Martin Hottass is managing director at City & Guilds Group. He has over 30 years of experience in the skills sector, and previously led Siemens professional education in the UK and then EMEA. Since joining City & Guilds Group in October last ye

#56 - Julia Streets on comedy, diversity & fintech

May 17th, 2019 18m 3s

Julia Streets is the CEO and founder of Streets Consulting, a fintech business development, marketing and communications consultancy. She has previously worked as a senior executive in financial services and is regularly named as one of the 30

#55 - Workday's Richard Doherty on AI, people analytics and disruptive technology in HR

Apr 30th, 2019 37m 54s

Richard Doherty is senior director of product marketing for EMEA at Workday. A pioneer in cloud based recruiting and talent management solutions, Richard is a respected thought leader on people analytics and emerging technologies within human r

#54 - Leena Nair and Alan Watkins on the future of HR

Apr 26th, 2019 31m 33s

Appointed chief HR officer for Unilever in 2016, Leena has worked for the nutrition and personal care giant since 1992 after joining as a trainee. The first female CHRO in the business’s history, she is a leading voice on the future of HR, and

#53 - EY's Harvey Lewis on AI

Apr 12th, 2019 30m 59s

Harvey Lewis is associate partner & chief data scientist in EY’s tax practice. A real-life rocket scientist with over 25 years of experience in AI, blockchain and disruptive technologies, he is a strategist and innovator in the public and priva

#52 - Meyler Campbell's Anne Scoular on the power of effective coaching

Mar 13th, 2019 21m 47s

Anne Scoular is the co-founder of the executive coach training and leadership development firm, Meyler Campbell. Anne has led a varied career, originally working as a diplomat and international banker, before retraining mid-career as a psycholo

#51 -Saïd Business School's Dr. Nigel Spencer on automation and talent in professional services

Mar 8th, 2019 16m 57s

After a career in academia exploring cultural change and group dynamics, Dr. Nigel Spencer went on to work in professional services for PwC, and in talent development for international law firms. In his role at Saïd Business School, Nigel has d

#50 - Hashi Mohamed on social mobility

Feb 28th, 2019 36m 18s

Hashi came to the UK from Kenya at the age of nine after his father died. Growing up in some of the most deprived areas of the UK, Hashi would go on to qualify as a planning barrister in 2010. He has presented a number of radio documentaries fo

#49 - Simon Fanshawe on diversity and unconscious bias

Feb 22nd, 2019 29m 53s

Winner of the prestigious Perrier Award in 1989, Simon first came to prominence as a comedian before progressing into broadcasting. He has made programmes for both BBC radio and television, and his writing has appeared in the Sunday Times and T

#48 - Accenture's Candida Mottershead on diversity & inclusion

Feb 15th, 2019 26m 41s

Candida Mottershead has led Accenture's people function in the UK & Ireland since the summer of 2016. In that time, she has led on a number of diversity initiatives, including working towards the goal of having 25% of the business's MD's being

#47 - ManpowerGroup’s Jo Pursaill on the skills that shape the future of work

Feb 8th, 2019 27m

Jo Pursaill is director for talent at ManpowerGroup in the UK. Prior to joining Manpower Group in 2015, Jo worked for American Express, where she held the position of director for global talent development. In this podcast, Jo talks about the

#46 - Tracey Groves on purpose, trust and the #MeToo movement

Feb 1st, 2019 16m 57s

In her work as CEO and Founder of Intelligent Ethics, Tracey is passionate about helping leaders find and embrace what 'doing the right thing means for their business'. She is an expert in helping organisations embed their business's purpose in

#45 - Avon CEO Jan Zijderveld on leading a digital transformation

Jan 25th, 2019 22m 20s

Since joining Avon just under 12 months ago Jan Zijderveld has led a digitalisation strategy that has revolutionised the way their beauty products have been sold by their six million independent sales representatives around the world.In this

#44 - Adam Kingl on the future of leadership

Jan 18th, 2019 25m 49s

In his role as managing director for Europe at Duke Corporate Education, Adam leads Duke’s business in the region and works with clients on fundamental challenges such as purpose, culture, adaptability and innovation. In his work as a leadershi

#43 - Heidrick Consulting's Scott Snyder on digital innovation

Jan 4th, 2019 21m 33s

Scott Snyder has over 25 years of experience in business leadership, strategic planning and technology management for Fortune 500 companies and startups. A recognised thought leader in the tech management space, he is the author of two books, t

#42 - AXA's Lucinda Charles-Jones

Dec 22nd, 2018 23m 42s

With over 20 years of experience in Human Resources, Lucinda has held senior positions in a number of businesses and sectors, including Barclays Bank, Hays and the RAC. She has been AXA's group HR director for the UK & Ireland for three and a h

#41 - Sony Music's David Reay

Dec 14th, 2018 30m 36s

In his role as Senior VP of HR, David Reay heads up Sony Music's global people function. With over 20 years of experience in HR working for companies including BAE Systems and the RSA, David has a wealth of experience in talent in a variety of

#40 Kathryn Porter on attracting Hilton's 50% millennial workforce

Aug 23rd, 2018 25m 1s

With 50% of Hilton's workforce being millennials, director of youth strategy EMEA Kathryn Porter is heavily involved in attracting and developing the hospitality giant's talent pipeline. In this podcast, she examines alternative routes into e

#39 - Emma Birchall on re-thinking the 'three stage life'

Aug 9th, 2018 16m 59s

In her role as head of insight and forecasting at Hot Spots Movement, Emma Birchall researches the trends that will influence our careers in the future.In this speech from Changeboard's Future Talent Conference in 2018, titled 'what does it m

#38 - City & Guilds Group 'jobs for life panel'

Aug 2nd, 2018 24m 45s

At Future Talent 2018, Kirstie Donnelly, managing director at City & Guilds Group, chaired a panel with four workers at different stages of their career to discuss re-invention (09:00), the prospect of longer careers in light of increasing life

#37 - Philips’ Cynthia Burkhardt on inclusion, culture and creativity in the 21st century

Jul 26th, 2018 33m 40s

As a truly global company, healthcare giant Philips needs to recruit people from all backgrounds. In this podcast, first we hear from research scientist Dionisio Nunes on his journey (01:20) from war-torn Angola to an internship with Philips in

#36 - Matthew Taylor on the benefits of 'good work'

Jul 19th, 2018 18m

In July 2017, Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the RSA, published his review of modern working practices in the UK. Nine months on, he took to the stage at our 2018 conference to reflect on the key findings of his work. In this recording of

#35 - Lord Chris Holmes on artificial intelligence

Jul 12th, 2018 18m 11s

One of Britain’s most successful Paralympians, Lord Holmes won nine gold, five silver and one bronze medal in various swimming events between 1988 and 2000 and was also director of Paraylympic Integration for London 2012. In September 2013, he

#34 - Margaret Heffernan on friendship at work

Jul 5th, 2018 18m 44s

In her keynote speech from this year's Future Talent Conference, author and businesswoman Margaret Heffernan took on the topic 'We all need friends at work, or do we?' Drawing on her experience in the arts, Margaret discusses the importance o

#33 - Helmut Schuster on STEM, diversity and the future of HR

Jun 28th, 2018 39m 28s

In his role as global HR director for BP, Helmut Schuster is responsible for 74,000 employees operating across 70 countries. Since joining the energy giant in 1989, Helmut has held numerous leadership roles within the business, before taking up