In my role as visiting professor at Aston University, I am invited twice every year to a symposium where those who have accepted this role are invited to lead discussions on key issues affecting the business community.
As someone who did his PhD research in technology entrepreneurship thirty years ago, it’s an honour to be able to support my alma mater in this way, especially given the quality of the other visiting professors who include founders of FTSE 100 businesses, chief executives of major UK organisations and successful entrepreneurs.
This time I was asked to lead a discussion not on small business or entrepreneurship as expected but on a subject that has been of particular interest to me over the last 12 months, namely mental health in the workplace.
