Mursal Hedayat, Chatterbox Founder and Richard Iferenta, Partner at KPMG and Chair of BITC’s Race Leadership Team join Oli Barrett MBE for a conversation.

Richard Iferenta is a partner at KPMG and chair of Business in the Community’s Race Leadership Team. He joins our host Oli Barrett MBE in the studio this month to discuss his own career journey and how companies can really bring about change when it comes racial equality in the workplace.

Oli is also joined by Mursal Hedayat who was recently named as one of #Forbesunder30 thanks to her role as co-founder of Chatterbox, an online language school with a difference... all the teachers are refugees.

In this episode Oli and our guests talk about reinvention, in work and in life, and what everyone can bring to the table. They also cover how employers can better support people from all ethnic backgrounds to succeed and the role that an organisation’s cultural intelligence plays in this. Let's get to the conversation...

[00:01] Richard’s background from his beginnings in Nigeria through to his current role at KPMG [03:51] The Race at Work Charter and how setting targets and measuring progression can help move the dial towards racial equality [07:31] The importance of transparency and publishing your ethnicity pay gap externally as well as internally. [11:00] The difference an executive sponsor can make in driving organisational culture change [11:48] Mursal’s background as a refugee coming from Afghanistan to the UK and how her family’s experience has informed her current work [14:11] The scale of underemployment and scarcity of opportunities for highly-skilled refugees and the barriers to meaningful employment [15:47] How Chatterbox uses refugees professional experiences to match them with the right language learner so that they can offer their professional experience as well as language skills [20:34] The value of cultural intelligence [23:30] What companies can do to increase their cultural intelligence and make their organisational cultures more inclusive [32:49] Reinvention in the workplace.

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Each episode brings together a business and future leader to foster disruptive conversations and fresh connections. Innovators and CEOs join Oli Barrett in the studio for a unique conversation covering their journeys, lessons learned, advice, insight and of course, the inspirational person they’d most like to meet for coffee. 

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Our host Oli Barrett MBE sits down with with Co-Founder and Global CEO of Salary Finance, Asesh Sarkar, and Graduate Analyst Consultant at Deloitte Ellie Marshell. They talk about financial wellbeing, work environments that help rather than hinder good mental health and how to be yourself throughout the recruitment process and into the start of your career. Let's get to the conversation...

Asesh Sarkar is an entrepreneur working at the intersection of social impact, financial technology (FinTech) and employee benefits. He is the Co-founder and Chief Executive of Salary Finance, a breakthrough platform focused on improving the financial health of employees in the UK and US.

Powered by Fujitsu, supported by McCann and in partnership with One Young World, The Lens represents the breadth, diversity and priorities of the responsible business agenda. From gender equality to zero hours contracts, learning on the factory floor to activist businesses, The Lens covers a range of topics from a host of varying perspectives. 

Each episode brings together a business and future leader to foster disruptive conversations and fresh connections. Innovators and CEOs join Oli Barrett in the studio for a unique conversation covering their journeys, lessons learned, advice, insight and of course, the inspirational person they’d most like to meet for coffee. 

Business in the Community is The Prince's Responsible Business Network. We convene a unique network of purposeful leaders to share insight, expertise and create innovative programmes that deliver impact. Together our ambition is to make the UK the world leader at responsible business. 

Don’t forget to follow The Lens on Instagram and to rate, review and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. instagram.com/thelenspodcast

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In this episode of The Lens, our host Oli Barrett MBE talks to Stewart Steel, CEO of Sedgwick UK and Simon Crowther, Founder of Flood Protection Solutions. They discuss how both individuals and businesses can be better prepared, and how collaboration might just be the key element that’s missing. Oli also asks his guests about their personal career journeys and who they'd most like the opportunity to meet for coffee. Let's get to the conversation...

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[0:00] Introduction. [1:10] If you could have coffee with anyone who would it be? [2:50] Simon Crowther is introduced. [3:17] Simon’s personal journey. [7:06] Simon’s company today. [8:00] Who’s at risk of flooding. [9:45] Stewart Steel is introduced. [10:03] What is Sedgwick? [11:10] Stewart’s personal journey. [12:20] How does preparing for disaster, combatting it and addressing it it all work? [13:25] How to be ready. [18:48] Stewart asks Simon about his next steps. [19:59] Simon asks Stewart about his journey from a “one man show” to a large organisation. [21:06] Personal resilience and being prepared. [23:17] Cross-organisational collaborations our guests would like to see. [26:40] Advice for your younger self. [29:50] Oli asks our guests how they might like to to collaborate more. [33:10] Final thoughts.

