In this episode we are joined by Tom Fenton, CEO of Senze, a company that has created a ground breaking measurement and analysis tool for the built environment, aiming to revolutionise housing retrofit and aid in the journey towards net zero.

In this episode we are joined by Geoff Smith, entrepreneurial non-executive business director and key player in the post-covid revival of Gloucester Brewery.

Geoff has previously joined us on one of our place webinars explaining how this project was undertaken and why, but today we dive deeper into Gloucester Brewery's direct impact and influence on it's surrounding community and what that could mean in the context of the wider private sector.

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In this episode we are joined by Dan Gregory, Independent Advisor and Oliver Holtaway, freelance Independent Researcher, Strategist and Advisor.

Today we talk about social capital and infrastructure, which speaks to the networks of relationships among people who live and work in a particular place and the essential facilities, services, and spaces that support social well-being and community development.

Welcome back to Let's Talk Ideas.

This is part 2 of our discussion with Mike Dawson and Toby Savage, discussing the devolution white paper, 'power & partnership' that was released by the government just before Christmas.

Today's episode will be the first part of our two part discussion around the recently published devolution white paper, 'power & partnership'. We will talk implications, wider impact and the significant changes to the wider organisational structure of councils across England.

Taps Mtemachani is Director of Transformation and Partnership for NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB).  A significant part of his role is building relationships and innovative strategic partnerships within and beyond the Black Country.

In this episode we talk to Rob Rowlands and Andy Wright about the value and challenges of having meaningful community conversations, the benefits they can bring and the tools that can assist in enhancing them.

In this episode we are joined by Tom Knox, who is a Netherlands based solicitor and consultant whose knowledge bridges the best of Dutch and UK Housing expertise.

In this episode we are joined by Jennie Watkins, who after her extensive career as an MP, councillor and community activist in Gloucester has recently joined us here at Bromford as an Executive Support Manager.

In this episode we are joined by Lauren Bond, Head of Delivery at CLES (Centre for Local Economic Strategies) and frequent endorser of anchor organisations.

In this episode we introduce our exciting strategic shift towards a Place-Based Working model, of which will also be the overarching theme of this podcast season.

In this episode we are joined by Bryony Shannon, who is the Strategic Lead for Practice Development in Adult Social Care at the City of Doncaster and author of the influential blog site Rewriting Social Care.

In this episode we are joined by Rob Fountain, former CEO of Age UK and current Head of Strategic Partnerships at Gloucestershire VCS Alliance to talk about the challenges of heading up service-based organisations and how we need to go about re-defining the leadership and goals of services to better aid the people who need them.

In this episode we are joined by Jack Shaw, a local government expert to discuss their financial peril.

Will Lilley joins John Wade and Paul Taylor to talk about the challenges of making ideas stick, the importance of thinking about spread at an early stage of exploration, and why culture trumps innovation every time.

In this episode, we are joined by David Parkin, a recognised industry leader in the development of low carbon energy infrastructure to discuss the bigger picture of the UK's transition to a net zero world.

In this episode, we are joined by Lizzie Spring. We talk about how the housing sector could rebalance through a relationship of equals - and how it could transform if it recognised the skills and talents of the people it exists to provide for.

In this episode Chris Bolton joins Paul Taylor and John Wade to talk about the idea antibodies that can kill innovation, the problem with following ‘best practice; and why we spend so much time ‘bike-shedding’.

In this episode Kate Davies joins Paul Taylor and John Wade to talk about the things she perhaps couldn’t say as a CEO, the need for radical technological transformation, and why we must learn from the past whilst embracing the future.

In this episode we are joined by Ian Wright is the Founder and CEO of the Disruptive Innovators Network.

Ian talks with Paul Taylor and Helen Swinnerton about the importance of embedding the creative process, why we need to avoid innovation theatre, and what the leaders of the future need to do differently.