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Ready to Rethink How We Work?
What if working less isn’t a luxury—but our path to a golden age? When South Cambridgeshire debated…
Interview with Carlos Gould for a University of California Sustainability event
Besides playing around with 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐺𝑃𝑇 𝑥 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑜 𝐺ℎ𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑖 last week I interviewed Carlos Gould for a…
Dom Phillips and the Amazon
I just finished the book by Dom Phillips - the British journalist murdered in the Amazon in 2022,…
Leadership in Disruptive Times: Lessons from Public Health Leaders
🚨 Few disruptions test leadership like war. As part of the WHO Leadership for Public Health Course,…
Delivering Justice for Women
I learned a lot from moderating a sobering conversation between Harriet Wistrich and Debaleena…
The Future is Now – In Conversation with George Osborne and Ed Balls
A bold idea we could get behind. I recently led a discussion between former UK Chancellor George…
Global AI Summit
I've been thinking about the bet between Sam Altman (CEO of OpenAI) and friends about when we'll…
Reykjavík Global Forum for Women Leaders
“No one gives you power. You have to take it.” Halla Tomasdottir, President of Iceland 🇮🇸✨ I…
My interview with author Neal Stephenson, 2024
Last night I interviewed one of my favourite authors, Neal Stephenson, for the How To Academy. We…
WHO Europe Public Health Leadership Course 2024 – Kyiv, Ukraine
So happy to be part of the faculty delivering a Public Health Leadership course in Ukraine. It's…
What I learnt from Professor Salvatore Babones at the India Global Forum
What I learnt from Professor Salvatore Babones at the India Global ForumFrom the middle of April…
Reflecting on FII Asia – Megatrends shaping Humanity
To bring 2023 to a close, I headed to Hong Kong to attend FII Institute's PRIORITY Asia Summit,…
FII 2023 – The New Compass
This year's Future Investment Initiative's brought together investors, business leaders,…
Strengthening UK-India relations: What’s next?
Sir Keir Starmer remains under pressure from within the Labour party over his stance on Israel and…
Pictet’s ‘Found in Conversation’ Podcast | The Future of Europe
In the coming months, I have the pleasure of hosting three episodes of Pictet’s ‘Found in…
Imagine Oxford: Learning, Collaboration and Transformation
I’ve been following Valerie Keller and Paul Polman since they launched Imagine. We made a Global…
Challenges and Opportunities: Saudi Arabia’s Soft Power Surge
Before 2016 Saudi made it easy by isolating themselves. We didn’t have to deal with the moral…
India Global Forum, London Conference
🇮🇳 🇬🇧“We desperately need to reimagine the mutual value and potential of UK-India relations in the…
This year at Davos
A month on from my visit to Davos - home of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meetings - I wanted…
ThinkPod, London
While hosting and chairing panels during the FII Institute’s inaugural regional summit at the…
Future Investment Initiative
Alongside the wonderful Oli Barrett and Ethna Treanor, I recently hosted a series of powerful panel…
Northern Tech Awards
Yesterday, I hosted the 9th annual Northern Tech Awards, presented by GP Bullhound, from…
Future Aviation Forum – Big Think Panel
Aviation accounts for around 2.5% of global CO2 emissions. It is widely recognised as both one of…
Future Aviation Forum
"Saudia Arabia is at the start of the most significant aviation industry reform in the 21st…
Innovate Finance Global Summit – UK FinTech Week
"UK FinTech has reached an all-time high, with an ncredible $11.6bn pouring into the sector in…
AlUla – Powering start-ups for Inclusive Growth event
Barely catching my breath from the Sync Digital Wellbeing Summit, I flew from Dhahran to AlUla, one…
Sync Digital Wellbeing Summit Roundup
A week on from co-hosting the inaugural Sync Digital Wellbeing Summit, I am still meditating on our…
Tackling a Digital Addiction – Simon Sinek
I have just returned from Dharan, Saudi Arabia, where I co-hosted the inaugural Sync Digital…
Journey to Ithra – Digital Wellbeing Summit
This week I visited Ithra, the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, in Dharan Saudi Arabia.…
Economics is Everywhere: A conversation with John List
Last week, I spoke with John List, Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University…
