Daniela Jines Davila

Dr. Daniela Jines is an Organizational Happiness Strategist, researcher, author, and Fulbright Scholar who has spent more than 20 years exploring how people can work, lead, and live without sacrificing their well-being. Her research and professional journey have taken her across more than 30 countries, studying workplace happiness, stress, burnout, leadership, and the neuroscience behind human connection and resilience. She holds a PhD in Organizational Happiness and is the creator of the HAND Model, a practical framework for building healthier and happier workplace cultures. Daniela is the Co-Founder of Happy Organizations and Director of Happiness & Culture at SurfBreak Hawai‘i, where she puts these ideas into practice within a real community. She is also the author of For Those Who Have a Job and Are Not Happy… Yet and is currently writing The Art and Science of Team Happiness. At the heart of her work is a simple belief: people should not have to destroy their mental or physical health in order to be excellent at what they do.