Newton Talks - The Management & Consultancy Podcast for Curious Minds
17 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago -Newton Talks is a refreshingly different interview show that meets the people behind the ideas inspiring us here at Newton.
Because we believe in coming at problems in a different way, in each episode we hand over the mic to one of Newton’s most inquisitive brains to have a conversation with an author, thinker or innovator whose big ideas are inspiring them right now.
Together, our consultants and their guests discuss new and surprising ways to build brilliant teams and solve some of the most complex challenges facing organisations today.
Newton is an implementation-focussed consultancy with a difference, brimming with people who have a passion for cracking really knotty problems. Find out more about the way we work at newtoneurope.com, join the discussion with #NewtonTalks by following us on LinkedIn
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Episodes
Geffrye Parsons on A Culture of Care: Inclusion, Adjustments and Allyship
January 24, 2024 04:30 - 55 minutes - 128 MBMeet Geffrye Parsons, Chief Empathy Officer at the Inclusion Imperative. Geffrye is redefining what it means to be a CEO in the twenty-first century, by explaining the benefits of leading from a place of empathy. Together, he and Kate Haddon, a People & Change Director at Newton, discuss how creating a culture of care can help you get the best out of your people, boosting performance, productivity, and engagement. Looking at the role of inclusion, psychological safety, adjustm...
Dr. Eliza Filby on the Intergenerational Workforce and Bridging the Age Divide
December 18, 2023 05:00 - 43 minutes - 99.4 MBMeet Dr. Eliza Filby, academic, author, podcast host and visiting lecturer at King’s College London. As a consultant and Doctor of British History, Eliza is a ‘historian of contemporary values and generational dynamics’ and specialises in ‘Generational Intelligence’. Her well-documented background on the history of generations and ageing has made her a sought after media commentator for BBC News, Sky News, and BBC Radio 4, as well as a keynote speaker. And in 2022 she was awarded the Europa ...
Mario Moussa on Business Anthropology and How it Shapes Workplace Culture
November 24, 2023 11:38 - 48 minutes - 110 MBMeet Mario Moussa, a management consultant turned award-winning author. His latest book, The Culture Puzzle, represents the culmination of over 75 years worth of expertise on an anthropological approach to workplace culture. Mario has taught at the world's leading academic institutions, with work published in the Journal of Business Anthropology. With over a decade's experience applying anthropology to business contexts, Mario sits down with Brad Jennings, a People and Change Directo...
Welcome to Season Four
November 20, 2023 12:53 - 3 minutes - 7.44 MBWe’re back for a fourth season and with a brand new host! Quench your curiosity as we explore the modern workplace culture, where no question is left unasked. We’ll be speaking with Mario Moussa on how we can use organisational anthropology to better understand and shape workplace cultures; Dr. Eliza Filby on the trials and tribulations of a multi-generational workforce; and Geffrye Parsons on the benefits of creating a culture of care. Newton is a recognised specialist in strat...
John Amaechi on adaptable leadership and what being a “team” really means
January 20, 2023 03:30 - 56 minutes - 77.6 MBProfessor John Amaechi OBE is a respected organisational psychologist, an award-winning, international (Sunday and New YorkTimes) best-selling author, a sought-after public speaker, an executive coach and the Founder of APS Intelligence Ltd. After a ground-breaking career in basketball (becoming the first Briton to have a career in the NBA), he has gone on to become one of HR’s most influential thinkers and founded APS Intelligence Ltd., an organisation of thought leaders in inclusive leader...
Ari Wallach on How To Longpath So That We Go Far and We Go Together
November 22, 2022 04:00 - 59 minutes - 81.4 MBIn this episode American futurist Ari Wallach introduces Longpath, an applied mindset he uses to cultivate future conscious thinking and behaviour and also the title of his new book, Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs – An Antidote for Short-Termism. During this conversation, Ari and Julie discuss this period of great change we’re in, what Ari calls the ‘intertidal’, and the opportunity this offers. Ari outlines the three pillars for cultivating a better tomorrow –...
Professor Amanda Kirby on How We Are All Neurodiverse
October 19, 2022 17:00 - 48 minutes - 66.6 MBProfessor Amanda Kirby is an academic, professor, author, medical practitioner, and the CEO/ co-founder of Do-IT Solutions. Having authored nine books and published over one-hundred academic research papers, Professor Kirby is a leading expert in the field of neurodiversity. In this episode of Newton Talks, she sits down with Newton’s very own Ed Bailey, Business Manager across Local and Central Government and co-founder of Newton’s Disability Network, to unpack what neurodiversity re...
Mo Gawdat on Why We Must Raise AI As We Would Our Children
September 21, 2022 23:37 - 57 minutes - 79.4 MBMo Gawdat is an entrepreneur and best-selling author, most famously known for his books Solve for Happy and Scary Smart. After an illustrious career of nearly 30 years in tech, which included a stint as Chief Business Officer at GoogleX, Mo turned his focus to the business of happiness, not a business at all but a fundamental feature of human life. His extensive research and dedicated written work led Mo to embark on his most recent journey, One Billion Happy, which is not just the name of h...
