Dr Kamini Gupta and Archana Jagannathan, Snr Director Sustainable Packaging, PepsiCo look at the complexity of building sustainability into every aspect of a global food business, from farming to packaging.  How does the company’s acquisition of Sodastream further its environmental ambitions? 

This podcast was recorded in December 2020.

Learn more about King’s Business School at https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business

CONNECTIONS: Balancing sustainability and shareholder value at PepsiCo

To many people, bats are a source of fear and disease. But how much of that is true? Dr Anna Dubiel, along with our International Marketing MSc students, worked alongside the British Bat Conservation Trust and its Spanish sister organisation SECEMU as part of their #DontBlameBats campaign, to fight the misinformation that bats spread COVID-19.

This podcast is an exploration of the student’s project to fight common misunderstandings about bats. This podcast is not a scientific discussion about the origins of the COVID-19 virus. 

Learn more about King's Business School: www.kcl.ac.uk/business
Learn more about the British Bat Conservation Trust: https://www.bats.org.uk/
Learn more about SECEMU: http://secemu.org/

CONNECTIONS: Don’t Blame Bats: How King’s is fighting misinformation

Professor Douglas West and Dr Gillian Kingston, Research Director, M&C Saatchi World Services discuss how social marketing can change behaviours. Why is behavioural change a bonfire, not a firework? What makes a successful campaign?  What research techniques matter?  And why is it just as important to understand your competitor as it is in commercial marketing? 

Learn more about King’s Business School at https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business

CONNECTIONS: Social marketing: creating change, not sales

NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, exploded into the mainstream in March 2021, with art, music and memes, like ‘Disaster Girl’, fetching high prices for digital goods that have no physical ownership.

Professor Alex Preda, is joined by Professor Sarah Green the Law Commission of England and Wales Commissioner for commercial and common law, and Ian Taylor Executive Director of Crypto UK, discuss the challenges of governing and regulating NFTs, the appeal of using NFTs by artists and whether the value of digital tokens like NFTs or cryptocurrencies is different than other sorts of assets.

This podcast was recorded in May 2021.

Learn more the FinWorks Futures Centre: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business/research/centres/fintech-futures/finwork-futures-research-centre

Learn more about King’s Business School: www.kcl.ac.uk/business

CONNECTIONS: NFTs: Governance and the Value of Digital ‘IOUs’

How did the Covid-19 pandemic affect gender equality? By the end of this month, both the UK government’s job protection scheme and the £20 uplift to Universal Credit that were key to protecting jobs and income during the pandemic will be over. 

Our latest Connections podcast explores the evidence on whether women’s employment status, incomes and budgets were hit harder than men’s, and what the long-term consequences of this impact might be. How did work and income equality fare in other countries during the crisis and why does protecting those on the lowest incomes tend to result in the most equal outcomes? 

King's Business School Professor of Employment Damian Grimshaw hosts Rose Cook, Senior Research Fellow at the Global Institute for Women's Leadership and Lindsay Judge, Research Director at the Resolution Foundation, to discuss their research in this area.

Learn more about King's Business School: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business
Learn more about King's Global Institute for Women's Leadership: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/giwl
Learn more about the Resolution Foundation: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/

CONNECTIONS: Covid, jobs and gender inequality

Networking and putting your ideas out there can often be anxiety-inducing, but it can change your circumstances as well as the work you do in the wider community. Dr Gillian Brooks, King’s Business School, Peggy Jean-Louis, King's Business School's Senior Global Partnerships Manager, and Alero Akuya, Vice President, Global Brands, for The LEGO Group, speak about their own personal journeys with personal branding and purpose marketing, and how bringing your own authentic self can lead to success.

Learn more about King’s Business School: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business

CONNECTIONS: Authenticity and the power of personal branding

Cafedirect was the first Fairtrade-certified business in the coffee industry, investing profits back into farmers while still being a successful B-corp and surviving the 1989 global collapse in coffee prices.

Cafedirect CEO John Steel joins Juliane Reinecke, Professor of International Management & Sustainability, as they discuss how the company has faced challenges from the financial crisis to creeping corporatisation, their work with farmers and communities around the world and how the coffee industry is facing current and ongoing crises like Covid-19 and climate change. 

Learn more about Cafedirect: https://www.cafedirect.co.uk/
Learn more about King’s Business School: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business

CONNECTIONS: Cafedirect: how a Fairtrade organisation can thrive in the face of adversity

Office politics has a bad name, and often excludes women and people of colour. But a politician's ability to influence, negotiate and advance the careers of others is part of the job description for senior leaders so politics can be vital for success at work. 

