PRESS kit of Frank Martela
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Frank Martela Biography
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Frank Martela, is a internationally recognized expert of motivation, well-being, and sense of meaningfulness and how leaders, organizations, and nations can support them. He is an Assistant Professor at Aalto University, Finland, and has two Ph.D.’s from organizational research (2012 Aalto University) and practical philosophy (2019 University of Helsinki). Besides extensive list of publications in top scientific journals such as Academy of Management Review and Personality and Social Psychology Review he has written for Harvard Business Review, CNBC, and Scientific American Mind. As a leading expert on why Finland is so happy, he has been interviewed by New York Times, CNN, BBC, Fox News, Le Monde, New Scientist, and Discover Magazine, among others.
Frank is an engaging speaker that has spoken in hundreds of companies about engagement and motivation at work and how leaders can make people thrive. He has also given speeches in universities on five continents, including Harvard and Stanford as well as a speech for the New Scientist Big Thinkers series. His latest book is Stop Chasing Happiness – A Pessimist’s Guide To a Good Life (Atlantic Books 2025). His previous book A Wonderful Life – Insights on Finding a Meaningful Experience (HarperCollins 2020) was translated to 29 languages.
Frank’s scientifically grounded but accessible speeches lead you to understand what organizations and states can do to make people thrive in order to unleash the human potential.