Paul Smith (JAAQ) - Transforming Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace One Question at a Time

How is your mental health right now? According to MIND, 1 in 4 of us will experience a mental health challenge this year. For this episode, we meet Paul Smith, MD of JAAQ at Work. JAAQ is a free online platform that provides access to experts in mental health, wellbeing, disability, diversity and many more topics. Founded by Danny Gray, the platform also features the stories of high profile celebrities, sportspeople, and music stars - opening up about their struggles with mental health.  Paul discusses:How he feels his was a ‘lazy’ child and that it was quite a surprise that he ended up being a radical thinkerHis passion for football and his burgeoning career as a professional for Reading FC and IpswichRob’s first career as a professional actor and how that compares to pursuing professional sportHow identity is tied up with our careers and the problems with thatHis career in recruitment and what led him to found his own company with two of his colleaguesThe story of JAAQ. Changing the world of mental health one question at a timeJAAQ’s founder Danny Gray and his struggles with body dysmorphiaThe offering of JAAQ at Work, improving mental health for workplacesHis struggles with transitioning from founder to employeeThe user experience of JAAQThe importance of getting the right expertise and the JAAQ advisory boardThe opportunity for businesses that prioritise wellbeingThe scale of the challenges facing HR leaders The importance of intersectionality and the importance that the platform can help people ask questions they wouldn’t ask in the workplace for fear of embarrassmentHow he feels that no one business has really smashed it out the park on mental health yetThe JAAQ video that’s made the biggest impact on his life Paul on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/psmith0/Visit JAAQ.orgRob on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-warren/Want to appear? [email protected]: ⁠standingongiants.com⁠