In this episode I speak with Adah Parris, Futurist, Cultural Innovator, Board Advisor, Storyteller and Keynote Speaker. As we ease out of lockdown, and we enter another phase filled with uncertainty, it’s great to hear from Adah whose skill is to find patterns in our human behaviour. By joining the dots, Adah then identifies ways we can map out processes to solve big challenges and enable cultural and business innovation to build a better world.

Lou Banks, CEO or Rising Vibe, passionately believes in what she calls a more “humanized leadership” style – this is simply where people are more themselves at work and feel safe to be open about their feelings and emotions. Throughout our relaxed conversation, we touch on deep insights and explore simple and powerful strategies to support us in such challenging times. Lou outlines a more wholesome work ethic that may pave the way to a healthier work setting for generations to come.

We explore why having a social mission is attractive to venture capitalists and investors. Martin is a serial entrepreneur with a track record of driving rapid scale-up growth. He now invests solely in businesses with a social good purpose.  In this conversation, Martin shares his views on how and why every business can build social good into their core strategy. For Martin, doing social good goes hand in hand with doing well commercially.

In this conversation, Matt’s pragmatic idealism goes deep as he shares his views on how people hold immense power – he believes we can transcend our fears of change, tap into our emotions and use compassion and love as tools to do the brave work needed to make the world a better place.

In this conversation Fernando talks passionately about how men are in crisis and how brands can offer new more useful social narratives for men. We touch on what it is to be a modern man. Fernando talks about how being a ‘successful’ man is being able to connect to our feelings and emotions. It’s up to brands to offer more varied aspirational models showing many ways for men to be themselves.

In this conversation, Laura Hunter, Creative Director at change agency Futerra, talks about the massive cultural shift we’ve experienced over the last 6 months on climate change. This immense shift is a powerful signal to brands and businesses indicating that it’s time to pivot, take bold action and build robust sustainable strategies that go beyond glossy purpose statements.

Lisa Holdsworth is Chair of the Writers Guild of Great Britain and represents TV Writers. She talks to Stephanie Rosilio about ways that writers can embed more sustainable themes into our most loved TV programmes. Lisa passionately touches on social inclusion and how important it is to allow a multitude of voices access the power of writing for TV in order to represent more authentic and diverse realities.

Aaron Matthews leads sustainability at BAFTA and across the TV industry. He talks to Stephanie Rosilio about  ways that w can embed more sustainable images and language into our most loved TV programmes, be it soaps, cookery or travel programmes. He talks about TV’s role to lead on cultural climate leadership.

Using Creativity, compassion and genius to solve global warming. Jonathan Wise is co-Founder of Comms Lab and Purpose Disruptors. He started out as a Planning Director at agencies including JWT and JWT having won the IPA Effectiveness Award for launching TV channel Dave. Jonathan Wise, talks to Stephanie Rosilio on the Grandkids Test podcast about how the advertising industry can respond to the climate emergency.... Plus much more.

Where bold leaders talk about how to create a sustainable future for generations to come. We ask creative and business visionaries to talk about ways to secure a viable future for generations to come. Given the monumental challenges we currently face such as the climate crisis, unsustainable consumerism and the mental health crisis, it is easy to feel frustrated and powerless. So, how can we all, contribute to solutions? How can we move from doom and gloom to optimism and brave action?

Where bold leaders talk about how to create a sustainable future for generations to come. We ask creative & business visionaries to talk about ways to secure a viable future for generations to come. Given the monumental challenges we currently face such as the climate crisis, unsustainable consumerism and the mental health crisis, it is easy to feel frustrated & powerless. So, how can we all, contribute to solutions? How can we move from doom & gloom to optimism & brave...