Susan Scott-Parker Goes Live

In this episode of Scott-Parker Goes Live, Susan sits down with Lesa Bradshaw - international speaker, social entrepreneur, disability inclusion specialist, and founder of Bradshaw LeRoux (South Africa) and Lesa Bradshaw International (UK). Lesa brings a rare blend of lived experience, business acumen, and global perspective. From her experience in South Africa to her work across Europe and the UK...

In this thought-provoking episode, Anel Martin sits down with Susan Scott-Parker to unpack the real-world impact of workplace adjustments and why most organisations are still getting it wrong.  Susan shares decades of insight with clarity and conviction, challenging outdated assumptions and offering a practical roadmap for change.  From the hidden costs of delay to the ripple effects on employee e...

In this episode of Scott-Parker Goes Live , Susan sits down with Christine Hemphill, Managing Director of Open Inclusion, a global inclusive research agency leading the way in disability and age inclusion. Christine explains what inclusive research really means – and why it matters. From packaging and digital design to government services and immersive technologies, she shares how authentic insigh...

‘We fail disabled people when we fail to meet the legitimate needs of business’ – discuss! I want to start 2025 with something a little different: my ‘Master Class’ for some Canadian disability organisations who were beginning to suspect that their traditional relationship with business did not help disabled people find meaningful jobs and careers. Some also sensed that their traditional messages...

Today, I am happy to release Episode 6 of Scott-Parker Goes Live!  In this episode, we speak with none other than the extraordinary Kate Nash OBE – a force of nature and a self-proclaimed ‘agitator’ who has dedicated her career to reframing how the world views ‘disability’.  Kate founded PurpleSpace in 2015 to empower Disability Employee Networks/ERGs worldwide. PurpleSpace is no small mission – i...

Episode Five of Scott-Parker Goes Live features Dr Nancy Doyle and is particularly well timed, as October marks ADHD Awareness Month with the theme "Awareness is Key!"  Dr Nancy Doyle, Founder Genius Within, is always absolutely fascinating: she must surely be one of the world’s leading authorities on neurodivergence and its impact on human beings in work and on the impact of work on hum...

This programme is called ‘Scott Parker goes live’ – which prompted my latest challenging conversation with Anel asking: So what is top of your mind- what is ‘live?’ - as you continue to tackle what you describe as the ‘global disability equality crisis’? Her questions just kept coming: - Why does the world still so strongly resist the message that disability is a human rights and equality imperati...

What does good governance really look like- and do we care? Do join me for my fascinating conversation with Alice Maynard.  In a world where we are pushed to act quickly and act again and then jump to the next call,  Alice Maynard’s level of thoughtful self- reflection is indeed rare and precious. She draws on years of direct experience on an amazingly diverse range of organisations – from the boa...

It was such a pleasure interviewing Caroline Casey- as she continues mobilising the collective power of business to tackle, in her words, “ the global Disability Equality Crisis”.   Our conversation, as such long standing friends and colleagues, provides fascinating insights into the world -and the lived reality - of this fascinating international change maker…who combines the power of her persona...

Here comes my first episode of "Susan Scott-Parker Goes Live.”. I so enjoyed my thought-provoking conversation with Phyllida Swift, CEO, Face Equality International - a unique, indeed historic, global alliance: members range from international non- profits to the ever-so-grass- roots group in Nepal –all  coming together to promote ‘face equality’. I kicked off with: ‘Why did the authors of th...