One Question
A glimpse behind the scenes of One Question and the conversations with members and guests through the lens of a single question. From fashion brands to scriptwriters, photographers to economists, journalists to politicians, the One Question Podcast series explores different questions in a thoughtful, fast-paced and inspiring conversation designed for the curious with a desire to challenge the status quo. Series four launches in 2023 asking, can we rewrite the rules of leadership? Listen today via Itunes or Spotify
Episodes
47 episodes
Can we learn to disagree well? Professor Jennifer Hudson, vice-provost at University College London answers One Question
Professor Jennifer Hudson joins Sarah to explore the role of leadership in higher education, and the balance between academic achievement and shaping future leaders in a time of cultural shifts, innovation, and uncertainty.Post-pandemic,...
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What makes a leader worth following? Sam McAlister, former Newsnight Producer and Author of Scoops, answers One Question.
Can we live in a world of compromise instead of cancel culture? Sam McAlister is a former news night producer and the orchestrator behind one of the most famous royal interviews of our time. Since leaving the BBC, Sam has w...
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"Leading or Following? Financial Times Columnist, Gillian Tett on the media's influence today.
In this week's episode, Gillian Tett, a Financial Times Columnist, joins Sarah to explore whether traditional media can still lead and influence. With the rise of AI-generated content, the challenge of misinformation, and the breakd...
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Where do you look for hope? Joe Mulhall, director of research at Hope not hate explores the leadership we need to leverage hope today.
Hope not hate is an antifascist organisation leveraging the power of hope in the face of hate. Dr Joe Mulhall joins Sarah to explore the kind of leadership we need to address deep ideological and political polarisation, the rise of ...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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1:09:22
How do we fight the climate crisis today? Emma Howard-Boyd, CBE, Chair, Client Earth, answers One Question.
What type of leadership do we need to address the climate crisis? In this episode, Sarah welcomes Emma Howard-Boyd, Chair of Client Earth, Climate Resilience for All and the London Climate Resilience Review and a Global Ambassador for R...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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Joining the dots between people and profit, CEO of Octopus Money, Ruth Handcock answers One Question.
CEO of Octopus Money, Ruth Handcock, joins Sarah to explore how we lead today through the lens of financial services. Part of the Octopus Group, which includes Octopus Energy and investments, Octopus Money is democratising financial und...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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1:18:07
Jack Doyle, former associate Daily Mail editor, director of communication at 10 Downing Street for Boris Johnson and Luke Sullivan, former director of comms for Keir Starmer, answer One Question, "How do we lead today?" In British politics.
How do we lead today? In British Politics. This week's episode is timely, as Sarah is joined by Jack Doyle, former associate editor at the Daily Mail and Director of Communications to Boris Johnson at 10 Downing Street.
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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1:31:58
How do we lead today? From the perspective of an Italian, female President leading an international organisation, founded in Germany and owned by Corporate America...
Nadia Innanuzzi is the President of the international organisation OTT Hydromet, which was founded in Germany and became a subsidiary of American corporate Veralto in 2023; as an Italian female leader, Nadia has a unique perspective on what it ...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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1:17:27
Adekunle Rufai, Founder of S.M.I.L.E-ing Boys Project, joins Sarah to answer One Question: How do we lead today? Through the lens of equity and Black Men.
Kay Rufai is an artist, photographer and founder of S.M.I.L.E-ing Boys Project, a project to address the rise in youth affected by violence, which sparked a series of reactionary approaches from the government regarding tougher criminalis...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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1:10:24
How do we lead to address the rising mental health crisis in the UK? Simon Gunning, CEO, Campaign Against Living Miserably, Sonya Trivedy, Executive Director, The Samaritans and Chris Martin, CEO, The Mix, join Sarah to answer One Question
In 2024, the rate of suicide is the highest it has been in twenty-five years. In the last decade, 6929 young people, those under the age of 39, have taken their own lives; suicide is the most common cause of death for those under 24.Perh...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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1:34:07
How do we tell the story of leadership, (and a leader) when leadership is uncertain? Sarada Peri, Peri Communications and Lindsay Holst, Group Project, join Sarah to answer this one question through the lens of speechwriting, story telling and communicati
Using artistic license to tweak this week's questions, Sarah is joined by Sarada Peri and Lindsay Holst, part of the recent Democratic Conventions Writing Room, to explore how we tell the story of leadership when leadership is uncertain.
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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1:08:46
How do we lead today, in service to society? Richard Meddings CBE, Chair of NHS England and George Gordon, Communication and Corporate Affairs Director, TSB join Sarah to answer, One Question.
