Rashad in Conversation

Kevin Newey (CQP, MCQI) - the driving force behind cutting-edge innovation as the Chair of the Greater Peterborough & Cambridge branch and the visionary Global Head of Quality at Graphcore. With Graphcore's groundbreaking Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU) technology, Kevin is part of a team that empowers creators to forge the future of machine intelligence, unlocking untapped human potential. Wit...

Here are the highlights from episodes with my guests in the previous 12 episodes. I have learned a lot, and I hope you did too.

A values-driven Chartered Quality Professional with a proven pedigree in creating, implementing, and managing best-in-class Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental (QHSE) management systems. A leader in governance and compliance who can coach, mentor, and empower the workforce to create a collaborative culture built on engagement that demonstrates excellence in risk management and sustainable bu...

Dr. Neda Maria Kaizumi has recently graduated from Harvard Business School in Data science & Business analytics program. She works as VP Business Excellence and analytics in FREYR Battery and is a project member of writing new standard for artificial intelligence ethics & security together with International standard organization. She is enthusiastic, energetic, result oriented and digital...

Erik K. Rueter, PMP, PMI-ACP (he/him), founder and President of Human-Centered Success LLC, has over 20 years of professional experience across diverse industries. He has worked for tech start-ups, colleges and universities, a Grammy®-award-winning production company, and healthcare organizations. He has been a public policy analyst, marketing and public relations director, and now a senior projec...

Following diagnosis of HIV/AIDS in 2006, Roland campaigned for disability rights in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office as Diversity & Equality Officer and Learning & Development Adviser. He was elected Chair of the Disabled Staff Network is now a self-employed Consultant. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD),...

Diana Catalina Beltran coaches, consults, and educates hospitality and tourism organizaAons under Astrapto LLC on sustainability operaAons, green team building, procurement, greenhouse gas accounAng, and carbon offse:ng iniAaAves. She teaches online from Europe on various subjects, including quality service, at the University of Southern California (USC) for the Master of Science in Hospitality an...

Firas Mahasen is a Certified Customer Experience Professional and Service Quality Expert within Retail and Banking industries. CXPA Canada Regional Leadership Council member, keynote speaker at the Annual Customer Experience Strategies Summit Toronto 2022, and proud judge at the CX Impact Award. A highly visible leader with a talent for initiating and driving change, specialized in CX/EX (customer...

John Jones is an IT Management Executive with over 25 years  of experience leveraging technology to drive organisational change by increasing efficiencies and performance. He Acts as a change agent, transforming business strategy through data-driven decisions and Champions innovation with a focus on developing flexible, scalable solutions. His experience is diverse  in both private and public sect...

Susannah Clarke is one of Process Management International Managing Partners. She works closely with clients to plan, design and develop events and programmes to transform their process performance, whilst building the skills and capabilities of their teams. She also hosts 2 podcasts , Leading for Business Excellence and Uncommon Sense. Susannah joins me in a conversation sharing her successes and...

Dr. Claude Khalil An accomplished seasoned pharmacist specialised in the pharmaceutical industry, her career path is paved with sound knowledge of Pharmaceutical sciences, regulations, and quality management systems. Her passion for project management and healthcare was translated by giving back to community in Teaching and Training Pharmaceutical sciences and Project management frameworks in well...

William is a Senior Quality Leader with 18 years in the Quality and Management system profession. He has worked across 4 different industries and is currently working as a Senior Operational Quality Lead for Inmarsat, where he owns the internal audit programme and is responsible for deploying BS EN 9100:2018 and ISO 9001:2015 across the operational division of the business. In his spare time, he d...

As a coach and leader, Rhian holds integrity, inclusion and relationships at the heart of what she does. Having originally qualified as a nurse, she progressed into the education. She realised quickly that to maximise her potential, and the potential of those she works with, there had to be trust, transparency and compassion, which is integral in positive relationships. Rhian has extensive experie...

Mark Walsh is a veteran, a Chartered Quality Professional and member of the Chartered Quality Institute who advocates for Quality in Businesses and has since set up his own business. He left school at the age of 16 with no GCSEs and joined the armed forces. He started his career as an 'expeditor' working in the logistics supply chain where he developed his passion to Quality. From there he obtaine...

Bastien Siebman is the Chief Technology Officer at iDo Clarity company. Bastien is an entrepreneur who is passionate about helping people and making their daily work more productive and hassle free. He followed his dream and now helps organisations world wide implement tools that improves productivity and reduces wasted time. Bastien joins me from France and shares the importance of delegation and...

Sustainability and Sustained Success tie the knot. I am delighted to bring you a special episode of my podcast during World Quality Week this year. The theme this year is Sustainability: improving our products, people and planet But how can we put this in practice and what are quality professionals expected to do to support this agenda. Today I am bringing you a panel of experts in Quality, Busine...

Welcome to my new podcast series Rashad in Conversation.  Quality Professionals strive to make businesses and society a better place regardless of the sector we work in. We do not achieve such efforts single handedly though. We engage with so many people and subject matter experts from around the world.  Having a clear understanding of how and who we interact with makes a successful calibration an...

Sonia Mills joins the conversation and confesses about the areas in her business she does not have the experience in, and how she finally got over that barrier. She also has a small beef with supermarkets.

When confessions are actually positive…A moment of doubt which turned into one of the key successes of Eyad Bibi. A Quality Professional, international consultant who started in Finance and moved into Construction. He shares his story about turning a challenge into a success when changing sectors.

Jack Naidoo joins me in this episode to share how being a civil engineer helped his journey in Quality a lot, and his experience with Engineers Without Borders taught him a lesson about elephants

From a Scientist to a Quality Professional. Join me this episode as I speak with Jonathan Bishop who shares his journey from being a scientist into the construction world. His confession: ego is really a recipe for disaster!

Janhavi Yadwad: a Quality Professional in India who started her career at the front of the house in operations before moving into the path of improvement projects to improve her customers’ experience. Her confession: the fact that her colleagues were humans and not machines.

Thiago Barcelos: a Quality Professional shares his experience in the automotive sector and talks about the importance of making things simple. His confession: a generous round up of costs in his early career

Quality Professionals from around the world talk to me, Rashad Issa, about their career journey and their biggest confessions in their professional life.