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Nick Hounsfield is an inspiration. Founder of The Wave, the first inland surfing destination in Bristol, and devout surfer, Nick is building a blueprint for business that prioritises people and the planet. 

In episode 14, Nick joins Sarah to chat about his vision for The Wave and the impact of the surfing community as activists for the future, the undeniable link between purpose and profit, passion, determination, and so much more. 

This conversation is truly one of hope for the future. 

Find out more about Nick and The Wave below. 

https://www.thewave.com/

*Please be aware this conversation was recorded before the terrorist attack on Israel on the 7th of October.*


Over the last twenty years, Naseem Khuri has worked as a trainer, consultant, mediator and facilitator specialising in negotiation, influence, and conflict management. He is a Senior Facilitator with Vantage Partners, a Principal with CMPartners, and a Senior Advisor with Dragonfly Partners. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.


This week, Naseem and his colleague and co-author, Rob Wilkinson, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Leadership at Harvard University, join Sarah in a conversation answering our One Question, can we rewrite the rules of leadership? If we better understand what it means to negotiate? 

As well as a member of the faculty at Harvard University, Rob, like Naseem, helps organisations, non for profits and government institutions, deal with complex negotiation, leadership and management challenges. In this conversation, Rob, Sarah and Naseem explore whether a new form of leadership is dependent on our ability to communicate and negotiate. 


Why do we avoid difficult conversations? How can we accept that conflict exists in the boardroom, in politics and in different cultures, but how do we navigate these conflicts? How can we learn to lead by understanding perspectives that differ from our own and lean into challenging conversations, not from a position of righteousness but from one of curiosity? 


This is a provocative conversation that will give us all a glimmer of hope. 





To find out more about Naseem Khuri and Rob Wilkinson, to find out more about One Question.

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Sometimes, when something doesn't exist, you have to create it. Nick Stoop spent ten years at the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock before setting up Pangea in 2022. Having spent most of his career in Asia, when he returned to the UK and sought to reallocate his UK personal pension into positively impactful funds, there were few options, so he built one.
Founder of Pangea, a positive impact wealth management provider to individual clients in the UK, Nick joins Sarah to answer our One Question through the lens of asset management. A conversation that encompasses, profitability, policy and an emphasis on shifting society's mindset on how we save for our future and the future of the planet.
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In this episode, Sarah is joined by Dr. Sarah Hughes, CEO of Mind, to answer this series question from the perspective of leadership in the non-profit and charitable sector.

Spanning a 34-year career in mental health and criminal justice, Dr Hughes is a powerful voice on the importance of rewriting the rules of leadership and the economic model of charities and foundations in the UK.

At a time of turbulence and an opportunity for change and during an increasing mental health crisis, how can innovation in the industry force policy and better serve the needs of the country?

Sarah and Dr Hughes discuss the need for a different type of leadership, the role of females in senior roles, whether charities are fit for purpose and the need for a shift in policy and perception of the sector.

A conversation not to be missed.

To find out more about Dr Sarah Hughes and Mind.

As the title states, the Activist Leader is a new mindset for doing business. Co-author Lucy Parker has worked with companies all over the world and in all sectors to help them shape and deliver their social value strategies. Before setting up Brunswicks Business & Society practice, Lucy chaired the UK Prime Minister’s Taskforce for Talent and Enterprise for Gordon Brown, focused on high-value skills for a competitive edge in the global economy.
As well as co-authoring The Activist Leader and running Brunswicks practice alongside Lucy, Jon Miller is the founder of Open For Business, a coalition of 40 global companies campaigning for LGBTQ+ rights in countries hostile to LGBTQ+ people.
Jon and Lucy join Sarah in a lively conversation exploring how businesses are rewriting the rules of leadership - through a new methodology and numerous case studies, Jon and Lucy talk through what it means to be an activist leader today. 
You can purchase your copy of The Activist Leader here
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Before joining TBWA, Larissa Vince was CEO of the independent agency NOW, a former Managing Director at Saatchi & Saatchi and a passionate advocate of the commercial value that difference can bring to teams and creativity.

Larissa joins Sarah to explore what leadership means in the advertising industry, from a lack of diversity to old economic models, do the rules of leadership need to be rewritten to reflect an ever-evolving society, and if so how?

An honest conversation on the highs and lows of an industry and what the future might look like, for better or worse.

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A hard business’: UK’s illustrious ad industry tainted by burnout and inequality.

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