Ghost Lights with Tracey Camilleri and Sam Rockey
23 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Leading Human Shaped Organisations
Exploring how leaders can build ‘human-shaped organisations’ by learning from the humanities – that repository of all that is most human.
Join Tracey, Sam and their guests as they reimagine ways of creating enabling corporate and institutional environments within which everyone - from the most senior to the youngest recruit - can learn and thrive. They consider leadership at an angle rather than head-on – looking through the lens of philosophy, literature, art, history, psychology for new insights, language and approaches.
In each episode they will host a leading thinker or practitioner from the humanities, and reflect together on how their experience and wisdom can have relevance to those leading organisations through the pandemic.
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The New Frontier for Great Organisations | Reima Shakeir
December 05, 2022 07:10 - 26 minutes - 10.9 MBIn this short podcast, Reima Shakeir reflects on the current state of belonging and inclusion in business and academia. Reima sees a shared sense of belonging as the hallmark of advanced societies and communities - and the key to employee retention and happiness. As she says, "People want to be heard and to be seen - and that’s it." She reflects on systems that are still nonetheless designed for exclusion and on those that exclude due to institutional carelessness or lack of awareness on the ...
Toxic Charisma | Jon Stokes
May 12, 2022 14:06 - 37 minutes - 15.3 MBThe problem with charismatic leaders. What is charisma, how does it benefit leaders, and how can it be toxic? Why do people follow charismatic leaders, even when it might not be good for them? Why should leaders develop an inspirational leadership style rather than relying on charisma? Jon Stokes is interested in how charismatic leadership can be toxic and the effect that it has on followers. He explores how leaders can inspire growth rather than dependence. He is an a an Associate Fellow...
The Dynamics of Power | Robert Rowland Smith
May 06, 2022 06:25 - 27 minutes - 11.1 MBIn my conversation with philosopher Robert Rowland Smith, we explore the dimensions of power. If power is the ability to make things happen in accordance with our will, why do some people crave more power than others? What are the real drivers of power? What do the philosophers say about power? Is power part of the human condition? Is power always bad? When can power be a force for good? This conversation takes us from current power struggles through to an unexpected conclusion all the while ...
AI, Ethics, Oceans, The Metaverse, and Talking with Whales | Bryce Goodman
March 11, 2022 09:11 - 27 minutes - 11.1 MBHow Humans can Surprise Themselves Guest: Bryce Goodman, Chief Strategist for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at the Department of Defense’s Innovation Unit. Bryce works at the intersection of developing technologies and emerging societal needs. In this wide-ranging conversation he considers the governance challenges for business leaders as they strive to limit unintended consequences and operate responsible AI systems. He celebrates the work of interdisciplinary teams who brin...
Weaving Supply Chain Magic | Ramatu Abdulkadir
February 02, 2022 04:39 - 20 minutes - 8.17 MBDealing with Healthcare Challenges in Nigeria. Ramatu Abdulkadir (Public Health Supply Chain Expert) is someone who well understands the challenges of getting in-date medicines to the right people at the right time in a pandemic. She has spent a lifetime grappling at the hard edge of an under-invested in healthcare system in Nigeria. She compares healthcare to the seamlessness, rigour and innovation of the manufacturing industry - this comparison came home to her as she visited a totally a...
A Call to Radical Pragmatism | Enaam Ahmed-Ali
November 09, 2021 12:37 - 24 minutes - 9.84 MBThis conversation between Tracey Camilleri and Enaam Ahmed Ali looks at the world through a gendered lens. Who better to do that than Enaam, 2022’s UN Women’s Representative for Climate Change and Technology? Enaam has spent 2021 talking to women around the world about the way in which climate change is impacting their lives, especially in poorer, developing countries. She talks powerfully about freedom for women – whether it’s the freedom to wear the headscarf, to stay at home and bring up c...
The Optimism Addict - a Conversation with Thami Schweichler
November 04, 2021 12:45 - 25 minutes - 10.4 MBConnecting Talent with Opportunity Guest: Thami Schweichler (Makers Unite) In this episode Tracey Camilleri talks to Thami Schweichler, the inspirational founder of Makers Unite, a sustainable clothing manufacturer based in the Netherlands that uses design as the mechanism to connect refugees with local people, businesses and ultimately with opportunity. The starting point for Makers Unite was to provide an environmental and social solution to the problem of exclusion - a 'win, win, win' mo...
