Chief Wellbeing Officer

Here Steven talks to Kenneth Mikkelsen, author of The Neo-Generalist with Richard Martin, a 2016 book that challenges head-on society's fascination with hyper-specialism and labelling. Neo-Generalists, according to Kenneth "live in more than one world" with the conversation covering mental agility, life-wide learning, the education system, the discomfort of being a Neo-Generalist, and how they may play an ever more important role in the future of work.

In episode 9 we talk to Neil McIntosh, a pioneering journalist and the managing editor of BBC online. Responsible for the BBC homepage which has 8 million visitors per week and 1 billion clicks per year we talk to Neil about news and journalism today including the dangers of fake news, our online habits, and where health and wellbeing fits in a 24-hour a day industry.

Episode 8 of the Chief Wellbeing Officer podcast is the Executive Education special. In the introduction Rory and Steven reflect on how IESE Business School got to number 1 in the world, according to the Financial Times rankings. Rory helped set up the international executive education division 20 years ago as its first director and Steven has taught on 106 executive education programs since 2009. We then talk to Nathalie Labourdette and Frederic Frantz of the Eurovision Broadcasting Union (EBU) Academy during their recent executive program at IESE. We discuss public service broadcasting in Europe, the need to equip journalists with a new set of tools to deal with disruption, and some of the results of the Sustaining Executive Performance element of the program.

Reflecting on the pilot of a new Agile Ways of Working program for Telefónica we speak to Jeff Gothelf, a global expert in the areas of lean and agile, about why agile is so important for the world of work today, covering benefits for health and wellbeing as well as his own de-risking strategy in moving his family from New Jersey to Barcelona. Produced by Alejandro Yllarramendy.

We catch up with John McCusker at the 6th annual HR Core LAB in Barcelona and talk of his personal journey, cultural agility, finding purpose, and developing talent in one of the world's most emblematic family-owned businesses. And yes, this interview between two Scotsmen did take place in a bar.. Produced by Alejandro Yllarramendy.

Recorded after the first week of the Glasgow School of Art's annual Winter School in their Forres campus in the North of Scotland Episode 5 looks at what is special about the Scottish Highlands. In the introduction Rory and Steven talk of being there together at the end of January to celebrate Rory's 50th birthday before we talk to three leading design professors and members of the Winter School faculty. Dr. Gordon Hush is the Director of the Innovation School at the Glasgow School of Art which organises Winter School. Dr. Catherine Morel is the Director of the Master in Management & Entrepreneurship in the Creative Economy at Audencia Business School in Nantes and Dr. Philippe Mairesse is a Contemporary Artist and Associate Professor at Audencia. Produced by Alejandro Yllarramendy.

From a Grey Friday in Amsterdam to a Blue Monday in London, episode 4 looks at the story of giffgaff, the UK telco, with a focus on how they are building a culture of positivity and emotional engagement from the bottom up. Steven talks to Kim Faura, Chief Commercial Officer and Alastair Gill, People Partner, about ministries, passports and of course that New Order song. Pair with the article of the same name on The European Business Review (europeanbusinessreview.com) Produced by DJ Yllarramendy.

Recorded in July 2017 and just before writing Chief Wellbeing Officer in August and September, Steven and Rory discuss their inspiration the past several years and what they hope to achieve in the book. They discuss Universitas Telefónica, business today and how to create a more human-centric future of work.

In episode 2 we discuss some of the best bits of Toni Nadal's recent visit to Universitas and his interview with Program Director Carole Wettman. Rory and Steven talk with Carole about Toni's dual role as Uncle and coach, the approach taken to make Rafa a legend of the sport, the importance of humility, and how Rafa came back to be the best in the world during 2017. As always we try and view some of the main points in the context of business and the future of work, in this case including coaching, performance and knowing when to quit. Produced by Alejandro Yllarramendy.

In our opening episode we talk to Ann Pickering, Director of Human Resources at O2, about high performing cultures, learning and development, women in leadership, mental health, and of course football. Produced by Alejandro Yllarramendy.