Policy Innovation Podcast

Meet 'unsung hero' Chris, CEO of Newable. They support small and medium-sized UK businesses to grow.

Listen to his story and idea for government to give an independent institution, focused on objectively growing the economy, the ability to represent British business in a non-political way.

Follow or connect with Chris on LinkedIn and check out iMindventures.com to learn more or get involved.

Meet 'unsung hero' Ankshita, Operations Director at Startup Discovery School in Asia. They support entrepreneurs who are often underrepresented and/or overlooked.

Listen to her story and ideas for innovating how we do demoracy, including that policy-making should be more inclusive and iterative, so we can mosre easily solve our biggest shared challenges (such as climate change).

Connect with Ankshita on LinkedIn and check out iMindventures.com to get involved.

Meet Mo, Co-Founder of UrbanChain, a Manchester-based scale-up company. They're revolutionising the renewable energy markets and decreasing our reliance on gas. Listen to their story and ideas for innovating how we do democracy and grow the economy.

Follow UrbanChain on LinkedIn and find out more at urbanchain.co.uk.

Ever heard about a company being spun out of 10 Downing Street? Or the idea that some of our institutions should take a more revolutionary approach?

Listen to our latest unsung hero, Simon, who is trailblazing how behavioural science can improve policy-making and help our democracy to thrive.

Navjot Sawhney, Founder & CEO of the Washing Machine Project, shares their policy ideas for bridging innovation and humanitarianism.

This includes:

• Increase funding for innovative international development projects
• Improve R&D tax credits for startups and small businesses

Emma and Natalie, Co-Founders of Dear Bump, talk about their ideas for innovating policy to help pregnant women in the workplace.

Check out their website here.

Dan Etenberg, Founder & CEO of LIA Aerospace, discusses why green policies in space are becoming increasingly important.

Gemma Guilera, Co-Founder & Director of Moving Beans, suggests city councils, waste facility managers, and big industries come together to build a common budget - overseen by an executive body - to be responsible for driving sustainability forward.

Promisingly, she says as long as we breathe we can solve issues!

In addition, Nawful Raj, Founder of Yū Pods, believes we need to reduce consumption, eliminate the use of non-recyclable and micro-plastics, and fund more non-tech-based companies (to solve environmental issues).

Check out Moving Beans here and Yū Pods here.

Abisola Oladapo, Co-Founder & CEO of Agnes Health, says we need to share best practices around maternal health and adapt it, so pregnant women around the world can improve their physical and mental health.

Tinesh Chhaya, Founder & CEO of Decipher Cyber, discusses why:

1. Governments and parents should prioritise e-safety policies and adopt good practices to help young people
2. Companies should add the role of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to the C-Suite

Follow Tinesh on LinkedIn and/or check out Decipher Cyber here.