Dr Madeleine Wyatt and King’s alumna and Uma founder Rita Kakati-Shah discuss how women and people of colour can be supported in navigating the messy reality of organisations. 

Learn more about King's Business School: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business

CONNECTIONS: Office politics: a guide for women and people of colour

Careers Coach and Consultant, Leslie Parsons speaks to students and alumni about their experience navigating the world of work, looking at the best hacks to help your career from applications to interviews.

In this episode, she discusses spring week sometimes referred to as insight week, which occurs typically in the first year of undergraduate study as a placement for work experience during the holidays. She’s joined by Navya Sethi, a second-year student, who’s currently studying business management and alumni Alex of the same programme who started his new role in January 2022.

If you have an idea for a podcast or would like to participate in a future session, contact Leslie.parsons@kcl.ac.uk

KBS CAREERHACKS:  Spring Week Insights

Jay Mukhey, Director of ESG, Purpose & Impact at Finastra, in conversation with Anna Lelia Sandoghdar from the King's Business School Meaning and Purpose Network (MaPNet). In the first episode of the MaPNet series, the two discuss how Finastra took on banking with its purpose-led model to openly accessible and inclusive finance and how purpose sets the foundation for ESG initiatives.

Read the Finastra ESG report here: https://www.finastra.com/about/environment-social-governance/esg-report

Meaning and Purpose Network: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business/working-with-business/meaning-and-purpose-network
King's Business School: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business

PURPOSE CONVERSATIONS:  How Organisational Purpose Transformed a Leading Fintech Company

In this episode of Purpose Conversations, Anna Lelia is joined by Francis Goss, Director of People Experience Consulting at Gallagher. Drawing on his many years of HR expertise, Francis shares his insights into purpose and its relationship with employees' experiences and needs. They also discussed the phenomenon of #quietquitting as well as financial wellbeing.

Meaning and Purpose Network: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business/working-with-business/meaning-and-purpose-network
King's Business School: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business

Purpose Conversations: Organisational Purpose and Employee Needs

In this episode of Purpose Conversations, Professor Katie Bailey talks to Chris Sunfield, a management consultant who recently returned to  music and become a recording artist. They discuss Chris' career, why he decided to recommit to music and what it meant to him. Their conversation was based on Professor Bailey’s research published recently in the journal, Human Relations.

Katie's research article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00187267221095759  
The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/why-putting-your-artistic-calling-on-hold-might-not-always-be-such-a-bad-idea-192203

Meaning and Purpose Network: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business/working-with-business/meaning-and-purpose-network
King's Business School: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business

Purpose Conversations: Unanswered Callings

Professor of Entrepreneurship, Ute Stephan in conversation with King’s Entrepreneur in Residence David Walsh and Janos Barberis, co-founder of the SuperCharger Ventures EdTech accelerator and the mind behind the Founders Taboo learning community. They discussed navigating burn out and why it is so important for entrepreneurs to find their path to wellbeing.

CONNECTIONS: How entrepreneurs can focus on their wellbeing while building their businesses

Anna Lelia Sandoghdar is joined by Victoria Soormally, People and Culture Director at Gallagher and recent nominee on People Management’s HR 30 under 30 list. They discuss Gallagher’s HR transformation and the role purpose played in this process. 

Victoria shares how she transformed her department by developing a personal development plan for all staff and responding to new data to ensure a happier, enabled and engaged workforce.

Purpose Conversations: Purpose and HR transformation

In this episode of Purpose Conversations, Anna Lelia is joined by Claire Mason, Founder and CEO of award-winning strategic marketing and thought leadership firm ‘Man Bites Dog’. The two discuss how Claire leverages purpose as an entrepreneur in her own firm, as well as externally in her work with clients. Claire shares insights from her business-to-business marketing experiences and explains how purpose helps companies strategically position themselves to mobilise change on the world’s most pressing issues, from environmental sustainability to the future of work.

Purpose Conversations: Purpose and brands

How do you talk about a subject which in many cultures is taboo? 

Especially when not taking about it can jeopardise women’s health? This was the challenge faced by the Know your Lemons campaign. Just 4% of women know the science of Breast Cancer. Dr. Prokriti Mukherji, Senior Lecturer at the King’s Business School was joined by Dr Ilia Protopapa, Lecturer(Assistant Professor) in Marketing to discuss the campaign, which educates women on the signs to look for whilst navigating complicated cultural barriers to communicating the issue.

