The 12 Minutes of Workplace Health Podcast

In this episode of The 12 Minutes of Workplace Health Podcast, Harry Bliss, CEO and Co-founder of Champion Health, is joined by Arti Kashyap-Aynsley, Global Head of Wellbeing and Inclusion at Ocado Group. Harry and Arti discuss the crossover between wellbeing and inclusion and how organisations can join these two areas up. Arti also talks about her role at Ocado and how she works directly with the D&I counterpart to effectively achieve their goals. 

In this episode, Harry Bliss, CEO and co-founder of Champion Health, talks with Sandy-lee Connolly, Group Head of Talent and Diversity at Keller, about moving the needle when it comes to men's mental health. Sandy-lee shares her backstory and the role she has in identifying future leaders at Keller and ensuring they have the right tools and know-how to make progress toward inclusion commitments. She also discusses her passion for wellbeing and how she developed a well-being strategy and framework for the business. The conversation focuses on supporting male-dominated industries like construction and how to effectively take care of ourselves as leaders in wellbeing, talent, and diversity.

In this episode of The 12 Minutes of Workplace Health podcast, Harry Bliss interviews Samuel Lathey, CEO and Co-founder of Bippit, an organisation that specialises in financial wellbeing. Lathey talks about his own struggles with money while a freelance musician, how he ended up sleeping in a warehouse, and the long journey he took to become a trusted financial advisor. He stresses that it is important to have professional support when it comes to finances, making sure everyone has access to resources when it comes to their financial future. 

Today we're going to be discussing the mental health of children and young people with someone the team at Champion Health really look up to: Simon Jay. Simon is Commercial Director at Tellmi, a social enterprise dedicated to supporting young people with their mental health, so he's the perfect person to discuss this important topic. Whether you're listening as a parent, leader, or someone passionate about mental health, this episode is for you.

Jonathan Gawthrop is an award-winning organisational change specialist currently working in the role of Executive Director, Wellbeing Sustainability and Assurance at EMCOR, an engineering firm of 30,000+ employees. In this episode, John talks to Harry about all things ISO 45003, including why his organisation achieved it, some of the many misconceptions, and benefits of the new standard.

Francis Goss is Director, People Experience Consulting at Gallagher, a global leader in insurance and risk management. He's an expert in people experience, engagement, mental, physical and financial wellbeing - amongst many other things. Today, he joins Harry Bliss, Co-founder of Champion Health, to discuss how organisations can highlight their purpose (even when it's not obvious) and boost their EVP, how to use communication to engage the workforce, and why personalisation is critical. Welcome, Francis.

Today we're joined by author and cybersecurity specialist, Gary Hibberd. This episode will delve into one of the areas of risk that we often don't consider when putting together our case for improving wellbeing: cyber security. Burnout, presenteeism and low employee wellbeing can all contribute to poor cybersecurity at work. This represents a huge risk for organisations and could lead to GDPR breaches, lost data or worse. In this episode, Gary will talk us through some of these risks, including what you can do to mitigate them.

Today we're joined by Catherine Knibbs, trauma psychotherapist, author and TEDx speaker. We'll be discussing some impactful topics that affect many people within our organisations: trauma. We'll also be talking about how to work with our own trauma as well as how to support those in our team in the most effective way.

Meet award-winning wellbeing practitioner, Hayley Farrell. Hayley is the Global Wellbeing and Resilience Manager at Arcadis, heading up the wellbeing strategy for 33,000 people across 70 countries globally. Listen in as Hayley and Harry talk all things workplace health - from psychological safety to ISO 45003 and how there must be more collaboration between wellbeing, HR, D&I and L&D.

Meet the inspirational Jaz Ampaw-Farr, TEDx speaker and CEO. Jaz will discuss her personal story of how she beat the odds, with the help of a few supporters throughout her life, to become a international speaker and 'resilience ninja'. Jaz will also explain how we can all be more human across our organisations, in what she terms as a 'human revolution'.

Find out more about Jaz, including her amazing TEDx talk, on www.jazampawfarr.com

Please note, this conversation contains discussions of domestic abuse.