303. Extracting huge value from diversity and inclusion, mental health in the workplace and using tech for good with Kath Blackham, CEO of The VERSA Group

“The really successful companies will be the ones that realise that they can't set a bunch of policies at a company level and think it's going to work for everybody; rather, they will have highly personalised employee experiences."

In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, I speak to Kath Blackham, CEO of The VERSA Group, on extracting huge value from diversity and inclusion, mental health in the workplace and using tech for good.

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Kath is the Founder and CEO of VERSA Connects and VERSA Agency. VERSA helps Operations, Marketing, Customer Service, and Digital Transformation to integrate conversational, voice, and AI technologies, leading to greater customer satisfaction.

She is a global leader in Conversational AI and is also  an in-demand speaker on the topics of AI, Voice Technologies, The Future of Work, and Mental Health in the Workplace. 

Kath is also a mentor for a number of women across different industries and a strong advocate for mental health in the workplace and is a pioneer of the four-day week in Australia.

Her career journey so far has included senior roles at both SEEK and The REA Group.

In this episode we talk about:

✅  Leading the workforce to become more productive, balanced, and recovered

✅  Allowing employees to personalise their experience of the workplace

✅  Leveraging diversity to find everyone’s superpower, and

✅  Being transparent about topics such as menopause

Connecting with Kath Blackham

You can connect with Kath via LinkedIn.

Books and resources

• fourdayweek.io

• Culture Map - by Erin Meyer

• The One Thing - by Gary Keller

• Start with Why - by Simon Sinek

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