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What better way to spend pancake day than curling up to watch “With Love, Meghan”But what was it exactly, comedy, horror, a sad documentary? Despite wanting to like it Esther just couldn't. Dinner and candles for imaginary guests, cooking in a cashmere jumper, dragon handlers and all in someone else's house. Was it a case of advice not given or advice not taken?Another day, another step closer to Armageddon as President Trump continues his unique brand of negotiation - worryingly for Giles it is a tactic he uses himself.Debrett's is yet to release a guide to ‘how to host President Trump' but they do offer the very latest in how to eat Al Desko… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Want to support the podcast? Join our Patreon or buy us a coffee. As an independent podcast, Shakespeare Anyone? is supported by listeners like you. In today's episode, we'll be talking about early modern English nobility. Shakespeare's history plays are about monarchs and royal lineages, and the world he was writing in was organized by ranks and degrees. So, we think it's important to talk about these pivotal ranks from kings to landed gentry. And we want to acknowledge that this mini-episode is strictly focusing on the social ranks from the Crown down to the landed gentry. We will be discussing additional ranks and social classes of England in forthcoming episodes. Shakespeare Anyone? is created and produced by Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp. Music is "Neverending Minute" by Sounds Like Sander. For updates: join our email list, follow us on Instagram at @shakespeareanyonepod or visit our website at shakespeareanyone.com You can support the podcast by becoming a patron at patreon.com/shakespeareanyone, sending us a virtual tip via our tipjar, or by shopping our bookshelves at bookshop.org/shop/shakespeareanyonepod. Works referenced: Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "baron". Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/baron. Accessed 9 February 2025. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "duke". Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Feb. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/topic/duke. Accessed 9 February 2025. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "earl". Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Jul. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/earl-title. Accessed 9 February 2025. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "marquess". Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/marquess. Accessed 9 February 2025. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "peerage". Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Dec. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/peerage. Accessed 9 February 2025. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "viscount". Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Jun. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/viscount. Accessed 9 February 2025. Debrett's, The Editors of. “The Baronetage.” Debretts, Debretts, 10 Dec. 2024, debretts.com/peerage/the-baronetage/. Debrett's, The Editors of. “Debrett's Guide to the Ranks and Privileges of the Peerage.” Debretts, Debretts, 10 Dec. 2024, debretts.com/peerage/the-peerage/ranks-and-privileges-of-the-peerage/. Debrett's, The Editors of. “The Knightage.” Debretts, Debretts, 10 Dec. 2024, debretts.com/peerage/the-knightage/. Ruggiu, François-Joseph . "Nobility and Gentry in the Early Modern Atlantic World". In obo in Atlantic History. 9 Feb. 2025. . Wikipedia contributors. "Landed gentry." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 17 Jan. 2025. Web. 9 Feb. 2025. Wikipedia contributors. "Social class in the United Kingdom." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 15 Jan. 2025. Web. 9 Feb. 2025. Zelazko, Alicja. "British nobility". Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Jul. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/British-nobility. Accessed 9 February 2025.

In this episode, we talk about how the backstory of Anne and Wentworth is presented without comedy, and yet is absolutely enjoyable. We then move on to the introduction of Mary, and why she is the way she is, the generational change we see in the Musgrove family, and the very unsympathetic portrayal of Dick Musgrove.The character we discuss is Lady Russell. In the historical section, Ellen talks about social precedence, and for popular culture Harriet has watched the 1972 Spanish television adaptation of Persuasion.Things we mention:General discussion:Janet Todd and Antje Blank [Editors], The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen: Persuasion (2006)George Eliot, Middlemarch(1872)Maria Edgeworth, The Good French Governess (1801)Charlotte M. Yonge, The Daisy Chain (1856)Ethel Turner, Seven Little Australians(1894)Historical discussion:Anthony Powell, The Acceptance World (1955)The Right Hon. the Countess of *******, Mixing in Society: A Complete Manual of Manners (1870)Debrett's Tables of PrecedencePopular culture discussion:TVE, Novela: Persuasión (1972) – starring Maite Blasco and Juan DiegoWatch on YouTube: PlaylistCreative commons music used:Extract from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata No. 12 in F Major, ii. Adagio.Extract from Joseph Haydn, Piano Sonata No. 38. Performance by Ivan Ilić, recorded in Manchester in December, 2006. File originally from IMSLP.Extract from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata No. 13 in B-Flat Major, iii. Allegretto Grazioso. File originally from Musopen.Extract from George Frideric Handel, Suite I, No. 2 in F Major, ii. Allegro. File originally from Musopen.Extract from Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice. File from IMSLP.Extract from Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major. File originally from Musopen.

If you're enjoying the content, please like, subscribe, and comment! Please consider supporting the show! https://anchor.fm/worldxppodcast/support Find Lynne here - Lynne's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Presence-Activism-Profound-Antidote-Climate/dp/1803416025 Website: https://www.lynnesedgmore.co.uk/ Lynne Sedgmore taught and led in the Further Education sector for 36 years, loving every minute. She was a successful Chief Executive for 17 years, in three different organisations. Her previous roles included Chief Executive of the 157 Group, Chief Executive of the national Centre for Excellence in Leadership, Principal of Guildford College, and Dean of Croydon Business School. She advised the Further Education Skills Minister on Extremisms and sat on the Prime Minsters National Review of public sector leadership. She was awarded the CBE in 2004, was named one of the Debrett's 500 most influential people in the UK in 2015 and one of the UK "100 women of Spirit" in 2016. Her organisations have won numerous national and international awards including the “International Spirit at Work Award” and the British Diversity Award. She has also been a non Executive Director on 25 Boards, in a wide range of sectors. Currently she is an advisor to Caplor Horizons charity, Director of the Glaston Centre and a board member of the Glastonbury Town Deal Board. She was active in setting up the Glastonbury Way 7 mile walk. ______________________ Follow us! @worldxppodcast Instagram - https://bit.ly/3eoBwyr @worldxppodcast Twitter - https://bit.ly/2Oa7Bzm Spotify - http://spoti.fi/3sZAUTG Anchor - http://bit.ly/3qGeaH7 YouTube - http://bit.ly/3rxDvUL #climatechange #climate #activism #climateaction #presence #spirituality #spiritual #anxiety #alarm #religion #relationship #podcastshow #longformpodcast #longformpodcast #podcasts #podcaster #newpodcast #podcastshow #podcasting #newshow #worldxppodcast --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldxppodcast/support

Nimco Ali OBE is co-founder and CEO of The Five Foundation, a global partnership to end female genital mutilation. Nimco is an activist, author and a survivor of FGM. Her tireless work has put FGM front and centre in the feminist campaign to end violence against women and girls. Nimco was awarded an OBE for her trailblazing activism in 2019. In the past 10 years, Nimco was awarded Red Magazine's Woman of the Year award, placed at No 6 on the Woman's Hour Power List, named by The Sunday Times as one of Debrett's 500 most influential people in Britain, as well as one of the Evening Standard's Most Influential People in London and was placed at number 5 on the BBC's 100 most inspiring Women in the world list.Nimco's debate book, What We're Told Not To Talk About But We're Going To Anyway, was published by Penguin in June 2019.The Five Foundation https://thefivefoundation.org/Nimco's Twitter/X https://x.com/NimkoAliWikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimco_AliThe Cluster F Theory Podcast is edited by Julian Mayers at Yada Yada: https://www.yada-yada.net/. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theclusterftheory.substack.com

Scotland's most senior law officer has asked nine of the country's judges to overturn an 87-year-old rule on evidence in cases involving rape and other sexual offences. Since she became Lord Advocate in 2021, Dorothy Bain KC has often spoken of her desire to improve the criminal justice system for victims, particularly women and girls. She is now seeking radical changes which would allow more rape cases to reach court. Anita Rani talks to David Cowan, BBC Scotland's home affairs correspondent.A group of state secondary schools in Southwark, south London, has decided to act as a collective and shift their pupils away from smartphones. Children's use of smartphones, particularly in schools, continues to be a hot topic issue, and many schools have decided to create new policies to try and tackle what they call the damaging effects of smartphone use. One of those schools is Ark Walworth Academy in Southwark, and their headteacher, Jessica West, joins Anita to talk about the plans.This evening, Taylor Swift will take to the stage at Murrayfield in Edinburgh for the first part of her UK tour. It is the first of 17 UK dates, which will finish in a record-breaking eight-night run at London's Wembley Stadium. By then, she will have played to almost 1.2 million UK fans. Her international Eras tour is expected to make more than $2 billion (£1.5 billion) by the time she performs her final show in Canada this December. Jolene Campbell, reporter at The Daily Record, talks to Anita about the Swifties who have descended on the city.As a newborn baby in 1968, Helen Ward had been wrapped up warmly in a tartan bag and abandoned in a phone box in Ireland. She would spend years searching for her biological mother, but what she found instead were two full siblings who had also been abandoned as babies. Helen talks to Anita about the story she's spent a lifetime unravelling.As we enter wedding season, some listeners will be spending every weekend for the rest of summer at either a hen do or a wedding. But what is the etiquette when it comes to plus ones? Anita talks to Liz Wyse, Etiquette Adviser for Debrett's and journalist Rebecca Reid.Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Rebecca Myatt Studio manager: Tim Heffer

