Policy Innovation Podcast
28 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago -The podcast asking people - from Mums and former Prime Ministers to Startup Founders and Scientists - to share their experiences and ideas for innovating policy to build a better world.
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"Fall in love with the problem and get to the table with the people you’re protesting against"
May 16, 2023 05:36 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBListen to Navjot Sawhney, Founder & CEO of the Washing Machine Project, discuss their policy ideas for bridging innovation and humanitarianism. This includes: Increasing funds for innovative international development projects Increasing R&D tax credits for startups and small businesses (not just for multinationals) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/policyinnovation/message
If the equality act was working, we wouldn’t see discrimination against women in the workplace
March 03, 2023 08:59 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBListen to Emma and Natalie, Co-Founders of Dear Bump, talk about their ideas for innovating policy to help pregnant women in the workplace. Check out their website here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/policyinnovation/message
We will see rockets go to space on a daily basis
January 24, 2023 07:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBListen to Dan Etenberg, Founder & CEO of LIA Aerospace, discuss why green policies in space are becoming increasingly important. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/policyinnovation/message
We need to reduce plastic waste. Here’s how
December 12, 2022 10:20 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBGemma Guilera, Co-Founder & Director of Moving Beans, suggests city councils, waste facility managers, and big industries come together to build a common budget, overseen by an executive body, to be responsible for driving sustainability forward. Promisingly, she says as long as we breathe we can solve issues! In addition, Nawful Raj, Founder of Yū Pods, believes we need to reduce consumption, eliminate the use of non-recyclable and micro-plastics, and fund more non-tech-based companies (to...
There needs to be a step change in maternal health
August 31, 2022 22:20 - 9 minutes - 9.11 MBAbisola Oladapo, Co-Founder & CEO of Agnes Health, discusses why we need to share best practices around maternal health and adapt it to nations to improve the health and mental health of pregnant women around the world.
Why we need to share best practices around maternal health
August 31, 2022 22:20 - 9 minutes - 9.11 MBAbisola Oladapo, Co-Founder & CEO of Agnes Health, discusses why we need to share best practices around maternal health and adapt it to nations, so that pregnant women around the world can improve their physical and mental health.
There needs to be a step-change in maternal health
August 31, 2022 22:20 - 9 minutes - 9.11 MBAbisola Oladapo, Co-Founder & CEO of Agnes Health, discusses why we need to share best practices around maternal health and adapt it to nations/countries, so that pregnant women around the world can improve their physical and mental health. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/policyinnovation/message
Governments and companies should prioritise e-safety
July 11, 2022 13:05 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBTinesh Chhaya, Founder & CEO of Decipher Cyber - Jenny Ltd, discusses why: Governments should prioritise e-safety policies and Companies should add the role of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to the C-Suite
Governments, businesses and parents should prioritise e-safety!
July 11, 2022 13:05 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBTinesh Chhaya, Founder & CEO of Decipher Cyber, discusses why: Governments should prioritise e-safety policies, and Companies should add the role of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to the C-Suite Follow Tinesh on LinkedIn and check out Decipher Cyber here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/policyinnovation/message
E-safety should be a priority
July 11, 2022 13:05 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBTinesh Chhaya, Founder & CEO of Decipher Cyber - Jenny Ltd, discusses why governments should prioritise e-safety policies and companies should add the role of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to the board.
Esther O’Callaghan OBE: “Young people are brilliant for business”
November 10, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBToday's guest is Esther O'Callaghan OBE, Co-Founder & CEO of hundo Ltd, an innovative careers platform connecting Gen Z talent to leading employers. In this episode, Esther explains why you need paid work to lift yourself out of poverty and how you can’t do that without access to opportunities - which is why hundo is helping young people to access employment and learning opportunities. In fact, they’ve raised $2 million to help them scale-up their impact and utilise the 'metaverse". List...
Kabiné Komara: “My most important and exciting challenge was helping to save the country from chaos and war… without a single cent”
August 31, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBToday's guest is Kabiné Komara, Adviser, Author, and former Prime Minister of Guinea. In this episode, key topics discussed include: Why climate change and access to jobs are our biggest shared issues Good Governance is one of the biggest issues facing Africa (the regulation is there, it just needs good leaders to implement and manage it) We all need to better manage and share resources, especially water, otherwise there is angriness and conflict Conflicts over water in Nigeria and Syri...
