Podcasts about Alliance Manchester Business School

In this episode, Richard is joined by an expert in self-compassion for a discussion about this all-important skillset. Richard and Fiona Jane Meechan discuss why self-compassion can be tough to develop, even when we can be compassionate to others. They look at some of the simple ways we can bring self-compassion to life in our everyday routines, exploring it through the lens of the six pillars of wellbeing. This includes social connection, sleep, movement and self-talk. They bust some myths and misunderstandings about self-compassion and explain the contributions it makes to wellbeing and performance at work. Please get in touch with any questions about the topic - either via email (podcast at worklifepsych dot com) or on WorkLifeSpark. As always, thanks for listening! About our guest Fiona helps ethical leaders to improve wellbeing and performance in their businesses. Fiona has a passion for compassion, and knows that the compassion process starts with looking after you! Fiona has always been drawn to making life better for people.  Her first love was criminology and she worked in public services for 16 years, focusing on improving community health, wellbeing and safety. Then through having to deal with badly behaved bosses in work, Fiona realised that what we ultimately need to improve is compassionate and competent leadership at all levels, because when we do that, there is a real ripple effect, and life becomes better for everyone. So for the past 12 years she has taught leadership at Alliance Manchester Business School, and worked on a national level to improve wellbeing and leadership in policing. Fiona also runs her own leadership and team development practice and supports people across the public and private sectors. She knows that compassionate leadership starts with self-compassion, and that's why we're chatting today. Resources for this episode Sign up for WorkLifeSpark today: https://www.worklifespark.com/sign-up Sign up for our upcoming masterclass on self-compassion: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1990550352689?aff=oddtdtcreator Frazzled to Focused in 5 mins a day - Calm your mind and improve your leadership:  oaktreepersonaldevelopment.com/calmyourmind Compassion at Work Toolkit and other research on compassionate leadership: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fiona-Meechan Connect with Fiona on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/fionajanemeechan/

Joining us this episode is Claudio Finol, Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer at Fyffes — one of the world's leading fresh produce companies, owned by Japan's Sumitomo Corporation. An engineer by training with an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School, where he also teaches, Claudio has led innovation and strategy across Chiquita, Danone, FrieslandCampina, and McBride. He brings a rare cross-industry lens to the discipline — part academic, part practitioner — and a conviction that strategy should sit far closer to execution than most strategy offices allow. In this conversation, we explore why the pursuit of stability, the very thing most strategy functions are built to deliver, may be the hidden weakness that brings an organisation down.Things we will cover:The Icarus principle applied to strategy, and why over-reliance on stability is more dangerous than over-reliance on strengthWhy adaptability is less about managing change and more about constantly challenging the assumptions beneath every planThe tension between efficiency and resilience, and why real resilience demands a degree of redundancy by designThe "velocity of risk" — not just how big a threat is, but how fast it can surface, from steady regulation to a blind side like DeepSeekHow to reframe risk as opportunity, and why the risk function and strategy function need to work in concertReconciling a fast-moving external environment with long-horizon ownership expectationsThe Chief Strategy Officer as "chief reminder officer" — keeper of a living, adaptive process rather than the executor of a fixed planFrom the Icarus principle to the chief reminder officer, Claudio draws on experience across some of the world's best-known consumer and industrial brands to make a grounded case that the real work of strategy is never finished — because the assumptions underneath every plan are always shifting.Episode Timeline:Additional Resources:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudiofinol/Fyffes: https://www.fyffes.comLearn more about Outthinker's community of chief strategy officers - https://outthinker.com/Follow us on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outthinker-networksThank you to our guest Claudio Finol for such a thoughtful and genuinely practical conversation. Learn more about Outthinker's community of chief strategy officers - https://outthinker.com/Follow us on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outthinker-networks

Across our professional careers, many of us will come into contact with a difficult colleague or hard-to-please superior. But what happens when difficult behaviour crosses over into bullying at work? What effect does this have, not only on our wellbeing, but on our workplace as a whole? Evidence suggests that bullying may be on the rise in the UK. A 2025 survey of British workers conducted by ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) found that 44% of respondents had experienced conflict at work in the last 12 months. And on the global stage, the resurgence of ‘strong man' leadership has reignited a debate: does bullying behaviour get you what you want? Evan and the panel look at what workplace bullying is, when and why bullying can occur, and the steps individuals and organisations can take to tackle this behaviour in the workplace. Guests: Jason Warner, Managing Director (UK and EMEA) at SBS Kevin Rowan, Director of Dispute Resolution at ACAS Kara Ng, Senior Lecturer in Organisational Psychology at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester Production team: Presenter: Evan Davis Producer: Mhairi MacKenzie Production Co-ordinator: Katie Morrison Sound engineers: James Beard and Neil Churchill Editor: Matt Willis The Bottom Line is produced in partnership with The Open University

In this episode of Crossing Channels, Richard Westcott talks to Diane Coyle and César Hidalgo about how knowledge, ideas and intangible assets are becoming central to modern prosperity. They discuss what makes intellectual capital distinctive, how AI may widen or narrow inequalities, and why some places benefit more than others. The conversation also explores the challenges of measuring intangible value and what kinds of skills, institutions and infrastructure are needed for countries and regions to turn intellectual capital into broader, long-term growth.Season 5 Episode 3 transcriptFor more information about the Crossing Channels podcast series and the work of the Bennett School of Public Policy and IAST visit our websites at https://www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/ and https://www.iast.fr/Follow us on Linkedin and Bluesky.With thanks to:Audio production by Alice WhaleyAssociate production by Burcu Sevde SelviVisuals by Tiffany Naylor and Pauline AlvesMore information about our host and guests:Podcast hostRichard Westcott is an award-winning journalist who spent 27 years at the BBC as a correspondent/producer/presenter covering global stories for the flagship Six and Ten o'clock TV news as well as the Today programme. Last year, Richard left the corporation and he is now the communications director for Cambridge University Health Partners and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, both organisations that are working to support life sciences and healthcare across the city.Podcast guestsDiane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. She is the Research Director at the Bennett School of Public Policy. Diane's latest book is The Measure of Progress: Counting what really matters.Her own research focuses on productivity, the digital economy and AI policy, and economic measurement. Diane is currently a member of the UK Government's Industrial Strategy Council, the New Towns Taskforce, and advises the Competition and Markets Authority. Diane was awarded a DBE in 2023 for her contribution to economics and public policy.César Hidalgo is a Chilean-Spanish-American scholar known for his contributions to economic complexity and for his applied work on data visualization and artificial intelligence. Hidalgo is a tenured professor at the Toulouse School of Economics' (TSE) Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the head of the Center for Collective Learning a multidisciplinary research laboratory with offices at Institute for Advanced Study (IAST) at TSE and the Corvinus Institute of Advanced Studies (CIAS) at Corvinus University of Budapest. He is also an Honorary Professor at the Alliance Manchester Business School of the University of Manchester.

Join us for the latest Original Thinking Applied podcast where we tackle the challenging topic of generative AI and professional judgement. Leonid Sokolovskyy from Alliance Manchester Business School and Jim Toon from Chartered Accountants Beever and Struthers share their views on this hot topic and how professional industries can make the most of this technology.This podcast was created in collaboration with the Centre for the Analysis of Investment Risk: https://www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/research/accounting-and-finance/centre-for-the-analysis-of-investment-risk/

Leading Wellbeing with Professor Sir Cary Cooper, CBEJoin us on the Inspiring Leadership Podcast as we welcome Professor Sir Cary Cooper, CBE, a global authority in organisational psychology and workplace wellbeing. As the 50th Anniversary Professor at Alliance Manchester Business School, Sir Cary has authored over 170 influential books and championed healthier, high-performing work cultures. With honours including a CBE and a Knighthood, his leadership legacy is both profound and practical. Don't miss this inspiring episode on how wellbeing is the key to unlocking business success.Tune in now to be inspired!

