The NABS Podcast
Honest conversations about mental wellness and more with inspiring people from across the advertising and media industry.
Episodes
42 episodes
How AI Can Support Neurodivergent People at Work
Rob Beevers is chief effectiveness and analytics officer at MG OMD. He’s also an ADHDer and hugely insightful about AI, especially on how it affects neurodivergent people – and how we can best use AI to create inclusive teams.Rob ...
How sharing a challenge showed the strength in community - with James Cornish
James Cornish is SVP of international sales and partnerships at Vivo. He’s also a fitness enthusiast who turned his passion into a brilliant community fundraiser for NABS, bringing together people from across adland to compete in the ATH...
How I created a community for working parents in advertising
Charlotte Coughlan is managing partner at Leo UK and a mum to two young children. Which makes her super busy – yet impressively she’s still found the time and energy to create Parental Guidance, a mentoring scheme for working parents across ...
Merry Christmas, it's the Yay List - with James White, Michelle Sarpong and Sue Todd
Get cosy, festive and fundraisy as we celebrate NABS' amazing donor community with the publication of the Yay List, in partnership with Campaign - this year's industry list to be on. Grab an eggnog and a mince pie and settle ...
From burnout to mental wellness advocate - with Bally and Annabel McCaffrey
Steven Ballinger, known best to the industry as Bally, is chief commercial officer at Astus. He is also a huge advocate for mental wellness after experiencing a breakdown. It's a turnaround for somebody who was raised to carry on, no mat...
How to lower the stress around pitching (and work) with Rachel Peace
Rachel Peace is the MD of Hearts and Science and a proud dyslexic and neurodivergent leader. Rachel is also, excitingly, the new chair of Fast Forward, NABS' flagship training course that teaches people how to pitch in real time.I...
How to survive Q4, from parties to workload, with Davina Barker
Davina Barker, sales director at DCM, gives both clarity and good vibes in this relatable and uplifting conversation. Davina discusses how family life can be a stress as well as a joy; how to reframe work to your children to ...
How to embrace a better life after burnout - with Hamish Nicklin
Hamish Nicklin is co-founder and CEO of Agent Flow, who build AI solutions that help businesses to grow.Hamish Nicklin is a life force and one of the industry’s best-known names, having held senior positions at Dentsu Media UK, Gu...
Being authentic and Gen Z in adland - with Beth Sutherland
Beth Sutherland is associate director of programmatic services at Essence MediaCom and vice-president of Bloom North, the organisation for women in adland in the north of England. In this insightful conversation, Beth discu...
How to put your values first for your wellness and your work- with Tom Tapper
Tom Tapper is the co-founder and CEO of Nice and Serious, a B Corp-certified creative agency committed to only making work the world needs. He joins us for a special live episode recorded at the Festival of Happiness in November 2024.
How to back yourself and keep positive with The Media Lad
The Media Lad is loved throughout adland for his funny takes on the industry as well as his insights into where we're doing brilliantly, and where we can work together to make things better. He champions those underrepresented in the ind...
Caregiving in adland: Ben Waters' devoted double life
Caregiving in adland: Ben Waters' devoted double lifeBen Waters is a producer at Mother and a caregiver for his partner. He also founded and runs the caregivers’ support group at Mother, which meets regularly for support and...
How to support someone through grief with Gen Kobayashi
Gen Kobayashi is UK group chief strategy officer at M+C Saatchi. Gen also knows the pain of bereavement first-hand, as he sadly lost his sister-in-law to cancer.Gen is a key industry voice on grief and bereavement. In this beautif...
How to manage your team's mental wellness - and your own. With Sue Todd, CEO, NABS
How to manage your team's mental wellness - and your own, with Sue Todd, CEO, NABSSue Todd is the CEO of NABS, the industry's charity, helping everybody to move forward. She's not just in charge of adland's mental wellness; she's ...
How to make a big impact without burnout, with Bianca Best
How to make a big impact without burnout, with Bianca BestBianca Best knows about burnout - she experienced it, and has now written a book on how to avoid burnout while making an impact at work. Bianca is an adland powerhouse, a s...
How we created a dads' community at work, with Ben Irons & Joe Dolan of Microsoft Advertising
TW: premature birth; miscarriageHow we created a dads' community at work, with Ben Irons and Joe Dolan of Microsoft AdvertisingBen Irons and Joe Dolan are advertising leaders, coaches and working dads. Together the...
How to spot burnout and share tough times with Emma Flaxman
tw: suicideEmma Flaxman is senior commercial comms lead at Channel 4 and a mental wellness influencer in adland, having led on mental health for the likes of PHD and Omnicom Group UK. Emma is superbly open about her own c...
How to navigate alcohol and addiction, with Natalie Bell, CEO, MG OMD
tw: alcohol addiction, depressionNatalie Bell is CEO, MG OMD and one of the industry's most prolific leaders, with a string of accolades to show for it. With her focus on people and mental wellness, she's well-placed to t...
How to be a hands-on dad and a hands-on leader with James Fox
James Fox is the outgoing CEO of Havas. First and foremost though, in his own words, he's a dad, and in this conversation he talks about the truth of being a working parent and a leader in adland with refreshing honesty and perspective. ...
How to get diverse talent into your teams with Trevor Robinson OBE
Trevor Robinson OBE is the co-founder of Quiet Storm, which he runs with his wife Rania (also a NABS Podcast guest) and Create not Hate, which works with young talent from underrepresented groups.Trevor is the brains and creativit...
How to look after yourself as a super-busy leader, with Rania Robinson
Rania Robinson is CEO of Quiet Storm Advertising, co-founder of Create not Hate and a former president of WACL. She's also a naturally early riser, using her body-clock attuned 5am starts as valuable me-time to support her mental wellnes...
How art and creativity can support your mental wellness - with Jade Tomlin
Jade is executive creative director at Huge, a design and innovation company based in London and New York. A graduate of St. Martin's, Jade describes herself as a creative adventurer. She's worked on brands from Sony to Starbucks and also ru...
How to get rid of toxic workplaces - with Josh Krichefski
Josh Krichefski is CEO of GroupM, EMEA and UK and president of the IPA. This industry influencer is also a huge advocate for mental wellness in our industry, and at the IPA has introduced the People First Promise to promote mental health awaren...
How to survive serious trauma and help others - with Matt Foster
Trigger Warning: sexual assault, sexual abuse, domestic violence, rape, alcoholism, cyberbullyingMatt Foster, director of DE&I at Ogilvy UK, has an outstanding track record of campaigning and changemaking, particularly in the LGBTQ+ ...
How to survive redundancy and pitch mindfully with Julian Douglas
This week's NABS Podcast guest is Julian Douglas, global CEO at VCCP and a vocal advocate for mental wellness in the advertising industry. The instigator of the Pitch Positive Pledge during his tenure as IPA president, Julian is ...