Re-imagining Leadership | Shruthi Vijayakumar
July 27, 2021 10:48 - 33 minutes - 13.8 MBBuilding an interconnected and thriving world for all. With our Guest, Shruthi Vijayakumar. In this episode Shruthi shares her own story of courage and change. As a young change-maker, Shruthi's work focuses on re-imagining how society can be designed to ensure a positive social impact for all. Drawing on ancient wisdom and challenging commonly held assumptions and belief systems - Shruthi shares helpful insights and experience that leaders can use to refocus their own personal purpose. S...
Lifelong Learning and Doing | Dr. Alistair Mokoena
March 18, 2021 14:05 - 32 minutes - 13.1 MBWhy people don't care how much you know, unless they know how much you care Dr. Alistair Mokoena (Google South Africa Country Director) In this episode, Sam Rockey picks up on a conversation she started with Dr. Alistair Mokoena fifteen years ago that inspired her own work. Drawing on his experience working for some of the leading companies in the world (Cadbury, Mondelez, Unilever, SABMiller, FCB and Ogilvy among them) as well as his academic focus, Ally shares his process for ongoing lea...
The Joys of the 'Not to Do List' | Kathryn Bishop
February 23, 2021 04:38 - 27 minutes - 11 MBAnd Other Strategies for Women Leaders In this episode Kathryn Bishop (Director of Oxford Said Business School's Women Transforming Leadership Programme and The Oxford Women's Leadership Development Programme) talks about her new book 'Make Your Own Map'. The book is designed as a practical strategy guide for aspiring women. Kathryn explains some of the tools that she uses to help women to navigate their way to more satisfying futures. In the conversation with Tracey Camilleri, they reflect ...
The Transforming Power of Creativity | Samenua Sesher
January 21, 2021 04:00 - 25 minutes - 10.3 MBStop playing it safe In this podcast Tracey Camilleri and Samenua Sesher explore the power of art to renew, re-engage and reinvigorate, especially during times of trauma. As the Founder of the digital Museum of Colour, Samenua reflects on some of the creative journeys of her contributors – and on her own visceral reaction to the Pitt Rivers Museum of anthropology in Oxford. Informed by her 'Respect Due' Gallery , she invites us all to take time out to honour those who have influenced our liv...
Reading Between the Lines | Ben Morgan
November 14, 2020 05:47 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBReading Between the Lines — Language and Power - how does it work? Ben Morgan In this episode Tracey Camilleri talks to poet, academic, essayist and writer Ben Morgan looks under the bonnet at how language really works and why, when used well, it is effective. How has the recent outburst of joy around the vaccine and the US election been expressed? What is powerful about the way Joe Biden use language? What can we learn from the first lines of Hamlet? Why do certain metaphors work? What...
An impatient desire to change the status quo | Dr Yoge Patel
October 01, 2020 14:02 - 29 minutes - 12.1 MBTaking (unmanned) flight Dr Yoge Patel (Blue Bear Systems | CEO) In this first of Series Two of our Ghost Lights Podcasts we focus on How to Begin. Here we have the good fortune to talk to tech entrepreneur Dr Yoge Patel, CEO of Blue Bear Systems a UK leader in unmanned flight technology about how she began to grow her company. She reflects on the developmental benefits of being in the middle of a family of 7 children and how that gave her with the opportunity to watch and listen as she w...
An impatient desire to change the status quo | Dr Yoge Patel (Blue Bear Systems | CEO)
October 01, 2020 14:02 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBAn impatient desire to change the status quo — Taking (unmanned) flight Dr Yoge Patel (Blue Bear Systems | CEO) In this first of Series Two of our Ghost Lights Podcasts we focus on How to Begin. Here we have the good fortune to talk to tech entrepreneur Dr Yoge Patel, CEO of Blue Bear Systems a UK leader in unmanned flight technology about how she began to grow her company. She reflects on the developmental benefits of being in the middle of a family of 7 children and how that gave her w...
At any Moment Everything can Change | Margaret Heffernan
July 18, 2020 06:59 - 34 minutes - 32 MBAt any Moment Everything can Change — A conversation with Margaret Heffernan In this wide ranging episode Tracey talks to Margaret Heffernan about the importance of paying attention to what is not being said - as well as learning to listen closely to others who have a very different perspective and experience of life. She ponders the limits and oversimplifying 'narrative tidiness' of stories told in the present about complex situations, as well as the blundering misuse of big data. She re...
