Nic Marks
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Biographical Information
"Nic Marks is Head of the Centre for Well-being at the New Economics Foundation, NEF. He has a degree in Management Studies from Cambridge University, an MSc from Lancaster University and a postgraduate diploma in Change Agent Skills and Strategies from the University of Surrey. He is a qualified psychotherapist and a member of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies. Nic was the co-author of the first edition of the UK Index of Sustainable Economics Welfare, which NEF first published in 1994. He is also a consultant to a project sponsored by the Government of Bhutan on how to construct indicators for assessing Gross National Happiness in Bhutan."[1]
"My first degree was in Mathematics and Management Studies from Cambridge University. I also have a Master’s degree in Operational Research from Lancaster University and a postgraduate diploma in Change Agent Skills and Strategies from the Human Potential Research Group at the University of Surrey. In the 1990s I qualified and worked for a while as a psychotherapist and then an organisational change consultant. I am also a member of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies – ISQOLS. In 2007 nef won the ISQOLS ‘Betterment of the Human Condition” award in recognition of our work on the Happy Planet Index."[2]
He writes: "I love what Gaia stands for – literally Mother Earth – and the organisation, founded by my good friends Ed Posey and Liz Hoskins, focuses on promoting cultural and biological diversity." [3] He lists the following people as providing him with inspiration: Manfred Max Neef, Stafford Beer, Roberto Assagioli, Martin Luther King, Ed Diener, Barbara Fredrickson, and Tim Jackson. He adds that: "In the early 1990s I did a three year training at the London based Psychosynthesis and Education Trust which has been very influential on my later thinking. Probably the biggest insight I take forward is the idea that at the centre of every problem is a good quality seeking to emerge. So to overcome conflicts (whether within ourselves or inter-personal) one can always try to identify the core good quality on both sides of the conflict." [4]
- Trustee, Gaia Foundation
- Director, Action for Happiness [5]
- Advisory, Halloran Philanthropies
Books
- The Happiness Manifesto: how people and nations can nurture well-being.
Resources and articles
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References
- ↑ Board, Gaia Foundation, accessed October 6, 2011.
- ↑ Nik Marks About, organizational web page, accessed February 2, 2013.
- ↑ Nic Marks Who I work with, organizational web page, accessed August 31, 2012.
- ↑ Nic Marks My inspiration, organizational web page, accessed August 31, 2012.
- ↑ Action for Happiness About, organizational web page, accessed July 10, 2012.
