Summary: Laura Musikanski is the executive director of the Happiness Alliance. She believes in the importance of data because when you can measure something, you can better manage it. For her part, she measures happiness, well-being and the resilience of people and the planet. In a time when it’s easy to feel hopeless, she is a self-described “pessimistic optimist.” In other words, she has an optimistic outlook on things but bases her viewpoint in reality—because, as you’ll hear, she’s all about the d
