Taking Crazy Back
Format: Keynote or Concurrent Session
Length: 75 to 90 minutes
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With depression rates soaring in the workplace, do we need a radical new way of providing mental health services to our employees?
Tod Maffin [bio] thinks so.
Once the founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar technology firm, Tod’s workload and always-on personality finally caught up with him and over the following years, he was crippled by a devastating depression and addiction — all the while struggling to appear to be productive to employers and colleagues, and happy and healthy to his friends and family.
In this provocative keynote speech, Tod will reveal to your delegates how this always-connected landscape has seduced all of us into endless multitasking and infinite email — all the while pretending that this increasing workload is the best thing for “productivity.”
In fact, this hyper-connected economy may be both destroying the productivity of workplaces and eroding the mental health of companies’ most valuable asset — their people.
Tod will outline his own bold strategy for bringing mental health discussion out of the shadows in a way that will challenge your attendees for years to come.
Tod’s story is emotional — at once funny and poignant, sad and hopeful. Nearly all audiences give him a standing ovation for his work on the podium. He has spoken for the Canadian Mental Health Association, universities, companies, and many more.
Live Twitter Reaction
Unedited live Twitter reaction to Tod Maffin’s Taking Crazy Back keynote at F5 Expo, April 7, 2010:
Blog Reactions
“Tod Maffin was incredible. This is the second time I’ve seen him speak and he outdid himself with a very raw and thought-provoking keynote. My biggest take-away was when Tod asked the question how we, as managers, can reverse the damage our multi-tasking demanding world is inflicting on employees.”
– Amanda
“Perhaps the thing that makes Tod’s talk so powerful is that he isn’t one of those individuals you see on pedestals who have overcome all obstacles with relatively ease. Tod is human. Tod is like one of us. The fact that he continues to struggle with his inner demons, makes him someone everyone can connect to.”
– Henry
The Radio Show
Taking Crazy Back aired every Tuesday night at 5:00 p.m. on Great Talk AM 1110 KWDB in the fall of 2011. You can listen to any of the four episodes produced, below.
Taking Crazy Back: Episode 2 “Bi-Polar Disorder and Psychosis” by todmaffin
Taking Crazy Back: Episode 3 “Quackery, Tod’s Story, and Riel Hahn at The Flame” by Taking Crazy Back
Taking Crazy Back: Episode 4 “Is It An Addiction?” by tcb3