#realconversations #pharmacist #diplomat #investmentbanker #Egypt #careerchange #author #passionmba #AI  CONVERSATIONS WITH CALVIN WE THE SPECIES https://www.youtube.com/c/ConversationswithCalvinWetheSpecIEs “Meet MUSTAFA AMMAR; our first interview last July 2024. NOW TODAY JANUARY, 2025, Mustafa talks about LIFE CHANGING “STUFF”- ‘OUTSMARTING AI-Shapeshift Your Career….and other matters that are critical in our brave new rapidly changing world………. His journey thru several unique careers & now helping and guiding people with career changes is almost a movie…. but, especially for ME and countless others, it is life-critical to be happy, and fulfilled. Cultivating that energy, and technique, and having Mustafa guide you to change is key to that life journey. Wish I knew Mustafa a few decades ago….it could've saved me a few decades. This is a must-watch interview.”  Calvin 410 Interviews/Videos   7700 SUBSCRIBERS GLOBAL Reach. Earth Life. Amazing People.  PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** MUSTAFA AMMAR; “Outsmarting AI: Shapeshift Your Career and Discover Your Zone of Genius”? Bucket lists-How and Why; Career Myths; Author, ‘Time to Move On'; LIVE from Italy YouTube: CONTACTS: July 2024 First Interview: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaqAxYM1TuU CONTACTS: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mustafa-ammar-994a93120/ Instagram: @ThePassionMba https://thepassionmba.com/# MustafaAmmar.com AMAZON book: ‘Time to Move On': amzn.to/3XrrIYQ    kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/time-to-move-on-11 Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/time-to-move-on-mustafa-ammar/1143514697?ean=9798218165376 BIO: Mustafa Ammar is the founder and CEO of “The Passion MBA”, a global coaching company. He is also a life-coach who coached hundreds of professionals around the world to find their dream careers and build their dream businesses, by applying his coaching methodology “The Passion Blueprint”. Mustafa is also the author of the upcoming books “Time to Move On” & “The Passion Project”. Mustafa lived several career lives in one single life. He started his career as a pharmacist out of passion for chemistry, then he became an international diplomat out of passion for building bridges among different cultures and traveling the world, where he worked in China, Malawi and the United Nations. He then worked as an investment specialist at The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), where he was in charge of business development and bringing investments to various regions including Africa, The Middle East & Latin America. Mustafa successfully brought more than $1.1 billion worth of finance in infrastructure projects in the Middle East alone during his tenure at AIIB. Mustafa holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with distinction from Alliance Manchester Business School in the UK. He also holds another master degree in diplomatic studies & negotiations and BA in pharmaceutical sciences. For more information please visit ThePassionMBA.com Instagram: @ThePassionMBA ** WE ARE ALSO ON AUDIO AUDIO “Conversations with Calvin; WE       the SpecIEs” ANCHOR https://lnkd.in/g4jcUPq SPOTIFY https://lnkd.in/ghuMFeC APPLE PODCASTS BREAKER https://lnkd.in/g62StzJ GOOGLE PODCASTS https://lnkd.in/gpd3XfM POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/bmjmzait RADIO PUBLIC https://lnkd.in/gxueFZw  

Erik Beulen, Professor of Information Management at Alliance Manchester Business School, discusses the challenges around data analytics and digital transformation.

Professor Michelle Carter, Professor of Information Systems at Alliance Manchester Business School, asks whether we are doing enough to ensure AI impacts our lives in truly beneficial ways.Watch a video of this episode: https://youtu.be/wR6gMBCYWUoIf you're enjoying the Original Thinking Podcast, please leave us a rating or review on whichever platform you're listening on!

Join Matthew Lesh, Director of Public Policy and Communications at the IEA, and Carlo Cordasco, Lecturer at the Alliance Manchester Business School, as they explore the question: Should AI be more transparent? They discuss how AI is reshaping decision-making in sectors like healthcare and finance, the EU's landmark AI Act, and the delicate balance between regulation and innovation. Dive into the intersection of AI and public policy to uncover its implications for society's future.

In our latest Original Thinking filmed podcast Beccy Speight, Chief Executive of the RSPB, joined Professor Paulo Quattrone from Alliance Manchester Business School to discuss how businesses must better encompass Nature in their decision-making and also recognise Nature as an active stakeholder.

An exciting fireside chat with serial crypto entrepreneur Anton Golub, discussing the implications of the recent approval of Bitcoin Spot ETFs. We touch upon topics like the institutionalizing of Bitcoin, the role of Coinbase as the primary custodian, decentralization, liquidity concerns, and potential impact on the cryptomarket's infrastructure growth. We also share our 'outrageous predictions' for 2024. Anton Golub https://www.linkedin.com/in/antongolub/ is currently the founder & Chairman, SwissAssetDAO.Anton founded & served as CEO of Flovtec, a Swiss market-maker providing liquidity solutions to digital asset exchanges, token issuers & protocols and offering investment products for professional & institutional investors. He also co-founded Trust Square AG, a pre-eminent blockchain technology hub in Zurich's financial district. Anton Golub co-founded Lykke Corp, a blockchain-powered exchange to trade all assets with zero fees, where he served as a Chief Science Officer.Prior to Lykke, he worked as a quantitative researcher at Olsen Ltd (successor to Olsen & Associates, founded in 1985), a hedge fund that pioneered the field of high-frequency trading. As a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Alliance Manchester Business School, Anton worked on high-frequency trading, market microstructure and flash crashes. In 2011, he was invited to participate in the Foresight Project - The Future of Computer Trading in Financial Markets, an international project on algorithmic trading funded by HM Treasury in the UK.Anton has also been involved in several research projects backed by the European Union (EU) and was on the Supervisory Board for the Big Data Finance project funded through Horizon 2020. He has co-authored 13 academic papers and two books. Dr. Efi Pylarinou is the No.1 Global Woman Influencer in Finance & the Data conversation by Refinitiv, a Top Thought Leader by Onalytica, and a Top Digital Futurist, Linkedin and Twitter Voice, by Engatica.A seasoned Wall Street professional & a recognized technology thought leader on innovation topics. Founder of Efi Pylarinou Advisory servicing Big Tech, Financial Services and Fintech clients. She strongly believes in building bridges between the old and the new economy. She shares her passion of content creation with her 190,000+ followers on Linkedin and 18,000+ on Twitter.  Join her on the social platforms https://linktr.ee/Efiglobal

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 06:30:00 +0000 https://tap.podigee.io/25-panos-constantinides 422936b8b903af0d2b42983089ebff6c The formation and evolution of digital platforms across ecosystems Panos' Bio: Panos Constantinides is a Professor of Digital Innovation and Digital Learning Lead for Executive Education at Alliance Manchester Business School. He holds a PhD from the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge and he is a Fellow of the Cambridge Digital Innovation Centre. Panos leads the Digital Transformation Research Group at Alliance Manchester Business School. Panos is also one of the co-founders of the European Digital Platforms Research Network (EUDPRN). His research investigates how organizations use digital technologies to co-create and capture value while facilitating strategic transformation. His recent work has shed light on the formation and evolution of digital platforms across ecosystems, including platforms built on generative AI technologies. He advises senior business leaders and policymakers on how to manage the transition to new technologies and new business models in the digital economy. His research has been published in FT50 journals such as Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, and the Journal of Business Venturing and Organisation Studies, among others. His research has also appeared in Concurrences, Competition Policy International, PYMNTS, Thinkers50, MIT Sloan Management Review, ZDnet, and other media outlets. Panos' Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=Erxikd8AAAAJ&hl=en Panos on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/panos-constantinides/?originalSubdomain=uk full The formation and evolution of digital platforms across ecosystems no Daniel Trabucchi, Tommaso Buganza and Philip Meier

