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This is the second part of Lee's conversation with circular economy pioneer Sophie Thomas. In this episode Sophie and Lee discuss the complexities of implementing circularity and creating circular products. Sophie also tells us about her exciting new venture studio, etsaW Ventures, which is dedicated to finding, funding and developing innovation in the circular economy and sustainable business, with a particular focus on creating new materials.

Host Lee Sankey's guest for this two part conversation is the Circular Economy pioneer Sophie Thomas and founder of Thomas Matthews, a design agency focused on sustainability. Sophie is on a mission, and has been for over twenty years since her early experiments with circularity at the Royal College of Art in the mid 90's. In part one, Sophie talks about the influence of growing up with activist parents, how as a designer she came to be a certified waste manager, what makes a product circular and some of the enormous challenges with implementing the circular economy.

Writer and strategist Russell Davies joins host Lee Sankey to discuss his inspiring and witty new book about PowerPoint. We all use PowerPoint, but have you wondered who created it, why it works so well and how it effects business culture? Well Russell has. And he loves PowerPoint; perhaps we should learn to love it too.

Lee Sankey talks to Charlotte Walsh, Co-Founder of digital product studio Digital Detox. Charlotte has been vocal about the need for more greener approaches to digital and IT. Something she champions with the team at Digital Detox. So it was fitting that our conversation took place on World Earth Day.

Part 2 of Lee Sankey's conversation with anthropologist, strategist and author Grant McCracken. In this lively episode they discuss the potential impacts of COVID viewed through anthropological and cultural lenses on things like the family, the city and the world of work. Grant also talks about how the artisan movement has matured into a transformational force.

Host Lee Sankey talks to the influential American anthropologist, strategist and author Grant McCracken. This is part one of two episodes. Grant is a pioneer in culture as a strategic and driving force in business success. Not organisational or corporate culture but "big C" culture. He has taught at MIT and Harvard and consulted with companies such as Nike, Netflix, Oprah and the White House. Here he explains why culture matters to business, discusses barriers to the broader adoption of culture as a strategic input since writing his book "Chief Culture Officer" in 2009 and some of the things we can start doing to incorporate culture in our thinking.