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Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation

Welcome to "Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation", the podcast where we dive deep into the art of effective leadership. I"m your host, Prof Martin Parr, a seasoned professional who has dedicated years to empowering senior leaders in achieving their business goals. Today, I"m thrilled to share my expertise as a systems thinker, guiding you on a transformative journey for your business, charity, or pet project.Throughout my career, I"ve developed a passion for complexity and relish

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E72: Toby Lowe

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2025/03/19

Today I am so pleased to introduce Toby Lowe who is a Visiting Professor of Public Management. We talk about what is wrong with New Public Management, and how it can lead to people manipulating the metrics. Toby talks about the pressures he faced while he was CEO of a charity to lie. We talk about how to govern and fund public services, and that there is choice in this, meaning that the old ways of doing things can be changed. Creating outcomes is complex. If people can respond to this comple...

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22:58

E71 Joseph Paris

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2025/03/10

In this episode of Evolving Enterprises, I am very lucky to be joined by Joseph Paris, CEO of Xonitek Consulting Group. This year marks the 40th year of Xonitek. We will be looking into what first led to Joseph’s interest in operational excellence. We discuss how the challenges faced by companies and people around the world are very similar. We talk about the importance of trust and stakeholder engagement. Joseph shares insights including his use of the Socratic approach.

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21:33

E70 Laura Watford

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2025/03/04

In this episode I am delighted to talk to Laura Watford, co-founder of STEMunity about her inspiring journey from classroom teacher to STEM education innovator, highlighting the challenges and breakthroughs that led to the creation of a charity dedicated to improving STEM opportunities for underrepresented groups. In her career Laura has been a STEM network leader for local educators for the Royal Academy of Engineering. Business leaders will gain valuable insights into the power of industry-...

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15:15

E69 Bob Scott

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2025/02/18

Today I am delighted to be joined by Bob Scott, Honorary Treasurer and Board Member of the Operational Research Society for this third podcast exploring Operational Research (OR). Bob is a former Senior Vice President of Capgemini. Today we explore OR applied to the automotive industry and the effect of having decisions taken in isolation. We talk about how a deep understanding of a business is only formed by being at the coalface or on the shopfloor.

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18:28

E68 Bob Scott

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2025/02/11

Today I am delighted to be joined by Bob Scott, Honorary Treasurer and Board Member of the Operational Research Society for this second podcast exploring Operational Research (OR). Bob is a former Senior Vice President of Capgemini. Today we explore the difference that OR can make to the North American paper industry and in vastly reducing packaging costs in Europe.

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23:48

E67 Bob Scott

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2025/02/04

Today I am delighted to be joined by Bob Scott, Honorary Treasurer and Board Member of the Operational Research Society. Bob is a former Senior Vice President of Capgemini. This is the first of a short series of podcasts that explore Operational Research (OR) which is using scientific methods to make better business decisions. In this episode Bob shares some of his stories of OR. We talk about Bob’s career journey from Mining Engineer, through to Operational Researcher, consultant to the DTI ...

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E66: Graeme Forbes 2

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2025/01/28

In this second podcast I am delighted to talk to Graeme a freelance philosophical consultant. We talk about personalised decision making, personalised medicine and how everything mediated by algorithms. But what do they do with “outliers” – the people who don’t conform to the “average”? If we don’t ‘fit the mould.’ How much will the changes in society change the structure that the algorithms use. Or will these algorithms marginalise people further? We also talk about Graeme’s fascinating care...

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24:20

E65 Graeme Forbes

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2025/01/21

Today I am delighted to talk to Graham Forbes, who is a freelance philosophical consultant. We are talking about moral logistics – the way that how moral questions get understood as spreading or flowing through a complex organization and how responsibility for delivering promises works in a big and complex system.

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12:50

E64: Review of 2024

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2025/01/08

As we look back on 2024 I highlight some of the guests that have been so memorable for this podcast and I also look forward to our upcoming guests and to the vision for the future – to talk about what goes on behind the scenes to make our enterprises successful.