The Lens is a Business in the Community podcast exploring responsible business in a digital age, powered by Fujitsu and supported by McCann. Business in the Community is The Prince’s Responsible Business Network. We exist to build healthy communities with successful businesses at their heart.

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In the latest episode of The Lens, our host Oli Barrett MBE meets Keith Weed, CMO at Unilever, and Bozhanka Vitanova, Founder at Entrepreneurial Muscle World. Have you ever wondered if entrepreneurship is something you're born with or whether it's something you can learn? Or what the leader of one of the largest FMCG company thinks about looking after the environment? What about body positivity at work? You can find answers and thought-provoking discussions here. So let's get to the conversation...

Powered by Fujitsu, supported by McCann and in partnership with One Young World, The Lens represents the breadth, diversity and priorities of the responsible business agenda. From gender equality to zero hours contracts, learning on the factory floor to activist businesses, The Lens covers a range of topics from a host of varying perspectives. 

Each episode brings together a business and future leader to foster disruptive conversations and fresh connections. Innovators and CEOs join Oli Barrett in the studio for a unique conversation covering their journeys, lessons learned, advice, insight and of course, the inspirational person they’d most like to meet for coffee. 

Business in the Community is The Prince's Responsible Business Network. We convene a unique network of purposeful leaders to share insight, expertise and create innovative programmes that deliver impact. Together our ambition is to make the UK the world leader at responsible business. 

Don’t forget to follow The Lens on Instagram and to rate, review and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. instagram.com/thelenspodcast

One Young World is the global forum for young leaders. OYW identifies, promotes and connects the world’s most impactful young leaders to create a better world, with more responsible, more effective leadership. The annual Summit convenes the brightest young talent from every country and sector, working to accelerate social impact. Delegates from 190+ countries are counselled by influential political, business and humanitarian leaders such as Justin Trudeau, Paul Polman and Meghan Markle, amongst many other global figures.

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"The engine of the economy is small businesses" - Matt Brittin

In season 2 episode 3 of The Lens, our host Oli Barrett sits down with Google Business and Operations EMEA President Matt Brittin during his visit to Davos. The pair discuss how education has changed, the wonders of machine learning and why small businesses are so vital to a healthy economy.

Matthew John Brittin is a British businessman, President of EMEA Business & Operations for Google. Since 2007, he is lead spokesperson for Google on its announcements in Europe about digital skills, as well as on issues such as controversial content and corporation tax. Brittin joined Google in January 2007, becoming managing director of Google UK in 2009, taking over from Dennis Woodside. In September 2011 he became Google's vice-president for Northern and Central Europe. In December 2014, Google reorganized its structure in Europe and consolidated its European divisions under Brittin's management as president of EMEA Business and Operations. Brittin sits on the boards of The Climate Group (since 2009), Media Trust (since 2010) and is a non-executive director at Sainsbury's.

Powered by Fujitsu, supported by McCann and in partnership with One Young World, The Lens represents the breadth, diversity and priorities of the responsible business agenda. From gender equality to zero hours contracts, learning on the factory floor to activist businesses, The Lens covers a range of topics from a host of varying perspectives. 

Each episode brings together a business and future leader to foster disruptive conversations and fresh connections. Innovators and CEOs join Oli Barrett in the studio for a unique conversation covering their journeys, lessons learned, advice, insight and of course, the inspirational person they’d most like to meet for coffee. 

Business in the Community is The Prince's Responsible Business Network. We convene a unique network of purposeful leaders to share insight, expertise and create innovative programmes that deliver impact. Together our ambition is to make the UK the world leader at responsible business. 

Don’t forget to follow The Lens on Instagram and to rate, review and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. instagram.com/thelenspodcast

One Young World is the global forum for young leaders. OYW identifies, promotes and connects the world’s most impactful young leaders to create a better world, with more responsible, more effective leadership. The annual Summit convenes the brightest young talent from every country and sector, working to accelerate social impact. Delegates from 190+ countries are counselled by influential political, business and humanitarian leaders such as Justin Trudeau, Paul Polman and Meghan Markle, amongst many other global figures.

