Imperial Business Podcast

The TMT Podcast #7: A backstory of supporting young social entrepreneurs at the United Nations

In this episode, we have a Startup Support Specialist at the United Nations Development Programme Aggie Chu joined the show. Aggie’s work is focused on addressing the school-to-work transition skills gap and youth unemployment issues in the Asia Pacific region. She co-created an entrepreneurship program with UNDP that equips social entrepreneurs from more than 20 countries with business skills, mentorship, network and opportunities to increase their resilience and build sustainable enterprises. 

 

There may be slightly different approaches and styles, but the end result is the same: getting the founders to where they want to be. Stay tuned for some backstory!

The TMT Podcast #6: A creative technologist’s career journey from Google to a non-profit startup

In this episode, we have the Senior Director of Programs at Watson Institute (a non-profit startup serving young, global social entrepreneurs) Eboni J.D. Freeman joining the show. Eboni is a creative technologist who enjoys developing innovations using service design, kaizen optimization, and systems engineering. Before joining Watson Institute, she spent 3 years at Google as an Ads Product Solutions Consultant.

 

While good leadership skills are critical, being a startup founder demands more than technical prowess. Today’s guest shares advice on supporting and learning from your startup team. She also provides practical job search advice.

 

Bonus: For those of you who stay until the end of the podcast, there is a golden tip Eboni learned from Google waiting for you.

Empathy Museum #6: Veronica Russell

In 2022 the professional staff and faculty of Imperial College Business School, were inspired by Empathy Museum's 'A Mile in My Shoes' - a roaming exhibit which holds a diverse collection of shoes and audio stories that explore our shared humanity. This podcast series is a result of that collaboration. Each episode follows an individual staff member's learning and development story, as career paths often differ, and no two journeys are the same. The podcast aims to inspire you to do what you love, follow your heart, and forge your path. In this episode, Veronica Russell, Director of Education Quality at Imperial, shares the travails and triumphs of the 360 Assessment model as a tool for critical self-reflection.

Empathy Museum #5: Adam Dean

"In 2022 The professional staff and faculty of The Imperial College Business School, inspired by Empathy Museum’s ‘A Mile in My Shoes’; “a roaming exhibit which holds a diverse collection of shoes and audio stories that explore our shared humanity,” commissioned Empathy Museum to record the stories of people who work at the college, This podcast series is a result of that collaboration. Each podcast follows the learning and development story of an individual member of staff; career paths often differ, no two journeys are the same, do what you love, follow your heart, forge your own path. This week we hear from Adam Dean . Adam joined The Imperial College Business School in March 2019 and is the Admissions Coordinator looking after The MSc Strategic Marketing programme and Admissions for the Summer School courses. Hear how Adam discovered his passion for people, how he balances a heavy workload with fun extra curricular activities, and what strategies he uses to keep moving forward and not getting stuck.  

The TMT Podcast #5: The founder of the first Food Bank in Bolivia shared her bumpy ride from ”Zero to One”

In this episode, we have the founder and CEO of the Food Bank of Bolivia Nicole Guerrero. While attending Universidad del Valle, Nicole began working on a social impact project to create a sustainable system that redistributed food and addressed hunger in her country. That small project soon became her life’s work.

 

The Bolivian Food Bank is the first food bank in the country. Founded in 2018, it now feeds 15,000 people a month. In this episode, Nicole talks about her bumpy startup journey with its share of highs and lows. Let's find out how she got through tough times in business!

Empathy Museum #4: Lisa Umyeniora

"In 2022 the professional staff and faculty of The Imperial College Business School, inspired by Empathy Museum's 'A Mile in My Shoes'; "a roaming exhibit which holds a collection of shoes and audio stories that exploring our shared humanity." This podcast series is a result of that collaboration. Each podcast follows a staff member's learning and development story; career paths often differ, and no two journeys are the same - so do what you love, follow your heart, and forge your own way. This week's storyteller is Lisa Umenyiora, who also acted as project manager for the project within Imperial. Lisa is the Executive Director for Careers and Student Life. In this episode, she shares how she fell into working in education unexpectedly, how important 'me' time is and how anyone suffering from imposter syndrome is not alone! 

The TMT Podcast #4: A Marketing Manager at Siemens reveals truths about B2B Tech Marketing

In this episode, we have Disha Makkar, Marketing Manager Asia-Pacific, at Siemens working on marketing software solutions including Siemens’ cloud and low-code platforms joining the show. She has worked in the areas of strategy, marketing, thought leadership and developing a digital ecosystem. We had the opportunity to discuss B2B Marketing in Tech, especially in terms of personal development, visual thinking and design thinking.

It’s a good episode for future marketers who are struggling on their psychological paths and Disha offered tangible tools that they will be able to use later in their careers.

Empathy Museum #3: Janaina Dos Reis McLachlan

"In 2022 The professional staff and faculty of The Imperial College Business School, inspired by Empathy Museum’s ‘A Mile in My Shoes’; “a roaming exhibit which holds a diverse collection of shoes and audio stories that explore our shared humanity,” commissioned Empathy Museum to record the stories of people who work at the college, This podcast series is a result of that collaboration. Each podcast follows the learning and development story of an individual member of staff; career paths often differ, no two journeys are the same, do what you love, follow your heart, forge your own path. In this episode we hear from Janaina Dos reis McLachlan, Digital Learning Technologist, who originally came to the UK in 2006 to learn English and since then has forged a brilliant and unexpected career at Imperial and hopes to manage her own team before long.  

Healthcare Business #1: Innovating healthcare business models in Indian and western healthcare

In this episode, Selvi Ramalingam talks to Dr Haritha Saranga about innovating healthcare business models in Indian and western healthcare ecosystems. Dr Saranga is a Professor of Production and Operations Management at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Her research interests include studying quality, productivity and sustainability of firms operating in agricultural, automotive, pharmaceutical and healthcare supply chains in India and abroad. She helps healthcare organisations with intrapreneurship and business innovation.

The TMT Podcast #3: Who is the 22-year-old founder and CEO behind a social media agency?

In this episode, we have the founder of The Z Link Erifili Gounari. The 22-year-old founder and CEO behind a social media agency work two full-time jobs across two time zones. The first Gen Z-led social media agency helps brands market to our generation. She launched The Z Link in May 2020 hoping to bridge the huge marketing gap between brands and Gen Z, with a focus on social media. She is also a Forbes 30 Under 30 honouree for Greece.