Director Podcast

The IoD Business Book Club continues, reviewing books from the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year longlist 2024. In this episode, Ben Walker (Head of Media at LID Business Media) is joined by Rory Gold (IoD Central Support Analyst) and Richard Nelson (Chair of the IoD’s Property and Built Environment Special Interest Group) to review two biographies from the longlist. The two books up for review are: The Trading Game by Gary Stephenson: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455809/the-trading-game-by-stevenson-gary/9781802062731 Lucky Loser by Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/462241/lucky-loser-by-craig-russ-buettner-and-susanne/9781847928238 You can access the FT and Schroders full Business Book of the Year longlist here: https://www.ft.com/content/7e5c2944-d2af-4c12-9938-0ab4e65e8698

In this episode, our Director of Policy and Corporate Governance, Dr Roger Barker, speaks to broadcast journalist and author of ‘The Great Post Office Scandal’, Nick Wallis. As one of the worst miscarriages of justice in UK legal history, the Post Office scandal caused untold suffering to thousands of innocent people, and undermined trust in existing frameworks of governance and business leadership. Together, they discuss Nick’s pioneering work to uncover the Post Office scandal, the ongoing inquiry and key lessons for directors of the future.

Our AI podcast series continues, led by the IoD Science Innovation and Technology Expert Advisory Group. In this episode, members of the EAG, Paul Corcoran and Michael Ambjorn CDir are joined by the Chair of the IoD’s Property and Built Environment Group, Richard Nelson, to discuss the impact of AI in this sector.

In this Director’s Briefing podcast, Dr. Roger Barker is joined by Jennifer Sundberg (Co-Chief Executive, Board Intelligence) and Ann Hiatt (Leadership Strategist, Hipergiant Consulting) to discuss the concept of Collective Intelligence. In contrast to the view that it is great individuals that build successful organisations, Jennifer and Ann advocate for a business model that taps into the collective talent of employees at all levels. Every company has a vast reservoir of brainpower, and it is the task of business leaders to make the most of that resource.

In this episode, Sasha Trapani (IoD Press and Policy Officer) is joined by Heather Buchanan (Co-Founder and CEO of Bankers for NetZero), Sarah Kemmitt (Secretariat Lead, Net-Zero Banking Alliance, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative) and Matt Bullivant (Director of Sustainability and ESG Strategy at OakNorth) to discuss the role of banks in the transition to net zero.

In this episode, Dr Roger Barker, IoD Director of Policy and Corporate Governance, Richard Moorhead, Professor of Law and Professional Ethics at the University of Exeter, Nick Gould, Partner at Aria Grace Law, and Mary Campbell OBE, Founder and CEO of Blas and Resilient Corporates, discuss the shocking governance issues arising from the Post Office Horizon Scandal. Taking a deep dive into this failure of governance, they explore the role of the board and consider if any lessons have been learned. What can directors do now to avoid making the same mistakes?

We’re back for part two of our review of books from the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2023 longlist. In this Business Book Club episode, IoD Press & Policy Officer Sasha Trapani hosts a review of 3 books, and is joined by IoD Council Member Dr Eelco Fiole, IoD Chair Central Scotland Neil Bradbrook, and IoD Sponsorship Manager Jamie Watt. The books up for review are: ‘Easy Money’ by Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman, ‘The Coming Wave’ by Mustafa Suleyman and Michael Bhaskar and ‘Blood in the Machine’ by Brain Merchant You can find the full longlist here: https://www.ft.com/content/f095af0c-9259-44c6-ad91-bafb411522ba