Kelz Bethel: Making Positive Mental Health More Inclusive, Diverse, and Global
Kelz: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! Recess addresses the issue of mental health and its effect on global workplace productivity. WHO projects that mental health will cost the global workforce six trillion dollars by 2030. Post COVID, 90% of businesses in NYC said that they were investing more into corporate mental wellness. The challenge is that although there is more investment in mental health, the impact on workplace presentism is only marginal (the act of showing up for work without being productive). For me I attribute that discrepancy to a) cost vs scale (high cost of spend but low reach), b) long term (traditional solutions have long-term treatment plans to see results), c) mindset vs biology (mindset requires practice but biological interventions have lasting effects).