SARDisms

How will flexible working impact the future of businesses?

On this episode, we speak with Emma Stewart MBE, Co-Founder and Development Director at Timewise UK, a flexible working consultancy. She has contributed to numerous government task-forces, reports and initiatives, focusing on how to encourage more people who need to work flexibly into the workplace, shape the labour markets of the future and raise family living standards. Prior to co-founding Timewise and Women Like Us, Emma worked in a range of development roles across the private, civic society and social enterprise sectors and within documentary television.

Along with Kevin Monk and Mariah Young, Emma discusses what flexible working means and how businesses can really benefit from providing this type of supportive environment. Having two-way flexibility can not only enhance performance, but creates a partnership between employee and the company. This episode is pack full of excellent advice for not only businesses, but for employees to not be afraid to have these discussions with their employer.

The main aim of SARD is to help improve the NHS, Britain's public health service. Healthcare and IT are ever-changing and we are interested in the ways that we can help it evolve with the growing population. SARD created a podcast because there’s constant change, growth even, in our industry and we want to shout about it – this podcast is essentially our proverbial mountaintop and we’re here to share all that’s going on. 

'Be proud of our amazing NHS; be proud of our great nation. Together we can build a great nation and the most wonderful NHS. We all need the safest and the best NHS; together we can build a safe and best NHS. That is my 2021 New Year's wish.' - Dr Umesh Prabhu 

In this episode, Kevin Monk and Mariah Young speak with Dr Umesh Prabhu about the challenges he's faced and what he's learned along the way. 

As a former Medical Director, Dr Prabhu has seen many changes in the NHS over the years. He's worked diligently to make sure that safety of all patients remains paramount regardless of who, what, where or when. Dr Prabhu has a clear mission and has no problem challenging others to ensure the welfare of all of those who benefit from the NHS retains top priority.

The main aim of SARD is to help improve the NHS, Britain's public health service. Healthcare and IT are ever-changing and we are interested in the ways that we can help it evolve with the growing population. SARD created a podcast because there’s constant change, growth even, in our industry and we want to shout about it – this podcast is essentially our proverbial mountaintop and we’re here to share all that’s going on. 

The SARD family are lucky enough to have their very own trivia king, Christy Hinchliffe. We’ve been graced with his wonder to produce excellent pub-type quizzes that have proven to really get those brain juices flowing. 

We didn’t want to keep Christy’s skill a secret, so we asked him to create a Christmas quiz where we could invite quiz enthusiasts to join us and compete! It was so well received, we’ve turned this into a SARDisms episode and the rest is history. We had so much fun and hope that you do too. This is bound to become a SARD tradition for future episodes.

Test your knowledge and let us know your score on Twitter @SARDJV and use #SARDQuizmas.

The main aim of SARD is to help improve the NHS, Britain's public health service. Healthcare and IT are ever-changing and we are interested in the ways that we can help it evolve with the growing population. SARD created a podcast because there’s constant change, growth even, in our industry and we want to shout about it – this podcast is essentially our proverbial mountaintop and we’re here to share all that’s going on. 

“Everything is interesting when you’re curious.”

Rory joins us for an informative chat covering a full gamut of topics. From the woes of procurement, to High Speed 2 scepticism, to the impact that ergodicity plays in our everyday lives, Rory and Kevin Monk have a lot to discuss in this rollercoaster of an episode. Grab your pen ready for the inevitable ‘mind quakes’ to come.

Rory Sutherland is the Vice-Chairman of Ogilvy Group UK and writes The Spectator’s Wiki Man column. He is also a best-selling author of ‘Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense’. Rory is widely known for his unique perspectives and brings a wealth of knowledge to the world of behavioural science. 

The main aim of SARD is to help improve the NHS, Britain's public health service. Healthcare and IT are ever-changing and we are interested in the ways that we can help it evolve with the growing population. SARD created a podcast because there’s constant change, growth even, in our industry and we want to shout about it – this podcast is essentially our proverbial mountaintop and we’re here to share all that’s going on. 

