Jude is founder and director of Sounddelivery Media – who champion the expertise and insights of lived experience leaders. In this episode, Polly and Roger talk to her about…

…Why Jude left her BBC career behind to set up an organisation to tell new and different stories

…The true meaning of “informed consent”

…How active allyship alongside lived experience sets leaders up to fly

…Building capacity to change norms and correct injustices

…CEO guilt trips

…And much more

Jude can be reached via:

[email protected]

Get more from A Better Way Network at https://www.betterway.network/ 

Podcast hosts, Polly Neate and Roger Martin, can be reached via this email [email protected], or their respective websites:

http://www.shelter.org.uk

https://hqcl.substack.com/

Dalton Leong is now a semi-retired charity leader, with an earlier successful career in banking and financial services. In this episode, Polly and Roger talk to him about…

…His journey from senior banker to CEO of a children’s hospice.
…Joining forces – why merging two charities was the right move for beneficiaries
…Bringing together the voices of 16,000 VCSE organisations in one county
…Understanding value in a time when money is tight
…And much more

Dalton can be reached via:

[email protected] 

Get more from A Better Way Network at www.betterway.network/

Podcast hosts, Polly Neate and Roger Martin, can be reached via this email [email protected], or their respective websites:

www.shelter.org.uk

hqcl.substack.com/

Samira is an independent consultant supporting community development, working with the Grenfell community, The King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust, among others. In this episode, Polly and Roger talk to her about…

…How to find a completely different starting point for conversations that truly change things

…Reframing “evidence-based practice” as “practice-based evidence”

…The “in between space” where systems and communities, lived and learned experience overlap

…”Breaking bread” together to rebuild trust

…Why people might keep asking for more information

You can contact Samira on..

X (formerly Twitter) @benomsan

[email protected] 

Get more from A Better Way Network at https://www.betterway.network/ 

Podcast hosts, Polly Neate and Roger Martin, can be reached via this email [email protected], or their respective websites:

http://www.shelter.org.uk

https://hqcl.substack.com/

Sarah has worked in mental health since the age of 15 and has now achieved her dream job as CEO of Mind . In this episode, Polly and Roger talk to her about…

…The pleasures and pressures of the job she always wanted.

…Is mental ill health really increasing and why?

…The realities of striving to remain an “authentic” leader and what does that even mean? 

…And a lot more!

Sarah can be reached via: 

[email protected]

https://www.mind.org.uk

Get more from A Better Way Network at https://www.betterway.network/ 

Podcast hosts, Polly Neate and Roger Martin, can be reached via this email [email protected], or their respective websites:

http://www.shelter.org.uk

https://hqcl.substack.com/

Caroline co-founded A Better Way and runs a think tank called the Civil Exchange, after a career full of learning, famously being the first female Private Secretary to the first female PM – Margaret Thatcher. In the final episode of the first series, Polly and Roger talk to her about…

…How Caroline first saw that a better way was so desperately needed.

…Lessons from working for two Prime Ministers and Gordon Brown when he was Chancellor.

…What happens when you’re introducing systems that aren’t working.

…Hopes for better government, stronger democracy, and a more positive narrative.

…And much more

Caroline can be reached via:

[email protected]

Get more from A Better Way Network at https://www.betterway.network/ 

Podcast hosts, Polly Neate and Roger Martin, can be reached via this email [email protected], or their respective websites:

http://www.shelter.org.uk

http://www.rogermartin.me

John is a systems thinker at Impro. In this episode, Polly and Roger talk to him about…

…What even is systems thinking?

…What led public services into meltdown.

…How can we rebuild in the best way for citizens?

…Lessons from The Netherlands who now have empty places in prisons.

…Let’s not jump to digital solutions (“We need an app for that”).

…And more

You can contact John here..

https://www.improconsult.co.uk/systemic-design-portfolio.html

[email protected] 

Get more from A Better Way Network at https://www.betterway.network/ 

Podcast hosts, Polly Neate and Roger Martin, can be reached via this email [email protected], or their respective websites:

http://www.shelter.org.uk

http://www.rogermartin.me

Clare Wightman is CEO of Grapevine - Coventry and Warwickshire. In this episode, Polly and Roger talk to her about…

…Strengthening people by putting love, hope, intimacy and connectedness first.

…Building power to challenge for system change.

…Creating a culture that thrives and endures through stories.

…Why one of the hottest risks of striving to collaborate is to our individual psychological safety. 

…And a lot more!

Clare can be reached via: 

[email protected]

@grapevineceo

https://www.grapevinecovandwarks.org/

Get more from A Better Way Network at https://www.betterway.network/ 

Podcast hosts, Polly Neate and Roger Martin, can be reached via this email [email protected], or their respective websites:

http://www.shelter.org.uk

http://www.rogermartin.me

David is the founder of the Relationships Project and Community Links and one of the founders of A Better Way. In this episode, Polly and Roger talk to him about…

…How David’s life’s work led to the movement for A Better Way

…How relationships have suffered as the public sector has changed

…Why 9.75 miilion pandemic volunteers are not “an army”

…What it takes to raise our sights and shift the soul of the system

…Learning from places where things are done in A Better Way 

David can be reached on [email protected]

And via: 

https://relationshipsproject.org

Get more from A Better Way Network at https://www.betterway.network/ 

Podcast hosts, Polly Neate and Roger Martin, can be reached via this email [email protected], or their respective websites:

http://www.shelter.org.uk

http://www.rogermartin.me

Khatija is the CEO of Ideal for All, a charity and social enterprise based in Sandwell. In this episode, Polly and Roger talk to her about…

…Being truly user-led.

…How a one-stop-shop delivers better outcomes at less cost.

…Standing with people to claim what’s rightfully theirs

…The value of local partnerships and the threats posed by large and national organisations.

Khatija can be reached via: 

https://www.idealforall.co.uk/

Get more from A Better Way Network at https://www.betterway.network/ 

Podcast hosts, Polly Neate and Roger Martin, can be reached via this email [email protected], or their respective websites:

http://www.shelter.org.uk

http://www.rogermartin.me

Kathy is the CEO of Children England and one of the founders of A Better Way. In this episode, Polly and Roger talk to her about…

…How competition and contracting have wasted energy and money and undermined trust, collaboration and purpose

…Who should be the catalysts for change and how we need to listen

…Lessons to be learned from local, decentralised successes

…Kathy’s journey from practitioner to policy influencer and changemaker

Kathy can be reached via: 

https://www.childrenengland.org.uk

Get more from A Better Way Network at https://www.betterway.network/ 

Podcast hosts, Polly Neate and Roger Martin, can be reached via this email [email protected], or their respective websites:

http://www.shelter.org.uk

http://www.rogermartin.me