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In this episode of Connections, PhD Student in Strategy, International Management & Entrepreneurship, Nadine Scholz is joined by Ieva Soblickaite, Chief Product Officer at NordPass. They discuss how to shape a creative work environment where ideas can flourish and become innovative products such as passkeys as part of the passwordless future.

In this episode, Anna Lelia is joined by Stuart Lambert, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Blurred, a creative and management advisory firm specialising in sustainability. The two discuss the similarities and differences between ESG and Purpose and why organisations should aim to integrate the two concepts.

In this episode of Purpose Conversations, Anna Lelia Sandoghdar is joined by Dr. Scarlett Brown, Head of Think Tank & Associate Director at Board Intelligence, to discuss the critical role of boards in purpose governance. The two talk about the challenges faced by boards in ensuring purpose-driven leadership, as well as the importance of developing metrics to measure and implement your organisatio...

In this episode of Purpose Conversations, Anna Lelia is joined by Maria Villax, Head of Family Strategy & Governance at Bedrock Group (an award-winning global investment and advisory firm). They discuss how family-run businesses use purpose to guide governance, deliver value and manage the dynamics between family and running a company.

In this episode of Connections, Professor of Marketing, Giana Eckhardt is joined by award-winning travel journalist and author, Imogen Lepere and Ufi Ibrahim, the founder and Chief Executive of the Energy and Environment Alliance. As the demand for travel has grown since the 1970s, our guests look at its impact from spending to the local community and surrounding environment. View Imogen’s work he...

Just 4% of women are aware about the science of breast cancer. The 'Know your lemons' campaign educates women about the signs to look for whilst navigating complicated cultural barriers in communicating breast cancer awareness. This episode explores how an international marketing campaign was delivered from rephrasing academic language to engaging and expanding an audience

In this episode of Connections, Professor of Professions, Markets and Technology, Alex Preda is joined by former trader, Peter Lewis who presented Money Talk on Hong Kong’s English language show, RTHK Radio 3 for eight years from 2015 to February 2023. Drawing upon 40 years of experience of global financial markets, Lewis now covers news and financial analysis in his own self-produced podcast: ‘Pe...

In this episode of Purpose Conversations, Anna Lelia Sandoghdar is joined by Peter Cheese, the CEO of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). The two discuss the role of professional associations in bringing purpose to life in organisations and the importance of the HR profession in embedding and linking purpose to strategy.

In this episode of Connections, Professor Crawford Spence is joined by Professor Yuval Millo of the Warwick Business School. They discuss passive investment, which is a strategy where you hold onto your investments (bonds, shares, commodities) for a long period of time using a benchmark or index and active investment. Active investment is where you look to ‘beat the market’ by making a profit on y...

How do you talk about a subject which in many cultures is taboo? Especially when not taking about it can jeopardise women’s health? This was the challenge faced by the Know your Lemons campaign. Just 4% of women know the science of Breast Cancer. Dr. Prokriti Mukherji, Senior Lecturer at the King’s Business School was joined by Dr Ilia Protopapa, Lecturer(Assistant Professor) in Marketing to discu...

In part two, Senior Lecturer in Work Psychology and Public Sector Management, Dr Ali Budjanovcanin is joined by Jules Munns. Jules is a co-founder and Creative Director of The Nursery, a performing arts educational charity, which promotes participation, education, and engagement through improvisation. They discuss how Jules discovered his talent and later established his profession in improvisatio...

From snake oil salespeople to dodgy labelling, fake medicine has been around for 100s of years. But how do we fight an evolving threat now that people inform themselves about and buy pharmaceuticals online ? Dr. Prokriti Mukherji, Senior Lecturer at King’s Business School, recently had the opportunity to converse with Dr. Bahijja Raimi-Abraham, Lecturer in Pharamaceutics at King’s College London....

In this episode of Purpose Conversations, Anna Lelia is joined by Claire Mason, Founder and CEO of award-winning strategic marketing and thought leadership firm ‘Man Bites Dog’. The two discuss how Claire leverages purpose as an entrepreneur in her own firm, as well as externally in her work with clients. Claire shares insights from her business-to-business marketing experiences and explains how p...