Investment Insights by Shakur Investment Group brings you a podcast with James England from Debrett's, where he shares his expertise in the field. Get exclusive access to insights from industry experts and discover different opportunities in the market. Don't miss out on this valuable information, subscribe now! We are working with Angel Investors, HNWI & Family Offices. Visit http://shakurinvest.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/investmentinsights/message

G'day cobbers! Giles and Esther take a considered look at the ECB equality report; they then take a far less serious look at ‘cheating Aussie b**tards'. Is twitter dead Esther pulls on the thread to find out. After a short break it is a whistle stop tour of Wimbledon past and present, Debrett's guide and puppy yoga before Giles heads off to practice his didgeridoo and Esther feeds the Kookaburras. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, Dr. Gleb Tsipursky discusses hybrid work etiquette with two special guests: Liz Wyse, Etiquette Advisor at Debrett's, and Sof Socratous, Head of North West Europe Sales, Hybrid Work Solutions, Poly, HP.You can learn about Debrett's at https://debretts.com/ You can learn about HP at https://www.hp.com/

He estado repasando mis libros de historia sobre Escocia en busca del clan MacHumza o MacYousaf, pero no los he encontrado. Por supuesto, acudí al imprescindible «Debrett's peerage & baronetage» y no aparece ninguna línea nobiliaria referida a Humza Yousaf, el nuevo líder del nacionalismo escocés. El «Debrett's» lleva 250 años ofreciendo una información muy precisa sobre la Familia Real y el sistema de títulos británico. Tengo los dos primeros que se editaron, así como algunos posteriores. Actualmente hay unos 3.000 pares hereditarios y vitalicios, así como baronets. El clasismo británico, incluido el escocés, es fascinante. No hay más que ver como aceptan con fervor a la familia más disfuncional, llena de privilegios y complejos, porque representa las tradiciones nacionales. Es un elemento de unión en un país tan complejo. Los «Debrett's» separaban inicialmente los títulos en función de cada una de las naciones que componen el Reino Unido. Es muy interesante porque muestra la etiqueta, que es muy importante ahora que es una nación en decadencia como cuando fue un imperio. Hay muy pocos británicos, incluidas las clases bajas, que no sueñen con un titulo nobiliario o recibir una condecoración que les convierta en caballeros.

David Buttress, who hails from Cwmbran in South Wales, joined JUST EAT in March 2006 to launch its UK business, and was appointed CEO in January 2013. David led JUST EAT in the UK from startup to becoming Europe's largest technology IPO in a decade. JUST EAT has over 67,000 restaurant partners and 100+ cuisine types available to over 17 million customers worldwide.David is now a Partner at 83North – a global venture capital firm with offices in Israel and London.Described as one of UK's standout entrepreneurs of the last decade, David got a taste for delivery-based businesses when he created his own newspaper-delivering service at the age of 11.David holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Law and Business from Middlesex University Business School and an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Entrepreneurship.In 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 David was named Debrett's 500 Most Influential People in Britain. Named by Glassdoor as one of the UK's Top 5 CEO's 2015 and 2016. In 2014, 2015 and 2016 David was named London Evening Standard 'Progress 1000' London's 1000.Listen in to find out more about leaving corporate, taking a startup to IPO and exiting a business.Find out more about David Buttress via: LinkedIn and Twitter. A new episode EVERY WEEK, showcasing the journeys of inspirational entrepreneurs, side hustlers and their mentors. We discuss their successes, challenges and how they overcame setbacks. Focusing mainly on what they wish they had known when starting out. The podcast aims to give aspiring entrepreneurs the confidence to START UP and START NOW by showcasing real and relatable entrepreneurs. After all, seeing is believing! Join the conversation using #startupstartnow and tagging us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Don't forget to leave a review as it really helps us reach those who need it and allows us to get the best guests for you! Connect with START UP. START NOW. and to nominate a guest please visit: www.startupstartnow.co.uk.  To connect with Sharena Shiv please visit: www.sharena.co.uk.

Today, I'm having a GAS with Laura Jordan Bambach, President & Chief Creative Officer at Grey London. Laura is also founder of SheSays & Oko, a speaker, author and artist. An award-winning creative with a long history of innovative commercial work, Laura is a firm believer in the power of creativity to make positive change. In her role at Grey London, she leads one of WPP's most creative agencies. Under her stewardship as founder and CCO, creative agency Mr. President was awarded Agency of the Year by The Drum and AdAge, and independent agency of the year in Campaign. One of the world's few female Chief Creative Officers, she is former president of D&AD, has recently been named one of Britain's most influential people within the Debrett's 500 annual list for the second year running, scooped up Individual of the Year at the Dadi Awards and been awarded an honorary doctorate for her services to graphic design from University of the Arts London (Norwich). In 2018 she received the Alumni Award for Art and Culture from the University of New South Wales. She was one of BBC's 100 Women in 2018. Laura is also a co-founder of SheSays, a global volunteer network which works to get more women into the creative industries. With over 40,000 members operating in 43 cities worldwide SheSays includes mentoring, events and the annual VOWSS showcase of the best film work made my women around the globe. She is also a co-founder of The Great British Diversity Experiment, the largest practical experiment in diversity and its contribution to commercial creative practice. She lectures around the world extensively and has been invited to be part of the Facebook Global Creative Council, a think tank to help steer the future of social media. She has been a jury member or chairman on many prestigious industry awards including D&AD, Cannes Lions, ANDYS, The British Arrows, Campaign Big Awards and Creative Circle. Laura continues her arts practice exploring areas of identity and gender; and is also a trained taxidermist.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today's show we take your questions on indicating who's paying the bill, throwing a housewarming party for someone else, someone who never brings a dish to a party, and an uncomfortable play date. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about asking people to stop apologizing. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on Debrett's Etiquette.

Could it take over a year for King Charles III to appear on our money? And do Australians really want Steve Irwin on their dollar notes? Looking at King Charles's accession process, Lucy Hume from Debrett's explains what happens now, and how the King might wield his power as monard. Plus Dominic Chorney, a coin expert from Baldwin's explains how our currency will change, and what other commonwealth countries might do with their money. In this episode:What does the accession process look like?Will King Charles dabble in politics?How long will it take for stamps, money and royal signage to change?When will money featuring Queen Elizabeth go out of circulation?What will the new King's portrait look like?Is Steve Irwin a contender to feature on Australian Dollars?Follow us on Twitter #TheLeaderPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Watch Video Version HERE: https://youtu.be/YLA9RAOLKbI   Lesley recently had the privilege of sharing in conversation with internationally acclaimed Leadership Expert, Dr. Lynne Sedgmore. Lynne has spent her life working to master the skills of leadership and share them forward to the women around her and those with whom she can have influence. She generously shares many of the insights, which any listener in the business world will benefit from, that she developed through her decades in business and organizational leadership. A radical role model who has challenged the patriarchy long before it was commonly acceptable in the business world, she produced positive in the trajectories of each of the companies and organizations she headed. A cornerstone of Lynne's success is her understanding of the essential nature of fluid communication founded in emotional intelligence. Lynne shares a valuable overview to the power of establishing and communicating clear values, maintaining a ‘no blame' culture, and sustaining 360̊ feedback processes. She also reveals how her new program, based on her recently released book, Goddess Luminary Leadership Wheel, is finding a quickly expanding audience due to Lynne's grounded, thorough, and actionable approaches that speak to women who have been looking for a new entrance point to the next level of their own leadership genius.    BIO Dr. Lynne Sedgmore is Chair of the Glastonbury Town Deal, leading an investment of nearly £25 million for the town. She is a certified coach and organisational/community consultant working freelance with CEOs, Chairs, senior leaders and teams from the education, faith, charity, health, community, sport and private sectors. She also sits on the boards of Glaston Centre, The Centre for Responsible Leadership USA and the international IAMSR. . She chaired the UK Interfaith Foundation and was a trustee of Anne Frank UK.   She held 3 Chief Executive roles within Further Education in the UK for 17 years and has been a non Executive Director on over 25 Boards. Her previous roles include CEO of the 157 Group National Policy think-tank of FE Colleges with a combined budget of £1.5 billion, CEO of the Centre for Excellence in Leadership (CEL), Principal of Guildford College and Head of Croydon Business School. She was a member of the 2009 Prime Minister's UK wide national review of public sector leadership. She has worked in 10 different countries to develop leadership.   Lynne specialises in fostering high performing and self-aware leaders. She combines academic rigour and practical organisational experience as a CEO, alongside powerful insight, emotional intelligence, rapport and the ability to be deeply present to individual and organisational needs. She has an MSc in Change Agent Skills and Strategies and a Doctorate in Leadership of High Spirited, High Performing Cultures.   Her organisations have won numerous national and international awards including the International Spirit at Work Award, the British Diversity Award. She was awarded the CBE in 2004 for services to Further Education and was named one of the Debrett's 500 most influential people in the UK in 2015. In 2016 she was named one of the UK "100 women of Spirit".   She founded the Goddess Luminary Leadership Wheel teachings and authored the Goddess Luminary Leadership Wheel book in 2021. She is a published poet, Priestess of Avalon and ordained Interfaith Minister with One Spirit UK.   Lynne is a mother, stepmother and grandmother and loves exploring different cultures and spiritualities.   Website: https://www.lynnesedgmore.co.uk/V Preferred contact information: lynne.sedgmore@gmail.com Book Links:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/LynneSedgmore/e/B09MS7185X/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-lynne-sedgmore-cbe-b10553211/

