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The IoD Business Book Club continues, reviewing books from the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year longlist 2024. In this episode, Ben Walker (Head of Media at LID Business Media) is joined by Rory Gold (IoD Central Support Analyst) and Richard Nelson (Chair of the IoD’s Property and Built Environment Special Interest Group) to review two biographies from the longlist. The two books up for...

The IoD Business Book Club is back, reviewing books from the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year longlist 2024! In the first episode, Ben Walker (Head of Media at LID Business Media) is joined by Rose Riley (IoD Commercial Lead, New Business) and Faisal Khan (IoD Chair, South Region and Chair of the IoD Science, Innovation and Technology Expert Advisory Group) to review two books from the l...

In this episode, our Director of Policy and Corporate Governance, Dr Roger Barker, speaks to broadcast journalist and author of ‘The Great Post Office Scandal’, Nick Wallis. As one of the worst miscarriages of justice in UK legal history, the Post Office scandal caused untold suffering to thousands of innocent people, and undermined trust in existing frameworks of governance and business leadershi...

In this episode, IoD Senior Policy Advisor for Devolved Nations, Marc Strathie, is joined by British Economist and academic, Sir Dieter Helm. Together they discuss the economy, the path to net zero and sustainable solutions.

Our AI podcast series continues, led by the IoD Science Innovation and Technology Expert Advisory Group. In this episode, members of the EAG, Paul Corcoran and Michael Ambjorn CDir are joined by the Chair of the IoD’s Property and Built Environment Group, Richard Nelson, to discuss the impact of AI in this sector.

In this episode, Marc Strathie, IoD Senior Policy Advisor for Devolved Nations, is joined by Sir John Curtice, British political scientist, professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde and senior research fellow at the National Centre for Social Research. Together they discuss the upcoming UK General Election and 25 years of devolution.

In this Director’s Briefing podcast, Dr. Roger Barker is joined by Jennifer Sundberg (Co-Chief Executive, Board Intelligence) and Ann Hiatt (Leadership Strategist, Hipergiant Consulting) to discuss the concept of Collective Intelligence. In contrast to the view that it is great individuals that build successful organisations, Jennifer and Ann advocate for a business model that taps into the collec...

Our AI podcast series continues, led by the IoD Science Innovation and Technology Expert Advisory Group. In this episode, the EAG’s Chair, Faisal Khan and EAG members, Pauline Norstrom and Paul Corcoran are joined by Lord Clement-Jones CBE, to discuss regulating AI and what more we can do.

In this episode, Sasha Trapani (IoD Press and Policy Officer) is joined by Heather Buchanan (Co-Founder and CEO of Bankers for NetZero), Sarah Kemmitt (Secretariat Lead, Net-Zero Banking Alliance, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative) and Matt Bullivant (Director of Sustainability and ESG Strategy at OakNorth) to discuss the role of banks in the transition to net zero.

In this episode, Hugo Legh, IoD Head of Marketing and Communications, is joined by Dr Roger Barker, IoD Director of Policy and Corporate Governance, Alexandra Hall-Chen, Principal Policy Advisor for Sustainability, Skills, and Employment, and Emma Rowland, Trade Policy Advisor, to discuss the publication of the IoD’s Manifesto for Business: A policy roadmap for the next UK Government. The Manifest...

In this episode, Dr Roger Barker, IoD Director of Policy and Corporate Governance, Richard Moorhead, Professor of Law and Professional Ethics at the University of Exeter, Nick Gould, Partner at Aria Grace Law, and Mary Campbell OBE, Founder and CEO of Blas and Resilient Corporates, discuss the shocking governance issues arising from the Post Office Horizon Scandal.   Taking a deep dive into this f...

In the last Directors’ Briefing episode of the year, we have brought together leading experts from the Institute of Directors (IoD), Federation of Small Business (FSB), the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and Make UK to discuss the most notable business policy developments of 2023. Dr Roger Barker (Director of Policy and Governance at the IoD), Craig Beaumont (Chief of External Affairs at FSB),...