In part one, Senior Lecturer in Work Psychology and Public Sector Management, Dr Ali Budjanovcanin is joined by Robert Kirby. Rob is Director of People, People, which provides workshops, courses and coaching using the ‘People, People Way’. It combines psychology, acting tools and coaching principles to improve productivity, performance, and employee engagement for businesses. They discuss his tran...

The Health and Wellbeing Coach is a new role in the NHS. The aim of the role is to support the self-management agenda and improve health and wellbeing outcomes for people experiencing a wide range of issues. They include: diabetes, weight management, poor mental health, pain management and social isolation. North East London Health & Care Partnership and Shoreditch Trust commissioned King’s Busine...

Anna Lelia Sandoghdar is joined by Victoria Soormally, People and Culture Director at Gallagher and recent nominee on People Management’s HR 30 under 30 list. They discuss Gallagher’s HR transformation and the role purpose played in this process. Victoria shares how she transformed her department by developing a personal development plan for all staff and responding to new data to ensure a happier...

In this episode of connections, Dr Gabriela Gutierrez-Huerter O, Lecturer in International Management is joined by Anne Hayes, Interim Group Director Knowledge Solutions at the British Standards Institution to discuss their new standard BS25700 on organisational responses to modern slavery. It was Dr Gutierrez-Huerter O’s research into the construction sector, which led her to be appointed to the...

Professor of Entrepreneurship, Ute Stephan in conversation with King’s Entrepreneur in Residence David Walsh and Janos Barberis, co-founder of the SuperCharger Ventures EdTech accelerator and the mind behind the Founders Taboo learning community. They discussed navigating burn out and why it is so important for entrepreneurs to find their path to wellbeing.

The Health and Wellbeing Coach is a new role in the NHS. The aim of the role is to support the self-management agenda and improve health and wellbeing outcomes for people experiencing a wide range of issues. They include: diabetes, weight management, poor mental health, pain management and social isolation. North East London Health & Care Partnership and Shoreditch Trust commissioned Professor of...

In this episode, Senior Careers Consultant, Leslie Parsons talks to graduate Andras Regel (Business Management 2022), now studying a Masters in Accounting and Finance at the London School of Economics alongside third-year Business and Management Sophia Sarkassian about how they decided the next steps in their career, post undergraduate degree. Links for Resources: • King’s Careers & Employability...

In this episode of Purpose Conversations, Professor Katie Bailey talks to Chris Sunfield, a management consultant who recently returned to music and become a recording artist. They discuss Chris' career, why he decided to recommit to music and what it meant to him. Their conversation was based on Professor Bailey’s research published recently in the journal, Human Relations. Katie's research artic...

In this episode of Purpose Conversations, Anna Lelia is joined by Francis Goss, Director of People Experience Consulting at Gallagher. Drawing on his many years of HR expertise, Francis shares his insights into purpose and its relationship with employees' experiences and needs. They also discussed the phenomenon of #quietquitting as well as financial wellbeing. Meaning and Purpose Network: https:/...

Jay Mukhey, Director of ESG, Purpose & Impact at Finastra, in conversation with Anna Lelia Sandoghdar from the King's Business School Meaning and Purpose Network (MaPNet). In the first episode of the MaPNet series, the two discuss how Finastra took on banking with its purpose-led model to openly accessible and inclusive finance and how purpose sets the foundation for ESG initiatives. Read the Fina...

Layers of Vision explores the experiences and perspectives of blind and partially sighted (BPS) artists living in a world made for sighted people. Ten artworks celebrate and creatively explore accessibility, with each artwork appreciating different forms of vision. Featuring multisensory elements, Layers of Vision questions common views and practices around access and disability inclusion in the a...

In this episode of Connections, Dr Catherine Tilley, Lecturer in Business Ethics & Sustainability talks to Dr Minette Bellingan, a part-time doctoral student working on International Manufacturing, about the limits of factory auditing in understanding supply chains and their workers. Her research employed audio recordings submitted by workers, which provided a new insight into their conditions and...