Named by Debrett's as one of Britain's 500 most influential people, Darren Westlake is co-founder and CEO of Crowdcube, the pioneer and leader of the equity crowdfunding industry.Inspired by his own experiences as an entrepreneur raising finance, Darren's idea for Crowdcube was driven by the ambition to democratise investment and diversify the sources of funding available to businesses.Since launching Crowdcube in 2011 with co-founder Luke Lang, Darren has helped establish Crowdcube as a mainstream funding option for ambitious startups and growth-stage businesses, such as Monzo, Revolut, CityMapper, Pip & Nut, Mr & Mrs Smith, what3words and Freetrade. To date, Crowdcube has helped more than 1,300 companies successfully fundraise. With more than 1.3bn members, a total of £1bn has been invested on the platform to date.Today, Darren is leading the company's vision to create a world where everyone has a share in business.Connect with Darren Westlake via: LinkedIn.Find out more about Crowdcube via: website, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.A new episode EVERY WEEK, showcasing the journeys of inspirational entrepreneurs, side hustlers and their mentors. We discuss their successes, challenges and how they overcame setbacks. Focusing mainly on what they wish they had known when starting out. The podcast aims to give aspiring entrepreneurs the confidence to START UP and START NOW by showcasing real and relatable entrepreneurs. After all, seeing is believing!Join the conversation using #startupstartnow and tagging us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Don't forget to leave a review as it really helps us reach those who need it and allows us to get the best guests for you! Connect with START UP. START NOW. and to nominate a guest please visit: www.startupstartnow.co.uk.  To connect with Sharena Shiv please visit: www.sharena.co.uk.

Kate [f26] and Edwina [f21] Sharma are freshly arrived from India to launch Edwina into society and land her a wealthy and doting husband. Just so happens that Anthony [m30ish] is both wealthy and wanting - though the ‘doting' will have to take a backseat to the practical, pleasant marriage that he has planned. Still, no reason why he and Edwina can't make a real go of it…if only Kate will offer her approval. It's Bridgerton S2, and Anthony is about to be handed his ass… This episode of What Would Danbury Do? is brought to you by Unstable, the latest romantic suspense from Alexandra Ivy, from Kensington Books. You can find out more about Unstable and the rest of the series on Alexandra's website here: alexandraivy.com Featuring: - A somewhat disastrous debut - Anthony making plans - *The* diamond - A tiny, little, very miniscule, basically token nod to class consciousness - The growth and evolution of Penelope Featherington - The growth and evolution of Anthony Bridgerton Lady Danbury making plans - Kate making plans - We're making art, we're getting high, and we're fucking Here are is the media we talk about in this episode: - Bridgerton, Season One - Bridgerton Prequel show - Stay Away, by Nirvana - A Vindication of the Rights of Women, by Mary Wollstonecraft - Ever After, a film - Pride & Prejudice, 1995 television mini-series - Pride & Prejudice, 2005 film - Material Girl, by Madonna - Debrett's many publications, including Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage - The Viscount Who Loved Me, by Julia Quinn - An Offer from a Gentleman, by Julia Quinn Diamonds, by Rihanna - Twilight, a film - A Spark of White Fire, by Sangu Mandanna - Clueless, a film This episode in What Would Danbury Do, Lady Danbury receives a missive from Esmae, the protagonist of A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna. You can find out more about A Spark of White Fire here. If you would like to send us a What Would Danbury Do, simply record a voice memo on your phone with the letter and send it to us at bridgertonpod@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you and can't wait to offer up some Danbury advice to help other romance characters on their rocky road to true love. Don't forget you can find us on twitter and facebook @bridgertonpod and instagram @wwddpod and join the conversation using the hashtag #WWDDpod. You can also leave us a rating or review on your favourite podcast provider. Leaving a review will make your hair full and bouncy. This episode was recorded on the traditional and unceded land of the Gadigal, Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people and edited by Rudi Bremer on Gadigal country. What Would Danbury Do is a proud member of Frolic Media. You can find great romance content and other fantastic podcasts by visiting the Frolic site.

Laura Jordan Bambach is the President and Chief Creative Officer at GreyIn this episode Laura talks about how to have difficult conversations as a leader, and the importance of working as a collective, and not doing it all on your own.She also shares her I Am Enough challenge, that she does daily to help her focus on the good, and all that she has achieved.Laura has enhanced the advertising industry through her fresh pioneering spirit, combining technical skill with her innate human understanding and passion for storytelling.She is also part of the OKO community, where mentors and mentees are supported to find their path to success. To find out more about how OKO can support your business, check out their website: Weareoko.comShe is recognised globally as an innovator and industry leader, has been twice named one of Britain's most influential people with a Debrett's 500 annual list, and was recognised as Individual of the Year at the Dadi awards.Laura is also honoured in campaign UK female frontier awards for championing change. And as a true champion of diversity, Laura is co-founder of The Great British Diversity Experiment, and co-founder of SheSays, the world famous volunteer network that works to encourage more women into the creative industry.In a nutshell - you want to listen to this episode, learn from her insights, and be inspired by her energy!Topics Covered Include:The value of having difficult conversationsHow we're all set at a dialWe're not here by accidentThe ‘I am enough' challengeYou don't have to do it on your own, we are a collectiveFollow Joanna Howes and The Change Creators: website: https://www.thechangecreators.comlinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/For Leadership and team coaching and training, you can message me at joanna.howes@thechangecreators.com and we can book a call. website: https://www.thechangecreators.com linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2kZ-x8fDHKEVb222qpQ_NQ

Can business and spirituality actually coexist? Join our host Michael Banks and guest Dr Lynne Sedgmore, a bold and courageous disrupter, as they delve into the intrigue and complexities of integrating spirituality into business and leadership. In her new book ‘Goddess Luminary Leadership Wheel: A Post Patriarchal Paradigm' she explores how the ‘sacred feminine' can inform business leadership. As a former CEO, advisor to the UK government, and board director of over twenty five organisations, Lynne Sedgmore has lived the challenges of integrating spirituality into business and leadership. She tells the story of trying to introduce love as a value into a business school twenty years ago and how that concluded. Lynne also discusses the value of exploring one's ‘shadow', and the ‘intersectionality' of pressures were under, in order to grow as a leader. Spirituality and business are two words you rarely see in the same sentence. On the surface, the two seem at odds with each other. However, this is not some New Age, airy-fairy concept but a journey into the future of leadership described by someone who has had a long career of success and getting things done in the real world. Are you curious as to how you can incorporate spirituality into your business practice? Listen this episode with Dr Lynne Sedgmore where she shares how spirituality can be a powerful management concept for leadership that the planet urgently needs. Biography Lynne is an executive coach, a non-executive board member, leadership advisor and author of ‘Goddess Luminary Leadership Wheel: A Post Patriarchal Paradigm'. She was awarded the CBE in 2004, was named one of Debrett's 500 most influential educators in the UK in 2015. Her organisations have won numerous national and international awards, including the International Spirit at Work Award. Lynne held 3 Chief Executive roles within Further Education in the UK over 17 years. She is an experienced board member - having held 25 non-executive posts. She was a member of the UK Prime Minister's national review of public sector leadership and advisor to the 11 UK Leadership Academies. Lynne has chaired and sat on numerous national, academic and Ministerial public sector committees and advisory groups. Lynne's previous leadership roles include Chief Executive of the157 National Policy Think-tank, Chief Executive of the Centre for Excellence in Leadership (CEL), Principal of Guildford College and Head of Croydon Business School. CEL developed over 40,000 leaders. She is also a published poet, an ordained interfaith Minister and Priestess.

