My guest today is Wendy Spinks, Wendy is the Commercial Director for High Speed 1, who own and operate the UK’s first section of high-speed rail, as well as the stations along the route: including St Pancras International, that connects London to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam

In the podcast, we discuss how the volume around compassion in the workplace is being turned up, how the Me-Too campaign was a catalyst for this shift and how Wendy uses gardening to help her work life balance.

We talk about how the pandemic has impacted HS1, the difficult conversations held with stakeholders, and Wendy’s views on the future challenges for hybrid working.

Wendy believes transparency is increasing in business and we discuss why that’s a good thing and how having more balanced boards in the future will give businesses a different dynamic.

As my previous landlord Wendy was a great supporter of Prime Burger an independent business that I owned and operated at St Pancras for many years, it was a pleasure to meet up again and have a conversation about compassion in business. Enjoy the show.

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