The Purpose Effect

What we wear to work might seem like a simple daily choice, but it carries far more weight than we realise. In this episode, Laura Blake and Del Redvers are joined by Becky Stanley and Catriona Gilmour to explore the hidden signals behind workplace clothing - how it shapes first impressions, confidence, and professional identity.

In the moment, the “right” choice often looks like the quickest, cheapest, easiest option, and yet the consequences can be anything but simple. Good decisions don’t just optimise for cost and speed; they balance risk, compliance, reputation, and the values we want to stand behind as a business. Del and Laura are joined by BMT’s regional Commercial Directors - Yaz Majrouh and Chris Tokarchuk – to d...

Should businesses give to charity? It sounds like a simple, values-led decision - but whose values, and how do you decide what’s fair, meaningful, and aligned with your purpose? In this episode, Del and Laura explore how different perspectives shape decisions around fairness, priorities and social responsibility, and what it takes to balance those views while giving people a genuine voice.

You’ve got a bonus pot to share. Sounds straightforward enough - until you have to decide what “fair” really means. Should everyone get the same? Should contribution matter more? And is fairness about the outcome, or the process behind it? Del and Laura are joined by Gudrun Neumann, our Global People Director, to explore how simple questions about sharing can open up much bigger conversations abou...

In this final episode of the season, Del and Laura are joined by CEO Sarah Kenny for a wide-ranging and candid conversation about leadership, sustainability, and the future of responsible business. Together, they explore why climate change sits at the heart of today’s most complex global challenges, and why addressing it is fundamental to solving issues like resource scarcity, migration, and confl...

As the world becomes more complex - from geopolitical shifts to technological disruption - the perspectives within BMT are evolving too. In this episode, we are joined by members of the Employee Engagement Group to explore how a growing range of views across our business is influencing our collective worldview. Together with Mick Dewhirst, Mike McDoran, Mark Keyworth, and Adam Jones, we reflect on...

In this episode, we are joined by Monty Long, Regional Future Business Director at BMT. Together, we unpack the delicate balance between delivering what customers ask for and pushing for the change they may not yet realise they need. If you’re curious about navigating the grey area between client expectations and future-focused action, and how companies like BMT build lasting trust and value, this...

In a follow up to our last episode, we unpack the ethical challenges behind the rapid rise of digital technology. Guest Simon Willmore, Digital Transformation Director at BMT, joins us again to explore the deeper issues of AI bias, inequality in access to clean energy for data centres, and how terms like “the cloud” can oversimplify complex systems. From job disruption and algorithmic bias to the...

In part one of this two-part series, we talk with Simon Willmore, Digital Transformation Director at BMT, about what AI and cloud storage are and the environmental footprint they leave behind. As these technologies become more central to how we live and work, we dig into the rising energy demands, the complexity behind the data, and the many unknowns still ahead. This episode lifts the lid on the...

You’ve worked hard to get to where you are. But why haven’t you gone further and achieved more? Is that down to you or maybe the opportunities haven’t been there? Del and Laura are joined by Gudrun Neumann, BMT's Global People Director, to talk about whether success is just down to hard work and ambition, or is there more to it? Does everyone have the same chance to succeed? Gudrun shares her pers...

Should you trust companies when they say their product is environmentally friendly? Is it a helpful label or marketing greenwash? In our first episode, we unpack the term “environmentally friendly” and challenge common assumptions. Is it something we should say about our designs, products or services in BMT? Join the conversation and get to the heart of the issue.