Dr Lee Williams is a behavioural scientist with 30 years experience helping organisations improve productivity and performance. He's done this work across many companies – including American Express, Tesco and Dupont. He has an undergraduate degree in Pharmacology & Physiology, an MBA and a DBA from Alliance Manchester Business School where he completed the UK's first empirical study of Business Mental Toughness.He uses this experience to measure employee well-being in his current business, KAYA.Topics covered: What Lee means by resilience What are some common misconceptions people have about resilience? How resilience can sometimes negatively impact employee well-being and mental health How to get the balance right so you get fewer downsides Top tips for leaders who want to help increase wellbeingConnect with Dr Lee Williams here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thewellbeingchampion/Click here to get your free copy of my Leader's Guide to Increasing Your Impact, Influence & Free Time

In this episode, Joe tells me what a career in public health is like. Public health is about working at global and population level, and with much more long term outcomes than many doctors may be used to. It's also about dealing with the root causes of disease, rather than the end symptoms. Training is varied, you get to mix with lots of different people, and in different contexts.Joe Home is a London-based Public Health Registrar with a medical background currently. Prior to starting training he undertook Fellowships in NHS management, health policy and leadership. He completed his medical studies at Peninsula Medical School and completed a masters degree in medical law and ethics at the University of Manchester School of Law and an MBA at Alliance Manchester Business School.He is currently undertaking a Masters in public health at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and holds an honorary research position at The University of Salford School of Health and Society. You can find him on LinkedIn.Further information on the public health training programme can be found here.

In this podcast, Professor Cary Cooper shares his extensive experience of working to create healthier and happier workplaces. Cary shares his belief that in times of rapid social change, organizational workplaces are more important than ever as sites that can provide healthy environments that support our well-being. Cary identifies key turning points that informed his work; firstly in the 1970s  stress was for the first time identified as a big challenge, and the response was to support the individual to cope with their stress better, e.g. stress management and responses such as today's mindfulness. In the 2008 financial crash and the subsequent 'job restructuring' when organizations stripped their workforce to the minimum, Cary observed a change in workplace responses when a manager said to him that the number one challenge he had was staff retention. This began a shift whereby organizations weren't so concerned with managing individual stress but realized they had to provide workplaces that offered healthy environments where employees could flourish, in order to ensure their well-being, get the best performance from them and to retain them. Cary identifies the line manager as perhaps the key ingredient for a healthy and productive workplace. Most line managers are chosen for their technical ability, and yet their role is vital in terms of people management skills. Reflecting on the UK's focus on growth, he points to the lack of a policy that focuses on this key area of people management; improving this he believes would be vital to increase growth. Cary reflects on his personal journey and shares that his life from an Eastern European Jewish working-class background story continues to impact on him,  citing the constant need to 'prove himself' as the driver of his success. This is a wonderful podcast with one of the great figures of our generation, who has contributed to organizational health and well-being.  Enjoy the listen! Bio: Professor Sir Cary Cooper Cary L. Cooper is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is a founding President of the British Academy of Management, Immediate Past President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), former President of RELATE and President of the Institute of Welfare. He was the Founding Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior, former Editor of the scholarly journal Stress and Health and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Management, now in its' 3rd Edition. He has been an advisor to the World Health Organisation, ILO, and EU in the field of occupational health and wellbeing, was Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Chronic Disease of the World Economic Forum (2009-2010), then served for 5 years on the Global Agenda Council for mental health of the WEF, and was Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences 2009-2015. He was Chair of the Sunningdale Institute in the Cabinet Office and National School of Government 2005-2010. Professor Cooper is currently the Chair of the National Forum for Health & Wellbeing at Work (comprising 40 global companies e.g. BP, Microsoft, NHS Executive, UK government (wellbeing lead) , Rolls Royce, John Lewis Partnership, etc.). Professor Cooper is the author/editor of over 250 books in the field of occupational health psychology, workplace wellbeing, women at work and occupational stress. He was awarded the CBE by the Queen for his contributions to occupational health; and in 2014 he was awarded a Knighthood for his contribution to the social sciences.

Is mothering your dream job? What will you do when your kids leave home? If you've been out of the workforce because you are a stay-at-home mom, do you feel like no one will hire you? Are you bored with your job yet afraid to leave it because you need to pay the bills? You're going to love our next guest and his book, Time to Move On: The 7 Career Myths Keeping You From Finding Your Dream Job. Mustafa Ammar is the founder and CEO of “The Passion MBA”, a global coaching company. He is also a life-coach who coached hundreds of professionals around the world to find their dream careers and build their dream businesses, by applying his coaching methodology “The Passion Blueprint”. Mustafa is also the author of “Time to Move On” Mustafa lived several career lives in one single life. He started his career as a pharmacist out of a passion for chemistry, then he became an international diplomat out of a passion for building bridges among different cultures and traveling the world, where he worked in China, Malawi, and the United Nations. He then worked as an investment specialist at The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), where he was in charge of business development and bringing investments to various regions including Africa, The Middle East & Latin America. Mustafa successfully brought more than $1.1 billion worth of finance in infrastructure projects in the Middle East alone during his tenure at AIIB. Mustafa holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with distinction from Alliance Manchester Business School in the UK. He also holds another master's degree in diplomatic studies & negotiations and a BA in pharmaceutical sciences. Contact Mustafa and learn more at: https://mustafaammar.com/ Follow on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/thepassionmba/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I speak with Mustafa Ammar on the topic of being stuck in a job you hate, following your passion, changing your career as you change and excuses to not change your job.★ Mustafa's' Bio: ★ I'm Mustafa Ammar, Founder and CEO of The Passion MBA, a global coaching company that helped hundreds of professionals around the world to find their dream career. Originally from Egypt, I lived in dozens of countries across 5 continents from the US, the UK, Italy, China, UAE and many others. I'm currently building an online platform that envisions helping professionals who are stuck in their career and need to reinvent themselves. I am the author of “Time to Move On”, that I wrote recently to help professionals to bust the common, yet hidden, career myths before they find their dream career.In the past, I worked as an Investment Specialist at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), where I was in charge of business development of infrastructure development in several regions including Asia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America.Before that I worked as an Egyptian diplomat in China, Malawi and the United Nations in New York. Prior to that I worked as a pharmacist.I have an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School, a master in negotiations skills and bachelor degree in pharmaceutical sciences.Connect with Mustafa:https://www.instagram.com/thepassionmba/https://thepassionmba.com/https://mustafaammar.com/

In this Original Thinking Podcast, Vlad Jiman, Director of Data at NBrown, discusses how to build a data culture within a large organisation with Professor Panos Constantinides from Alliance Manchester Business School.

What role can corporate sustainability play in terms of business transformation? Zara De Belder, a recent MBA graduate from Alliance Manchester Business School and sustainability expert, joins Claire Binns, Senior Impact Manager at Sykes Holiday Cottages, to discuss the subject. Claire also talks first-hand about the recent steps Sykes Cottages has taken in terms of its specific approach to measuring and assessing its sustainability credentials.

Three years on from the height of the pandemic this podcast hosted by Alliance Manchester Business School explores the lessons learnt from Protect, a major UK government study into the transmission of the Covid-19 virus and the wider UK research programme around Covid-19. Debating the findings of the nationwide study are Professor David Fishwick, Chief Medical Advisor at Health and Safety Executive GB, Sheena Johnson, Professor of Work Psychology and Wellbeing at Alliance Manchester Business School, and Martie Van Tongeren, Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health at The University of Manchester.