Listen to this episode to gain a deeper understanding of the process involved in international marketing campaigns from translating scientific research into accessible language to how to best communicate these issues in an online space.

CONNECTIONS: Marketing can Save Lives

In this episode of Connections, Professor of Professions, Markets and Technology, Alex Preda is joined by former trader, Peter Lewis who presented Money Talk on Hong Kong’s English language show, RTHK Radio 3 for eight years from 2015 to February 2023. 

Drawing upon 40 years of experience of global financial markets, Lewis now covers news and financial analysis in his own self-produced podcast: ‘Peter Lewis’ Money Talk’ with Asia’s leading analysts, fund managers and economists in addition to his daily Substack newsletter.

Website https://peterlewismoneytalk.substack.com/  
Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/peter-lewis-money-talk/id1677731892

CONNECTIONS: Peter Lewis from trader to podcaster

Just 4% of women are aware about the science of breast cancer. The 'Know your lemons' campaign educates women about the signs to look for whilst navigating complicated cultural barriers in communicating breast cancer awareness. 

This episode explores how an international marketing campaign was delivered from rephrasing academic language to engaging and expanding an audience

CONNECTIONS: Marketing the 'Know your lemons' breast cancer awareness campaign

In this episode of Connections, Professor of Marketing, Giana Eckhardt is joined by award-winning travel journalist and author, Imogen Lepere and Ufi Ibrahim, the founder and Chief Executive of the Energy and Environment Alliance.

As the demand for travel has grown since the 1970s, our guests look at its impact from spending to the local community and surrounding environment. 

View Imogen’s work here: https://www.imogenleperewriter.com/press
The Energy & Environment: https://www.eea.international/

CONNECTIONS: Sustainable and ethical travel

In this episode of Purpose Conversations, Anna Lelia is joined by Maria Villax, Head of Family Strategy & Governance at Bedrock Group (an award-winning global investment and advisory firm). They discuss how family-run businesses use purpose to guide governance, deliver value and manage the dynamics between family and running a company.

PURPOSE CONVERSATIONS: How purpose supports family-run businesses

In this episode of Purpose Conversations, Anna Lelia Sandoghdar is joined by Dr. Scarlett Brown, Head of Think Tank & Associate Director at Board Intelligence, to discuss the critical role of boards in purpose governance. The two talk about the challenges faced by boards in ensuring purpose-driven leadership, as well as the importance of developing metrics to measure and implement your organisation's purpose.

PURPOSE CONVERSATIONS: the role of boards in purposeful organisations

In this episode, Anna Lelia is joined by Stuart Lambert, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Blurred, a creative and management advisory firm specialising in sustainability. The two discuss the similarities and differences between ESG and Purpose and why organisations should aim to integrate the two concepts.

PURPOSE CONVERSATIONS: How to Integrate ESG into Your Organisation

In this episode of Connections, PhD Student in Strategy, International Management & Entrepreneurship, Nadine Scholz is joined by Ieva Soblickaite, Chief Product Officer at NordPass. They discuss how to shape a creative work environment where ideas can flourish and become innovative products such as passkeys as part of the passwordless future.

CONNECTIONS: The role of creativity and product development in cybersecurity

In this episode of Purpose Conversations, Anna Lelia Sandoghdar is joined by Guy de Nicholay, an Investment Analyst at Dealflow.EU. They delve into how regulations drive responsible business, the role of organisational purpose in startups, and the investor perspective on sustainability and impact. Their conversation also explores the challenges and opportunities presented by EU regulations for impact entrepreneurs, and how venture capital can balance profit with purpose to foster an ethical and sustainable future.

PURPOSE CONVERSATIONS: The role of regulation in driving responsible business

In this episode, Anna Lelia Sandoghdar sits down with Georgia Jones and Yasha Estraikh from Piper, the investor-partner of choice for ambitious founders growing brand legends that make people’s lives healthier, happier, and more fulfilling, while helping them minimise their impact on the environment. 

Join us as we explore Piper's purpose as an investor, their commitment to building purpose-driven organisations, and the delicate balance between profitability and purpose in their investment approach. Discover how Piper's journey to becoming a B Corp has transformed their operations and investments, and gain insights into the evolving role of private equity in fostering sustainability.  

Tune in for a deep dive into the world of purpose-driven investing with real-world examples and valuable perspectives.