Former VP EMEA at Twitter, now #1 bestselling author and workplace culture expert, Bruce Daisley joins us for a riveting episode, in which we discuss workplace culture and the theme of his new book: Resilience. In his book, “The Joy of Work”, he outlines 30 ways in which we can fix our work culture and fall in love with our jobs again – it was the UK's bestselling business hardback in 2019, and he's also the host of the unmissable business podcast – Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat. From a young graduate who got his first break by mailing a cartoon resume of his life to prospective employers, to running a renowned tech-giant, Bruce shares his fascinating experience and some of the invaluable insights he has learned along the way. Bruce was named one of The Evening Standard's most influential Londoners for 4 years, one of Debrett's 500 most influential people in Britain, and “Campaign” asserted he's one of the most talented people in media. This is truly an episode not to be missed. Enjoy!  Newsletter: https://makeworkbetter.substack.com/  Book: https://eatsleepworkrepeat.com/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/brucedaisley?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor 

(This is a replay of an old episode from 2018. My book The Multi-Hyphen Method had just come out, and Bruce's book The Joy Of Work).Bruce Daisley is the former European Vice-President at Twitter and host of the business podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat. He has been one of the Evening Standard's 1,000 Most Influential Londoners for four years and is one of Debrett's 500 Most Influential People in Britain and according to Campaign magazine Bruce is ‘one of the most talented people in media'. He is the author of 'The Joy Of Work: 30 Ways to Fix Your Work Culture and Fall in Love with Your Job Again' and writes a newsletter on Substack called Eat Sleep Work Repeat.He is obsessed with making work better. He's dedicated his last few years to chatting to the leading experts in workplace culture - and using evidence to find a way to improving it.It's a practical, uplifting, helpful book all about making the workplace a bit better, which is important considering we spend so much time there.- We mention this piece "Why ‘Do What You Love' Is Pernicious Advice: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/08/do-what-you-love-work-myth-culture/399599/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this interview, you'll learn how Logan Naidu built one of the fastest-growing recruitment companies in the UK based on a core set of corporate values: Excellence, Partnership, Knowledge, Diversity and Kindness. You'll also hear Logan's amazing story of resilience and how being diagnosed with cancer at age 31 was the catalyst for a significant change in the trajectory of his recruiting career.  Plus he shares his insights on learning and development, assessing culture fit, and successful business models. Named by The Sunday Times as one of Britain's 500 most influential people, Logan is the founder and CEO of Dartmouth Partners. Over the last 8 years, they've grown from a start-up to one of the UK's fastest-growing recruitment companies, have received private equity backing, and made their first acquisition, Pure search.  Today the group operates as a multi-brand, multi-niche player, 180 employees across 5 Geographies and are listed as FT1000 fastest growing companies in Europe and are set for tremendous continued growth over the coming year. Episode Outline and Highlights [2:05] Logan's amazing story of resilience and source of motivation. [13:22] The ‘Classroom to Boardroom' model. [17:32] Logan's approach to assessing culture fit. [22:30] Success as a Billing Manager - how Logan was able to balance making placements, training a team, and running a business. [27:34] Should the top biller always be promoted to a leadership role? Hear Logan's deciding factors. [30:52] Kindness as a corporate value? Hear the two aspects of how kindness can be applied in the context of a recruitment business. [35:37] Unlocking real sustainable growth with learning and development - Dartmouth's world-class aspirations. [46:21] Scaling your business - Logan shared his experience on the constraints and how he overcame them. Million Pound per Year Biller  I asked Logan why he left the first business that he co-founded.  He explained that despite being a million-pound biller for two consecutive years, certain life-changing events made him redefine his purpose and ultimately led to some business decisions.  I can't help but be astounded and inspired by Logan as he shared his journey. At the age of 31, he experienced three life-changing events - getting married, being diagnosed with cancer a day before their first anniversary, and having a child six months after being diagnosed.  These combined experiences made him realize that although he'd been successful as a big biller in a small boutique, “Life is super short … I don't want this to be the rest of my working career.” From a personal development perspective, he was more motivated by “business” than by “billing” and wanted to grow a large business. This ambition wasn't shared by his partners at the time who were happy running a boutique, so he exited his first company to launch Dartmouth Partners. Kindness as a Corporate Value Dartmouth Partners corporate values are Excellence, Partnership, Knowledge, Diversity and Kindness. The one that jumped out to me from this list is ‘kindness.' I can't remember seeing this word in a recruitment company's values statement before. Yet it's one that resonates with me personally. So what does kindness mean in the context of a recruitment business? Logan explained how kindness could be applied in the way we treat others both external and internal. From an external point of view, Logan elaborated, “Listening to them [candidates] and taking them seriously is really important. I think we forget that in the industry because we think about deals and transactions but this is, fundamentally, a very human job and that's a real privilege. Actually, you get to know your candidates really well, a lot of them become friends over time and they really trust you.” On an internal relevance, kindness is definitely needed when dealing with your team. “The bit internally, I think talking to people and ultimately treating them in a grown-up manner. Recruitment companies tend to go down the route of micro-management and KPIs. But actually, if we hire bright, good, hard-working people and train them in the right way, you can give them an awful lot of freedom. You don't need to micro-manage them.” Logan Naidu Bio and Contact Info Logan is the founder and CEO of Dartmouth Partners. He has a notable track record in recruiting across financial services but with a particular focus on M&A and Private Equity. While running the firm from a strategic perspective, Logan uses his recruitment expertise to guide consultants in the execution of roles. He continues to work on the delivery of more senior advisory and investment mandates. Logan studied to Masters level at the University of Birmingham before entering the City in 2000. He began his career at JPMorgan and PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Corporate Finance. Logan co-founded the Cornell Partnership in 2005 before leading a successful exit of the financial services and graduate business to form what is now Dartmouth. Logan has a desire for individuals and businesses to work together to mutually flourish and to enjoy shared success and this is reflected internally at Dartmouth. Dartmouth's success is partly due to Logan's drive to succeed. It has also been recognised in numerous industry accolades: Debrett's People of Today (2017) The Sunday Times as one of Britain's 500 most influential people (2016) Shortlisted as Recruitment Entrepreneur of the Year and GB Entrepreneur of the Year in the services industry (2015) Growing Business “Young Gun” Awards (2013) Outside of Dartmouth, Logan is a trustee of Thrive Youth Trust, the partner charity to Thrive In Work, a social enterprise enabling young people to gain employment. A committed Christian, he is the father of three noisy children, husband to one ever-supportive wife and a serious tennis and fitness nut. Logan on LinkedIn Dartmouth Partners website link Connect with Mark Whitby Get your FREE 30-minute strategy call Mark on LinkedIn Mark on Twitter: @MarkWhitby Mark on Facebook Mark on Instagram: @RecruitmentCoach Subscribe to The Resilient Recruiter

Sign up to our newsletter for more in-depth insights | Follow us on LinkedIn Peter Harrison, included in Debrett's 500 most influential people, starts by describing a rebellious youth that led him to reject his family's wish to study Theology at Oxbridge and instead to make a decision to go to Bath University to study Business in the 1980s. From there he talks of his first job at Schroders, working as an analyst, and further experiences he had at Newton, Flemings, Deutsche Asset Management and then a start-up, RWC.  Peter describes their merger with Schroders and his ascent to CEO, and the journey from managing money to managing an investment business. The conversation moves to him talking about the compelling opportunities in Global Asset Management, contrary to some gloomy commentaries that we often read. He talks of the shift to managing money to solve problems and not simply to be benchmarked, and the evolution of active and passive strategies. He describes Schroder's vision of serving the individual customer, both affluent and high net worth, with the help of more electronic applications, a wider public and private offering and trying to help them avoid classic pitfalls of poor timing in entering and exiting the market. He also explains why although he thinks ESG must be embedded in your investment process, it will morph into a more coherent drive for impact investing.  Peter also gives his thoughts on the growth of private equity, and the challenge facing stock markets buffeted by weighty regulation and diminished liquidity. He then discusses advice for the young thinking about future career, and some of the characteristics he looks for in potential hires.

In this week’s podcast, we talk to The Spectator's editor Fraser Nelson and associate editor Douglas Murray about the challenges facing a freshly re-elected SNP. What next for Nicola Sturgeon - full steam ahead for IndyRef2? Or have neither Scotland or Number 10 the bottle for an all-out battle for independence? [01:02] ‘When you look at the practicalities, the case for independence really does fall. Nicola Sturgeon is selling it in the abstract: “Do you feel Scottish”?’ - Fraser Nelson Meanwhile in matters of social etiquette, the new post-pandemic era looms, complete with new modes of social interactions and conversational topics. In this week’s magazine, Rachel Johnson lays down the new laws of conversational topics - sex, art and travel is fine; kids, vaccines and masks are most definitely not. She joins us now, along with Lucy Hume, from that venerable arbiter of taste and decorum, Debrett’s, for some ideas for the upcoming social summer. [12:25] 'I sometimes got emails from people, during lockdown, saying, I’m on my way to my second house, can you confirm this is legal or not, as if I was the ultimate arbiter of the crazy compliance and Covid restrictions!' - Rachel Johnson Finally, as the government announces its plans to introduce new asset thresholds for households seeking healthcare in old age, Leo McKinstry writes in The Spectator this week of his irritation with middle-class homeowners scandalised at the prospect of selling their homes to finance healthcare in their old age. Should this be a cost collectively borne by the taxpayer or should those with ample assets simply bear the brunt of the cost? Will Heaven, Director of Policy and Communications at the Policy Exchange think tank, joins us to argue the point. [23:00] 'I think if you were to tell most 40-year olds that you’re going to pay one penny extra on income tax over the course of your career but you’re never going to have to worry about high social care costs and parents and grandparents, they’d probably go for it' - Will Heaven. Presented by Lara Prendergast Produced by Arsalan Mohammad and Sam Russell

In this week's podcast, we talk to The Spectator's editor Fraser Nelson and associate editor Douglas Murray about the challenges facing a freshly re-elected SNP. What next for Nicola Sturgeon - full steam ahead for IndyRef2? Or have neither Scotland or Number 10 the bottle for an all-out battle for independence? [01:02] ‘When you look at the practicalities, the case for independence really does fall. Nicola Sturgeon is selling it in the abstract: “Do you feel Scottish”?' - Fraser Nelson Meanwhile in matters of social etiquette, the new post-pandemic era looms, complete with new modes of social interactions and conversational topics. In this week's magazine, Rachel Johnson lays down the new laws of conversational topics - sex, art and travel is fine; kids, vaccines and masks are most definitely not. She joins us now, along with Lucy Hume, from that venerable arbiter of taste and decorum, Debrett's, for some ideas for the upcoming social summer. [12:25] 'I sometimes got emails from people, during lockdown, saying, I'm on my way to my second house, can you confirm this is legal or not, as if I was the ultimate arbiter of the crazy compliance and Covid restrictions!' - Rachel Johnson Finally, as the government announces its plans to introduce new asset thresholds for households seeking healthcare in old age, Leo McKinstry writes in The Spectator this week of his irritation with middle-class homeowners scandalised at the prospect of selling their homes to finance healthcare in their old age. Should this be a cost collectively borne by the taxpayer or should those with ample assets simply bear the brunt of the cost? Will Heaven, Director of Policy and Communications at the Policy Exchange think tank, joins us to argue the point. [23:00] 'I think if you were to tell most 40-year olds that you're going to pay one penny extra on income tax over the course of your career but you're never going to have to worry about high social care costs and parents and grandparents, they'd probably go for it' - Will Heaven. Presented by Lara Prendergast. Produced by Arsalan Mohammad and Sam Russell.