In this episode of the Shift with Elena Agar - I sit down with Mustafa Ammar - the founder and CEO of “The Passion MBA”, a global coaching company. He is also a life-coach who coached hundreds of professionals around the world to find their dream careers and build their dream businesses, by applying his coaching methodology “The Passion Blueprint”. Mustafa is also the author of the upcoming books “Time to Move On” & “The Passion Project”. Mustafa lived several career lives in one single life. He started his career as a pharmacist out of passion for chemistry, then he became an international diplomat out of passion for building bridges among different cultures and traveling the world, where he worked in China, Malawi and the United Nations. He then worked as an investment specialist at The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), where he was in charge of business development and bringing investments to various regions including Africa, The Middle East & Latin America. Mustafa successfully brought more than $1.1 billion worth of finance in infrastructure projects in the Middle East alone during his tenure at AIIB. Mustafa holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with distinction from Alliance Manchester Business School in the UK. He also holds another master degree in diplomatic studies & negotiations and BA in pharmaceutical sciences. For more information please visit: ThePassionMBA.com Instagram: @ThePassionMBA About your host: Elena is a talent development specialist & an education advocate. She started her career in higher education, having worked across various institutions, departments and regions, followed by a shift to corporations - where she creates learning journeys, builds effective talent acquisition pipelines, and develops talent development programs. Elena has a strong interest in how we can use science - particular Behavioral and Neuro sciences - to help people learn effectively, expand their mindset and overall grow personally and professionally. As an entrepreneur – Elena founded Bloom Youth - a tech education platform that prepares youth for the future - and co-founded Bessern – tech solution for productivity and well-being in organizations. When she is not leading talent transformation, she volunteers her time to help young students with their career development goals, as well as military veterans looking to make career transition to corporate jobs. Learn more about Elena: https://linktr.ee/ElenaAgar Connect with Elena on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elenaagaragimova/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/elenaagaragi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elenaagaragimova/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elenaagaragimova --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elenaagar/support

CONVERSATIONS WITH CALVIN WE THE SPECIES ** WATCH  NOW: MUSTAFA AMMAR; 5 Careers & Counting; NOW Building a Tech Startup to Help Find Your Dream Career. #pharmacist #diplomat #investmentbanker #Egypt #careerchange #realconversations #author #passionmba “Meet MUSTAFA AMMAR; His journey thru several unique careers & now helping and guiding people with career changes is almost a movie…. but, especially for ME and countless others, it is life-critical to be happy, and fulfilled. Cultivating that energy, and technique, and having Mustafa guide you to change is key to that life journey. Wish I knew Mustafa a few decades ago….it could've saved me a few decades. This is a must-watch interview.”  Calvin https://www.youtube.com/c/ConversationswithCalvinWetheSpecIEs 241 Interviews. GLOBAL Reach.  PLEASE SUBSCRIBE and join the other 4100 Subscribers ** MUSTAFA AMMAR; 5 Career Lives and Counting; Why a Former Diplomat, Investment Banker, and Pharmacist is Building a Tech Startup to Help Millions to Find Their Dream Career. LIVE from Italy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaqAxYM1TuU CONTACTS: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mustafa-ammar-994a93120/ Instagram: @ThePassionMba https://thepassionmba.com/# MustafaAmmar.com AMAZON book: ‘Time to Move On': amzn.to/3XrrIYQ    kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/time-to-move-on-11 Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/time-to-move-on-mustafa-ammar/1143514697?ean=9798218165376 BIO: Mustafa Ammar is the founder and CEO of “The Passion MBA”, a global coaching company. He is also a life-coach who coached hundreds of professionals around the world to find their dream careers and build their dream businesses, by applying his coaching methodology “The Passion Blueprint”. Mustafa is also the author of the upcoming books “Time to Move On” & “The Passion Project”. Mustafa lived several career lives in one single life. He started his career as a pharmacist out of passion for chemistry, then he became an international diplomat out of passion for building bridges among different cultures and traveling the world, where he worked in China, Malawi and the United Nations. He then worked as an investment specialist at The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), where he was in charge of business development and bringing investments to various regions including Africa, The Middle East & Latin America. Mustafa successfully brought more than $1.1 billion worth of finance in infrastructure projects in the Middle East alone during his tenure at AIIB. Mustafa holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with distinction from Alliance Manchester Business School in the UK. He also holds another master degree in diplomatic studies & negotiations and BA in pharmaceutical sciences. For more information please visit ThePassionMBA.com Instagram: @ThePassionMBA ** WE ARE ALSO ON AUDIO AUDIO “Conversations with Calvin; WE the SpecIEs” ANCHOR https://lnkd.in/g4jcUPq SPOTIFY https://lnkd.in/ghuMFeC APPLE PODCASTS BREAKER https://lnkd.in/g62StzJ GOOGLE PODCASTS https://lnkd.in/gpd3XfM edits by Claudine Smith- Email: casproductions01@gmail.com

How do leaders of large organisations and businesses remain agile and nimble when faced with so many day-to-day challenges? Panos Constantinides, Professor of Digital Innovation at Alliance Manchester Business School, and Simon Hayward, Managing Director and Global Lead for Leadership and Culture at Accenture, discuss how change takes place across organisations, and in particular look at how to embark upon digital transformation.

What does it mean to be truly sustainable and how should companies and organisations approach their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategies? These were just some of the key topics explored by Sacha Sadan, Director of ESG at the Financial Conduct Authority, and Professor Konstantinos Stathopoulos from Alliance Manchester Business School, at a podcast hosted by Alliance Manchester Business School.

Improving economic performance outside London and the South East is a core aim of the government's levelling up agenda. Drawing on past IfG research, this event explored what policies, and policy approaches, would best support economic performance outside London and the South East and compare these with the government's current policies. Our panel discussed: What policies would be most effective to achieve the government's productivity mission and what should the government prioritise? What will the Sunak government do differently to the Johnson government and where can it make improvements? Are there lessons from the way other countries have attempted to level up? And how important are the economic aspects of levelling up, as opposed to other missions to increase pride in place and wellbeing? To explore these questions, the IfG brought together an expert panel including: Adam Hawksbee, Deputy Director at Onward Ruth Kelly, Chief Analyst at the National Audit Office Thomas Pope, Deputy Chief Economist at the Institute for Government Professor Bart Van Ark, Professor of Productivity Studies at the Alliance Manchester Business School, and Managing Director of The Productivity Institute at The University of Manchester The event was chaired by Gemma Tetlow, Chief Economist at the Institute for Government.

First this morning, large infrastructure projects more often than not go over time and over budget - so is it time for a new approach to costing them? Auckland's City Rail Link has blown out by another billion dollars to $5.5 billion - from the original estimate of $3.3 billion. Forsyth Barr Stadium went up $36 million in the construction process, and the budget for Christchurch's Te Kaha stadium has soared by $150 million. Last year Transmission Gully's $850 million budget passed the $1.25 billion mark. What was meant to be a five-year project took almost eight. New Zealand isn't alone in experiencing cost overruns and delays on large infrastructure projects, however a report from the NZ Infrastructure Commission notes New Zealand projects inevitably end up costing more than comparable ones overseas. Meanwhile an Oxford University survey of 3,000 projects worldwide found less than 3% were on budget and on time. Kathryn speaks with Geoff Cooper, Te Waihanga - New Zealand Infrastructure Commission's general manager of strategy. Also, Nuno Gil, professor of New Infrastructure Development and Director of the Infrastructure Development Research Group at the Alliance Manchester Business School in the UK, currently spending time at the University of Sydney.

