Shazre and Peter wrap up the series by asking Seth Schultz to reflect on some of the insights gathered from previous conversations. They ponder the challenges that climate change is posing to engineers and city planners, and the imperative to c

Leading for Resilience | Episode 6: Verena Radulovic on acting fast, thinking slow

Jul 27th, 2023 30m 48s

Shazre and Peter talk with Verena Radulovic, who identifies some fundamental shifts in the way corporations should be, and are, integrating climate risk into their planning and strategies.Verena Radulovic spent 16 years as an environmental re

Leading for Resilience | Episode 5: Jo da Silva on embracing complexity

Jul 19th, 2023 33m 56s

Shazre and Peter speak to Jo da Silva DBE about pragmatic optimism and the need to focus on solutions, not problems.Jo da Silva is the Global Director of Sustainable Development at Arup, leading the firm's activities to address the climate, bi

Leading for Resilience | Episode 4: Dr. Debra Roberts on ticking clocks and connecting the dots

Jul 13th, 2023 39m

This week Dr Debra Roberts issues a passionate call for knowledge brokers to help bring climate scientists closer to decision-makers in business and government. Professor Debra Roberts has spent the last three decades working at the science-

Leading for Resilience | Episode 3: Rachel Skinner on sitting with uncertainty

Jun 30th, 2023 32m 45s

In this week’s episode, Shazre and Peter are joined by Rachel Skinner CBE todiscuss the role of systems-thinking for overcoming imperfect information.Rachel Skinner is the Executive Director for Responsible Business and Government Relations

Leading for Resilience | Episode 2: Richard Nugee CB CVO CBE on breaking rules and following orders

Jun 20th, 2023 47m 11s

This week, the podcast welcomes Lieutenant General (Retd) Richard Nugee CB CVO CBE, to explore what the private sector can learn from the armed forces about resilient leadership and empowerment.General Richard Nugee was commissioned into the

Leading for Resilience | Episode 1: Martyn Link and the importance of story telling

Jun 13th, 2023 41m 51s

Shazre and Peter talk to Martyn Link, Executive Director at Resilience First and former chief strategist at Wood Plc., about the importance of putting the human at the heart of decision making.Martyn Link specializes in leading organizations

#30 - Shifting Climate Leadership - Introduction

Aug 12th, 2021 41m 2s

Juliet Mian interviews project lead Peter Willis about the origins and purpose of the Shifting Climate Leadership project and what is already emerging from his conversations with climate leaders.Podcast editing by Roman Svidran.

#29 - Resilience Conversations - 10 years on from the Christchurch earthquake

Feb 21st, 2021 16m 49s

We brought together Dr Juliet Mian, The Resilience Shift, and Dr Kristen MacAskill, University of Cambridge, to discuss their reflections, 2 years on from our Christchurch round-table and 10 years on from the devastating earthquakes. What is th

#24 - Engineering a Safer Future - Safety at Work

Feb 16th, 2021 14m 20s

The Safety at Work session, held on 15 September 2020, was a moderated conversation around safety challenges in a post-Covid world, from small-scale practical issues to long-term consequences to our institutions and systems.The conversation d

#27 - Engineering a Safer Future - Infrastructure

Feb 16th, 2021 16m 18s

In the Infrastructure session, conducted on 15 September 2020, participants were asked to examine how their work life had changed between January and September 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic; how they have managed to stay resilient, both per

#26 - Engineering a Safer Future - Education

Feb 16th, 2021 16m 17s

In the Education session, held on 16 September 2020, participants were asked to examine how their work life has changed between January and September 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic; how they have managed to stay resilient – both personally a

#28 - Engineering a Safer Future - Public Understanding of Risk

Feb 16th, 2021 15m 23s

In the Public Understanding of Risk session, held on 24 September 2020, participants were asked to examine how their work life has changed between January and September 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic; how they have managed to stay resilient

#25 - Engineering a Safer Future - Data

Feb 16th, 2021 14m 44s

In the Data session, conducted on 17 September 2020, participants were asked to examine how their work life has changed between January and September 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic; how they have managed to stay resilient – both personally

#23 – What does the future of resilient leadership look like? (24 November 2020)

Dec 16th, 2020 34m 50s

Seth and Peter close out the year and the Resilient Leadership project with Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac, who led the delivery of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015 and have been co-hosting the Outrage and Optimism podcast. They d

#22 – A Glimpse Behind the Curtain (28 October 2020)

Nov 17th, 2020 31m 6s

The project team get together to summarise the process of distilling insights from weekly interviews, and discuss their personal takeaways and lessons from the sixteen week process. Download the ‘Resilient Leadership’ project report here: htt

#21 – Comparing Notes with Gareth Morgan, City of Cape Town (30 July 2020)

Aug 24th, 2020 40m 5s

Peter speaks to Gareth Morgan, Director of Resilience of the City of Cape Town (CoCT) about a similar reflective learning exercise he has been leading within the CoCT management team since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis. Find out more a

#20 – Insights from Round 14 (30 July 2020)

Jul 31st, 2020 41m 9s

The Covid-19 crisis continues, but this phase of our project comes to an end with a final round of weekly insights. Seth and Peter discuss how city leaders continue to grapple with the impact of the Covid-19 crisis, and close out on an optimist

#19 – Insights from Round 13 (23 July 2020)

Jul 24th, 2020 28m 35s

In our penultimate episode with weekly insights, the focus of Seth and Peter’s conversation is our participants’ reflections on showing up as a leader during a crisis, dilemmas around the right level of decentralised decision-making, and though

#18 – Insights from Round 12 (14 July 2020)

Jul 21st, 2020 37m 34s

This week, Seth and Peter discuss our participants’ reflections on individual attributes that have sustained them through a long crisis, what does transformation really mean and who can help deliver it.Find out more about the ‘Resilient Leade

#17 – Insights from Round 11 (9 July 2020)

Jul 13th, 2020 28m 52s

Our participants’ reflections on personal and institutional blind spots and approaches to address them form the basis of Seth and Peter’s conversation this week. Also, we hear how our corporate participants are grappling with the mixed bag of b

#16 – Insights from Round 10 (30 June 2020)

Jul 4th, 2020 30m 23s

Amid a seemingly endless pandemic, Seth and Peter discuss the implications on crisis management structures and plans in city government and private sector organisations, aspects of human nature that act as barriers to recovery from Covid-19, an

#15 – Insights from Round 9 (23 June 2020)

Jul 2nd, 2020 29m 42s

Seth and Peter discuss updates – positive and negative – from the crises our participants are grappling with, and leadership traits that help with response, recovery and transformation after a crisis. Find out more about the ‘Resilient Leader

#14 – Insights from Round 8 (16 June 2020)

Jun 26th, 2020 30m 26s

Seth and Peter discuss our participants’ reflections on the impact of the anti-racism protests in the USA on their organisations and countries, a possible return to ‘business as usual’ with respect to Covid-19, and where to look for leadership

#13 – Insights from Round 7 (9 June 2020)

Jun 23rd, 2020 32m 42s

Seth and Peter resume normal programming with a discussion on insights from Round 7 of interviews, including reflections on personal and organisational responses to a widening and deepening crisis, how the pandemic is revealing different mechan