TV Total Prunksitzung, The Big Bounce, This Time Next Year, GLOW by dm 2015- 2018) by RTL, Pro7, Sat1, ZDF 
° Artist Manager for national and international celebrities ("VIP babysitter") 
° Head of backstage coordination (25 people) 
° Production/ Recording manager assistant (20 people) 
° Show productions for: 
°° RTL, Pro7, Sat1, RTL2, ZDF 
°°° Endemol Shine 
°°° Seapoint
°°° Rednose Entertainment
°°° Florida TV 
°°° and various others

Artist Manager for AGENTUR FINK 

Welcoming, seating and taking care of general well-being of VIP guests at:
° Highly renowned (inter)national sporting events
°° E.g. Formula 1, Champions League, Borussia Dortmund, German TV awards
° Global corporate events
°° E.g. Google, Spotify, Sony

(Inter)National VIP Hostess 

All things empowering real people, deeper connections & holistic happiness - at work & in life!🎯

Hi LinkedIn world, I’m Nini 👋
I’m not one to put myself in a box 📦 as I consider myself more of a “Mambo number 5” but everything I do is about: Connecting people. And leaving a spark of positivity in their life.✨

Under the cheesy tagline "make connections stronger than wifi", I've helped remote teams at Meta, Google, DELL, Doist, Hubspot etc. to build up positive and uplifting "TGIM" (Thank God it's Monday) cultures across borders and live their most fulfilling Bucket List lives….while I’m living the coconut-slurping remote life from the beaches of Bali (...or wherever I open my laptop).🏝👩‍💻

Who I am: 

❤️ People Lover 
🧲 Human Connector 
✊ Future of Work Revolutionist 
🏖️ Remote Work Enthusiast
🕵️‍♀️ Culture Curator 
🧙‍♀️ Corporate Wellbeing Wizard  
🦄 Holistic Happiness (At Work) Unicorn 
🤹‍♀️ Work-Life-Optimizer
🔋 Energy Maximizer 
🎯 Potential Explorer & Fulfiller
🧠 Entrepreneurial Mindset (…with a spiritual soul 🔮) 
📵Digital Wellbeing / Detox Expert
🙋‍♀️ Authenticity Ambassador

What I do:

Proud Business-Mommy of THREE people-connecting businesses 👶 

👶 The Work Happiness Project: Work from anywhere, feel connected with everyone!
Bringing holistic happiness to (remote) teams based on the three core pillars: Live Fuller. Connect Deeper. Be Happier. 

Services: 
- 🧲 Fractional Head Of Culture & Connection
- 🍀 Fractional Chief Happiness Officer
- 🤠 Team Building Host & Corporate Retreat Facilitator (off-site & virtual) 
- 🎤 Speaker & Webinar Wizard 

www.the-work-happiness-project.com 

👶 “eyeConnect - The Digital Detox Game”: I co-created a conversation-sparking card game to get people off their screens and reconnect with ‘real’ humans. Sold in over 20 countries worldwide, it’s the eye-deal ‘wing man’ to (re-)connect teams, families, couples, singles and travelers and share real smiles instead of emotionless emojis. 🎲 

www.eyeconnectgame.com 

👶 “Symbiose - Your culture shaped by your people”: According to the motto ‘teach them how to fish 🎣 ‘ I co-founded the culture platform that puts shaping your culture back into the hands of your people by letting your employees create their own workshops, share their passions & interests companywide.

www.symbioseapp.com 

👇 Congratulations, you’ve reached the bottom of this bio! 🎉 
If you made it all the way to here, you absolutely deserve a virtual coffee (it’s on me ;))☕️. 
Let’s find out: How can I help YOU? 

https://calendly.com/nini-theworkhappinessproject/virtual-coffee-chat

Chief Happiness At Work Officer / Remote Team Building & Culture

The mission of The Work Happiness Project is to humanise the digital work environment by connecting remote teams stronger than wifi. I have created a set of fun, yet, meaningful team building workshops to help your team get to know each other outside of work, connect deeper with each other - and themselves. So that they can work from anywhere while still feeling connected to everyone. 

My big goal is to inspire employees to thrive - not just survive by redefining the definition of a holistically happy life to help them live up to their fullest potential - personally & professionally. 

HOW?
By helping employees to charge their own batteries first, to then be able to give more to others and eventually create a positive ripple effect into every area of their lives and everyone they encounter. 

Therefore all of my workshops are based on the three pillars:  
Live fuller. Connect deeper. Be happier.

They range from Bucket List workshops, customised Christmas parties to Digital Detox workshops and "no smalltalk virtual coffee breaks" with my own icebreaker game eyeConnect - stronger than wifi.   

I've worked with global teams at Meta, Google and Dell and excited to organise your next team building workshop or Christmas team event. 🎅 

www.the-work-happiness-project.com
Reach out anytime for a casual coffee chat to brainstorm how we can connect YOUR team stronger than wifi :)

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