The Workplace

NND attends the launch of creative studio space Arbeit Studios Lisson Grove and hears from the founder Nimrod Vardi, the architect Richard Brown , architectural designer Amrit Ubha and studio tenants, designer Holly Rollins , curator and producer Helen Starr and fine artist Lizzie Owen . #workplacennd ‘The Workplace’ theme tune intro: Guitar and vocals by Markus Michelucci (Sound Refuge) Official...

NND is joined by Dr. Keetie Roelen, Senior Research Fellow in Poverty and Social Action and Deputy Director at the Centre for the Study of Global Development (CSDG) at The Open University , author of The Empathy Fix: Why Poverty Persists and How To Change It and founder and host of the podcast Poverty Unpacked , who explores the impact of ‘in-work poverty’ (particularly on part-time workers, the s...

In The Year In Review 2025, NND takes a thematic tour through last year, focusing on the programme’s main themes and sub-series, beginning with Health and Well-being At Work, featuring consultant Graham Pottie on How To Build Good Mental Health Culture At Work; Women’s Advancement In The Workplace, during the Women’s History Month 2025 series, featuring nutritional therapist Michele Scarr on Menop...

Autumn-Winter 2025 Review, featuring Caitlin McAllister, group managing director for The Ministry of Sound and The Ministry on co-working space meets members’ club, The Ministry , its amenities and the added value it provides; PCS union representative Tahir Latif, on the history of trade unions, their accomplishments to date and their role for the future; history consultant, Kwaku on 'British Blac...

NND discusses Leadership In The BANI World (Part 2) , with leadership coach Laura Hartley, founder of The Scintilla Centre who re-visits the BANI (Brittle, Anxious, Non-Linear and Incomprehensible) model framework and explains the crucial leadership skills needed for this era, including inner work as compass and inner work as culture work. Part 2 of 2. #workplacennd #leadership ‘The Workplace’ the...

NND discusses Leadership In The BANI World (Part 1), with leadership coach Laura Hartley, founder of The Scintilla Centre who provides her definition of leadership, explains the move from the VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) to BANI (Brittle, Anxious, Non-Linear and Incomprehensible) world framework and explores the idea of leadership in uncharted territory. Part 1 of 2. #workplac...

NND discusses Systems Approaches To Transformational Leadership and Advocacy, with Management Consultant and Policy Implementation Specialist Rudi Page who operates through a system titled MCW Connectivity – Making Connections Work Connectivity – which fosters connections between people, institutions, communities and neighbourhoods and proposes that success depends on three principles: implementat...

NND discusses Freelancers and The Future of Work with John Evans, co-founder of tech co-operative SEPHEO (Self-Employed People Helping Each Other), who provides a tech sector temperature check, profiles the typical SEPHEO member and explores his vision of the way forward with regard to freelancing. #workplacennd #futureofwork #freelancers  ‘The Workplace’ theme tune intro: Guitar and vocals b...

NND discusses Co-operative Freelancing with John Evans, co-founder of tech co-operative SEPHEO (Self-Employed People Helping Each Other), who explains the worker co-operative concept, how it functions as a work-culture match-maker and provides network, administrative and other types of support for #freelancers. #workplacennd #futureofwork ‘The Workplace’ theme tune intro: Guitar and vocals by Mark...

PCS union representative Tahir Latif talks about the Trade Union International Year of Climate Action which launches with a workplace day for climate action and global day of protest on 14 and 15 November respectively. He also explains why climate change is not just an environmental, but also a working-class issue and what we can do differently to give us hope for the future: re-think the relation...

Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union representative, Tahir Latif, provides a brief overview of trade unions, their accomplishments to date and their role for the future, ahead of the upcoming workplace day against climate action and global day of protest against climate action taking place on 14 and 15 November respectively. Please visit www.cacctu.org.uk for more information. #workplacennd...

In the Black History Month UK 2025 series finale NND talks to entrepreneur and cultural activist Dr. Jak Beula, founder of Nubian Jak Community Trust (a plaque and culture scheme which aims to honour Britain’s diverse past), about Nursing A Nation , an anthology of the historic and ongoing roles played by dedicated professionals from Africa, The Caribbean and The Commonwealth, within Britain’s hea...

