Insights over Lunch

The inaugural WMG Film club, University of Warwick, recorded 25th February 2021. Guests are Michael Mortenson, Amber Macintyre, Steve Street and Mark Bonnett hosted by Armaghan Khan.

Stuart Bestwick, Head of Service Design and Improvement at Hampshire County Council, shares some of the excellent examples of innovative responses to the corona virus pandemic. Devolved decision making, empowering and enabling, is an ethos Stuart shares with Mike James-Moore who reflects on challenges he has had to respond to in different times and how this ethos was possibly the only way to face challenges for any lasting results.

Great chat with Paul Horton, Chief Executive Officer, Future Water Association. Reflecting on the the impact COVID19 had on the water demand in the UK and the wider systems implications. Apologies for the sound quality - the content is great :-)

Learn from the CEO of TOTEM, Helen Routledge, about the future of online learning and training using Virtual Realtiy (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). Clare reflects on how Warwick University can act as a broker for creative and digital businesses and her passion for women in gaming.

Mel Harrison reflects on her experiences on the tall ship Tenacious and the wonder of the inclusive experience can be captured and recreated across wider society. She discusses the impact of the social distancing measures on the people living with disabilities and highlights possibly opportunities for a more inclusive, albeit remote, working environment.

Great conversation with Courtney to understand where the UK gets its energy from, the complexity and interdependency of the sources and the public private relationship to regulate the supply and tariffs.

Steve shares from his experiences from Head of Service Improvement at LloydsTSB and Improving Service at a Mental Health Trust. He also reflects of differences between Higher Education and Further Education and proposes more partnership working.

Find out about life in Berlin as Amber discusses data, privacy, activism and their role in curbing the impacts of the pandemic.

Sarah Ellis the Director of Digital Development at Royal Shakespeare Company and Warwick's Clare Green, Creative Manager & Women in Games Ambassador, discuss with Mairi the impact of COVID19 on the creative sector, the massive part digital has played in bringing people together and the challenges that lie ahead.

Stuart Croft, Warwick's Vice-Chancellor and President, shares his experience and expertise in crisis management and how this has helped his leadership and management of Warwick's response to the pandemic. He reflects on the strength of feeling in the Warwick community to help where they can and looks to a challenging but purposeful future.

Amanda Lam, DisneyLand Hong Kong shares insights about the decision making team that manages the re-opening of Hong Kong Disneyland. She reflects on cultural differences and learned experiences from SARS applied to the pandemic today.

Nick Frank reflects on Luxembourg's response to the pandamic, the importance of resilience and role of service to aid recovery.

Steve Street considers how to see and understand the solution space to determine post corona recovery. As an AI expert and cybersecurity architect he reflects on the implications to the research agenda in that space.

Don Henderson talks about the challenges of coordinating the transport network in the North of Scotland, future plans for transport in that region and reflects on the support he gets from his team and the wider community.

Yesim is a play expert and futurist. Using her ability to creatively make sense of the world she predicts what trends will last. Discover what she thinks will last from the changes to behaviours and attitdues brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.

Find out critical factors to recover from crisis. Peter Lynam, Network Operations and Resource Planning Subject Matter Expert with experience in Operations, Engineering, Customer Service and Strategy. He reflects on decisions he made as Director of Operations for British Airways when managing the return to normal after the volcano incident in Iceland.

Keivan and Chris are both alumni of Warwick. Since graduating, Keivan has near 20 years management consultancy experience and helping client organisations in the transformation of organisational culture to one of continuous improvement, and by its very nature, resilience. Chris, supervised through his Masters by Kievan, now works for Babcock and uses his knowledge of how to achieve real, meaningful organisational learning to make improvements at Babcock.

Patrick Fleming, CEO of the Jubilee Sailing Trust shares his thoughts on how he will lead the Tall Ship Charity, what challenges and opportunities and direction he see the Trust will take for the future.

Jennifer Udeh is a Programme Manager for Education Sub-Saharan Africa - ESSA. she shares some of her insights into the impact the coronavirus has had on her area of work and what she thinks the future may hold.

Julie Westwood is the Global Head of Onboarding and Service Delivery, Travel Port. She discusses how the pandemic has impacted her area of business, how she leads her organisation and what they see as she looks towards the future.

This episode is a conversation with Dave Gordon, Senior Vice President Rolls Royce UK and Chairman Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust. Recorded 11th May it captures a moment in time from the perspective of the two conversationalists.

Capturing a snapshot in time from thought leaders in May 2020. Reactions and predictions to the corona virus pandemic. This first conversation with with Margot James, Executive Chair of WMG, University of Warwick.