Leading Insights

We need to talk about suicide prevention and postvention. In this episode we speak to Professor John Gibson (Emeritus Professor of Oral Medicine, University of Aberdeen) who describes his journey following the unexpected and devastating suicide of his 24 year old son Cameron in 2019. John was part way through walking Land's End to John O'Groats to raise suicide awareness and funds as part of #onemanwalkingamilliontalking. John gives insight and advice as to what we can do as individuals, teams and society to prevent suicide and help those affected by it.Visit www.thecanmoretrust.co.uk to support

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Thomas Lamont meets James Timpson to discuss the importance of kindness, language and autonomy in the success story of Timpsons. James shares his views on building up a diverse team of colleagues and why he believes delegating autonomy leads to innovative, successful services led by happy and motivated teams. Listen in to hear how he has achieved this in his own company over the last 20 years.

Dr Navina Evans is the former CEO of East London Foundation Trust. Under Dr Evans' leadership, ELFT developed their organisational strategy focussed on improving the lives of their patients through Quality Improvement methodology and people participation. She has recently moved to Health Education England as CEO. In this podcast we discuss her career from Psychiatry to Chief Executive, the challenges of maintaining momentum and effecting continuous improvement as well as her experience of service co-production with patients and carers.

In this episode we chat to Louise Macdonald, Chief Executive of Young Scot. In this episode, Louise shares her story of shifting careers from Journalism to The Third sector. She tells us how her values are core to prioritising work and her several high profile roles and how she balances self-care and professional life.

In this episode Scotland's Chief Design Officer describes living and working with MS and how this has impacted on her career. She shares her experience as a Gay person starting a business in the 1980s, driving for change and against inequality and how we can all play a part in making the world around us more accessible.

In this episode Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon shares her reflections on leading Scotland through the COVID 19 pandemic. She thanks Scotland's Health & Social Care staff and shares her advice for those stepping into new and unfamiliar roles in this challenging time.

In this episode we visit the Southern Hemisphere to meet Melis Senova; Pioneer in Human-centred Design, Author of This Human & Founder of strategic Global design agency, Huddle. In this conversation we explore career changes, the value to design, influencing others & treating life as a masterclass.

In this episode we talk to Sarah Davidson, the CEO of Carnegie UK. We hear about her career in the Civil Service and she shares her experience of Organisational expectations vs Personal development. We discuss the power of Mentorship and changing career paths into The Third Sector

In episode 5 of Leading Insights we speak to Safia Qureshi, Director of Evidence at Healthcare Improvement Scotland. She tells us about her journey from Academia in to leadership. From leading the construction of the award winning Jack Copland Building and using her scientific background to inspire and achieve. She reflects on the role of evidence in the current COVID climate and her personal learning throughout her career

In this episode we talk to Shaun Maher, Strategic Adviser to The Scottish Government and champion of person centred care. Shaun shares his journey from Intensive Care Nurse to National leadership position. We discuss compassionate leadership, wellbeing, role models and the current COVID crisis as he joins us from NHS Louisa Jordan in Glasgow

In this episode Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of NHS 24 gives her perspective on career progression, the role of a Chief Executive and resilience to Dr Thomas Lamont, Specialty Registrar in Restorative Dentistry and former Scottish Clinical Leadership Fellow with Scottish Government.

In the second episode of Leading Insights, we hear from Dr Catherine Calderwood. Dr Calderwood is a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist and Scotland's Chief Medical Officer 2015-2020. In this interview, we discuss career paths, gender, realistic medicine and learn about the advice she would give herself at the start of her career. During her time as CMO, she transformed the traditional CMO Annual Report and championed 'Realistic Medicine': A philosophy which encompasses person-centred care, promotes shared decision making and reduces variation in care. Her work has been celebrated across Healthcare settings Globally and has changed the way we deliver health and social care in Scotland for the better. Please remember to leave a rating and tell us whose 'Leading Insights' you'd like to hear next....we have a great line up for you so far!

In this podcast we will hear the stories of Leaders from across Scotland's public sector, and beyond. In this episode, Professor Jason Leitch, the National Clinical Director for NHS Scotland, shares his leadership journey.