In Isolation With... Mental Health Leaders in IP
Episode description
Coronavirus lockdown has created different pressures for us all. How is it affecting those in the intellectual property field and how can colleagues and managers best help those in need of support? Our co-hosts Lee Davies and Gwilym Roberts chat with: Andrea Brewster, Chartered Patent Attorney and Lead Executive Officer of IP Inclusive; Ben Buchanan, Deputy Director of Patents at the UK Intellectual Property Office and its diversity and inclusion champion and CIPA's own Fran Bleach, Membership Officer and mental health first aider. They discuss how to maintain team cohesion, the importance of managers showing vulnerability, random acts of kindness and ways to keep people connected. Lee's sex-mad tortoise and the importance of birdsong also come up...