Bruce Daisley is one of the world’s most influential voices on fixing workplace culture and a former VP at Twitter.Bruce Daisley spent over a decade as a top executive at Twitter, YouTube and Google for Europe, leaving Twitter as its most senior leader outside of the US.Bruce’s highly acclaimed book, The Joy of Work: 30 Ways to Fix Your Work Culture and Fall in Love with Your Job Again, offers a fascinating and data-tested insight into what ‘work’ and ‘office culture’ now looks-like in the 21st century, as well as advising how all levels of staff within organisations can build a more motivating and productive workplace culture. The book went on to become the UK’s bestselling business hardback of 2019, being translated into 13 languages and long-listed for Business Book of the Year 2020 and CMI Management Book of the Year 2020.His literary and business successes have culminated in Bruce being named one of the Evening Standard’s 1000 Most Influential Londoners and one of Debrett’s 500 Most Influential People in Britain. At the CBI Annual Conference, he was voted the top-rated speaker, having shared the stage with the Prime Minister and Jeremy Corbyn.Alongside his literary pursuits, Bruce hosts and runs the ‘Eat Sleep Work Repeat’ podcast on workplace culture which has reached #1 spot on the Apple Business Podcast Chart. He now devotes his time to championing reforms to culture in the workplace.He is also a published writer in the Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal & The Guardian.This weeks topics:- Your take on this new remote working culture?- What causes burn out?- What kills and causes creativity- How do I know when to quit?- Childhood trauma in the elite- The Trump Twitter ban - Where does social media go from here?- Whats next for you to keep joy in your work?- Whats the one thing you'd do to make work enjoyable for everyone?Bruce:https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucedaisleyhttps://twitter.com/brucedaisleyMy book pre-order: (UK, US, AUS, NZ Link) - http://hyperurl.co/xenkw2 (EU & Rest of the World Link) https://www.bookdepository.com/Happy-Sexy-Millionaire-Steven-Bartlett/9781529301496?ref=grid-view&qid=1610300058833&sr=1-2 Sponsor:https://uk.huel.com/https://www.fiverr.com/ceo

We learn manners from Lucy Hume of UK etiquette institution Debrett’s. Plus: Simon Freeman from running title ‘Like The Wind’ and Rachel Arthur from ‘Boom Saloon’ magazine.

In our very first episode of Grilling, Simon is joined by the one-and-only Nadiya Hussain. Nadiya rose to fame after winning The Great British Bake Off in 2015 - who can forget her Big Fat British Wedding cake? - and has since gone on to become a hugely popular TV presenter and author. In 2017, she was named by Debrett's as one of the 500 most influential people in the UK, which is quite the meteoric rise from her humble Luton origins. It's been an extraordinary journey. As they explore Nadiya's passion for food, she and Simon discuss the influence of her Bangladeshi origins on her cooking, her battles with mental health, and the pressures of being a role model as a Muslim woman. She also takes up our barbecue recipe challenge, and reveals her hidden gem of a foodie establishment - which can be found in Leeds market and sounds absolutely sensational!We're also giving away a state of the art Weber Grill in every single episode. For your chance to win, enter at weber.com/grilling. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sign up to our newsletter for more in-depth insights | Follow us on LinkedIn Today is a first for us, to welcome both a Grande Chancellerie de la legion d'honneur (the highest French decoration to reward the most deserving citizens) and a KBE (Knight of the British Empire, 2015). Sir Xavier Rolet was listed in Harvard's 2017 Business Review as one of the best 100 CEOs in the world, recorded in Debrett's as one of the most influential people in finance, was a former Member of PM Cameron's business advisory group, and previous head of the London Stock Exchange. He describes a career in finance that began with a decade at Goldman Sachs which in turn prepared him to run the European Equity and risk businesses for several major financial institutions. In addition, having been CEO of Lehman Bros France, he offers his views on the reasons for Lehman's ultimate collapse. Xavier shares his thoughts on the imperative to encourage technology and innovation for those managing businesses and making boardroom appointments, and why he believes Europe's addiction to debt finance, and discouragement of equity finance has exacerbated its transition to the slow lane of global growth. He talks about the reorientation he undertook whilst CEO of the London Stock Exchange and the succession of transformatory deals which he engineered, propelling the value of the company from under £1 billion to £14 billion in just 9 years. He goes into a detailed explanation of why “the only asset that creates wealth is equities”, why boardrooms are filled with people ill versed in technology and innovation, and why France along with other European countries have failed to grasp the opportunity to develop the Googles and Amazons of Europe. He then discusses why London has a good chance of retaining its pre-eminence as a financial centre, notwithstanding Brexit, because of its global reach in multiple areas of finance. The conversation switches to wine as he discusses Chene Bleu the Super-Rhone he and his wife own in ChateauNeuf du Pape, their top to bottom organic approach and processes, and the challenge for wine makers facing climate change. He talks about racing the Paris-Dakar rally, provides unconventional advice for the young to back innovators, not join mainstream firms and the opportunities that exist in a fragmented but exciting world. This show is full of gems – Formidable!  

Welcome to the fifth episode of The Making Of... from The Female Lead.  Our guest this week is the FGM campaigner and author, Nimco Ali. As a survivor of FGM herself, for over 10 years Nimco has been fighting to end this practice throughout the world. She is CEO of the Five Foundation and she has just been appointed as an independent government adviser tackling violence against women and girls. In 2019 she also published her first book What We're Told Not To Talk About (But We're Going To Anyway).  Our conversation covered many tough topics like FGM and violence against women, as well as race, privilege and coming to terms with the past. It was an emotional conversation at times and we were honoured to experience Nimco's total honesty and willingness to share.  We recorded the interview over zoom, at the height of lockdown, so please bear with us as some bits may sound a little wobbly.  * Nimco Ali OBE is a Somali British social activist and writer. She co-founded Daughters of Eve, a non-profit organisation which works to protect girls and young women who are at risk from female genital mutilation (FGM), in 2010 and The Five Foundation, which leverages resources for front line activists, in 2019. Nimco has helped to position FGM as a central issue in ending violence against women and girls. Her professional experience has included working for counter-terrorism within the civil service, supporting the rights of girls in the UK as part of Girlguiding UK and as network lead on The Girl Generation, the DfID-funded anti-FGM social change communications initiative. She is also a leading commentator in international media on the rights of girls and women – particularly surrounding FGM and related issues. In 2014, she was awarded Red Magazine's Woman of the Year award, and placed at No 6 on the Woman's Hour Power List. Most recently she was named by the Sunday Times as one of Debrett's 500 most influential people in Britain, as well one of the Evening Standard‘s 1000 most powerful and BBC's 100 Women 2018. * The Making Of is hosted by Bea Appleby and is edited by Lauren Lind. The production is brought to you by The Female Lead and the whole series is very kindly sponsored by Missoma

