Cultures of Care – Lasting mental wellbeing for your business
On 10 October 2025, IP Inclusive and Jonathan’s Voice co-hosted a webinar in recognition of World Mental Health Day for a discussion about supporting wellbeing in the IP professions. This webinar followed on from last year’s World Mental Health Day webinar on “Supporting staff wellbeing, mental health and work-life balance”.
The keynote speaker was Lisa Whittleton, consultant, trainer and founder of Illuminate VR Services Ltd. Lisa is also a Jonathan’s Voice trainer. The panellists were:
- Jodie Bates, IT Trainer at Boult Wade Tennant
- Adeline-Fleur Fleming, Senior Managing Counsel at Mastercard
- Jonathan Foster, Lead IP Counsel at Ørsted
- Simon Keevey-Kothari, Barrister in the Transactions Group at Carpmaels & Ransford LLP
The event was chaired by Anna Molony, founder of Two IP.
The webinar helped explore what really works in terms of supporting mental health at work. Anne Burgato at IP Inclusive has written an excellent summary of the webinar under the following headings:
What does wellbeing look like?
A three tier approach to supporting wellbeing
How managers can boost wellbeing
What next?
There was also a panel discussion where the panellists discussed in detail what had worked in their organisations, and what not so well.
Please go to the IP Inclusive website to read the summary in full.
Thank you to Anne and to IP Inclusive for their work on this.