Hydrogen is considered a greener and better alternative to other forms of gas energy production. It reduces emissions and can be produced from many sources, as opposed to only fossil fuels. The hydrogen market has a promising future but there are some key areas that need to be explored with its growth. Where is the growth of the hydrogen market headed? And how are some companies in the industry contributing? For this episode of "Flowcast," host Michelle Dawn Mooney interviewed two team members of Trillium: Simon Bradshaw, Global Director of Engineering and Technology, and Sanket Walimbe, Technical Development Manager. The three discussed hydrogen, its value, some of the technical challenges in utilizing it, and how it can see wider adoption across the globe. Mooney, Bradshaw, and Walimbe further talked about: Renewable energy and its rise The potential of the hydrogen market and its value chain givens its pros and cons The future of the hydrogen market “The cost of hydrogen is still really high compared to other methods of producing it, but the main ones are gray and black hydrogen, or blue hydrogen, which are generally derived from fossil fuels. ‘Those costs for green hydrogen are likely to reduce significantly depending on innovation and all those things within the marketplace, but it's currently still not cost competitive,” said Bradshaw. Walimbe added that Trillium is best equipped in preparation for the growth of the hydrogen market. "All I would say is that we have great intelligence on this topic within our business and product line, and it can also be compatible with the application with certain modifications, and with this in hand, we are keeping an eye on how the economy is taking shape in the future so we can adapt to it as we go on," he said. Simon Bradshaw is the Global Director of Engineering and Technology at Trillium. He's been with the company for a year now, and was previously the Director of Engineering at Circor Industries Americas. Bradshaw has been in the engineering industry since 1986 and is a graduate of Heriot-Watt University and also holds credentials as a Chartered Engineer from the Institution of Engineering Designers. Sanket Walimbe is the Technical Development Manager at Trillium. He's been with the company for close to two years now and was previously the Principal Engineer at Trelleborg Group. Walimbe is a graduate of Alliance Manchester Business School and the University of Sheffield.

An intriguing discussion on crypto market making and the crypto shadow banking mechanics, with Anton Golub, a seasoned crypto serial entrepreneur. We also share insights on the latest EU regulation on banks and crypto; the involvement of US banks in crypto, and Dubai, the upcoming global crypto hub. Anton Golub https://www.linkedin.com/in/antongolub/ is currently a Strategic Advisor of Pazar, a decentralized OTC marketplace. Anton founded & served as CEO ofFlovtec, a Swiss market-maker providing liquidity solutions to digital asset exchanges, token issuers & protocols and offering investment products for professional & institutional investors. He also co-founded Trust Square AG, a pre-eminent blockchain technology hub in Zurich's financial district. Anton Golub co-founded Lykke Corp, a blockchain-powered exchange to trade all assets with zero fees, where he served as a Chief Science Officer.Prior to Lykke, he worked as a quantitative researcher at Olsen Ltd (successorto Olsen & Associates, founded in 1985), a hedge fund that pioneered the field of high-frequency trading. As a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Alliance Manchester Business School, Anton worked on high-frequency trading, market microstructure and flash crashes. In 2011, he was invited to participate in the Foresight Project - The Future of Computer Trading in Financial Markets, an international project on algorithmic trading funded by HM Treasury in the UK.Anton has also been involved in several research projects backed by the European Union (EU) and was on the Supervisory Board for the Big Data Finance project funded through Horizon 2020. He has co-authored 13 academic papers and two books. Linkedin:Apostolos BaranowskiCEO Core Dynamix Digital Agency Ltd. https://www.core-dynamix.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/apostolos-baranowski/ Dr. Efi Pylarinou is the No.1 Global Woman Influencer in Finance & the Data conversation by Refinitiv, a Top Thought Leader by Onalytica, and a Top Digital Futurist, Linkedin and Twitter Voice, by Engatica. A seasoned Wall Street professional & a recognized technology thought leader on innovation topics. Founder of Efi Pylarinou Advisory servicing Big Tech, Financial Services and Fintech clients. She strongly believes in building bridges between the old and the new economy. She shares her passion of content creation with her 190,000+ followers on Linkedin and 18,000+ on Twitter. Join her on the social platforms https://linktr.ee/Efiglobal

The UK has a productivity problem. When it comes to how much output we each produce the UK is well behind our northern European counterparts, and its going from bad to worse. COVIDA hasn't helped. According to the Office of National Statistics, public service productivity is 6.5% below the pre-coronavirus pandemic level.Professor Philip McCann, Chair of Urban and Regional Economics at Alliance Manchester Business School at The University of Manchester, reckons productivity is a huge problem for the UK. On this week's podcast he highlights why the UK is so different. And it's not, as Liz Truss famously suggested, that British workers are amongst the “worst idlers in the world”. Prof McCann suggests its more to do with how we have structured our public administration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode will be hosted by Elvira Uyarra, Professor of Innovation Studies at Alliance Manchester Business School. In recent years, and in response to major societal challenges such as climate change, migration, or food and energy security, innovation policy has both broadened its scope for action and widened the goals it is expected to address. This implies a shift from generic and primarily R&D-based innovation support measures towards a new (or third) ‘generation' of innovation policy - variously referred to as challenge-led, mission-orientated or transformative innovation policies. A more targeted and challenge-oriented innovation policy should, it is argued, help to deliver desired, and not just more, innovations. This implies a more active role of the state in funding risk-taking activities and in creating - not just correcting - markets. Whilst there is much agreement that bolder, more customised and directional policies are needed to tackle the societal challenges of our time, there is less consensus about how such policies should be implemented in practice. Drawing from her personal research journey, Professor Uyarra will discuss the rationales, challenges and particularly the key role of ‘place' in this new policy agenda. Elvira Uyarra is Professor of Innovation Studies at Alliance Manchester Business School (University of Manchester) where she is also Director of the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research. Her research sits at the intersection between innovation studies, policy studies and regional studies and has in the last few years focused on topics such as the role of universities in regional development, the role of regions in new generation innovation policies and the innovation impacts of public procurement. She has authored more than 40 scholarly articles in leading journals in geography, innovation studies and management, including Research Policy, Technovation, Regional Studies and Technological Forecasting and Social Change. Her work has been funded by the UK Research Council, international organisations (such as EU, OECD, IADB), and numerous national and regional bodies internationally. She is a Fellow of the Regional Studies Association (RSA) and editor of the journal Regional Studies. This episode will be facilitated by Philip McCann, Professor of Urban & Regional Economics at Alliance MBS.

At this Vital Topics event we will explore how Covid-19 has created opportunities for change across both central and local government, while our panel will also share their thoughts on the need for deeper resilience building as life gradually returns to normal in the wake of the pandemic. Much has been written over the past two years about how the pandemic will create opportunities for transformative change. But where do we stand today, and is that transformative change really likely to happen? At this Vital Topics event we will look at how Covid-19 has created opportunities for change across both central and local government, while our panel will also share their thoughts on the need for deeper resilience building as life gradually returns to normal in the wake of the pandemic. Our speakers will also explore the need for society to better engage with this agenda and at what decision-makers need to be doing to further embed the recovery among local communities. Chaired by Dr Simos Chari, joining us on our panel will be Duncan Shaw, Professor of Operational Research and Critical Systems at Alliance Manchester Business School, Dr Kathy Oldham OBE, Chief Resilience Officer for Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Andy Wright, former Chief Executive at Braintree District Council and Issa Kassis, the Mayor of Ramallah.

