Beyond The Dark Clouds Podcast

Charli Kemp, Ed. L.D is the Adrian Cheng Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School. She is also the founder of ‘Change the Tune’ and had designed an innovative way of engaging learning through their own music genres and learning styles. Charli speaks to Dr Mealey about her values-driven approach to learning, entrepreneurship and the use of AI.  She discusses ways of working with learners that engages them...

Inês is a psychologist with specializations in Positive Psychology, the Science of Self-Realization, and Wellbeing. With over 20 years of experience across Brazil, Latin America, and Europe, she works as a humandevelopment consultant and senior leadership coach, with a strong focus on cultural transformation,conscious leadership, and organizational well-being. Her practice is recognized for positi...

Syed Kamall is Professor of politics and international relations at St Mary’s University, Twickenham; Visiting Scholar at the Vinson Centre, University of Buckingham; a Member of the UK House of Lords; Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) and co-chair of the APPG Commonwealth. Previously roles include: UK government Minister for Health; Minister for Civil Society; Academic and Research Directo...

Barbara Best (https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-best-6131368/) is a community organizer, youth advocate, and system change leader who is passionate about building systems of care to empower youth and communities to thrive. Guided by a north star of healthy interconnectedness, she inspires joy, purpose, and connection in the people and communities she serves. Barbara serves as Executive Director...

Pam is a chartered psychologist (British Psychological Society) and qualified teacher with additional academic qualifications in history and education. She is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She joined Leeds Trinity University in 2013 as a senior lecturer, and was promoted to Reader in Childhood, Youth and Education in 2016. She has a keen interest in a multi-disciplinary research p...

Paul de Beer is a seasoned business leader, consultant, and educator with a background that spans technology, manufacturing, and organisational transformation. He began his career as an electronics engineer and went on to lead pioneering online business ventures in South Africa and China during the early years of the digital economy. Since then, he has held senior leadership roles in sectors rangi...

Mariana Behr Andrade is a Leadership Development Specialist and Self Compassion Advocate who is also a Fellow at Harvard University. Mariana talks to Dr Mealey about her work on compassionate leadership, focussing in particular on the distinction between ‘resonant’ and ‘dissonant’ leadership approaches and informed by current scholarship in the field. She explains the importance of ‘psychological...

Alison Lowe, OBE, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime for West Yorkshire, talks to Dr Ann Marie Mealey about her journey to Deputy Mayor, her career and the life experiences that shaped what she supports and works on nationally and locally today.  She gives a detailed account of her work as well as integrating her own personal story into the conversation.  The combination of her life story and lif...

In this episode, Dr Ann Marie Mealey speaks to a group of students from St Teresa of Calcutta’s Multi Academy Company about their values, their experiences of studying in a Catholic setting and what they would like to see from their local leaders regarding litter in the City of Birmingham and protection of earth globally.  They also express their hopes for the future of St Teresa’s and for the nex...

In this episode, Jamie Bykov- Brett, award- winning  human-centric innovator, talks to Dr Mealey about his own journey in education which continues to shape his approach to AI -assisted learned. His values-driven approach is inspirational and thought-provoking in an age where we are seeking to understand learners and the workforce on a more individual basis.  Jamie is a advocate for the use of AI...

Devika Shekhawat, a social entrepreneur and founder of Dhara Shakti Foundation. With a decade of experience driving social impact, Devika also serves as a director at The Global Education and Leadership Foundation. She has worked as a project lead for Values 20 India in 2023 on behalf of the foundation.  Her academic credentials include a Master's degree from the prestigious School of Social Polic...

Andi Brierley is a Senior Lecturer and PhD researcher at Leeds Trinity University with a 15-year career in Youth Justice. His professional journey has been shaped, in part, by his own personal experiences with childhood trauma, family separation, care placements, school exclusion, heroin addiction, and the subsequent cycle of incarceration. Motivated by a sense of social responsibility to improve...