Kabiné Komara: “My most important and exciting challenge was helping to save my country from chaos and war… without a single cent”
August 31, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBToday's guest is Kabiné Komara, an Adviser, Author, and former Prime Minister of Guinea. In this episode, key topics discussed include: Why climate change and access to jobs are two of our biggest shared issues globally Good governance is one of the biggest challenges facing Africa We need to better manage and share resources, especially water - otherwise there is angriness and conflict Conflicts over water in Nigeria and Syria led to deaths, demonstrations and mass migration Water sha...
Humaira Ali and Graham Howe: In conversation with two councillors
June 09, 2021 07:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBToday's guests are local councillors Humaira Ali and Graham Howe, representing Southwark and Wokingham in the UK. In this episode, Humaira and Graham explore what a council is, what councils do, and how we can improve the system through policy innovation - including whether or not we even need political parties in the first place. Follow Humaira on Twitter and connect with Graham on LinkedIn. Terminology: Ward - the administrative area of a borough that elects (and is represented by) a ...
Pippa Gawley: “Profit because of purpose”
April 28, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBToday’s guest is Pippa Gawley, Founder and Director of Zero Carbon Capital. In this episode, Pippa explores why lithium is becoming the new gasoline, the cultural differences between UK and US venture capital, and making a healthy financial return because of purpose (not in spite of it). In addition, Pippa discusses why: Governments should implement legally binding targets for every year up to 2050 (to hold current governments to account and not just future ones) Carbon emissions need t...
Amit Mishra: "Everything counts, even the smallest of our efforts"
March 16, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBToday's guest is Amit Mishra, Founder of ID8VC, Policy Adviser to the Indian Government, and ex-Country Head of F6S and Sansan. In this episode, Amit explores: the appeal of the Indian market and Tier 2 cities, including as a place to build a Proof of Concept (PoC) the uptick in activity for the AgriTech, medical, education, e-commerce and electric vehicle (EV) sectors since COVID-19 why change is both the biggest challenge and opportunity the importance of being a conscious citizen and...
Stephanie Jensen-Cormier: "There is an opportunity for us to innovate to get to a Net Zero Emission world"
February 23, 2021 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBToday's guest is Stephanie Jensen-Cormier, a biodiversity advocate living in Costa Rica. In this episode, Stephanie discusses why we need to understand the urgency of reducing our emissions because it threatens our survival as a specifies. In addition, Steph explains why: government-funded projects need to embed top-notch environmental, social and corporate governance into projects e.g. China’s Belt and Road Initiative we as consumers should choose to eat a mostly plant-based diet, buy re...
Bin "William" Xu: “Mental health issues are too big for one party to solve”
January 12, 2021 22:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBToday's guest is Bin Xu, Head of Digital Innovation Labs at Pfizer in China and South East Asia. In this episode, Bin Xu explores why innovation in finance can help to improve access to healthcare, that people working in legacy (or conservative) industries should think more like an entrepreneur, and how China needs to "up its game" in terms of respecting nurses and doctors. Bin Xu and Nathan met through the Young China Watchers network, a community of young professionals engaging with th...
Bin Xu: “Mental health issues are too big for one party to solve”
January 12, 2021 22:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBToday's guest is Bin (William) Xu, Head of Digital Innovation Labs at Pfizer in China and South East Asia. In this episode, Bin Xu shares why innovation in finance can help to improve access to healthcare, why people working in legacy (or old school) industries should think more like an entrepreneur, and how China needs to "up its game" in terms of respecting nurses and doctors. Bin Xu and Nathan met through the Young China Watchers (YCW), a community engaging with the most pressing iss...
Bin (William) Xu: “Mental health issues are too big for one party to solve”
January 12, 2021 22:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBToday's guest is Bin Xu, Head of Digital Innovation Labs at Pfizer in China and South East Asia. In this episode, Bin Xu shares why innovation in finance can help to improve access to healthcare, why people working in legacy (or conservative) industries should think more like an entrepreneur, and how China needs to "up its game" in terms of respecting nurses and doctors. Bin Xu and Nathan met through the Young China Watchers (YCW), a community of young professionals engaged with the most...
