Join Keith Grint, Professor Emeritus at Warwick University, and myself as we discuss the specific Wicked Problems of Covid-19, Brexit, and Leadership. Drawing on the work of Thompson’s Messy Solutions, Professor Grint introduced the concepts of Tame and Critical problems, thus contextualising the problem-scape. Keith spent 12 years at Oxford University and was Director of Research at the Saïd Business School.

After nearly 3 decades of building Fortune 500 brands and serving as a 3x CMO, Stephanie founded Mindfire Mastery to show leaders the secret power of using disruption to their advantage to catapult from functional to optimal. Her approach blends business and brand leadership with cutting edge insights and tools from the disciplines of neuroscience, psychology, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and core energy coaching.

Marcus Kirsch has worked as a transformation, service design and innovation specialist for over 20 years. Today he helps organisations be better problem-solvers and be more resilient. He has led projects for British Telecom, GlaxoSmithKline, Kraft, McDonald’s, Nationwide, Nissan, Science Museum, P&G & Telekom Italia. Marcus is the author of ’The Wicked Company’ and co-host of ’The Wicked Podcast’. In his off-time, he is a mediocre indoor-climber, movie nerd, maker and likes his...

Andy is the Founder of the Transparency Task Force (TTF) the collaborative, campaigning community dedicated to driving positive, progressive and purposeful reform of the world’s financial services industry, through harnessing the transformational power of transparency. He lives in the UK but frequently speaks about the need for greater transparency and finance reform at conferences and symposia around the world.

Royston A Cumberbatch is an expert in Finance, Business and Investing. With a career spanning 30 years. Royston is was abandoned by his father as a child. He turned his life around in his late 20's, working up through the Insurance and Finance industries, transforming his life such that he now has a property portfolio and a net worth in excess of £2MM He hasn’t forgotten his roots or the path to success. He now makes it his mission to share his knowledge supporting others in growing their...

Today I’m with Anuka Gazara-Anthony. Anuka is a Mindfulness teacher and Leadership & Wellness Coach who combines organizational leadership, programme management and hypnobirthing in her work. She has supported and advised executives in a diverse range of organizations, including the United Nations and the International Labour Organization, with work taking her across Europe and Africa.

Martin cut his teeth as an early AWS pioneer leading two of the largest migrations in the world in the early naughties. He now has 15 years’ experience in Digital Strategy, Cloud Architecture and Digital Operating models and has provided best practice cloud usage, DevOps/Agile operating models and technical leadership to some of the world’s largest companies.

Jannah is a subject matter expert and consultant in the financial markets sector, specialing in financial markets innovation, and helping firms define, develop and execute commercial strategies in a highly regulated environment. Her passion is for market structure and finding creative solutions to the challenges surrounding access to markets and liquidity for both traditional financial markets and asset classes, and the emerging field of digital asset market structure and regulation.

Risk! There’s definitely some going around at the moment, whether it’s markets, business continuity, or popping to the corner shop – risk is everywhere. My guest today is Jan-Peter Onstwedder who has over 25 years experience in risk management across a wide variety of asset classes and global trading markets, both in a banking and a corporate environment. Jan-Peter has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and a degree in mechanical engineering from Delft...

Michael Mainelli is the executive chairman of ZYen group. A qualified accountant, a securities professional, a computer specialist and a management consultant. Educated at Harvard Universisty and Trinity College, Dublin and gained his PhD at the London School of Economics, where he was also a visiting professor of innovation and IT. His career spans aerospace and cartography science, accountancy firm partner and director of Ministry of Defence research.

With the world in lockdown, how do you get the right amount of exercise? Is there an exercise routine that works for all, regardless of fitness level? My guest today, Martin Christie certainly thinks so. In 2003 Martin introduced Nordic Walking to the UK, forming the company Nordic Walking U.K and developed the first instructor training courses to be approved by the Register of exercise professionals.

I first met Aino at a conference. I was late to a session and she graciously signalled that the seat next to her was free. I had no idea that I was now sitting next to the day’s keynote speaker, a fact that didn’t reveal itself even when we were paired up for an exercise that involved sharing our earliest memories of soft toys. (Yes, really!) Aino is a teacher, a technical conference editor and retrospectives facilitator and has appeared on the conference circuit since 2001 and presented...

Allan runs workshops on thought leadership and Agile team training. He is also an Agile coach, speaks at conferences and events and spends a great deal of time at ‘Agile on the beach’. This episode may appear to tilt toward the software and digital spaces, but regular listeners will be aware that here at Wicked Problems I encourage listeners who are involved in other fields to think about how the concepts being discussed might also be applied to help them too, as many of these concepts cross...

In this episode I talk to John Clapham, a professional coach and Agile consultant who helps leaders and individuals develop, teams to build great products, and organisations learn to be more effective, productive and enjoyable to work in. He is also a frequent speaker at conferences around the UK. We explore the concept of Karoshi - "overwork death" with questions such as “how to deliver at pace whilst maintaining a healthy work life balance.”

This week I am talking to the CEO of ChaosIQ Russ Miles, cofounder of ChaosToolkit. If you’ve ever experienced an issue with a computer system and wondered how it is that people don’t catch these issues, then this episode is a must listen. As you will hear, the tools to overcoming weaknesses and systems don’t just apply to computer systems but to all systems. As you listen, think about how you might apply the techniques that Russ discusses to your own situation, whatever sphere that might b

Billy Bragg's music is heavily centred on bringing about change and involving the younger generation in activist causes. Billy bought himself out of the British Army in 1981 for £175, cites his influences as The Clash, Bob Dylan, The Faces, The Small Faces & Simon & Garfunkel. In 2018 Billy delivered a flagship speech at the Bank of England and he has recently released a new book entitled The Three Dimensions of Freedom.

Sue Dopson is the Rhodes Trust Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Fellow of Green Templeton College and Deputy Dean of Saïd Business School at The University of Oxford. Her research centres on leadership and transformational change in the public and healthcare sectors. Her work has informed and influenced government bodies such as the department of health and the national institute for health and clinical excellence; N.I.C.E.

The risk of cyber attack is on the increase and becoming ever more complicated. In this episode Martin and I discuss the threats to businesses from cyber attack, strategies for defending against increasingly sophisticated attacks; attacks which are often so complex as to be beyond the comprehension of people running businesses. (Who after all are more necessarily focused on the more thorny issues of running a business!).