Dr Anshul Gupta holds a Ph. D in Human resources. Her research focuses on deriving an innovative dimension to manage Human Resources that is known as "Workplace Spirituality" in the Indian context. Her profile includes a mix of corporate and research experience. She has worked with Brands like Unilever, Essel group, Cadbury, ITC on projects like Competency Mapping, Career planning, Training and De...

Dr Lampkin is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at York St John University where he have also worked as a Lecturer in Police Studies and Course Lead for the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) in partnership with Humberside Police. Prior to joining York St John, Jack was Programme Lead for the Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP) at Leeds Trinity University, working in collaboration with...

Alan Williams talks to Dr Ann Marie Mealey about his journey to being an advocate of values-driven leadership, his work as a business promoting values-driven behaviours in the workplace and for the world at large. The discussion also includes thoughts on the freedom of choice that is involved in becoming a values – driven professional and the need to have an informed conscience in the search for t...

John Rainford frsa ftls talks to Dr Ann Marie Mealey about the need for emotional intelligence and values driving business and leadership in the future. He gives examples of how he has worked with companies to develop long term, sustainable business strategies that include care for the environment, values, EQ and financially rewarding outcomes.

Bill Barton talks with Dr Ann Marie Mealey about ethics and the law, his journey to setting up a business and his hopes for the law profession going forward.  Bill also advocates for an inherent ‘respect’ for the law to be embedded into university provision and encourages everyone to be aware of ‘who’ they are as people. Character, values, and the just application of the law are important for a mo...

Nancy M. Rourke teaches courses in religion and ethics at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, NY where she is Assistant Professor of religious studies. Her research is in ecological ethics and health care ethics. Her most recent book is titled  Ecological Moral Character  (Georgetown University Press, 2024). Her forthcoming edited volume is  The Locus of Theological Vocation  (Orbis Press, 20...

Dr Neil Hawkes talks to Dr Ann Marie Mealey about his experience and journey to devoting himself to promoting Values-based Education (VbE) in schools and other educational settings. More widely, he also emphasises his wish to promote Ethical leadership and Values-based Living throughout society.   ​To promote Values-based Living Neil founded the influential International Values-based Trust, known...

Paul Charles, NLPAA, CIPD, Director of Organisational Talent Development at GBS, which is part of GEDU, speaks to Ann Marie about the need for values driving leadership, talent development, sport and people development. Paul discusses how the corporate sector can remain competitive whilst upholding values and ethics and that this is a credible position to hold in a business environment. Paul is an...

Joseph Nelson, Pastor in the Lutheran Church in Great Britain and alumnus of Leeds Trinity University, discusses the need to reflect carefully on the advent of AI technology in light of the CST principle of human dignity and the work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.  Joseph provides a very insightful presentation of the issues as they stand right now and suggests that we need to participate in the ethical...

Professor Neil Messer, Professor of Theological Bioethics at Baylor University in Texas, gives a fascinating lecture on neurotechnologies and the common good. Neil’s talk is expertly crafted to give everyone the science and the theological and ethical frameworks that we need to make the distinction between what might be considered as the good ‘therapeutic’ use of AI in health care and what might b...

Dr Catriona Russell, Assistant Professor of Ethics in the School of Religion at Trinity College Dublin, takes us on a journey back to the meaning of the word techn é  so that we can be re-introduced into what the etymology of the word technology is. She then discusses the current marketisation of urban life and whether or not the idea of sustainability is authentically expressed  in attempts to in...

CHARLES FOWLER chairs the Human Values Foundation, which uses positive values to promote young people’s social and emotional development, helps run the UK Values Alliance and is project partner of the Collaborating Centre for Values-based Practice for Health and Social Care at Oxford University. He is a delegate at Values20, the G20 engagement group, and Global Coordinator of World Values Day.

Professor Jackie Dunne, Vice- Chancellor of Birmingham Newman University, shares her leadership journey in Higher Education, offers advice and guidance to aspiring leaders as well as discussing how creating a sense of ‘community’ is essential for student development and learning. She also shares her thoughts on the mission and values at Birmingham Newman University along with some insights that re...