What do you say when someone tells you, “I’m NOT okay”? Most of us freeze or rush to fix it. Meet Mitch Wallis, opening keynote for the 6th Annual Construction Mental Health & Wellbeing Conference. His Real Conversations® framework teaches practical skills that make connection part of your safety system.
We talk about mental health more than ever and yet, more people are struggling to get support. The problem isn't awareness. Awareness opened the door. The problem is what comes next: the human infrastructure that turns concern into action, and good intentions into real pathways to care.
The 6th Annual Construction Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference is coming to Chicago, February 22–25, 2027 — and sponsorship opportunities are now open. Google, major GCs, unions, and lived-experience advocates have all shown up. The people leading this movement will be in the room. Will your organization be there with them?
Poor mental health is already costing your organization in absenteeism, turnover, and safety incidents. The good news: every $1 invested returns $4, and up to $6 when you act early. Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas lays out the three-level workplace strategy that turns mental health from a line item into a business investment.
At the 2026 American Association of Suicidology conference, I felt the field shift. Beyond risk detection and safety plans, she sensed a hunger for healing — recovery-oriented care, belonging, and "muscular hope." From workplace prevention to solidarity across difference, this is suicide prevention moving from death prevention toward life reclamation.
What do you say when someone tells you, “I’m NOT okay”? Most of us freeze or rush to fix it. Meet Mitch Wallis, opening keynote for the 6th Annual Construction Mental Health & Wellbeing Conference. His Real Conversations® framework teaches practical skills that make connection part of your safety system.