Image of Simon taken in the Directors’ Dining Room at St James’s Street. Image Credit Jamie Coreth (the artist) Simon Berry joined Berry Bros. & Rudd - representing the seventh generation of his family to do so - in 1977. He became Marketing Director in 1987, was elected to the Board in 1994, and was appointed Chairman in January 2005. He retired on his 60th Birthday in November 2017. He spent two years working in France for various wine producers before joining the company, including Moët & Chandon in Champagne, M. Chapoutier in the Rhone, Ch. Mouton-Rothschild in Bordeaux, and Prosper Maufoux in Burgundy. Simon was awarded the Wine & Spirit Education Trust Diploma in 1979 and the Diploma of the British Institute of Marketing in 1983, and in 2003 graduated from the Owner President Management Executive Education program of Harvard Business School. He is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Vintners, a member of the Académie du Champagne, and a Chevalier du Tastevin in Burgundy. He served on the Executive of the Wine & Spirits Trade Benevolent Society, and was Chairman of the Benevolent in 2008. He was a Council Member of RADA, on the Board of RADA in Business, and Chairman of the RADA Development Board. He was appointed Clerk of the Royal Cellars in 2008, and was the holder of the Royal Warrant of Appointment as wine merchant to HRH the Prince of Wales and HM the Queen. For many years he was a regular feature on the Decanter Power List – the fifty most influential people in the wine world. Simon’s main area of responsibility at Berry Bros. & Rudd was marketing, and the development of new projects for the Wine Division. Examples include the establishment of the company’s Duty Free wine shops at Heathrow’s Terminals Three and Four – the first instances of a specialist wine merchant operating such outlets in the world. These shops won the coveted Duty Free Specialist Liquor Retailer of the Year in 1996, and Wine Magazine’s award for Retail Creativity in 2004. He was also instrumental in setting up Berrys’ Internet site (which won Wine Magazine’s Website of the Year eight of the nine years the award was made), and initiating BB&R Press, the company’s publishing arm. In 1999 he spent 6 months in Hong Kong, establishing the company’s first wine subsidiary in Asia, the Berry Bros. & Rudd Fine Wine Club. Simon has lectured on wine on many occasions, and to many institutions throughout the world, including Oxford and Exeter Universities, Stowe, Woldingham, Wycombe Abbey School and Eton College, the British Embassy in Tokyo, the Chalke Valley History Festival and Harvard Business School. His articles have been published in several magazines, notably Vogue, Debrett’s International Collector, The Economist Review of the Year, The Financial Times and regularly in The Spectator. He has also contributed to many television and radio programmes, most recently How Britain was Built and Wine: the Firm.

Lucy Giles was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Transport in 1992 after studying at Exeter University. Regimental duty in the newly formed Royal Logistic Corps included postings within Germany, UK and South Africa with deployments to Bosnia (1994, 1997, 1999), East Timor and Sierra Leone. She commanded 47 Air Despatch Squadron, enabling operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, followed by an appointment as an instructor at the Joint Services Command and Staff College. As Commander of New College at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst she received an entry into Debrett’s People of the Day, and won the inaugural Defence ‘Inspirational’ and ‘Woman of the Year’ awards. She is an ambassador for First Women UK and is part of the Girls School Association teachers’ mentoring programme. She was awarded an honorary doctorate from Exeter University in 2017 for services to the military. Married to Nick and mum to Jess (16) and Alex (12) she is President of the Army Officer Selection Board in Westbury.Top Tip: Be comfortable in your own skin, get the small things right and never stop learning!#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Stay focused on the truth, even if you don't like them" ~ Prof. De Kai De Kai is an American activist, musician, professor of Computer Science and Engineering at HKUST, and Distinguished Research Scholar at Berkeley's International Computer Science Institute. He is among only 17 scientists named Founding Fellow by the Association for Computational Linguistics, for his pioneering contributions to machine learning foundations of machine translation that led to the Google/Microsoft/Yahoo/etc translators. De Kai was recruited as founding faculty of the University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong directly from UC Berkeley, where his Ph.D. thesis was one of the first to argue for the paradigm shift toward machine learning-based natural language processing. He holds a Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA and a BS in Computer Engineering (Phi Beta Kappa, cum laude, Revelle College honors) from UCSD. For his work on AI, machine learning, machine translation, natural language processing, music technology, computational creativity, Debrett's HK 100 recognized De Kai as one of the 100 most influential figures of Hong Kong. For his work on AI ethics and society, De Kai was one of eight inaugural members selected by Google in 2019 for its AI ethics council. Dedicated to intercultural understanding, he created the HK-based world music collective ReOrientate and has spoken and performed for many TEDx, media, and other international venues. Fun fact: If you have ever used google translate; you got De Kai to thank for that. Connect with De Kai: AI ethics & society http://dek.ai Music & culture http://dekai.org Facebook http://fb.com/dekai1 His social media handle: @dekai123 If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping us get to a new listener. For show notes and past guests, please visit https://www.christopherategeka.com/gratitribe Become a patron and support our creative work: https://www.patreon.com/chrisategeka Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please send us some love here https://www.christopherategeka.com/contact Follow us on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisategeka Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/chrisategeka PODCAST Links / Handles / Contact info: Podcast Link: www.christopherategeka.com/gratitribe Instagram: @Gratitribe Twitter: @Gratitribe Facebook Page: Gratitribe Podcast Email / Contact info: Gratitribe@gmail.com Hashtags: #gratitribe #gratitude #podcast #podcastsofinstagram #chrisategeka --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/christopher-ategeka/support

What do you do if you meet the Queen? When do you need to curtsy? How do titles work? And what should you do if you break the Queen's china?!Debrett's is the bible of etiquette, so Pod Save The Queen host Ann Gripper called in an expert to answer listeners' questions. In an interview recorded early in lockdown, Rupert Wesson tackles your questions and reflects on changing etiquette in modern society, greetings in a pandemic, how to behave on social media - and his own brushes with royalty during his time with the military.

In this interview De Kai talks about Artificial Intelligence from his cross-disciplinary perspective. We talk about the meaning of creativity, consciousness and mindfullness for modern AI, various misconceptions about modern AI and whether it is still programmable in the classical sense at all, about AI ethics and what AI means for us as a society, humanity and our future.About De KaiDe Kai is Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at HKUST and Distinguished Research Scholar at Berkeley's International Computer Science Institute. He is among only 17 scientists named Founding Fellow by the Association for Computational Linguistics, for his pioneering contributions to machine learning foundations of machine translation that led to the Google/Microsoft/Yahoo/etc translators. De Kai was recruited as founding faculty of the University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong directly from UC Berkeley, where his PhD thesis was one of the first to argue for the paradigm shift toward machine learning based natural language processing. He holds a Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA and a BS in Computer Engineering (Phi Beta Kappa, cum laude, Revelle College honors) from UCSD.For his work on AI, machine learning, machine translation, natural language processing, music technology, computational creativity, Debrett's HK 100 recognized De Kai as one of the 100 most influential figures of Hong Kong.For his work on AI ethics and society, De Kai was one of eight inaugural members selected by Google in 2019 for its AI ethics council.See http://dek.ai for details.De Kai’s LinksWebsite: http://dek.aiUniversal Masking Project: http://dek.ai/masks4allTwitter: @dekai123Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dekai1YouTube, 26 Apr 22, Visual simulations show why we all need to wear masks now https://youtu.be/yfeW2l8G_W4South China Morning Post, 25 May 2020, Coronavirus spread would dramatically drop if 80% of a population wore masks, AI researcher says https://www.scmp.com/video/coronavirus/3085971/coronavirus-spread-would-dramatically-drop-if-80-population-wore-masks-aiBoma COVID-19 Summit, 23 Mar 2020, The disastrous consequences of information disorder erupting around COVID-19: AI is preying upon our unconscious cognitive biases https://youtu.be/ZidC7oRd7PcTEDxChiangMai, Thailand, 7 Sep 2019, The Paradox of AI Ethics: Why Rule-based AI Ethics Will Fail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKPhvb_9tawTEDxOakland, California, 18 Nov 2018, Why AI is impossible without mindfulness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Sd2ZPPhv8TEDxKlagenfurt, Austria, 16 Jun 2018, Artificial Gossips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHyjSgCoNlwTEDxBlackRockCity, Nevada, 29 Aug 2017, Artificial Children (no video due to technical difficulties)TEDxZhujiangNewTown, Guangzhou, 14 Jan 2017 Why Meaningful AI is Musical https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzA4MDQwODE4MA==.html or https://v.qq.com/x/page/i05088lu78h.htmlTEDxBlackRockCity, Nevada, 31 Aug 2016 (no video due to technical difficulties)TEDxXi'Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/xerxesre)

In this interview De Kai talks about Artificial Intelligence from his cross-disciplinary perspective. We talk about the meaning of creativity, consciousness and mindfullness for modern AI, various misconceptions about modern AI and whether it is still programmable in the classical sense at all, about AI ethics and what AI means for us as a society, humanity and our future.About De KaiDe Kai is Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at HKUST and Distinguished Research Scholar at Berkeley's International Computer Science Institute. He is among only 17 scientists named Founding Fellow by the Association for Computational Linguistics, for his pioneering contributions to machine learning foundations of machine translation that led to the Google/Microsoft/Yahoo/etc translators. De Kai was recruited as founding faculty of the University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong directly from UC Berkeley, where his PhD thesis was one of the first to argue for the paradigm shift toward machine learning based natural language processing. He holds a Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA and a BS in Computer Engineering (Phi Beta Kappa, cum laude, Revelle College honors) from UCSD.For his work on AI, machine learning, machine translation, natural language processing, music technology, computational creativity, Debrett's HK 100 recognized De Kai as one of the 100 most influential figures of Hong Kong.For his work on AI ethics and society, De Kai was one of eight inaugural members selected by Google in 2019 for its AI ethics council.See http://dek.ai for details.De Kai’s LinksWebsite: http://dek.aiUniversal Masking Project: http://dek.ai/masks4allTwitter: @dekai123Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dekai1YouTube, 26 Apr 22, Visual simulations show why we all need to wear masks now https://youtu.be/yfeW2l8G_W4South China Morning Post, 25 May 2020, Coronavirus spread would dramatically drop if 80% of a population wore masks, AI researcher says https://www.scmp.com/video/coronavirus/3085971/coronavirus-spread-would-dramatically-drop-if-80-population-wore-masks-aiBoma COVID-19 Summit, 23 Mar 2020, The disastrous consequences of information disorder erupting around COVID-19: AI is preying upon our unconscious cognitive biases https://youtu.be/ZidC7oRd7PcTEDxChiangMai, Thailand, 7 Sep 2019, The Paradox of AI Ethics: Why Rule-based AI Ethics Will Fail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKPhvb_9tawTEDxOakland, California, 18 Nov 2018, Why AI is impossible without mindfulness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Sd2ZPPhv8TEDxKlagenfurt, Austria, 16 Jun 2018, Artificial Gossips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHyjSgCoNlwTEDxBlackRockCity, Nevada, 29 Aug 2017, Artificial Children (no video due to technical difficulties)TEDxZhujiangNewTown, Guangzhou, 14 Jan 2017 Why Meaningful AI is Musical https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzA4MDQwODE4MA==.html or https://v.qq.com/x/page/i05088lu78h.htmlTEDxBlackRockCity, Nevada, 31 Aug 2016 (no video due to technical difficulties)TEDxXi'Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/xerxesre)

