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The Root is Beetroot’s podcast: a space for thoughtful, honest conversations at the intersection of change, technology, culture, power, and lived experience. We did go there with the name... allow us the whimsy. We’ll now get to the root of things.

Episodes

  1. Oct 23

    Hilary Stephenson & Fay Selvan on Really Leading Business

    Here we are sharing discussions with Hilary Stephenson, MD of Nexer & Fay Selvan CEO of The Big Life Group. Here you get a sneak peak on the discussions, Fay talks about the VCSE sector and job security, but the conversation ranged across across business types, teams, people, identities, care and the pragmatic and very real nature of being true to yourself & your values when building an organisation... that is different in the world.

  2. Sep 25

    No. 3. 'Where are all the Black Women in Tech?'

    In this episode of THE ROOT: Kanika Selvan hosts Emma Grant, Head of Programmes at Manchester Digital, and Sherelle Fairweather, Digital Strategy Lead at Manchester City Council, to talk about the work behind Where Are All the Black Women in Tech?Developed through a three-year collaboration between Beetroot Consulting, Manchester City Council and Manchester Digital, the work began with a deceptively simple question. Greater Manchester has one of the UK’s most significant technology ecosystems, so where are its Black women, and what does their experience tell us about how that tech ecosystem actually works?The conversation moves through the research, the relationships and the realities underneath the data: how Black women enter tech, what affects progression and retention, how opportunity moves through networks, what organisations communicate about safety and belonging, and what happens when inclusion depends on individual champions rather than the systems around them.Through employer, civic and industry, what does responsibility looks like when the evidence asks the harder question’s.To read the Where are all the black women in tech Report go to- https://wbwitreport.carrd.co/Dive into Beetroots Community for more discussions, papers & resources on topics like this https://beetrootconsulting.co.ukMore on Manchester Council Digital Strategy- https://manchesterdigitalstrategy.com/To hear more on Manchester Digital & Digital Her-https://www.manchesterdigital.com/programmes/digital-her

  3. Sep 25

    No. 2 The Root Hosts: Lauren Gibson & Bernadine Pierre on ‘Can we talk about Women in Tech?' Part 2

    This is part two of a two-part episode brings Beetroot Consulting together with HerTechTime for a conversation about women in tech, Manchester, and what it actually means to land, be and exist in the sector today as a woman.Lauren and Bernadine join us to talk about tech as it is lived: entering the industry, finding your place, building relationships, becoming visible, navigating the tech ecosystem.Manchester has an identity as a technology city, benefiting from growth. But what does that look and feel like for the women actually trying to build careers, communities and lives inside it?Across two episodes, THE ROOT explore the distance between getting into tech and being able to exist within it; the networks and relationships that help people find their feet; the cultures women encounter once they arrive; and the realities said honestly. It is also a conversation about place. About Manchester itself, the communities that make up its technology ecosystem, who we mean when we say community when its a Manchester welcome. Lauren and Bernadine bring their own perspectives lived experience and questions. Find out more on HerTechTime- https://www.linkedin.com/company/her-tech-time/ Read the Where are all the black women in tech report-https://wbwitreport.carrd.co/Dive into Beetroots Community for more discussions, papers & resources on topics like this https://beetrootconsulting.co.uk

  4. Sep 25

    No. 1 The Root Hosts: Lauren Gibson & Bernadine Pierre on ‘Can we talk about Women in Tech?’ Part 1

    This is part one of a two-part episode brings Beetroot Consulting together with HerTechTime for a conversation about women in tech, Manchester, and what it actually means to land, be and exist in the sector today as a woman.Lauren and Bernadine join us to talk about tech as it is lived: entering the industry, finding your place, building relationships, becoming visible, navigating the tech ecosystem.Manchester has an identity as a technology city, benefiting from growth. But what does that look and feel like for the women actually trying to build careers, communities and lives inside it?Across two episodes, THE ROOT explore the distance between getting into tech and being able to exist within it; the networks and relationships that help people find their feet; the cultures women encounter once they arrive; and the realities said honestly. It is also a conversation about place. About Manchester itself, the communities that make up its technology ecosystem, who we mean when we say community when its a Manchester welcome. Lauren and Bernadine bring their own perspectives lived experience and questions. Find out more on HerTechTime- https://www.linkedin.com/company/her-tech-time/ Read the Where are all the black women in tech report-https://wbwitreport.carrd.co/Dive into Beetroots Community for more discussions, papers & resources on topics like this https://beetrootconsulting.co.uk

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The Root is Beetroot’s podcast: a space for thoughtful, honest conversations at the intersection of change, technology, culture, power, and lived experience. We did go there with the name... allow us the whimsy. We’ll now get to the root of things.

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  • Creator
    Beetroot Consulting
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Explicit
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