Sarah is joined by Richard Meddings CBE, Chairman of NHS England, and George Gordon, Communications and Corporate Affairs Director of TSB, to answer this One Question through the lens of society. Are we increasingly being asked to lead in servi...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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1:09:36
Dan Smith, Headland Consultancy & Dr Ben Shenoy, Pyschologist and Professor : How do we lead today in business?
Dan Smith, managing director of communication and reputation consultancy, Headland, and Dr Ben Shenoy, psychologist, author, and professor at the London School of Economics, join Sarah in answering this series question, "How do we lead today?" ...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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1:00:41
Amanda Litman, Run for Something: How do we lead today when leadership is uncertain?
"Hope is a renewable source. Fear is not. At a certain point, you run out of fear because it stops being real. Hope is a renewable resource. It is intended to be self-sustaining."In episode one of series five, in partnership wi...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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Nick Hounsfield, Founder of The Wave answer One Question, can we rewrite the rules of leadership?
Nick Hounsfield is an inspiration. Founder of The Wave, the first inland surfing destination in Bristol, and devout surfer, Nick is building a blueprint for business that prioritises people and the planet. In episode 14, Nick joins...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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1:06:47
Naseem Khuri, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Tufts University and Rob Wilkinson, Senior Lecturer at Harvard University, answer One Question, can we rewrite the rules of leadership?
*Please be aware this conversation was recorded before the terrorist attack on Israel on the 7th of October.*Over the last twenty years, Naseem Khuri has worked as a trainer, consultant, mediator and facilitator sp...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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1:06:34
Nick Stoop, founder of Pangea, answers One Question, can we rewrite the rules of leadership?
Sometimes, when something doesn't exist, you have to create it. Nick Stoop spent ten years at the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock before setting up Pangea in 2022. Having spent most of his career in Asia, when he returned to the UK and...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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1:01:50
Dr Sarah Hughes, CEO of mental health charity, Mind, answers One Question, can we rewrite the rules of leadership?
In this episode, Sarah is joined by Dr. Sarah Hughes, CEO of Mind, to answer this series question from the perspective of leadership in the non-profit and charitable sector. Spanning a 34-year career in mental health and criminal justic...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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1:03:01
Lucy Parker and Jon Miller, authors of The Activist Leader answer One Question, can we rewrite the rules of leadership?
As the title states, the Activist Leader is a new mindset for doing business. Co-author Lucy Parker has worked with companies all over the world and in all sectors to help them shape and deliver their social value strategies. Before setting up ...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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1:25:12
Larissa Vince, CEO of TBWA advertising agency answers One Question, can we rewrite the rules of leadership?
Before joining TBWA, Larissa Vince was CEO of the independent agency NOW, a former Managing Director at Saatchi & Saatchi and a passionate advocate of the commercial value that difference can bring to teams and creativity. Larissa j...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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1:00:31
Tina Ziegler, Director of Moniker Art fair and the Moniker Foundation answers, One Question, can we rewrite the rules of leadership?
Tina Ziegler is a torchbearer for the new contemporary art market, having successfully executed and produced over 300 exhibitions. Tina is currently the director of Moniker Art, Moniker Foundation and The Ziegler Academy, pushing the boundaries...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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Natasha Whiting, CEO and co founder of Kollo Health answers One Question, can we rewrite the rules of leadership?
Natasha Whiting is the CEO and co-founder of Kollo Health. Her deep passion for improving lives led her to co-found Kollo Health in 2020, introducing their first product, the highly acclaimed and multi-award-winning Kollo Premium Liquid marine ...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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Dr Menaal Munshey, Research Lead for the United Nations, IOM, Pakistan, answers One Question, can we rewrite the rules of leadership?
Dr Menaal Munshey joined the United Nations, Internation Immigration Organisation, Pakistan, in January 2023 following roles at the UN in Tokyo, Barcelona, Vienna and Beirut. A lawyer and criminologist, Menaal has worked on legal aid, criminal ...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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Cody Keenan, author of Grace and chief speechwriter to President Obama, answers One Question, can we rewrite the rules of leadership?
Cody Keenan rose from a campaign intern in Chicago to become chief speechwriter at the White House and Barack Obama’s post-presidential collaborator. Today, Keenan is a partner at leading speechwriting firm Fenway Strategies and teaches a popul...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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Aliyah York, Founder of Pupil Power and Student at the University of Cambridge, answers One Question, can we rewrite the rules of leadership?
Aliyah is the founder of student-led movement, Pupil Power and a student of Education, Policy and International Development at the University of Cambridge.Aliyah joined our annual conversation in September, to explore the role of educat...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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