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Season 2 Episode 2 is a special edition of The Lens recorded at Davos 2019 featuring Daniel Shakhani, Neeshad Shafi, Tabitha Goldstaub, Hayley Mole, Anton Szpitalak, Keith Weed & Matt Brittin. Our guests discuss the value of face-to-face conversations in a growingly digital world, the possibilities of AI and much more...

One Young World (OYW) is the global forum for young leaders. OYW identifies, promotes and connects the world’s most impactful young leaders to create a better world, with more responsible, more effective leadership.

The annual Summit convenes the brightest young talent from every country and sector, working to accelerate social impact. Delegates from 190+ countries are counselled by influential political, business and humanitarian leaders such as Justin Trudeau, Paul Polman and Meghan Markle, amongst many other global figures.

The Lens is a Business in the Community podcast exploring responsible business in a digital age, powered by Fujitsu and supported by McCann. Business in the Community is The Prince’s Responsible Business Network. We exist to build healthy communities with successful businesses at their heart.

Don’t forget to follow The Lens on Instagram and to rate, review and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. instagram.com/thelenspodcast

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Welcome to Season 2 of The Lens. In episode one, our host Oli Barrett MBE speaks with Christine Hodgson, Chairman of Capgemini UK and Chairman of The Careers and Enterprise Company and with Daniel Callaghan, Social Media Specialist at Thomson Reuters and One Young World Ambassador. They talk about the benefits of volunteering, have a very personal discussion about why it's important to talk about our mental health, and lots of advice for anyone starting their career or looking for a change of careers.

The Lens is a Business in the Community podcast exploring responsible business in a digital age, powered by Fujitsu and supported by McCann. Business in the Community is The Prince’s Responsible Business Network. We exist to build healthy communities with successful businesses at their heart.

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It's the Best Of The Lens 2018! What a year it's been and a first season packed with unique, inspiring and sometimes controversial insights from business icons and future leaders. The show has taken our guests and host Oli Barrett MBE on a fascinating journey and we're so pleased to have been able to share it with you. Stay tuned for season 2...

Speakers featured in the episode are (in the following order with links to the full episode):

Duncan Tait - Fujitsu: http://po.st/TheLensE8

Amanda Mackenzie - BITC: http://po.st/LensE1

Dame Inga Beale - Lloyds of London: http://po.st/LensE7

Charlotte Evans - Axis Capital: http://po.st/LensE7

Ashok Vaswani - Barclays: http://po.st/LensE6

Charlotte Blackmore - Fujitsu Graduate: http://po.st/LensE6

Scot Gardner - Cisco: http://po.st/TheLensEp10

Jacqueline de Rojas - TechUk: http://po.st/TheLensE5

Hannah Stanley Jones - Anglian Water: http://po.st/LensE1

Lorena Puica - I am Y I am: http://po.st/TheLensE11

Ivan Beckley - UCL Masters student and Limitless Founder: http://po.st/LensE4

Dame Vivian Hunt - McKinsey: http://po.st/LensE4

Dame Helena Morrissey - Legal and General: http://po.st/TheLensE9

The Lens is a Business in the Community podcast exploring responsible business in a digital age, powered by Fujitsu and supported by McCann. Business in the Community is The Prince’s Responsible Business Network. We exist to build healthy communities with successful businesses at their heart.

Don’t forget to follow The Lens on Instagram and to rate, review and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. instagram.com/thelenspodcast

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In episode 12 of The Lens, Oli Barrett MBE speaks to Jeremy Darroch, Group CEO of Sky, and Dara Kirton, Chief of Staff Experience Centre at PwC. They discuss the importance of a good work-life balance, improving diversity in the workplace, the increasing need for businesses to reduce their carbon footprint and the emerging trend of "side-hustles". Let's get to the conversation...

Dara Kirton recommends The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America, a book by Nikesh Shukla. Jeremy Darroch recommends Management and the World's Work, a book by Peter F. Drucker.

The Lens is a Business in the Community podcast exploring responsible business in a digital age, powered by Fujitsu and supported by McCann. Business in the Community is The Prince’s Responsible Business Network. We exist to build healthy communities with successful businesses at their heart.

Don’t forget to follow The Lens on Instagram and to rate, review and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. instagram.com/thelenspodcast

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