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Alexia Georghiou standing on stage during a keynote, with a promotional graphic featuring her name, “KEYNOTE,” “Happiness in it, through it, together,” and three themes: Energize Performance, Lead the Emotional Climate, and Build Human Advantage.

 

Alexia Georghiou is a keynote speaker, leadership educator and founder of the World Happiness Fellowship. She is Chief Editor of Happiness Driven Leadership, and author of The Future of Work Is Human. In her live keynote, Happiness Is a Leadership Skill: The Human Advantage in the Age of AI, Alexia measures audience happiness in real time, turning an often subjective concept into a measurable leadership conversation. Her work explores the intersection of happiness, AI, leadership and the future of work, challenging leaders to consider the human experience alongside performance.

Your opening keynote sets the tone for everything that follows. It tells your audience what kind of event this is; whether it’s going to be forgettable or transformational. Whether they’ll scroll their phones or lean forward. Whether they’ll leave with notes or leave changed.

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Alexia Georghiou is CEO of the Knoxville Happiness Coalition, an adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee, and internationally recognized keynote speaker. She is the founder of the World Happiness Fellowship and serves as Editor-in-Chief of Happiness Driven Leadership, an independent publication exploring the future of work, leadership, workplace wellbeing, and human-centered organizational transformation.

Alexia Georghiou signs copies of The Future of Work Is Human for attendees following her national wellness-stage presentation, connecting happiness, workplace wellbeing, human-centered leadership, and the future of work.

Author of The Future of Work is Human, Alexia helps leaders and organizations build cultures where people and performance thrive together. She has delivered keynote presentations and educational sessions for SHRM Annual Conference (SHRM25), SHRM Talent 2025 and 2026, SIOPSA, TECTA, The University of Tennessee System, and UPEACE Executive Education in Costa Rica, where her book has been featured.

Her insights on leadership, workplace wellbeing, and organizational transformation have been featured by SHRM, HR Dive, ASHHRA, MSN News, and Knox News Sentinel

Alexia Georghiou delivers a keynote to 50 childcare agency directors and signs 50 copies of The Future of Work Is Human, sharing practical leadership insights on resilience, workplace wellbeing, human-centered leadership, and the future of work.

Under her leadership, the Knoxville Happiness Coalition Academy is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® and SHRM-SCP® through self-paced online and in-person programs, equipping leaders to build workplaces where technology enhances human potential, not replaces it.

Audience members respond enthusiastically to Alexia Georghiou’s national wellness-stage keynote on happiness, workplace wellbeing, resilience, and human-centered leadership.

Author Events & Book Discussions

Alexia Georghiou shares her book, The Future of Work Is Human, with readers at book clubs and book signings, discussing happiness, human-centered leadership, workplace wellbeing, and the future of work.

Founder of The World Happiness Fellowship

Annual March 20 Event in celebration of the International Day of Happiness 

Alexia Georghiou, founder of the World Happiness Fellowship, with event sponsors ADP and Hacking HR, bringing together leaders and organizations to advance workplace wellbeing, happiness-driven leadership, and the future of work.

 

Alexia Georghiou, founder of Knoxville Happiness Coalition and World Happiness Fellowship, discusses happiness habits and hedonic adaptation during a live NBC 6 South Florida interview with Kristin Sanchez.

NBC6 South Florida Live Interview Kristin Sanchez 

Alexia Georghiou is interviewed by the Knoxville News Sentinel for its 2025 40 Under 40 leadership feature, discussing resilience, wellbeing, and how emerging leaders can build healthier, more human workplaces.
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