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This episode will be hosted by Javed Siddiqui, Professor of Accounting, Alliance Manchester Business School. Pressures from various donor agencies (such as the World Bank), combined with the pursuit of legitimacy by governments in many developing countries, have resulted in various western accounting and corporate governance mechanisms to be exported to the developing world. Accounting researchers have identified the inherent limits to what (western) governance systems can achieve, especially in certain (non-western) contexts, and have often termed these practices as ‘ritualistic'. Drawing from his personal research journey, Professor Javed Siddiqui will discuss the potential policy implications of such research. For example, given the presence of weak capital markets, where investors do not really appreciate the value of a ‘good' audit, and the reasonable success of various supply chain certification schemes, is there a scope for changing the focus of auditing and governance mechanisms in developing economies (as suggested by the Brydon review)? If so, what is stopping certain forms of change from coming within? Also, given the tendency of governments in developing countries to adopt western governance mechanisms without considering the context, do regulators in western countries need a more cautious approach towards policy development? Javed is a Professor of Accounting at the Alliance Manchester Business School, and the school Director for post-graduate taught (PGT) programmes, responsible for a portfolio of fifteen specialised MSc programmes. Javed joined Manchester Business School as a Lecturer in 2008, and was promoted to a Senior Lecturer in the same school in 2015. His primary fields of research are auditing, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting, especially in the context of developing economies. His research has been funded by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS), the UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, UK. Professor Siddiqui worked with international development agencies, such as the World Bank and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Big Four accountancy firms, as well as national level professional accountancy bodies. This event will be facilitated by Christopher Humphrey, Professor of Accounting in the Accounting and Finance division of Alliance Manchester Business School. 

Simon Hayward is an honorary professor at Alliance Manchester Business School in the UK and author of The Agile Leader and Connected Leadership. He is also Global Lead for Leadership and Culture at Accenture's Talent & Organization/Human Potential practice. In this episode, Hayward outlines challenges before leaders who seek to engage people in radical change – often the case in large-scale agile transformation. COVID has undoubtedly had a hand in worker expectations, and it offers leaders the opportunity to move their business from being just connected to becoming “omni-connected.” “When organizations combine the digital and technological with the human and cultural, then that combination becomes particularly powerful. And leaders have a disproportionate impact on the way the culture operates and the behaviors in the organization.” Accenture's William Rowden hosts. Learn more: - Accenture Research "From Always Connected to Omni-Connected" https://www.accenture.com/cr-en/insights/strategy/organizational-culture

In this Original Thinking podcast we will be joined by John List, Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, who will be discussing his book 'The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale'. The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale The premise behind the Voltage Effect is deceptively simple: No great idea is guaranteed to succeed. Be it a life-saving medical breakthrough, a new policy initiative, a cutting-edge innovation, or a bold plan for building a better world, translating an idea into widespread impact depends on one thing only: whether it can be replicated at scale. Many college students will graduate into the world with a bold idea they hope to scale – whether by starting a company, through social advocacy or non-profit work, in the private sector, or elsewhere. The book draws on John's years of behavioural science research, as well as examples from the realms of business, education, policymaking, and public health to present a data-driven approach to the science of scaling. In it he outlines the five hurdles that must be overcome for an idea to succeed at scale, as well as four research-based strategies to achieve maximum-impact scaling. Topics include: Best experimental design practices to validate an idea (and reduce the risk of false positives)Navigating the supply-side economics of scalingUsing marginal thinking to assess the viability of an enterprise at scalePreventing the negative externalities that may emerge when an idea is implemented on a large scaleUsing behavioral-economic incentives to spur widespread adoption of an idea or increase compliance with a policy or programHow we can apply the principles of scaling to drive change in our schools, communities, companies, and society at large To order the book or download a preview, visit The Voltage Effect. John A. List is the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on combining field experiments with economic theory to deepen our understanding of the economic science. In the early 1990s, List pioneered field experiments as a methodology for testing behavioural theories and learning about behavioural principles that are shared across different domains. To obtain data for his field experiments, List has made use of several different markets, including charitable fundraising activities, the sports trading card industry, the ride-share industry, and the education sector, to highlight a few. This collective research has lead to collaborative work with several different schools and charities, as well as firms including: Lyft, Uber, United Airlines, Virgin Airlines, Humana, Sears, Kmart, Facebook, Google, General Motors, Tinder, Citadel, Walmart and several non-profits. His research includes over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and several published textbooks. He co-authored the international best seller, The Why Axis, in 2013, before releasing The Voltage Effect in February 2022. List was elected a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011, and a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 2015. List received the 2010 Kenneth Galbraith Award, the 2008 Arrow Prize for Senior Economists for his research in behavioural economics in the field, and was the 2012 Yrjo Jahnsson Lecture Prize recipient. He is a current Editor of the Journal of Political Economy The episode will be facilitated by Timothy Devinney, Professor and Chair of International Business at Alliance Manchester Business School.

This event is hosted by Yu-Wang Chen, Professor in Decision Sciences and Business Analytics at Alliance Manchester Business School. Knowledge and Data-Driven Decision Making Data-driven decision making is the practice of using data to support decision making, and it becomes more widely recognised with the development of decision science, data science and artificial intelligence. Real-world decision making problems are usually characterised by multiple criteria and associated with uncertainty. Data often come from different sources in different formats. In addition, decision makers' domain knowledge also plays an important role in making informed decisions. In this episode, Yu-wang will introduce his work in this research domain and a number of examples from his own research will be used to highlight how data and knowledge can be aggregated to support decision making in business and management. Yu-wang Chen Prior to joining AMBS, Yu-wang worked briefly as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University. He received the PhD degree in Control and System Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research focuses primarily on Decision Sciences and Data Analytics, including their applications in business analytics, supply chain risk analysis, healthcare decision support, etc. He has published more than 60 research articles in leading journals, such as European Journal of Operational Research, Computers & Operation Research, and more. He has successfully coordinated and taught across a broad portfolio of course units at all different undergraduate and postgraduate levels at AMBS. He currently acts as the Programme Director (2015-2018 & 2020-present) for the MSc Business Analytics programme (2022 QS Ranking: 2nd in the UK & 10th in the world). The episode is facilitated by Richard Allmendinger, Professor and Business Engagement Lead of Alliance Manchester Business School.

Our guest is Brendan O'Dwyer, Full Professor Chair of Accounting at the University of Amsterdam Business School and the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is an academic expert in the areas of ESG reporting and assurance. Listen to Brendan talk to Rob about how developments and challenges in sustainability reporting are steering the green agenda.“There's a mindset of… if I want to thrive in business, I can't ignore these issues. Not just because of regulation, but because of societal and political trends. That's a central issue I'm seeing.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our guest is Brendan O'Dwyer, Full Professor Chair of Accounting at the University of Amsterdam Business School and the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is an academic expert in the areas of ESG reporting and assurance. Listen to Brendan talk to Rob about how developments and challenges in sustainability reporting are steering the green agenda.“There's a mindset of… if I want to thrive in business, I can't ignore these issues. Not just because of regulation, but because of societal and political trends. That's a central issue I'm seeing.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Placing health and wellbeing at the heart of organisations makes business sense. Key business priorities such as productivity and staff retention have been shown to improve significantly when employers genuinely care about employee wellbeing. Younger workers today are also placing an ever-higher priority than previous generations on wellbeing over company loyalty, a trend only accentuated by the pandemic. But to create an authentic and sustained culture of wellbeing in an organisation requires a clear definition of what wellbeing is and how to measure it. Metrics need to be simple and easy to understand, drawn from robust data sources, and relevant and credible to a wide range of stakeholders. The National Forum for Health and Wellbeing, based at Alliance Manchester Business School, has been looking at the evidence linking wellbeing and performance, and at the specific information that organisations need in order to select the wellbeing metrics that are right for them. At this special event the Forum will be unveiling its work with members and sharing their own personal experiences of how they have tackled measuring wellbeing in their workplaces. Members will also take part in a live panel debate to discuss these pressing issues. Speakers include Sir Cary Cooper, Professor of Organisational Psychology and co-founder of the National Forum for Health and Wellbeing at Work, and Forum member Dr Richard Heron, Independent Chief Medical Officer and former VP Health for BP, who has been spearheading the metrics initiative.

