Richard Clarke
founder · Secret Source
Founder of software company Secret Source. He grew his business, put team happiness at the center of his culture, and successfully exited.
Episode
EP 317 · 9 July 2026
He built his company around happiness, but was he happy? With Richard Clarke
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Their segments in this episode (12)
- autonomy hybrid work and the wfh debate
- case study mapping anonymous scores reveals a meeting problem
- intro the founder who did everything right
- richard s origin story behavioural science meets software
- the 5 needs safety community autonomy growth purpose
- the google 20 time myth busted
- the misconception of what happiness actually is
- the post exit slump i should be the happiest person on earth
- what richard tried that didn t work
- where to find richard
- which need matters most richard s controversial pick
- why managers don t get it and how to fix that