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15:35

E63 Organisational Culture Types – The Positive and...

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2024/12/17

Today I continue to explore organisational culture, looking at the positive and negative. I look at the different types of culture and I review what you can do to change the culture of your organisation. If you would like a different type of workplace, be the change that you want to see.

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17:26

E62 Organisational Culture and Employee Engagement

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2024/12/03

Today I begin a journey into organisational culture. What does culture really mean? Why would we care about what culture there is in our organisation? You will only keep great people if they remain engaged. Culture holds a lot of the keys to helping people remain engaged with an organisation. Culture affects the bottom line. According to Gallup, organisations that have high employee engagement see 23% increase in profitability, along with a host of other improvements.

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14:30

E61 Leadership Styles

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2024/11/23

Today I am going to look at two popular leadership styles – authoritative and coaching. I am going to look at the times that theses styles may be useful and how using the right style at the right time can help to get some of our systems work implemented well.

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14:04

E60 National Engineering Day

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2024/11/14

On National Engineering Day in the UK we are encouraged to consider the people who inspire us. I look back on the many successes of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and the odd setback. I also look to the future, to the decisions that engineers will need to make very soon. I am delighted to be part of a movement of people who specialise in getting amazing things done and in shaping society around us.

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E59: Emma Harvey

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2024/11/05

I'm so happy to be joined by Emma Harvey the co-founder of The 5 Hour Club (www.fivehourclub.com). The Five Hour Club is a platform that allows working parents to find professional work that fits around their caring responsibilities. I love this concept and I am delighted that my company is one of the employers on this platform.

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21:58

Learning Journeys

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2024/10/25

Today I explore learning Journeys and how important they are if we are to really change complex organisations. I consider how I have encouraged board members to change their companies and what it takes to really drive change within a busy and complex corporate world. Finally I reflect on the situation within the UK NHS and look at what I have learned in my journey about this immensely complex organisation.

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17:49

Managing Personal Stress Levels

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2024/10/11

We all get stressed by different things, and stress changes us. Our personality type will highlight the likely changes that we will experience as stress increases. Once we know what these changes look like we are able to spot the warning signs and take action so that we don’t reach “grip stress”. You can find your personality type at 16personalities.com. Once you have it e.g. ENFP type “ENFP grip stress” into Google to find your pathway.

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15:52

Engineering the Future

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2024/10/01

Join me as I reflect on my journey through the engineering profession, following my recent appointment as a Visiting Professor to the University of Portsmouth, funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering. In this episode, I explore the critical role engineering plays in shaping senior leadership decisions and why it’s essential for driving innovation and progress. Discover insights into the Royal Academy of Engineering's impact in the UK and the future of engineering for leaders in the industry.

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E55 Julia Bakay

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2024/09/18

I'm delighted today to introduce Julia Bakay, who is a keynote artist and visual strategist. Julia’s work involves listening to live events and drawing in real time the key points. At the end visual maps of the discussions are created which highlight the themes and ideas for people to reflect on, which untangle the complexity and give clarity in a way that is engaging, accessible and enduring. We discuss Julia’s journey in this fascinating area of graphic facilitation and visual systems think...

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13:55

E54 Wayne Turmel Part 2

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2024/09/10

I'm delighted by the return of Wayne Turmel, author and consultant on developing communication and leadership skills with expertise in remote working. Today we build on our previous discussion on remote working. We talk about the specific advantages and challenges of remote working, how business leaders can get the best from staff who are working remotely and the importance of good leadership for remote working to be effective

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E53 - James Brown

Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation ·

2024/09/06

I'm delighted today to be joined by James Brown, the co-founder and CEO of Super Sense Technologies. During a career break, James started volunteering for a local mental health charity, which inspired him to utilise AI to benefit those with dementia. We discuss the power and opportunity of AI when properly applied to its audience, the project SuperSense Technologies has embarked on to help those suffering with dementia, their families and carers using AI, and what lessons large organisations ...

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