This event will be hosted by Kieron Flanagan, Professor of Science and Technology Policy at Alliance MBS. What next for UK science and innovation policy? The UK was an industrial and scientific pioneer. Yet for nearly as long, the country has fretted about falling behind industrial and technological competitors. For decades the UK's not terribly impressive R&D/GDP ratio of around 1.7% has resisted all attempts to improve it. For historical reasons, UK government R&D spending is unusually biased towards the ‘basic' end of the spectrum by international standards, and the geographical distribution of that spending is highly concentrated on a small number of institutions in a few places – the so-called ‘Golden Triangle' of Oxford, Cambridge and London. Now the UK is once again aiming to transform its technological fortunes, with increases in public spending in the pipeline and a target of 2.4% of GDP to be spent on R&D by 2027. The hope is that this additional R&D effort will help ‘rebalance' regional growth prospects and drive improvements in productivity. This lecture will examine what progress has been made in this agenda, what its prospects are, and in doing so will draw out some broader questions about why we fund research and what we hope to gain from it. This event will be facilitated by Luke Georghiou, Deputy President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Manchester and Professor of Science and Technology Policy and Management in the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research at Alliance Manchester Business School.

This event will be hosted by Tony Venables CBE, Professor of Economics, Alliance Manchester Business School, and Research Director of The Productivity Institute. Why some places are more prosperous Why are regional disparities so persistent? Why do adjustment mechanisms fail, and what should policy do (and not do)? This lecture will review answers to these questions and offer insights based on a new measure of the structure of the UK's local economies. Tony Venables ​Tony is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Econometric Society. Former positions include Chief Economist at the UK Department for International Development, professor at Oxford University and at the London School of Economics, research manager of the trade research group in the World Bank, and advisor to the UK Treasury. He has published extensively in the areas of international trade, spatial economics, and natural resources, including work on trade and imperfect competition, economic integration, multinational firms, and economic geography. The event will be facilitated by Professor Bart van Ark, Professor of Productivity Studies & Director of the Productivity Institute at Alliance MBS.

At this Vital Topics event we will be joined by Andy Haldane, Chief Executive of the Royal Society for Arts, former Chief Economist at the Bank of England, and Honorary Professor at Alliance Manchester Business School. Andy will be exploring levelling up in this Vital Topics lecture. Levelling up - where next? Published in February 2022, the Levelling Up in the United Kingdom white paper sets out a plan of action to spread opportunity more equally across the UK. In September 2021, RSA Chief Executive Andy Haldane was appointed by the Prime Minister to define and develop the flagship national levelling up strategy – a decade-long moral, social and economic cross-government, cross society programme to spread opportunity and prosperity to all parts of the UK. In this event, Andy Haldane explores how the White Paper's ambitious vision and 12 national levelling up missions can now be made a reality in towns and cities in every part of the UK, by 2030. Andy Haldane During his 30 years at the Bank of England, Andy has become a leading expert on monetary and financial stability as one of Britain's most influential economists and served as a member on the Financial Policy Committee and Monetary Policy Committee. He was Permanent Secretary for Levelling Up at the Cabinet Office from September 2021 to March 2022. He stepped down from this role in 2021 to join the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) as Chief Executive. In addition to his contribution to the Bank of England, Andy has led HM Government's Industrial Strategy Council and in 2009 co-founded Pro Bono Economics, a charity dedicated to using economics to empower the social sector. He was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME magazine in 2014 and among other positions, is a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Academy of Social Sciences and Governor of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research. This event will be facilitated by Luke Georghiou, Deputy President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Manchester and Professor of Science and Technology Policy and Management in the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research at Alliance Manchester Business School. Sponsored by DWF, Vital Topics is Alliance MBS' series of prestigious business lectures, bringing powerful ideas and original thinking to audiences from the Manchester city-region and beyond.

At this Vital Topics event, we are joined by Andy Haldane, Chief Executive of the Royal Society for Arts, former Chief Economist at the Bank of England, and Honorary Professor at Alliance Manchester Business School. Andy will be exploring levelling up in this Vital Topics lecture. Levelling up - where next? Published in February 2022, the Levelling Up in the United Kingdom white paper sets out a plan of action to spread opportunities more equally across the UK. In September 2021, RSA Chief Executive Andy Haldane was appointed by the Prime Minister to define and develop the flagship national levelling up strategy – a decade-long moral, social and economic cross-government, cross society programme to spread opportunity and prosperity to all parts of the UK. In this event, Andy Haldane explores how the White Paper's ambitious vision and 12 national levelling up missions can now be made a reality in towns and cities in every part of the UK, by 2030. Andy Haldane During his 30 years at the Bank of England, Andy has become a leading expert on monetary and financial stability as one of Britain's most influential economists and served as a member on the Financial Policy Committee and Monetary Policy Committee. He was Permanent Secretary for Levelling Up at the Cabinet Office from September 2021 to March 2022. He stepped down from this role in 2021 to join the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) as Chief Executive. In addition to his contribution to the Bank of England, Andy has led HM Government's Industrial Strategy Council and in 2009 co-founded Pro Bono Economics, a charity dedicated to using economics to empower the social sector. He was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME magazine in 2014 and among other positions, is a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Academy of Social Sciences and Governor of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research. This event is facilitated by Luke Georghiou, Deputy President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Manchester and Professor of Science and Technology Policy and Management in the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research at Alliance Manchester Business School. Sponsored by DWF, Vital Topics is Alliance MBS' series of prestigious business lectures, bringing powerful ideas and original thinking to audiences from the Manchester city-region and beyond.

At this Vital Topics event we are joined by Marian Sudbury OBE, Director, Regions, Department for International Trade. The event is facilitated by Mario Kafouros, Professor of International Business & Innovation and Head of the Division of People, Management and Organisations, Alliance Manchester Business School. In her lecture Marian explores why governments including the UK government actively support exporting. She will discuss why governments partake in trade deals, and how the UK government is helping businesses to export through trade deals and through export support. Marian Sudbury A Cambridge graduate with an MBA from Manchester Business School, Marian's background as a senior business leader means she brings commercial acumen to the role of Director UK Regions for the Department for International Trade. Marian has worked on behalf of major blue chip companies, charities and government, defining organisational direction and designing and delivering short and long-term commercial strategy. She was made a Board Director in 2001 for planning and then setting up the international division within a Greater Manchester research firm. Subsequently a Senior Vice President in a top 15 research firm she ran a business division conducting research and advice contracts for multinationals such as DuPont, Caterpillar, Mars and Oxfam. She then founded her own lifestyle business which worked for clients in locations ranging from Sakhalin to Birmingham Alabama. After three very successful years of trading she experienced, at a very personal level, the impact of the banking crisis. Her career in advising clients on internationalisation began in Istanbul, where she provided research and advice to help Eveready, Mercedes and Avon Cosmetics understand how to operate in the Turkish market. Since January 2013 she has been working for the Department for International Trade, initially leading Global Operations and the Northern Powerhouse and now as the Director for English Regions, a national role focussed on growing the UK economy by helping high potential businesses learn and grow through doing business overseas and high quality global businesses create wealth by investing in the UK. Marian also sits on the Advisory Board at Alliance Manchester Business School. Sponsored by DWF, Vital Topics is Alliance MBS' series of prestigious business lectures, bringing powerful ideas and original thinking to audiences from the Manchester city-region and beyond.

