Imperial Business Podcast

Empathy Museum #2: Des Samuels

"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 listen to Des Samuels, Head of Digital Communications Services, Faculty of Medicine, Co-Chair Imperial As One -BAME Staff & Student Network, share his pearls of wisdom on career trajectory and life paths.  

Empathy Museum #1: Jo Demetris

In 2022 the professional staff and faculty of 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 how Jo Demetris’s job on the shop floor led to a hugely successful, 19 years and counting, career in Human Resources at The Business School where she is now HR Partner.   

The TMT Podcast #2: Dive into Karen’s impressive climate finance journey

In this episode, we have the founding member of Carbonbase Karen Wang with us. Carbonbase is a Climate Tech startup building a fintech platform to facilitate carbon offset for a global audience. Karen leads the Data Science initiatives and China team at Carbonbase. 

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hanyuanwang/

https://twitter.com/Hanyuan_W

https://www.instagram.com/karen._w/

The TMT Podcast #1: Uncover the best-kept secrets about venture capital with Edward Chyau

In the first episode of the TMT Podcast, we have the Managing Partner of MESH Ventures Edward Chyau with us. By working closely with entrepreneurs to develop a deep understanding of their business and technology, MESH Ventures identifies ways to help them overcome challenges and capture new opportunities through the Mesh Network – its global ecosystem of cross-industry partners.

Welcome to the TMT Podcast

Welcome to the new TMT Podcast where students from the Imperial TMT club explore the technology, media and telecommunications landscape. They invite entrepreneurs from all backgrounds to have mindful conversations about business and technology. Join us as we celebrate young entrepreneurs who are shaping culture and driving change!

Healthcare Business #11: Social enterprise to fund public health projects and medical education

In this episode, we discuss disrupting and innovating medical education as a social enterprise to fund public health projects and medical education around the world with Dr Lasith Ranasinghe; CEO of Make a Medic. He is an academic foundation doctor based in London who excelled at Imperial medical school, having received 25 prizes for academic excellence and developed a keen interest in medical education. Make a Medic creates high-quality medical educational resources for students and uses the funds raised to support medical education and public health initiatives in low- and middle-income countries.

Healthcare Business #10: Primary care restructuring and COVID vaccination in London

In this episode, we discuss how COVID has disrupted primary care infrastructure positively for the future of integrated healthcare systems (ICS) in the NHS with Dr Oge Ilozue (GP Partner, Barnet BMA LMC Chair, Clinical advisor for COVID vaccination programme for NHS England London region). We discuss the plans on delivering better value for patients in the future in spite of the current staffing crisis and addressing staff wellbeing.

 

Up-to-date information on COVID vaccination for workers

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vaccination-of-workers-in-social-care-settings-other-than-care-homes-operational-guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination-as-a-condition-of-deployment-for-the-delivery-of-cqc-regulated-activities-in-wider-adult-social-care-settings

Healthcare Business #9: Innovating caregiving with technology

In this episode we discuss how to use AI technology to innovate the caregiving industry with empathy at its core with Keziah Njuguna; CEO of Empathy Algorithm.

 

 

twitter- @CareEmpathy  @EmpathyKeziah

https://empathyalgorithm.com/

EDI podcast #4 Ethnic minorities, British citizenship, and multiculturalism

Neha speaks to Radha Periasamy, EMBA student and Delivery Manager at BP – about the experience of studying an MBA as an ethnic minority, his personal journey living in the UK from being a foreigner to a British citizen, and the experience of working with people from various cultural backgrounds. 

IB Green Minds #15: In conversation with Mike Wilkins

This week, Shirin chats to Mike Wilkins, Executive Director at Imperial's Centre for Climate Finance & Investment (CCFI). They speak on climate risk, nature-based solutions, and whether capital markets can rise to the role of stewards of the planet.

 

Books mentioned in this podcast:

 

Stranded Assets and the Environment: Risk, Resilience and Opportunity edited by Ben Caldecott

https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/ben-caldecott-university-of-ox/stranded-assets-and-the-environment/9780367458973?gclid=CjwKCAiApfeQBhAUEiwA7K_UHxBGfZkpayDr9CIy524o7mX2Bzy-Y9WBUq3z3XLFyEW4b5TcJmsj3BoCYOIQAvD_BwE

 

 

Investing To Save The Planet by Alice Ross

https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/alice-ross/investing-to-save-the-planet/9780241457238?gclid=CjwKCAiApfeQBhAUEiwA7K_UH3wytCFzmKKvxj15suCU_C2JFj6unUXcH--VH_TEe5-xQZfU0S4pERoCzM0QAvD_BwE

 

The Power of Geography by Tim Marshall

https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/tim-marshall/power-of-geography/9781783965953?gclid=CjwKCAiApfeQBhAUEiwA7K_UHymRQQBbtVliAE9PMggVMiYv5BsTKFpZlrh53c1rPs2kji8K3MrlJxoC83cQAvD_BwE