WUN4ALL

In this podcast WUN advocate Gill Edwards talks to Nicole McNab, Strategic Communications and Partnership Delivery Lead for the Clean Rivers and Seas Task Force with Southern Water. 

Nicole is as passionate about stakeholder engagement as she is about sustainability and innovation, and talks to Gill about the importance of diversity of thought, sharing knowledge across the utilities sector, mentoring, and why you should never say “but that’s the way we’ve always done it” to her.

Listen to our latest WUN podcast when advocate Victoria Lemmon chats to Anglian Water’s Director of Water Recycling, Emily Timmins, about her 30 years in the water sector where she’s been busy creating her patchwork quilt of leadership. 

Discussing how saying “yes” will open doors and how backing yourself gives you opportunities to new experiences.

Join three of our inspiring WUN advocates, Lucy Ritchie - Business Development Lead for Correla, Heidi Knapton - Director of Customer Delivery at South Staffs Water and Holly Beeston - Executive Practice Lead at Douglas Jackson, as they talk all things WUN Advocacy! 
A light hearted chat about the things that have been useful for them in their careers since joining WUN; what inspired them to  join, and a reflection on what they’ve gained from the WUN network.
 They discuss also the  benefits they have found as members and advocates of WUN,  as well as the wider impact of WUN across utilities.

In this WUN for ALL podcast episode WUN Industry Advocate and EDF Originator , Karen Hosking, talks to Nicole Alley, Vice President and Segment Head of Renewables at Capgemini.

 We discuss the ever-changing face of Net Zero and in particular the challenges and opportunities that brings the UK Grid. Can Augmented, Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality bring new perceptive in the ever changing face of Net Zero.

Renewables, Capture Capture and digital twins just some of the content covering in this episode.

 We also hear about Nicole ’s interesting career journey to date , her current role at Capgemini and what the future may look like for UK’s Net Zero ambitions. 

To find out more:

Capgemini World Energy Markets Observatory https://www.capgemini.com/insights/research-library/world-energy-markets-observatory/

Capgemini TechnoVision https://www.capgemini.com/insights/research-library/technovision-2024-prompt-the-future/

Capgemini Energy Transition & Utilities Linkedin Showcase Page https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/capgemini-energy-&-utilities/

 In this latest podcast WUN advocate Julia Stichling talks to Kirsty Ayres, Optimisation Portfolio Manager at Anglian Water about her 13 years experience in the water industry, specialising in clean water network improvement projects and how she finds leading a team of engineers to design and implement holistic solutions as well as being a working mum. 

Do you need to be a CEO to be a leader? Our interviewees, both at different points in their career journeys, discuss how they try to embody leadership, how leaders have shaped their views and how we need to move away from unhelpful comparisons in terms of career progression.

In this episode, WUN Associate , Juliet Summers ,  Inner Talent and Kerris Mackley, one of our WUN Advocates, take us through all things the 'Motherload'. Firstly understanding what the motherload is and what impact it has on many of us, as well as how to know when it's too much, how to manage it and what the future looks like for the working world.

To understand more about the motherload and all the associated complexities around being a mum in the workplace, take a listen - whether you are a mum or not !

Join us as WUN Advocate, Victoria Lemmon talks to Yuko Tanaka, Sales Operation Manager from GridBeyond, Japan about her experience as a bilingual woman in a male dominated industry.

In this episode Kerry Mullen, Business Development Manager at Hynamics speaks to Lillian Philip, WUN Industry Advocate about what is like working in the hydrogen industry after a move from traditional power utilites to champion hydrogen, fostering net-zero goals and empowering women in the evolving energy landscape. We talk about the hydrogen rainbow and some of the projects Hynamics is involved in and Kerry outlines some of the key skills and resources she uses in her work to raise awareness and engagement.

In this WUN episode Heidi Knapton talks to Caroline Cooper, South Staffs Water and Cath Jeffrey (formerly Southern Water) on lessons learned from the Women’s Network at Southern Water - the power of coming together to tackle topics such as diversity, recruitment strategies and imposter syndrome.