Daniel Bourne
Founder & CEO @Itdg - In The Dead Ground
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Founder & CEO @Itdg - In The Dead Ground
ITDG® is a company that engages people on all levels in relation to mental wellbeing.We creates fun, thought-provoking, military-themed products/content that reframes perceptions and breaks down stigmas for individuals who may not be able to attend training due to their role or company not having the scale. However, we also deliver accredited MHFAider® courses by MHFA England & business bespoke mental wellbeing related workshops.Our training uses military experience with an accreditted framework to provide your organisation with proactive measures for organisations to reduce absenteeism, presenteeism, absence, & staff turnover due to mental health challenges.Why are we different?From experiencing some of the harshest environments this world has to offer we bring training to life, communicating lived experience of mental health challenges with story and discussion.We pride ourselves on our ability to have courageous conversations and challenge views respectfully, helping those involved to see things from a different perspective.This is particularly effective in delivering in industries that tend to have a more male-dominated workforce; where dated views on mental ill-health are potentially still more commonly held.We influence change with our ability to communicate with leaders in a powerful and meaningful way. Addressing challenges and objections from experiences of leading high-performing teams in volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous situations. Not from just regurgitating what a slide says.The clothing aspect aims to target a different aspectWe aim to get people physically active & start conversations around mental wellbeing through powerful public messaging & action cards contained within each order. Products are linked to a message not just a collection. Some of the products are a bit outlandish, this creates the opportunity to start a dialogue.
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ABOUT DANIEL BOURNE
For the past 8 years I have worked with businesses from a wide cross section of industry and society to deliver engaging and meaningful mental wellbeing training such as MHFAider® from MHFA England and other bespoke non-accredited workshops.Along side that I run ITDG® a mental wellbeing related clothing company supplying \"Merch with a Message\"; that delivers easily consumable mental health resources to all customers, whilst providing top quality products enabling conversations to get started.I am also the host of the ATTN® podcast exploring overcoming challenges/adversity & experiences with poor mental health with individuals from a myriad of backgrounds.We will dig into the most challenging times of peoples lives, what helped, & what they do now.When facilitating I leverage the skills acquired whilst serving as a High-Risk Improvised Explosive Device searcher and Commando Physical Trainer in the Army. Using powerful metaphors to help individuals in businesses to reduce work-related mental ill health impacts.The work I do helps individuals and businesses:Spot signs of mental ill health, respond in a helpful and supportive manner.I am a trained coach, trainer, mentor, and facilitator. Passionate about all things to do with the great tapestry that is human performance with a large focus on mental health and wellbeing. My skill set is diverse becoming a Commando at 20 years old, spending 13 years in the Army with roles such as physical trainer, leadership trainer, mentor and coach. Trained as a Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner, Mental Health First Aid England (MHFA) Instructor and Health and Safety Advisor - I can cater for all your resilience, stress management and high-performance needs. In my personal life I am a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Purple Belt, love travelling, walking in the mountains, watching sports and stoic philosophy to name a few things.
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