Hi, my name is David Wetton and welcome to the Conscious Leadership Now Video Podcast The intent of this Podcast is to encourage you as a leader to embrace Conscious Leadership, by giving you access to some of the world’s leaders in the field of Conscious Leadership, both in practice and in thought. My guest today is Dr Lynne Sedgmore CBE. Lynne held 3 Chief Executive roles within Further Education in the UK for 17 years, including Executive Director of the 157 Group of FE Colleges and Chief Executive of the Centre for Excellence in Leadership (known as CEL). A book ‘Spiritual Leadership in Action’ has been written by Professor Jody Fry about her time at CEL with the subtitle ‘Achieving Extraordinary Results Through Ordinary People’ Link to 'Spiritual Leadership in Action': https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spiritual-Leadership-Advances-Workplace-Spirituality-ebook/dp/B01N312ROP/ Link to 'The Leaderful Way' by Dr Lynne Sedgmore CBE https://storage.googleapis.com/voyage-resources/Public/Thought%20Leadership%20Papers/The%20Leaderful%20Way.pdf Link to 'The Luminary Leaderful Way' by Dr Lynne Sedgmore CBE https://wheresthefinleadership.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/201910_Luminary_Leaderful_Way.pdf Link to The Goddess Luminary Wheel Liberating Leadership course, two year training with Dr Lynne Sedgmore CBE https://goddesstempleteachings.co.uk/goddessluminary/ Dr Lynne Sedgmore CBE's email address if you want to contact her is: lynne.sedgmore@gmail.com Lynne was awarded the CBE by the Queen, for services to education in 2004. She was named one of the Debrett's 500 most influential people in the UK in 2015 and one of the UK " 100 women of Spirit" in 2016. Her organisations have won numerous national and international awards including the International Spirit at Work Award. It’s important to note that all the organisations led by her have achieved outstanding results. Indeed these results have allowed her and given her license to be a pioneer in putting her ideas regarding Conscious Leadership into practice. Lynne was a member of the Prime Minister’s UK wide national review of public sector leadership 2009/10 and was advisor to the 11 National UK Leadership Academies. Lynne has chaired and sat on numerous national and Ministerial public sector committees and advisory groups. She truly has lived and embodied the journey of spirituality and embodied it in the workplace for all to see and experience. A truly Conscious Leader in my view. In 2015 Lynne retired from the role of CEO of the 157 Group of FE colleges. I say ‘retired’, because Lynne is currently a coach, founder of the Goddess Luminary Wheel teachings, Poet, Interfaith Minister, Priestess, healer, non executive, thought leader and Enneagram teacher. My heartfelt wish is that you leave this podcast feeling inspired, with ideas to take away and implement in your business or organisation, to make a real difference in our world. If you’ve enjoyed this Podcast and my approach to Conscious Leadership, then please know that I Help Aspiring Conscious Leaders develop Purpose-Led, High Performing Leadership Teams through 1:1 Coaching & Tailored Leadership Programmes. If you sense I can help you, then please look me up, David Wetton, on LinkedIn and let’s jump on a conversation together. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwetton/ I truly believe that Now is the Time for Conscious Leadership; and with all the inspiring, heartfelt work you, as viewers, are doing, I have no doubt that Conscious Leadership will become a thriving reality. …Making a difference for the greater good of All. So until next time, I’ll leave you with a blessing from John O’Donohue: ‘May the light of your soul bless the work you do with the secret love and warmth of your heart’ …And so it is

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Sign up to our newsletter for more in-depth insights | Follow us on LinkedIn Peter Harrison, included in Debrett's 500 most influential people, starts by describing a rebellious youth that led him to reject his family's wish to study Theology at Oxbridge and instead to make a decision to go to Bath University to study Business in the 1980s. From there he talks of his first job at Schroders, working as an analyst, and further experiences he had at Newton, Flemings, Deutsche Asset Management and then a start-up, RWC.  Peter describes their merger with Schroders and his ascent to CEO, and the journey from managing money to managing an investment business. The conversation moves to him talking about the compelling opportunities in Global Asset Management, contrary to some gloomy commentaries that we often read. He talks of the shift to managing money to solve problems and not simply to be benchmarked, and the evolution of active and passive strategies. He describes Schroder's vision of serving the individual customer, both affluent and high net worth, with the help of more electronic applications, a wider public and private offering and trying to help them avoid classic pitfalls of poor timing in entering and exiting the market. He also explains why although he thinks ESG must be embedded in your investment process, it will morph into a more coherent drive for impact investing.  Peter also gives his thoughts on the growth of private equity, and the challenge facing stock markets buffeted by weighty regulation and diminished liquidity. He then discusses advice for the young thinking about future career, and some of the characteristics he looks for in potential hires.

Our guest this week is Alexandra Marks CBE, Deputy High Court Judge and Retired Partner at Linklaters LLP. In this powerful discussion, we look at maternal instinct and whether pursuing a career impacts your maternal bond with your children. We talk about social expectations of mother's, as well as the realities of being a female partner with children at one of the most prestigious law firms in the country.Plus, Alexandra shares the best advice she has ever received and her top tips for managing workload. Alexandra is a mentor on our Leaders Plus Fellowship Programme and has previously been named one of Debrett’s 500 most influential people in Britain.

This talk was given at a #YesCymruTalks #SgwrsAnnibyniaeth event in Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tudful on 25 January 2020. David Buttress, who hails from Cwmbran, joined JUST EAT in March 2006 to launch its UK business, and was appointed CEO in January 2013. David led JUST EAT in the UK from startup to becoming Europe's largest technology IPO in a decade. In 2014, David was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the Investor Allstars Awards and he was also named as one of Britain's most influential people in the Debrett's 500 2015, 2016 and 2017. David Buttress was appointed the new chairman of Welsh rugby region the Dragons in September 2017. YesCymru: Yr ymgyrch dros annibyniaeth / The campaign for an independent Wales Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/YesCymru Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YesCymru Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/yescymru Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/YesCymru/ Website: https://www.yes.cymru

Olly Smith is a multi-award winning wine expert, TV personality, columnist and author. Celebrated for his infectious enthusiasm, his boundless knowledge, warmth and charismatic wit, Olly is honoured to be listed in Debrett’s 500 2015- the 500 people of most influence and achievement in the UK. Olly appears regularly on BBC1’s ‘Saturday Kitchen’ and as guest presenter for BBC Radio 2’s ‘Good Morning Sunday’. His bank holiday shows on BBC Radio 2 have taken him to Le Gavroche to interview and cook with Michel Roux Jnr, a Bank Holiday Barbecue with Levi Roots, and a Christmas feast with Nadiya Hussain. He is the Wine Columnist for the Mail on Sunday EVENT Magazine, one third of Three Wine Men and host of many live events around the country. He curates the wine list and wine taster dinners in his award winning bar The Glass House onboard P&O Cruises. His most recent series Olly Smith’s Ale Trail is currently broadcasting on Travel Channel.

