The Standards Show

Matthew Chiles & Cindy Parokkil

The world’s leading podcast on standards and standardization. The Standards Show brings you the stories behind the standards, through the people who create, use and benefit from them. Hosted by Matthew Chiles and Cindy Parokkil, the show explores how standards touch almost every aspect of daily life - from safe AI to better healthcare, from safer products to fairer workplaces - even brewing the perfect cup of tea. Expect everything from bite-sized guides to deep-dive conversations, along with regular series, such as Standards in 10 Minutes and the monthly Standards Desk of News. The show features industry experts, thought leaders, and standards-makers from around the world. Sometimes serious, sometimes light-hearted, but always informative, educational, and engaging, The Standards Show is for everyone - whether you work with standards, teach them, study or research them, or are simply curious to learn more. Discover the impact of standards, one episode at a time. About the hosts: - Matthew Chiles is a stakeholder relations specialist with extensive experience communicating policy ideas and programmes. - Cindy Parokkil is an economist and international development practitioner with deep expertise in global policy. [The Standards Show was formerly the BSI Education Podcast]

  1. 10 jul

    Audiobook | Report - Creating a Culture of Trust

    BSI Reports and Whitepapers provide expert insights, guidance, and analysis on various topics related to standards, compliance, and best practices. They are designed to inform and educate organizations, industries, and policymakers about emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities in areas where standards play a critical role. This episode is an abridged audio version of the BSI Report - The Value of Creating a Culture of Trust: Exploring the impact of workplace health and wellbeing support on productivity. Across many advanced economies, productivity has stagnated while economic inactivity and workplace absence linked to ill-health have increased. As employers navigate demographic change, evolving ways of working and growing wellbeing challenges, understanding how workplace culture influences productivity has become an increasingly important priority for organizations and policymakers alike. The Creating a Culture of Trust report examines how employee confidence in raising health and wellbeing challenges affects productivity across the UK, US and Germany. Drawing on new research, it introduces the concept of the “confidence productivity premium” and shows how supportive workplace cultures and standards-based approaches can reduce absenteeism, improve retention and unlock measurable economic value for employers and the wider economy. Series | Audiobooks Find out more about the issues raised in this episode The Value of Creating a Culture of Trust Get involved with standards Get in touch with The Standards Show education@bsigroup.com send a voice message Find and follow on social media X @StandardsShow Instagram @thestandardsshow LinkedIn | The Standards Show

    Audiobook | Report - Creating a Culture of Trust
  2. 25 jun

    Why I am standards-maker | Rowshi Hussain

    Standards affect all of us every day, everywhere. By defining good practice, they help people and organizations do things better. For all sorts of things, from nanotechnology to Net Zero guidance. And these standards are made by standards-makers – tens of thousands of people from around the world - who get together to agree good practice to the way things are made and done. All helping to make life easier, safer, and more enjoyable. In this episode, Matthew speaks with Rowshi Hussain, a geo-environmental engineer at Cundall - a global engineering consultancy that provides sustainable design and engineering services for buildings and infrastructure projects. She is a standards-maker in the field of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and an award-winning one too, having won a Young Professional Impact Award at the BSI Impact Awards 2026 for her work on BS 30417. Rowshi shares her motivations for getting and staying involved in standards, the impact of standards-making on her career, her employer, and her advice to anyone considering getting involved in standards. Series | Why I am a standards-maker Find out more about the issues raised in this episode BS 30417 - Provision of inclusive PPE BS 30417 - launch event Standards in 10 Minutes | BS 30417 BSI Education Hub Get involved with standards Get in touch with The Standards Show education@bsigroup.com send a voice message Find and follow on social media X @StandardsShow Instagram @thestandardsshow LinkedIn | The Standards Show

    Why I am standards-maker | Rowshi Hussain

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The world’s leading podcast on standards and standardization. The Standards Show brings you the stories behind the standards, through the people who create, use and benefit from them. Hosted by Matthew Chiles and Cindy Parokkil, the show explores how standards touch almost every aspect of daily life - from safe AI to better healthcare, from safer products to fairer workplaces - even brewing the perfect cup of tea. Expect everything from bite-sized guides to deep-dive conversations, along with regular series, such as Standards in 10 Minutes and the monthly Standards Desk of News. The show features industry experts, thought leaders, and standards-makers from around the world. Sometimes serious, sometimes light-hearted, but always informative, educational, and engaging, The Standards Show is for everyone - whether you work with standards, teach them, study or research them, or are simply curious to learn more. Discover the impact of standards, one episode at a time. About the hosts: - Matthew Chiles is a stakeholder relations specialist with extensive experience communicating policy ideas and programmes. - Cindy Parokkil is an economist and international development practitioner with deep expertise in global policy. [The Standards Show was formerly the BSI Education Podcast]