In the third episode in the Black History Month UK 2025 series NND talks to Matthew Johnson, CEO of ROTA (Race On The Agenda) about The Future of Work: The Moral, Ethical and Business Case for Racial Justice.  #workplacennd #BHMUK2025 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second episode in the Black History Month UK 2025 series NND talks to history consultant Kwaku who discusses ' British Black Music 2000-2025: What’s The Story? ' - a hybrid event which explores the British Black Music scene over the first twenty-five years of the twenty-first century. #workplacennd #BHM2025 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NND launches the Black History Month UK 2025 series with a discussion about How To Be An Artist, with digital and mixed media artist Akin Okusami, aka Axematic who explores support systems for artists, knowing your worth as an artist and understanding the politics of making it as an artist. His current exhibition BMT Proud To Be – Axematic Solo Exhibition: Unveiled is on at Brixton Tate Library ga...

Caitlin McAllister, group managing director for The Ministry of Sound and The Ministry talks about the evolving work landscape, the evolution of co-working spaces and co-working space meets members’ club, The Ministry, its amenities and the added value it provides through creating connections and community. #workplacennd ‘The Workplace’ theme tune intro: Guitar and vocals by Markus Michelucci (Sou...

To conclude a two-part episode on DEI Management, NND talks to Peter Mousaferiadis, the founder of Cultural Infusion, an inter-cultural organisation that created Diversity Atlas and Mario Chatzidamionos, R&D Strategic Partner and Cultural Ambassador (EU), at data-analytics platform Diversity Atlas www.diversityatlas.io about how successfully-managed diverse teams create economic, social and cu...

Summer 2025 Review featuring: How To Build Good Mental Health Culture At Work, with consultant Graham Pottie ; How To Set Up An Art School, with artist and TOMA co-founder Emma Edmondson; African Food Work, with chef Khadim Mane, founder of Senegalese restaurant Little Baobab ; Managing Volunteers, with Marta Aparicio, Volunteer Services Manager at Voluntary Action Islington ; and DEI Management (...

In the first of a two-part episode on DEI Management , NND explores workplace diversity, the backlash against it and the significance of this in the context of global workforces, with Peter Mousaferiadis, founder of Cultural Infusion - an inter-cultural organisation that created data-analytics platform Diversity Atlas - and Mario Chatzidamianos, R&D Strategic Partner and Cultural Ambassador (E...

A re-purposed 2022 interview with Leslie Manasseh, organiser and curator of the Brixton Blog & Bugle Summer Art Show, for the 2025 exhibition. Visit www.brixtonblog.com for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NND observed Volunteers' Week 2025 by discussing Managing Volunteers with Marta Aparicio, Volunteer Services Manager at Voluntary Action Islington who explains how to effectively recruit and manage volunteers and crucially, how to address inappropriate conduct by a volunteer. She also shares key considerations when crafting one of the most valuable tools in a volunteer manager's toolkit - a volunt...

NND observed Africa Day 2025 by discussing African Food Work with Khadim Mane, chef and founder of Little Baobab  a Senegalese restaurant based at The Africa Centre Khadim talks about the rise of West African food in the UK and shares his inspirational journey from starting out in the UK not speaking a word of English, to opening up his restaurant and now training young chefs, to whom he impa...

Emma Edmondson, founder of TOMA (The Other MA), talks about the launch of a book she curated, titled How To Set Up An Art School.  #workplacennd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Consultant Graham Pottie discusses How To Build Good Mental Health Culture At Work, explaining why it makes good business sense to do so. This episode was realised with the generous support of Investigo - the leading specialist recruitment agency that unlocks the power of people. #workplacennd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'The Workplace Extra' is a spin-off of my regular programme, 'The Workplace' – the programme about how to get into, get along and get ahead at work. The 'extra' bit contemplates situations and circumstances at work that take us out of the ordinary and require us to go that little bit further or do that little bit extra. In this episode, titled Lockdown Anniversary 5 , I invited my guests to share...