Welcome to Season Three
September 21, 2022 23:35 - 2 minutes - 39.1 MB VideoWith four new guests and a new monthly release schedule, this season goes deep with some of the world’s most exciting thinkers and experts; Mo Gawdat, Amanda Kirby, Ari Wallach and John Amaechi Newton is an implementation-focussed consultancy with a difference, brimming with people who have a passion for cracking really knotty problems. Find out more about the way we work at www.newtoneurope.com or join the discussion with #NewtonTalks on LinkedIn.
Derek Gaunt on Why Thinking Like a Hostage Negotiator Can Help You Have Better Conversations
November 15, 2021 12:51 - 41 minutes - 94.5 MBDerek Gaunt is a lecturer, author and trainer with over 20 years’ experience in law enforcement as a leader and commander of hostage negotiation teams in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. As a member of the Black Swan Group, he now works as a trainer and personal coach, instructing businesses on how to apply hostage negotiation practices and principles to their world. In this episode, Newton’s Katie Quarmby talks with Derek to explore how effective negotiation is less about convers...
Patrice Gordon on Why Reverse Mentoring Must be Scary to Work
November 15, 2021 12:50 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBPatrice Gordon is a reverse mentoring guru, whose efforts to build an inclusive environment at Virgin Atlantic have been recognised by her boss Richard Branson, and internationally by the TED Talk leadership community. In this episode, Newton co-founder Andy Hawes sits down with Patrice to talk about what it takes to excel at reverse mentoring. How can Andy, who found the process both illuminating and challenging, ensure that reverse mentoring is truly successful? What does ‘go...
Season two of Newton Talks is out now
November 15, 2021 05:30 - 1 minute - 26 MB VideoNewton is an implementation-focussed consultancy with a difference, brimming with people who have a passion for cracking really knotty problems. Find out more about the way we work at newtoneurope.com, or join the discussion with #NewtonTalks on LinkedIn. Newton Talks is a Scenery Studios production, produced by Lina Prestwood, Phil Sansom and Kate McCall. Executive Producers for Newton are Kerry Harris and Michelle Bosa-Edwards. Original music composed by Tristan...
Doug Gurr on How to Ignite a Data-led Mindset within a Heritage Organisation
November 15, 2021 05:30 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBDoug Gurr is Director at The National History Museum, previously Country Manager at Amazon UK and President at Amazon China. He is also a former Scottish international triathlete, 12 times Ironman and keen ski mountaineer with over 20 first ascents. In this episode, Newton’s Toby Ashong chats with Doug about, not only his impressive personal and professional achievements but why the real secret to digital transformation is not technology, but people. The two discuss the importanc...
Sara Sanford on Why Unconscious Bias Training doesn’t Work (and what does)
February 26, 2021 19:25 - 48 minutes - 89.4 MBSara Sanford’s TED talk “Designing gender bias out of the workplace” has been watched over 2 million times. Sara’s groundbreaking research at GEN (Gender Equity Now) has identified 212 cultural levers within an organisation that can foster or counter the impact of gender in the workplace. These can be as simple as the position of a gender tick box on a job application form, or introducing thinking time in meetings. Understanding and pulling these levers creates business results. By integrati...
Kim Scott on The Art of Getting What You Want By Saying What you Mean
February 26, 2021 19:24 - 45 minutes - 83.6 MBKim Scott is the author of ‘Just Work: Get Sh*t Done Fast and Fair’ and Radical Candor: How to Get What You Want By Saying What you Mean’. Kim was a CEO coach at Dropbox, Qualtrics and Twitter plus a faculty member at Apple University and before that led AdSense, YouTube, and DoubleClick teams at Google. Kim joins Newton’s Rosanne Furniss to discuss why leaders shouldn’t have to choose between being direct and being compassionate. The phrase ‘radical candour’ can inspire fear at first...
Matthew Syed on Why We Should Seek More Conflict at Work
February 26, 2021 19:24 - 52 minutes - 95.9 MBMatthew Syed is the acclaimed author of six-best selling books on high performance, including his celebrated Black Box Thinking and more recent Rebel Ideas - both of which are some of the best-thumbed books on the Newton bookshelf. In this debut episode of Newton Talks, Matthew sits down with Brad Jennings, Newton’s “Change Guru”, to dig even deeper into cognitive diversity, the subject of Rebel Ideas. He argues that once we start to see conflict and disagreement as a contribution to t...
Welcome to Newton Talks!
February 26, 2021 19:24 - 2 minutes - 30.9 MB VideoTake a listen to find out what happens when Newton’s Director of People, Kate Mills, challenges her most inquisitive colleagues to step out of their day jobs and have a one-to-one with an author, thinker or innovator whose work is blowing their professional minds. Newton Europe is an implementation-focussed consultancy with a difference, brimming with people who have a passion for cracking really tough challenges. Find out more about the way we work at newtoneurope.com, join the discussio...