In this episode, we speak with Douglas Hamandishe who has many years experience as a Mental Health Clinician, as a CCIO and has now started up a new company: Centric Health Media. Douglas understands the importance of digital media and he believes there's a big future in it - and he's ready to help take organisations there.

The main aim of SARD is to help improve the NHS, Britain's public health service. Healthcare and IT are ever-changing and we are interested in the ways that we can help it evolve with the growing population. SARD created a podcast because there’s constant change, growth even, in our industry and we want to shout about it – this podcast is essentially our proverbial mountaintop and we’re here to share all that’s going on. 

In this episode, we meet Jan Eastwood, SARD JV's business development guru. Jan has a wealth of experience in sales and business development. Jan is incredible at her job of building business relationships within the NHS.

The main aim of SARD is to help improve the NHS, Britain's public health service. Healthcare and IT are ever-changing and we are interested in the ways that we can help it evolve with the growing population. SARD created a podcast because there’s constant change, growth even, in our industry and we want to shout about it – this podcast is essentially our proverbial mountaintop and we’re here to share all that’s going on. 

"The way you know you're doing [Operations] well is if nobody really notices what you're doing." - Naomi Liddle, Operations Director

In this episode, we speak with Naomi Liddle who is the Operations Director at SARD. Naomi loves organisation (within her work-life) and ensuring that she's helping sail the SARD ship to success. Naomi (and others) has had many attempts at writing a job description, but her role is so varied, it seems to be an impossible task.

The main aim of SARD is to help improve the NHS, Britain's public health service. Healthcare and IT are ever-changing and we are interested in the ways that we can help it evolve with the growing population. SARD created a podcast because there’s constant change, growth even, in our industry and we want to shout about it – this podcast is essentially our proverbial mountaintop and we’re here to share all that’s going on. 

A brand new medical school has opened in East Kent, what does this mean for the future of the NHS?

In this episode, we chat with Founding Dean Dr Chris Holland and Professor Debra Towse about the grand opening of the Kent Medway Medical School, a joint venture between the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University.  

Both bring extensive knowledge to the school and look forward to training the future doctors of East Kent and beyond.

The main aim of SARD is to help improve the NHS, Britain's public health service. Healthcare and IT are ever-changing and we are interested in the ways that we can help it evolve with the growing population. SARD created a podcast because there’s constant change, growth even, in our industry and we want to shout about it – this podcast is essentially our proverbial mountaintop and we’re here to share all that’s going on. 

What does a granny and her smart phone have to do with customer support?

In this episode, we speak to Megan Holmes who is SARD's Customer Support Manager. She explains how SARD has grown since she joined, how she motivates her team to keep going and the unique aspects that make SARD provide quality customer service.

The main aim of SARD is to help improve the NHS, Britain's public health service. Healthcare and IT are ever-changing and we are interested in the ways that we can help it evolve with the growing population. SARD created a podcast because there’s constant change, growth even, in our industry and we want to shout about it – this podcast is essentially our proverbial mountaintop and we’re here to share all that’s going on. 

Should all organisations embrace comedy in their workforce? How about hospitals?
 
In this episode, we speak with Peter McGraw, a professor of marketing and psychology, a behavioural economist and globally recognised expert in the scientific study of humour. He's also a dual podcast host and the bestselling author of recently released 'Shtick to Business'.
 
 During our chat, we discuss what we can learn from the process of how a comedian creates humour. Kevin joins in with his analogy of the 'doggy play bow' and how he believes it can help provide a safe, encouraging and engaging work environment.

The main aim of SARD is to help improve the NHS, Britain's public health service. Healthcare and IT are ever-changing and we are interested in the ways that we can help it evolve with the growing population. SARD created a podcast because there’s constant change, growth even, in our industry and we want to shout about it – this podcast is essentially our proverbial mountaintop and we’re here to share all that’s going on.