hope is the strategy

In Hope Is the Strategy, workplace wellbeing expert Jen Fisher challenges conventional thinking about performance, burnout, and organizational health, making the case that hope is a practical and learnable skill, and an essential ingredient for people and organizations to thrive.

Drawing on research, conversations with thought leaders, and Fisher’s own experiences with burnout and as one of the world’s first Chief Wellbeing Officers, the book examines why so many workplaces leave people depleted despite significant investments in wellness. Fisher looks beyond surface-level solutions to the cultures, behaviors, leadership practices, and organizational systems that can unintentionally contribute to exhaustion and disengagement.

Ultimately, Hope Is the Strategy asks organizations to reconsider what high performance should look like. Rather than treating human wellbeing and business success as competing priorities, Fisher offers a path toward workplaces designed to sustain both—where people have the capacity not simply to endure their work, but to flourish through it.