Show 138 - Mad World 2021 - Part 1 of 2

The first of two episodes recorded at the fourth Mad World Summit, which has become the global go-to solutions-focused conference and exhibition dedicated to turning talk into action; creating cultures of care and embedding mental health and wellbeing as a strategic business priority.

Russell Goldsmith was joined by a number of the speakers at the event. In this episode we hear from:

1/ Jonathan Kini, Managing Director at TalkTalk and Lee Rogers, Performance Coach and Founder of Talk Talk's Wellbeing Community discuss harnessing peer networks.

2/ Estelle Hollingsworth, Chief People Officer at Virgin Atlantic shares news of her company's 'Be yourself' and 'Passport to change' initiatives.

3/ Dr Wolfgang Seidl, Partner & Leader for Workplace Health Consulting UK and Europe at Mercer discusses ‘Mental Health and Wellbeing: From Margins to Mainstream Business Priority’ and then is joined by Simon Berger, Founder of Mad World to discuss their new series of films that form a new workplace mental health awareness course.

4/ Nick Taylor, Co-founder and CEO of Unmind talks about nurturing well-being in the hybrid world of work.

5/ Amanda McKenzie OBE, Chief Executive of Business in the Community, the Princes Responsible Business Network discusses their report, ‘What if your job was good for you?’.

6/ Amy McKeown, Mental health and wellbeing strategist and consultant on 'Mental Health 2.0. What good mental health strategy and framework looks like?'