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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, Guardian Media and Google. He is also a trustee of NABS and pulls no punches when describing how vital NABS is to adland, and why everybody needs to donate to keep NABS’ vital work going.

Hamish is exuberant throughout, even when discussing the burnout that led to him reevaluating his life and ultimately changing him forever.

If you want to feel cheered up and supported, this is the episode for you.

Key takeaways:

• Your upbringing can contribute to burnout – at some point, the values you were taught as a child may crash into the realties you’re dealing with as an adult. Therapy can help you to unlock what’s going on.
• Take the time to find the right therapy for you – for Hamish, it was about finding practical solutions after understanding his past.
• Don’t fear AI. Instead, learn to vibe code and play around with the technology.

Resources:

NABS Managers’ Mindsets

NABS therapy referral

NABS Stranger than Summer

The Yay List

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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 discusses the mental wellness transformation behind her successful career, going from someone reaching to external validation to someone working for goals that align with her true values. A young and successful adlander, Beth also gives insight into how to strengthen relationships between Gen Z and more senior colleagues, as well as the power of community in supporting mental wellness and personal and professional success.

Key takeaways

• Therapy can be transformative for personal growth, even in the early stages of your career.
• Gen Z prioritise mental wellness and learn effectively through social media: when you understand how to put this into practice, you can build bridges with this cohort.
• It's okay to be sensitive and emotional in the workplace.

Resources

Bloom North

NABS All Ears

NABS Managers' Mindsets

NABS Speed Mentoring

NABS therapy referral

NABS Walk and Talk

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We are NABS. And we're here for you - for the great stuff, the tough stuff and everything in between. As an independent charity, we're set on advancing the mental wellness of our industry and helping everyone find their way forward - wherever they're starting from.

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🌻 Group workshops or in-house training? Sign up to our sessions.

🤝 Industry events or networking? Check out our calendar.

📞 Sounding board on promotions, redundancies, parental leave - life in general? Here's how we can help.

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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.

Tom discussed his agency’s ethical approach to work, including how his team uses the Moral Compass to decide whether briefs fit the agency’s ethos, and how this approach helps to support mental wellness – alongside other emotional support actions at Nice and Serious.

Tom also opens up about the challenge of being a new dad and how he found solace through community.

Key takeaways:

• When leaders discuss their mental wellness challenges, it encourages others to seek emotional support
• A Moral Compass framework is good for morale, creativity and mental wellness as well as an ethical approach
• Early parenthood is really hard so reach out as early as you can for support

Resources mentioned in this episode:

NABS All Ears https://nabs.org.uk/about/impact/all-ears/

NABS Managers' Mindsets https://nabs.org.uk/training/managers-mindsets/

Nice and Serious https://niceandserious.com/

Moral Compass https://moralcompass.app/

Support the show

We are NABS. And we're here for you - for the great stuff, the tough stuff and everything in between. As an independent charity, we're set on advancing the mental wellness of our industry and helping everyone find their way forward - wherever they're starting from.

👋 Need a helping hand? We're right here.

🌻 Group workshops or in-house training? Sign up to our sessions.

🤝 Industry events or networking? Check out our calendar.

📞 Sounding board on promotions, redundancies, parental leave - life in general? Here's how we can help.

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