The Communication & Culture Podcast

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In this episode, I receive Sophia Kristjansson. Sophia specialises in diversity, equity & inclusion, change management, people strategies, and executive coaching. She applies the concepts of behavioural neuroscience and organisational psychology to help leaders and their organisations achieve their business outcomes. Her extensive studies abroad, international management and marketing roles, a...

Toby Mildon is a Diversity & Inclusion Architect who is passionate about creating diverse workplaces and cultures that are inclusive. He has helped some of the UK's largest companies, including the BBC, Deloitte, Sony, and HarperCollins Publishing, improve staff retention, brand innovation, productivity, and performance. Toby's Inclusive Growth Culture Programme helps businesses implem...

I know I am all about communicating. But you know what? Sometimes, it is good to know when to stop communicating. So, in this episode, I 'll discuss Situations in which you should stop communicating The process to stop the interaction And some benefits for doing so.

In this latest episode, I interview Tray Borreson to discuss the relation between marketing and communication. Tracy is all about authenticity, specifically in the digital space. In a world where it’s easy to hide and follow someone else’s path, Tracy endeavors to lead with her personal brand, as well as encourage others to find, own and show up with their personal brand leading the way. Tracy str...

Welcome to this episode of the Communication and Culture podcast. Do words matter? In this episode, I am discussing how words matter, not on their own, but in the whole context of communication.

Here is the latest episode of the Communication & Culture podcast. And in this episode, I receive Neil Lawrence. Neil is a transformational neurodivergent coach working with executives, creatives and coaches to help them finish what they start with confidence. He identifies as an outsider and is change maker for LGBTQ+ disability and wellbeing visibility. He is a mindfulness practitioner who l...

In this episode, I give you tips to improve the impact of your written communication. In short: purpose clarity appeal short factual So, let's just dive in!

Julie Chakraverty has 30 years of financial services and technology experience. She's served on multiple global listed company boards and currently serves on the boards of Starling Bank and NCC Group, the global cyber security company. She is also the founder of Rungway, the employee engagement platform that helps leaders identify emerging issues and have real impact, company-wide. During her...

In this first episode of season 3, I continue my journey towards the beginning of communication. I am exploring the purpose of communication, or should I say purposes? We communicate a lot. But what for? A lot of the time, it seems we just communicate even if we don't have anything to say or share. However, I will delve into the two purposes of communication: Exchanging information Building re...

In this episode, I receive Magali Vives, a codevelopment (Codev) specialist. Truly « addict » to cultural diversity, Magali calls herself a citizen of the world before anything else. Her mission is to contribute to improving the quality of interactions amongst individuals ; she is convinced that this is the key to a better world. Here is why, on a daily basis, she supports leaders and organization...

Welcome to this latest episode of the Communication & Culture podcast. In this episode, I thought I wanted to begin at the beginning with communication and I use my background as a biologist to delve deeply into communication in general and how it developed. When we think of communication, we mostly think about human communication. Because this is what most of us are interested in.  A lot of u...

Welcome to this episode of the Communication & Culture podcast. I receive a special guest:  Liz Kislik is a management consultant and executive coach, and a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and Forbes. Her TEDx “Why There’s So Much Conflict at Work and What You Can Do to Fix It” has received almost half a million views. She specializes in developing high performing leaders and w...

Welcome to this latest episode of the podcast, now called the Communication & Culture podcast. A change of title, a change of direction but the same philosophy.  How did it come about? Since the end of last summer, I had the opportunity to take a step back from what I was doing, to pause, question and reflect.  The final outcome of this process is a change of direction for my business and henc...

In this episode, I receive Robin Sacks, a confidence coach. For many years now, Robin has been helping leaders to develop their confidence. And yes, it is something that Robin stressed so well: confidence can be developed and learned. You are not born confident, or not. In this episode, Robin discusses how ther is a fine balancing act between stress and confidence and how when one goes up, the oth...

Culture fit, culture add, culture what? Welcome to this episode of the Culture & Inclusion podcast. What is this all about? You may have heard about these terms of culture fit and culture add when it comes to hiring new people. How you should, or shouldn’t hire for culture fit or culture add and so on. I want to give you my take on this subject. Hiring for culture fit, for culture add, none of...

In this episode, I receive Tom Hannigan, an experienced recruiter to talk about recruitment and inclusion. I was glad to hear from Tom's experience that most companies he's been working with have in their minds diversity and inclusion when they want to recruit and that companies are keen on improving in general on these topics. However, the approach taken by companies will differ a lot depending o...

I this episode I am giving you my take on the relationship between culture and inclusion. Is there a relationship? Is inclusion all what culture is about? Is it part of an organisational culture? A culture is shared by people who share the values, what is important, appropriate for that culture. They share behaviours, communication patterns and ways of seeing the world. Cultures are made by people...

Today's guest is Janina Neumann, a German/English Creative Director and Intercultural Trainer and the host of the Bicultural Podcast. In this episode, Janina shares her experience of how her biculturalism helped her understand cultural differences, how people reacted to her being from a different culture. She shares some tips and practices when interacting with people from different cultures and s...

In this episode, we are going to talk about where the culture of an organisation applies. So, in short, the answer to the question in the title “Is an organisation culture only internal” is no, an organisation’s culture is not just internal. Any culture is internal because it is based on very deep underlying assumptions. These deep, basic assumptions are the internal layer of a culture. It is abou...

In this episode I am talking to Dr Richard Beal, a professionalism expert. We discuss the relationship between professionalism and the culture of an organisation. Richard shares his experience and deep knowledge on the topic in wonderful nuggets of insights. In short, there is a strong link between the level of professionalism and the culture of an organisation. The standards and expectations, or...

Today, I want to talk about what is required to understand culture and inclusion, particularly when an organisation is looking for people to work in that field and improve inclusion in their organisation. This topic came to me after seeing many times that if basically, you are not from a minority group, you cannot understand inclusion. In short, it seems that you have to experience being in an und...

Listen to Vinay Raman sharing his view on how data can help with inclusion. We tend to think that culture is something intangible, fluffy, a soft aspect of an organisation. Not at all. Like many other things in an organisation, culture and inclusion have results that can be measured. This is what we discuss in the episode. - People management and data are not often used together, in the same sente...

Raising your level of awareness, and the ones of the people around you will improve inclusion and belonging in your team or organisation. I am going to touch on two subjects. In the first part of the podcast, I will delve into why we react the way we do to diversity. In the second part, I will discuss some steps you can take to raise your awareness to differences. It was found that the more famili...

In this episode, I receive as a guest Henrika Tonder. Henrika is originally from Finland. She has lived half of her life in France and is now located in Helsinki with her husband of 2 decades and their 3 teenage boys. She stands for equality and believes that we can’t afford to waste another generation of unused human potential. As a self-employed Peace Performance Coach Henrika helps internationa...