Building a Company While Battling Depression | HBR IdeaCast

Harvard Business Review · Oct 16, 2026 · 30m

Building a Company While Battling Depression | HBR IdeaCast

Uploaded 15-02-23

16 Feb 2023

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Melissa Bernstein, cofounder of the toy company Melissa and Doug, spent decades hiding her struggles with depression even as she launched and led a booming business focused on bringing joy to children and raised six of her own. She finally opened up to her family, colleagues, and the public and recently launched an organization to give people better tools to discuss and manage their mental health. Bernstein explains what managers and organizations can do to help workers facing depression and other…