What if the key to peak performance wasn’t grinding harder—but hacking your brain’s own chemistry?

Hacking Happiness: The Stack Method for Productivity and Peak Performance is a practical framework designed for IT professionals who want to optimize focus, energy, and mental clarity without relying on sheer willpower.

By applying systems thinking to productivity, this 20 minute talk reveals how small, intentional shifts in daily habits can create massive improvements in motivation, decision-making, and stress management. You’ll learn how to align your work habits with the way your brain naturally operates—boosting dopamine for motivation, serotonin for stability, and oxytocin for deeper connection.

Think of it as debugging your routine for peak efficiency—without burnout. Ready to upgrade your productivity stack?

PRESENTATION HISTORY—UPCOMING EVENTS—KEYNOTE TOPICS

2025
➸ University of TN Innovative Technologies Symposium-Burnout Prevention and Cognitive Resilience for IT Professionals,1.29.25
➸ Tennessee Conference on Volunteerism and Service-Learning-V.A.L.U.E.S. framework—Vision, Action, Leadership, Unity, Engagement, Synthesis—as a practical tool for enhancing organizational capacity based on empirically proven Positive Psychology practices—2.18.25
➸ United Nations sanctioned University for Peace Executive Education-Transforming Insecurities Into Collective Empowerment, 3.9.25
➸SOAHR SHRM-Atlanta-Happiness Habits for Enhanced Employee Engagement & Productivity, 3.25.25
➸SHRM TALENT 2025-Nashville-Happiness Habits for Enhanced Employee Engagement & Productivity, 3.26.25
➸Book Signing—SHRMStore—SHRM TALENT— THE FUTURE OF WORK IS HUMAN AND THE FUTURE OF SUCCESS IS HAPPINESS, 3.26.25
➸ SHRM25-San Diego-Empathetic Leadership in Layoffs, 7.01.25

2024
➸ United Nations sanctioned University for Peace Executive Education-Listening for PEACE March 9
➸Alternative Balance Webinar January 22
https://bit.ly/HappinessHabitsWebinar
➸Udemy Community Champion Webinar: Ask Me Anything on Learning Design July 11th

2021
➸Arkansas PMI
➸American Nephrology Nurses Association Annual Conference
➸The 36th Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment, Rady’s Children’s Hospital

2020
➸Knoxville Association of Women Executives
Speaking reel: https://rumble.com/v25l4ev-live-talk-diversity-of-thought-and-normalization-of-emotions.html
➸Knoxville Accounting and Financial Women’s Alliance
➸TCSW-Tennessee Council of Social Welfare Annual Leadership & Networking Conference
➸World Happiness Fest 2020-2024
Growth in Grief— https://youtu.be/7U_XSqbNUkE

Testimonials

Dr. Shirley Raines, President Emerita, University of Memphis,
Speaker, Author, Leadership Development Consultant:
"Alexia Georghiou is an engaging speaker, expert in developing positive culture, and an insightful business and personal development coach.”

Lawrence Kitambi, PMP, Vice President - Programs Central Arkansas Chapter
Positives: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value
“Alexia, presentation to our PMI Central Arkansas Chapter had good content and insights into practical ways of how to deal with conflicts. The members' response was very positive and as a group of leaders we learned a lot. In general, the delivery was very good, and she was passionate and came across as a high level expert in this field.”

Kathryn Schrader, Founder & Principal Strategic Tax and Business
Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value
“Alexia spoke at our Annual CPE Conference for the Knoxville chapter of the Accounting & Financial women's alliance. Her presentation was well organized, interesting and of value to the audience. The reviews of her presentation were excellent. Alexia will be asked to speak again at one of our future events!”

Short BIO-Alexia Georghiou, author of The Future of Work is Human and The Future of Success is Happiness, helps professionals develop positive psychological capital in the workplace through her coaching and consulting company-The Knoxville Happiness Coalition.

A global advocate for happiness and well-being, Alexia is the curator and contributing author-The Impact of Purpose on Happiness-for Global Joy: Unlocking Happiness Across Cultures, a project benefiting educational systems and medical schools in India. Alexia advises and fundraises for the Global Happiness Forum in Jaipur, India. She teaches professional development courses at the UT Center for Professional Education and Lifelong Learning and advises the Oak Ridge Human Resources Alliance, helping shape HR policies that uplift and strengthen the community.

With her signature V.A.L.U.E.S. Model—Vision, Action, Leadership, Unity, Engagement, and Synthesis—rooted in empirically proven Positive Psychology practices, Alexia fosters organizational development.