It's a riot of celebrity news this week: Madonna, J-Lo and Brad n Leo's sarnie dates. Whole gang's here. Plus: Mark Ronson's sapiosexuality, Fleabag's Emmy sweep, Thomas Cook's crash and Justin Trudeau's blackface scandal. Also this week: we discuss male vs female vanity (klaxon: men look in the mirror more than women) and Debrett's etiquette guide for Facebook messenger. What does this (slightly hilarious) meeting of minds tell us about how desperately we need digital etiquette? We discuss online communication in the age of the constant feedback loop. We're going on tour and we want your stories! Send us your best yarns - funny, moving, shocking, riveting - to the e-mail address below.And for those of you who still want tickets to The High Low Experience - there are a few left for our Manchester show: www.faneproductions.com/our-shows/the-high-low-experienceE-mail thehighlowshow@gmail.comTweet @thehighlowshow LinksTalking To Strangers, by Malcolm GladwellState of the Union, on BBC iPlayerThe Red Hand Files: How Long Will I Be Alone: https://www.theredhandfiles.com/how-long-will-i-be-alone/On The Psychological Effect Of Living With Houseplants by Stephanie Bishop: https://www.lrb.co.uk/v41/n18/stephanie-bishop/on-the-psychological-effect-of-living-with-houseplantsWhy Back To Black is The Best Album of The 21st Century by Alexis Petridis: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/13/best-album-21st-century-amy-winehouse-back-to-blackJuno Dawson on The Beauty Podcast with Sali Hughes https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/transition-and-the-power-of-beauty-with-juno-dawson/id1473108312?i=1000448498677 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Josh Littlejohn MBE is a speaker, philanthropist, and one of the UK’s leading social entrepreneurs, having raised over £7 million for charity and significantly impacted the issue of homelessness in Scotland. In 2011 he set up The Scottish Business Awards, the largest awards dinner of its kind in the whole of the UK with past keynote speakers such as Sir Bob Geldof, Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney, Sir Richard Branson and former U.S. President, Bill Clinton. In 2012 he co-founded Social Bite, a social enterprise with a mission to eradicate homelessness in Scotland. 100% of Social Bite’s profits are donated to good causes and 1 in 4 of their staff are people from homeless backgrounds. Social Bite also feeds the homeless with food that customers pre-pay for. In 2016, he co-founded Brewgooder, a social enterprise beer company that donates all of its profits to clean water projects around the world. Their mission is to provide clean drinking water for 1 million people within five years. In 2017, he was awarded an MBE in the New Years Honours list, he’s received 2 honorary doctorates and he also made the Debrett’s list of 500 most influential people in the UK. 2017 also saw him organise the world’s biggest sleep-out event Sleep In The Park which drew more than 8,000 people. The event was handed the Judges Choice Award at The Herald Culture Awards and it came in at number 10 on ‘The Massive Top 25’. In May 2018, the Social Bite Village was officially launched in Edinburgh to provide housing for homeless people, and in late June they welcomed their first residents.   00.00 Trailer 00.12 Introduction 02.50 Josh’s proudest achievement and journey 05.50 Josh’s early life 08.30 Josh’s career aspirations 12.00 Josh and Che Guevara 13.30 Whose responsibility is it to correct the homeless issue? 16.10 How close is Scotland to eradicating homelessness? 19.10 When did Josh start to believe that the things he has accomplished were possible? 23.00 How does Josh know when he is out of alignment? 29.00 What would Josh like his obituary to read? 36.00 What has Josh learned from meeting A list celebrities and Global influencers? 39.30 In what way is Josh today different from Josh in 2011? 42.30 How close is Josh to achieving his biggest goals? 49.20 Josh on his purpose 50.00 Josh on success 52.30 Best piece of advice 54.00 What would Josh say to his 20 year old self? 55.00 Does Josh have any regrets? 56.30 Changing the world   You can find Josh Littlejohn at: https://social-bite.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/socialbitebusiness/ https://twitter.com/SocialBite_ https://www.instagram.com/social_bite/   Find Inspired Edinburgh here: http://www.inspiredinburgh.com https://www.facebook.com/INSPIREDINBURGH https://www.twitter.com/INSPIREDINBURGH https://www.instagram.com/INSPIREDINBURGH

Tony co-founded Lansons in 1989 and has advised Governments, organisations and companies on their image and reputation for over 30 years. He has an active non executive career and has been named by Debrett’s as one of the 500 most influential people in the UK.Tony is Chief Executive and retains an active consultancy role across a range of Lansons clients. His work is split between building reputations for organisations growing rapidly in the market and protecting the reputations of those with a leading position to maintain. His specialisms include launches, M&A, IPOs and crisis and issues management. He also advises Prime Ministers, Chairs and CEOs on personal reputation.He was commissioned by the UK’s PRCA (Public Relations & Communications Association) and the global ICCO (International Communications Consultancy Organisation) to write their guide to Reputation Management, published by Emerald Publishing in December 2018.

Vice President  of Twitter Bruce Daisley shares the key differences that make the difference between work delight and drudgery.   You'll Learn: Two hacks for restoring your personal equilibrium at work The benefits of connecting with your colleagues through laughter Why working more than 40 hours a week is a bad idea   About Bruce: As European Vice-President for Twitter and host of the UK’s number one business podcast Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat he is in the centre of the debate about the way work and communication is evolving. Daisley has been one of the Evening Standard’s 1,000 Most Influential Londoners for four years and is one of Debrett’s 500 Most Influential People in Britain. Campaign magazine asserted that Daisley is ‘one of the most talented people in media.’   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep384

Bruce Daisley is the European Vice-President at Twitter and host of the business podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat. He has been one of the Evening Standard’s 1,000 Most Influential Londoners for four years and is one of Debrett’s 500 Most Influential People in Britain. according to Campaign magazine Bruce is ‘one of the most talented people in media’. He's just written a book 'The Joy Of Work: 30 Ways to Fix Your Work Culture and Fall in Love with Your Job Again' comes out in January on Blue Monday.He is obsessed with making work better. He's dedicated his last few years to chatting to the leading experts in workplace culture - and using evidence to find a way to improving it.It's a practical, uplifting, helpful book all about making the workplace a bit better, which is important considering we spend so much time there.We discuss:- The story behind 'Love Where You Work' signs inside Twitter HQ- The power of laughter at work- Why 'crisp Thursday' is genius- Why you should cut all meetings in half- We discuss this piece "Why ‘Do What You Love’ Is Pernicious Advice https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/08/do-what-you-love-work-myth-culture/399599/ - The importance of boredom when it comes to creativity Quotes:'I'm convinced people don't read books, so I made 30 things. If all that happens is that someone is rips out one chapter and gives it to their team then it's been successful. Arm people with facts.""In truth, most people in work are probably more exhausted than they'd like to admit."'if you look at the science, if you are stressed, you can't be creative.""Unlike the iPhone, no one is going to unveil the new version of work""50 hours a week is all that human brain can do." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Olly is a multi award-winning wine expert, TV personality, author and columnist. His finely tuned tastebuds, boundless knowledge and infectious enthusiasm know no bounds. He is honoured to be listed in Debrett’s 500 2015 – amongst the 500 most influential people in the UK. Olly will be talking on the Christmas theatre at the Ideal Home Show and taking part in the Drinks Station at the Eat & Drink Festival showcasing his top picks for the best festive drinks this Christmas.

Olly is a multi award-winning wine expert, TV personality, author and columnist. His finely tuned tastebuds, boundless knowledge and infectious enthusiasm know no bounds. He is honoured to be listed in Debrett’s 500 2015 – amongst the 500 most influential people in the UK. Olly will be talking on the Christmas theatre at the Ideal Home Show and taking part in the Drinks Station at the Eat & Drink Festival showcasing his top picks for the best festive drinks this Christmas.

Activist and Daughters of Eve co-founder Nimco Ali talks about how to end female genital mutilation. Nimco is a British Somali feminist and social activist. She is co-founder and director of Daughters of Eve, a survivor-led organisation which has helped to transform the approach to ending female genital mutilation (FGM). Nimco formerly worked on 'The Girl Generation: Together to End FGM' campaign, which celebrates the Africa-led movement to end FGM in one generation. Currently she is an ambassador for #MAKERSUK. MAKERS is AOL’s women's leadership platform that highlights the stories of ground-breaking women today to create the leaders of tomorrow. In 2014, she was awarded Red Magazine’s Woman of the Year award, and also placed at No 6 on the Woman’s Hour Power List. Most recently she was named by The Sunday Times as one of Debrett’s 500 most influential people in Britain, and as one of the Evening Standard's 1000 most powerful. Nimco is a trustee for Women for Refugee Women and the Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize and is a founding member of the Women’s Equality Party. Recorded at The Eden Project in Cornwall in June 2018. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: http://5x15stories.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5x15stories

The final episode BEFORE the wedding. Kristen and James are torn: The BIG day is just days away. But that also means this obsession is almost over. This week, the drama around Thomas Markle--will he or won't he be at the wedding?! And of course, a review of all the feelings the Lifetime movie inspired. And Jamie Cuccinelli from BRIDES gives us a preview of the royal wedding menu. Plus: Lucy Hume, associate director at Debrett's explains what all these royal titles mean, and reveals what title Meghan and Harry might be given once they tie the knot. You can learn more by reading Debrett's latest edition of Peerage and Baronetage (out later this year), Debrett's Wedding Handbook, and get a well rounded etiquette education with Debrett's A-Z of Modern Manners. You can find our bingo boards here: https://twitter.com/royalweddingpod/status/996861370372186113 We would love to see what hat you're planning to wear, or what treats you'll be sharing as you watch the wedding. You can tweet them to @KristenMeinzer, @ImJamesBarr, and @RoyalWeddingPod, or send a note at whenmeghanmetharry@panoply.fm This episode is brought to you by Care.com, Surprisily, and Simple Contacts. Go to care.com/MARRY, simplecontacts.com/MARRY or surprisily.com and use promo code MARRY for special offers. 

Handshake or double kiss? Can you wear brown shoes in town? We've all been faced with an etiquette dilemma at some point in our careers. Renée Kuo, co-managing director of Debrett's, joins us to answer those burning questions - and explains why observing the correct manners is still vital when you're trying to make an impression.