Episode description In today's episode, Andrew meets Ben Cooke. Ben is a Strategy Consultant at EY-Parthenon: Ernst & Young's global strategy consulting arm. In 2018, Ben was Lead Contributor to a EY report titled ‘The Value of Dyslexia' which showed how the world of work is changing & how much dyslexics can have to offer going forward. In the episode, Andrew and Ben deep dive into the value of dyslexia report. The boys discuss key learnings and Ben will reveal some of the report's most fascinating stats. Ben and Andrew also discuss why ****businesses need diversity. Top quotes “Diversity is all about having different opinions, voices, points of view. And any leader you talk to would say that's the business case for diversity.” - Benjamin Cooke “We need to get a lot more comfortable with positive discrimination.” - Benjamin Cooke About the guest Ben Cooke is a Strategy Consultant at EY-Parthenon. Ben struggled in school with dyslexia but found he thrived at big picture thinking. In 2016, he graduated with a masters degree from Alliance Manchester Business School and, in 2017, joined EY as a Associate Consultant. Ey is a consulting service that provides, assurance, tax and transaction services that help solve business challenges and promote a better working world for all. In 2018, Ben was Lead Contributor to a report titled ‘The Value of Dyslexia' which showed how the world of work is changing & how much dyslexics will have to offer going forward. In 2021, EY launched its first neuro-diverse https://www.ey.com/en_uk/news/2021/07/ey-launches-first-neuro-diverse-centre-of-excellence-in-the-uk-to-boost-client-innovation (centre of excellence) to fuel innovation in technology, bring a new dimension of creativity, and drive greater diversity and inclusion in the workplace. About the host The Invisible Gift is hosted by entrepreneur and dyslexic, Andrew Kitley. With twenty years experience, Andrew Kitley has worked his way up the metaphorical and literal ladder to become Managing Director of Kitall: an engineering firm. Under Andrew's guidance, Kitall is now one of the most sought after names to complete complex engineering projects in the UK. In each episode of The Invisible Gift, Andrew seeks the advice and inspiration of a fellow trailblazer who has defied the odds to achieve the extraordinary - turning the challenge of neurodiversity into a gift. Resources https://www.kitall.co.uk/ (https://www.kitall.co.uk/) https://www.onefineplay.com/ (https://www.onefineplay.com/) https://www.linkedin.com/in/beniancooke/?originalSubdomain=uk (https://www.linkedin.com/in/beniancooke/?originalSubdomain=uk) https://www.ey.com/en_uk/strategy/about-ey-parthenon (https://www.ey.com/en_uk/strategy/about-ey-parthenon)

Our Original Thinking Lecture series showcases some of the world-leading research from colleagues at Alliance MBS. This event is hosted by Sheena Johnson, Professor of Work Psychology and Wellbeing, Alliance Manchester Business School. In this episode, Sheena details her research into health and wellbeing at work. She outlines her early work into occupational differences and wellbeing related outcomes, before detailing her more recent focus on the ageing workforce which formed an impact case for REF2021 and led her to create the ‘Age, Health and Professional Drivers' Network'. She will also talk about her ongoing work in the PROTECT COVID-19 National Core Study where she has investigated the impact of the pandemic on workers and workplaces. Sheena is an Occupational and Chartered Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council. She is an active researcher into the topics of stress and health and the ageing workforce. She established the ‘Age, Health and Professional Drivers' Network, comprising transport and logistics firms, unions and industry representatives with an interest in age and health and wellbeing in the transport sector, which builds capacity in the sector to exchange knowledge and best practice. The episode is facilitated by Elinor O'Connor, Professor of Occupational Psychology, Director of Teaching and Learning, and Deputy Head of Alliance Manchester Business School.

Our Original Thinking Podcast series showcases some of the world-leading research from colleagues at Alliance MBS. This event is hosted by Antony Potter, Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at Alliance MBS. The electric future: Unravelling how automakers collaborate with suppliers to co-develop electric, hybrid, & hydrogen fuel cell technologies Over the past ten years automakers have invested heavily in the development of new electric, hybrid, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Although a large amount of attention has been given to the policy implications of this paradigm shift in the automotive industry, comparatively little research has studied how automakers work collaboratively with their suppliers to co-develop these eco-innovations. Using patent data from the Toyota supply network together with econometric techniques and endogeneity analysis Antony will investigate how the automaker co-develops innovations with different suppliers. His findings unravel the unique way in which the automaker collaborates with external suppliers to develop buyer-supplier innovations, supplier-supplier innovations, supplier innovation triads, and inter-firm knowledge spillovers. Finally, he will discuss the managerial and policy implications of his findings considering the transition to net zero in the automotive industry. Professor Antony Potter is the Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at the Alliance Manchester Business School (University of Manchester). His research interests focus on Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, and Innovation & NPD. In particular, his research investigates how different operations and SCM practices enable firms to co-develop innovations within global supply networks, especially for electric, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles. In addition, he undertakes interdisciplinary research into supply chain risk management, supplier disruptions, lean manufacturing (the Toyota Production System), and the evolution of clusters and supply networks. His published articles have appeared in leading international journals including the Journal of Operations Management (a Financial Times top 50 journal), Research Policy (a Financial Times top 50 journal), Journal of Product Innovation Management (Grade 4 journal, ABS list), International Journal of Operations and Production Management (Grade 4 journal, ABS list), Journal of Economic Geography (Grade 4 journal, ABS list), International Journal of Production Economics (Grade 3 journal, ABS list), Regional Studies (Grade 3 journal, ABS list), Production Planning & Control (Grade 3, ABS List), Journal of Cleaner Production, and Trends in Food Science and Technology. He has won a number of international awards for his research, such as the Emerald Literati Award for Excellence: Highly Commended Award (2020), Runner up for IJOPM's 2019 Best Paper Award, the Chris Voss Highly Commended Award (EUROMA, 2013), Chris Voss Best Paper Award (EUROMA, 2012), and the Chan Hahn Best Paper Award Finalist (Academy of Management, 2012). In addition, he won the 2019 Runner Up Prize for the 'Teacher of the Year Award' and the 2022 ‘Researcher of the Year Award' at Alliance Manchester Business School. The event is facilitated by Joao Quariguasi Frota Net, Professor in Operations Management at Alliance MBS.

Today on The Work Well Podcast, we have the great privilege of being joined by Professor Sir Cary Cooper. Cary is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health at the ALLIANCE Manchester Business School in the University of Manchester and the President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. He is also the author and editor of countless scholarly articles and books, with which he contributes to expanding the knowledge on management, organisational behavior, and social sciences. Cary's curriculum is extensive, so I'm excited to have him here to talk about the evolution and the future of mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. Take a listen!

Bukola Smith, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of FSDH Merchant Bank, holds an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, U. K, and a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Lagos. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), an Honorary Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, and an Associate Member, Certified Institute of Pensions (Nigeria). She was Executive Director, Business Development at First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and held several other leadership positions since she joined FCMB in 2006. She was responsible for the banks over 200 branches across Nigeria and under her leadership, the bank's SME-focused team moved from 5th position in the industry to 1st position in 2019 within three years. She established the FCMB Women in Business Desk (branded SheVentures) which supports female entrepreneurs and set up FCMB Trustees and FCMB Custody.  She currently sits on the boards of Women in Successful Careers (WISCAR), and the Toyin Oni Foundation (NGO for cancer awareness). She serves as a mentor to several young women within and outside these networks and also mentors teenagers in Public Schools. In this