We’re back for part two of our review of books from the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2023 longlist. In this Business Book Club episode, IoD Press & Policy Officer Sasha Trapani hosts a review of 3 books, and is joined by IoD Council Member Dr Eelco Fiole, IoD Chair Central Scotland Neil Bradbrook, and IoD Sponsorship Manager Jamie Watt. The books up for review are: ‘...

Our AI podcast series continues, led by the IoD Science Innovation and Technology Expert Advisory Group In the second episode, ‘AI: the hype and reality’, the EAG’s Chair, Faisal Khan and EAG members, Pauline Norstrom and Rob Noble cover the myths of AI, and the truth behind them.

In this episode of the Business Book Club, the IoD's Press & Policy Officer, Sasha Trapani, hosts a review of three books from the FT and Schroders 'Business Book of the Year 2023' longlist, with IoD Council Members, Andrew Griffiths and Anneliese Reinhold, and IoD Head of Marketing & Communications Hugo Legh. The books on this list chosen for review this episode are: 'Five...

The IoD is delighted to launch a new series of podcasts, covering all things artificial intelligence, led by the IoD Science Innovation and Technology Expert Advisory Group. In the first episode, ‘What is AI?’, the EAG’s Chair, Faisal Khan and EAG members, Pauline Norstrom and Paul Corcoran cover the technology of AI and the impact on business.

In this episode, Dr Roger Barker, IoD Director of Policy and Corporate Governance, Dr Sophie Dale-Black, British Business Bank Director (UK Network - Midlands and North of England) and Scott O'Brien, Innovate UK Chief Investment Officer and Director (Innovation Finance), discuss ‘Fast growth companies: where to find support, partners and finance’.

The Institute of Directors’ Centre for Corporate Governance has published a report,  Are Boards Losing Control?   , looking at the biggest challenges facing companies over the next five to ten years, evaluating the level of control boards have, and the actions required by boards and policymakers to address these issues. In this episode, Dr Roger Barker and Chris Hodge, author of the report and the...

In this episode of the Business Book Club, the IoD’s Events & Sponsorship Lead Sophie Breeden hosts a review of three books from the FT’s ‘best summer business books 2023’ list with IoD Chief Economist Kitty Ussher, IoD Press and Policy Officer Sasha Trapani and IoD Council Member Anneliese Reinhold. The books on this list chosen for review are: ‘How Big Things Get Done’ by Bent Flyvbjerg and...

Our new series of podcasts with senior political figures active in business policy continues. In this episode, IoD National Director for Scotland, Catherine McWilliam, talks to Richard Thomson MP, SNP spokesperson for Business and Trade.

Continuing our series of podcasts with senior political figures active in business policy, IoD Policy Director Dr Roger Barker talks to Sarah Olney MP, LibDem spokesperson for Business and Treasury.

In the second of our new series of podcasts with senior political figures active in business policy, IoD Policy Director Dr Roger Barker talks to Seema Malhotra MP, Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers, about her background and priorities.

In this episode of the Business Book Club, the IoD’s Dr Roger Barker discusses the book, 'The Nine Types of Leader: How the Leaders of Tomorrow Can Learn from The Leaders of Today', with its author James Ashton, as well as IoD Chair Patrick Macdonald, IoD Isle of Man Chair Jennifer Houghton and spokesperson for the IoD Policy and Governance Ambassadors Rashmi Dube. You can order a copy of...

In this episode of the Directors' Briefing podcast, Centre for Corporate Governance Adviser Chris Hodge discusses integrating sustainability, strategy and governance with corporate governance/ESG experts Stilpon Nestor and Tina Mavraki.

In the first of a new series of podcasts with senior political figures active in business policy, IoD Policy Director Dr Roger Barker talks to Kevin Hollinrake MP, the Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business.