Sundeep Waslekar: Water is NOT the oil of the 21st century
October 21, 2020 22:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBToday's guest is Sundeep Waslekar, President of the Strategic Foresight Group and Author of The Blue Peace: Rethinking Middle East Water. In this episode, Sundeep discusses why countries engaged in water cooperation do not go to war, how West Africa leads the world in water collaboration, and that even the world’s greatest leaders are unable to deliver because they operate with tunnel vision. The key takeaway, therefore, is to look at the world in a more holistic way and to understand t...
Sundeep Waslekar, Author of The Blue Peace: Rethinking Middle East Water
October 21, 2020 22:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBToday's guest is Sundeep Waslekar, President of the Strategic Foresight Group and Author of The Blue Peace: Rethinking Middle East Water. In this episode, Sundeep discusses how we need to change our thinking of water as an arena for war to an instrument of peace, that innovation is not a singular process, and how even the world’s greatest leaders are unable to deliver because they operate with tunnel vision. Sundeep was introduced to the podcast by Sir Graham Watson in episode 1, which y...
Mandy Nyarko and Gosbert Chagula: "test your ideas and don't stop learning"
September 30, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBToday's guests are entrepreneurs Mandy Nyarko and Gos Chagula, Co-Founders of Startup Discovery School. In this episode, Mandy and Gos discuss the importance of social mobility, why the 'BAME' acronym is unnecessary, and what governments and investors can do to overcome bias and empower people who are currently underserved. Learn more about Startup Discover School here: https://startupdiscoveryschool.com/ and check out their Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/startupdiscoveryschool/...
Mandy Nyarko and Gosbert Chagula, Co-Founders of Startup Discovery School
September 30, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBToday's guests are entrepreneurs Mandy Nyarko and Gos Chagula, Co-Founders of Startup Discovery School. In this episode, Mandy and Gos discuss the importance of diverse partner ecosystems, the usefulness of the 'BAME' acronym, and share their ideas about how governments and investors could better champion innovators from lower-socioeconomic backgrounds. Learn more about Startup Discover School here: https://startupdiscoveryschool.com
Mandy Nyarko and Gosbert Chagula: "Test your ideas and don't stop learning"
September 30, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBToday's guests are entrepreneurs Mandy Nyarko MBE and Gosbert Chagula MBE, Co-Founders of Startup Discovery School. In this episode, Mandy and Gos discuss the importance of social mobility, why the "Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic" (BAME) acronym is unnecessary, and what governments and investors can do to overcome bias and empower people who are currently underserved. Learn more about Startup Discover School and check out their Instagram here. Some terminology: "Incubator" - where star...
Interview with Sir Graham Watson, former MEP
August 05, 2020 08:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBToday's guest is Sir Graham Watson, former President of the Alliance of Liberal Democrats in Europe (ALDE) and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South West of England and Gibraltar (1994-2014). In this episode, Graham discusses how the United Kingdom and European Union can innovate policy in key areas - such as health, data, and an emerging Asia - and even shares some tips for continuous learning. Follow Sir Graham on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sirgrahamwatson and/or check...
Interview with Sir Graham Watson
August 05, 2020 08:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBToday's guest is Sir Graham Watson, former President of the Alliance of Liberal Democrats in Europe (ALDE) and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South West of England and Gibraltar between 1994-2014. In this episode, Graham discusses how the UK and EU could and should innovate policy in key areas - from health and technology to the rise of China - and even shares some tips for continuous learning.
Sir Graham Watson: "There is a need to constantly renew ones thinking"
August 05, 2020 08:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBToday's guest is Sir Graham Watson, former President of the Alliance of Liberal Democrats in Europe (ALDE) and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South West of England and Gibraltar (1994-2014). In this episode, Graham discusses how the United Kingdom and European Union can innovate policy in key areas - such as health, data, and an emerging Asia - and even shares some tips for continuous learning. Other key takeaways include: - Most Asian countries look to the United States,...