Learn more about Piper: https://www.piper.co.uk/
Learn more about King's Business School: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business
Learn more about the Meaning and Purpose Network: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business/working-with-business/meaning-and-purpose-network

PURPOSE CONVERSATIONS: How can private investment help us create a more sustainable planet?

In this episode, Dr. Catherine Tilley, a senior lecturer in business ethics and sustainability, is in conversation with Errol Gardner, the Global Vice Chair of Consulting at EY.   

Errol leads EY Global Consulting with over 100,000 professionals worldwide. He advises clients on how to lead transformations with both data and a human centric approach. He’s passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion and is a member of the Executive Leadership Council, an organisation committed to increasing C-suite Black Executives on corporate boards.  

Dr Catherine Tilley is a Senior Lecturer in Business Ethics & Sustainability and Impact Director for the Institute for Sustainable Business. Her research examines how people in companies incorporate social and environmental sustainability into their decision-making; and how complex socio-technical systems (such as transport networks) adapt to climate pressures.  

Join us as we explore the challenges of transforming a business and the strategies which help mitigate failures. Learn the importance of learning, listening, and including diverse perspectives when managing successful business transformations.

Learn more about King's Business School: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business

CONNECTIONS: The secrets to a successful business transformation

Join us as we explore what generative AI means for education, and how it’s already being used (or not) by teachers and students. Discover what key skills are needed to thrive in an AI-driven world and gain insights into the evolving landscape of education over the next five years. 

In this episode, Oguz A Acar, a professor of marketing and innovation, is in conversation with Pat Yongpradit, the Chief Academic Officer at Code.org. 

Pat leads TeachAI, a global initiative by Code.org, ETS, ISTE, Khan Academy, and the WEF. They deal with issues related to teaching with and about AI. Pat works on policy, community, awareness, and capacity building, to help education systems realise the benefits of AI while mitigating its risks.  

Oguz is a Professor of Marketing and Innovation at King's Business School, a Research Affiliate at Laboratory of Innovation Science at Harvard University, and an Expert of Behavioural Sciences and Innovation at the WEF. 

Learn more about King's Business School: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business
Learn more about Code.org: https://code.org/

CONNECTIONS: How will AI transform education?

“AI may become superior in every single task. In this scenario, the primary role of humans would be to provide feedback to AI, enabling it to serve us better.” 

Join us as we explore: 
The impact of AI on human labour 
The skills and qualifications needed for today’s data-driven organisations 
The entrepreneurial opportunities presented by the AI industry 

In this episode, Dr Aybars Tuncdogan, senior lecturer in marketing and technology, is in conversation with Samir Sharma, the Founder and CEO of datazuum, a data strategy and analytics consultancy. 

Learn more about King's Business School: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business
Learn more about datazuum:
https://datazuum.com/

CONNECTIONS: The future of jobs in an AI-powered economy

“You don't have to get it right first time, but you must start the journey.” 

Join us as we explore: Differences between ESG and sustainability reporting, Impact of ESG and sustainability on investor decision-making, Challenges and opportunities present in private markets, How to keep up with changing regulatory requirements, The intersection of engineering and investor mindsets 

In this episode, Dr Robyn Klingler-Vidra, a reader in entrepreneurship and sustainability, is in conversation with Paul Anthony Zaman, the Director of Qualvin Advisory, a boutique strategic consulting and investment advisory firm.  

Learn more about King's Business School: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business

CONNECTIONS: How ESG and Sustainability Shape Investor Decisions

Professor Katie Bailey is talking with leading experts in our subject group about what the coronavirus crisis means for individuals, employers and organisations now and in the future.

Today, Katie is in conversation with Dr Amanda Jones to discuss something millions of people across the world are contending with: working from home, what it’s like for individuals and what employers and leaders can do to manage and motivate a remote workforce

In Conversation with Katie Bailey: Amanda Jones & Working from Home

Professor Crawford Spence; Anthony Gahan, Founding Partner of Wyvern Partners and Aoifinn Devitt, Head of Investment, Ireland at Hermes Investment Management discuss why working from home makes it harder to build new relationships, and conduct due diligence, and why the office is so key to professional identity. 

Learn more about King’s Business School at https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business

This podcast was recorded in early December 2020.

CONNECTIONS: How home-working is shaping culture in the investment industry

Bringing together King’s Business School’s sharpest thinkers with the first hand insight from leaders in the world of business, public service, science and beyond.

Each episode, Connections discusses the issues and ideas shaping the economy and society, and zooms in on the personal stories that help us make sense of the impact we can have in our careers, as consumers and in our communities.

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