Beautiful Misfits

By Mary PortasSociety & Culture Business

Beautiful Misfits episodes

January 28, 2021 TKE: Making the beauty industry more than skin deep with Mark Constantine
Ethics are at the heart of beauty brand Lush which campaigns on political issues, animal & human rights. Hear co-founder Mark Constantine talk about what his team brings to his business and his passion for the potential that business has to do good.
Plus the latest updates from the Portas team about the businesses this week that are making a difference.
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44 min
January 21, 2021 TKE: Creating a new kind of business - with James Watt
James Watt believes business, not governments, are the true drivers of change. And he’s making sure BrewDog, the company he co-founded, is doing all it can to tackle climate change. In the first episode of this new series, Mary talks to James about why it’s time for all of us to think carefully about the companies we buy into.
Plus, Mary talks to one of the Portas team about The Kindness Economy in action... looking at businesses this week that are making a difference.
Find out more about the Kindness Economy report: https://portasagency.com/the-kindness-economy-report/p/the-kindness-economy
Get in touch with team Portas: [email protected]
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39 min
January 15, 2021 Introducing The Kindness Economy, with Mary Portas
Join Mary Portas in this brand new series, as she talks to inspiring entrepreneurs - in everything from fashion to architecture - about how they’re helping make the business world a kinder place and we what we can all do to help. Starts Thursday.
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2 min
March 08, 2020 SPECIAL: The WLAW Phone-in 2020
Happy International Women's Day! Join Mary and her closest advisers from Portas Agency as they offer advice and guidance for a range of talented women working in UK business today - plus a familar voice surprises the team...

37 min
December 16, 2019 Work Like A Woman: Good business with Julian Richer
The founder of Richer Sounds is one of the UK's leading lights of responsible capitalism - in this interview with Mary, he takes us through the way he has run his business, why he decided to give control to his employees, and the launch of the Good Business Charter.
Elsewhere in the last episode of this series, we join Mary and colleague Emily Bryce Perkins (Portas Agency's culture director) at the firm's Christmas party preparations, and reflect on a decade of change in UK retail and culture.
41 min
December 09, 2019 Work Like A Woman: Mental Health Allies, with Josh Krichefski
The CEO of Europe's biggest media agency, with a staff of over 4000, Josh Krichefski speaks to Mary and Portas Agency's Culture Director Emily Bryce-Perkins about the stories they share about mental health, and how it's raised awareness and empathy in the company. Plus, there's a surprise guest in the final moments of the show (at least, it's a surprise for him).
31 min
December 02, 2019 Work Like A Woman: Sharing the social load, with Sharmadean Reid
British Jamaican entrepreneur Sharmadean Reid has founded two successful businesses and shows no sign of slowing down. In this empowering conversation, she discusses the origins of WAH Nails, Beautystack and the role family and friends have played in her career.
Meanwhile, Mary is live in New York, and Portas' Culture Director Emily Bryce-Perkins has some troubling feedback from a previous episode.
42 min
November 25, 2019 Work Like A Woman: Saying Yes, with Inga Beale
The first woman in charge of insurer Lloyds of London talks to Mary Portas and Portas Agency's culture director Emily Bryce Perkins about how she got to the top of this 333 year-old financial institution - and what all women can learn from her experience.

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39 min
November 18, 2019 Work Like A Woman: The Male Paradox, with Toby Wiseman
The editor of Men's Health, the UK's best selling men's magazine, chats to Mary Portas and her culture director Emily Bryce-Perkins about the challenges men face in an equal society. Plus, there's talk on Christmas windows, the new Harvey Nichols documentary and why Anita Roddick should have been a Dame.
33 min
November 11, 2019 Work Like A Woman: Financial independence, with Jude Kelly
Theatre director and founder of the Women Of The World festival Jude Kelly drops in to Portas to speak to Mary about her new project, the WOW foundation.
Also on the show, Mary is joined by Emily Bryce-Perkins, co-host and Culture Director of Mary’s creative agency and consultancy Portas, to discuss Marks & Spencers' latest figures and Microsoft Japan's four-day week experiement.
35 min

About Beautiful Misfits

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Beautiful Misfits don’t accept the status quo. They know instinctively the way we’re living today is broken. But they believe the world can be a better place. And they fearlessly take the imaginative leap to change it. Join Mary as she talks to the authors and businesspeople, designers and poets, who are using their unique perspective to create a better, more beautiful, future. Their life lessons are sometimes funny, at others moving, but always insightful. And one thing is clear: we’ve never needed these beautiful misfits more.