Leonardo, Lock-down and Lateral Thinking | Martin Kemp (Trinity College, Oxford | Emeritus Professor)
July 07, 2020 07:25 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBLeonardo, Lock-down and Lateral Thinking — A Conversation with Professor Martin Kemp Martin Kemp (Trinity College, Oxford | Emeritus Professor) In this episode, Tracey Camilleri talks to Oxford art historian, author, academic and world expert on Leonardo da Vinci, Professor Martin Kemp. Originally trained as a scientist, Kemp speaks about the advantages of looking at the world through multiple lenses and disciplines. He considers the importance of authenticity and the crucial difference be...
Leonardo, Lock-down and Lateral Thinking | Martin Kemp
July 07, 2020 07:25 - 30 minutes - 12.5 MBA Conversation with Professor Martin Kemp Martin Kemp (Trinity College, Oxford | Emeritus Professor) In this episode, Tracey Camilleri talks to Oxford art historian, author, academic and world expert on Leonardo da Vinci, Professor Martin Kemp. Originally trained as a scientist, Kemp speaks about the advantages of looking at the world through multiple lenses and disciplines. He considers the importance of authenticity and the crucial difference between fakes and the real thing. He reflects ...
Listening out for the stories that need to be told - a film maker's view | Sally Angel (Angelica Films | Creative Director)
June 26, 2020 13:06 - 25 minutes - 23.9 MBListening out for the stories that need to be told - a film maker's view — Learning from the interface between documentary making and psychotherapy Sally Angel (Angelica Films | Creative Director) In this episode Sam Rockey is in conversation with Sally Angel, Creative Director of Angelica Films, psychotherapist, Emmy and BAFTA Award winning Documentary Film maker. Sally shares why psychotherapy and documentary film making have much in common - namely how both are about seeking out the s...
Listening out for the stories that need to be told - a film maker's view | Sally Angel
June 26, 2020 13:06 - 25 minutes - 10.5 MBLearning from the interface between documentary making and psychotherapy Sally Angel (Angelica Films | Creative Director) In this episode Sam Rockey is in conversation with Sally Angel, Creative Director of Angelica Films, psychotherapist, Emmy and BAFTA Award winning Documentary Film maker. Sally shares why psychotherapy and documentary film making have much in common - namely how both are about seeking out the stories that need to be told. Sally shares her experience of working on her a...
Leadership during the pandemic - a philosopher's perspective | Robert Rowland Smith, Philosopher, Author, Commentator and Consultant
May 12, 2020 10:36 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBLeadership during the pandemic - a philosopher's perspective — Robert sets a leadership thought experiment and discusses fear and love Robert Rowland Smith, Philosopher, Author, Commentator and Consultant Robert turns to philosophy to help leaders make sense of the experience with the pandemic. Robert talks about fear and love, the philosophical nature of uncertainty, the idea that the virus is a mirror to humanity. He wonders if this unthinkable state has connections with the notion of t...
Leadership during the pandemic - a philosopher's perspective | Robert Rowland Smith
May 12, 2020 10:36 - 25 minutes - 10.3 MBRobert sets a leadership thought experiment and discusses fear and love Robert Rowland Smith, Philosopher, Author, Commentator and Consultant Robert turns to philosophy to help leaders make sense of the experience with the pandemic. Robert talks about fear and love, the philosophical nature of uncertainty, the idea that the virus is a mirror to humanity. He wonders if this unthinkable state has connections with the notion of the sublime. Wordsworth's description of a mountain in the Lake Di...
What makes us human? | Robin Dunbar (Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Psychology | Magdalen College, Oxford University)
April 30, 2020 10:34 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBWhat makes us human? — Being human in a digital context Robin Dunbar (Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Psychology | Magdalen College, Oxford University) In this first episode, Tracey Camilleri talks to Prof Robin Dunbar of ‘Dunbar number’ *fame. He is Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at Magdalen College, Oxford University. Robin brings his years of research and discovery about what make us human and how these insights can help leaders make better ‘human-shaped’ decisions. Th...
What makes us human? | Robin Dunbar
April 30, 2020 10:34 - 25 minutes - 10.4 MBBeing human in a digital context Robin Dunbar (Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Psychology | Magdalen College, Oxford University) In this first episode, Tracey Camilleri talks to Prof Robin Dunbar of "Dunbar number" * fame. He is Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at Magdalen College, Oxford University. Robin brings his years of research and discovery about what make us human and how these insights can help leaders make better "human-shaped" decisions. The conversations ranges ...