Sustainable Human
A podcast, powered by flow2thrive, dedicated to the H in the S in ESG. For HR professionals and business leaders who are committed to changing the way organisations approach, measure and report on human sustainability, within and outside of ESG regulations and standards.
Episodes
22 episodes
Episode 21: Brainomics: the economic imperative behind Brain Health
''When you tell people that we can make people’s lives better, there’s some segments of society and decision makers where that doesn’t move the needle for them. What moves the needle for them is the economic consequences. So for us, Brainom...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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Episode 20: Data, regulation & human connection: the new sustainability equation? with Tove Ahlström
''Just because you're diverse doesn't mean that your workforce is well and that they perform well, right? That's completely true, to work well together, to feel you're part of something bigger, to feel connected, to fe...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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Episode 19: The role of corporate culture in equity value creation with Bart Houlahan
''Ultimately our work, hopefully, is beginning to educate corporate leaders that corporate culture matters, and it matters not just because you're going to attract and retain better talent. It matters because it's going to drive performance...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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Episode 18: Unlocking a better future through investments in the Brain Economy with Shiva Dustdar
''Our financial system has failed us on so many fronts. Why do we have the scale of the climate change challenge?Why do we have the health challenge that we are facing?In ord...
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Episode 17: Linking Human Capital to Equity Value: with David van Adelsberg
''So I said to Dan (Ariely), look, if people are the most important asset, do you think there’s a chance that we could measure the connection between employees and their employer? And if that connection was predictive, and this is predictiv...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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Episode 16: The hidden cost of capital - the investor perspective on Human Sustainability with Juan Palacios
“The way that we think about this in economics is around the notion of externality. That’s one of the long-standing concepts in the discipline of economics and finance, and this is still one of the most important issues that we deal with to...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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31:25
Episode 4: Health: from risk to asset, the path to a more resilient, sustainable future of work
''We tend to think of health as a risk, which it is, but what about thinking about health as an asset? Then it will become our duty to also understand that we have an opportunity to account for everything that provides an opportunity to a b...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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32:57
Episode 15: Sustainable human performance - lessons from sports for the business world, with Jack Groppel
“A lot of people think that sport is a nice analogy. It’s really an outstanding analogy. World-class athletes have natural breaks in their schedule. Corporate athletes don’t. I mean, look at the HR data on executives taking vacations. They ...
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Episode 14: Exploring Human Sustainability - from definition to impact: with Linda Jarnhamn & Patricia Erhardt-Lewis
''From an ESG perspective, we're looking at the environment, we're looking at social aspects, and we've got increased level of reporting requirements and regulations that have come in. But we've sort of forgotten about the most critical par...
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Episode 13: The hidden costs of bullying - a neuroscientific perspective with Soraya Shaw
''What may hurt somebody, or what somebody may find unacceptable, might not even bother me. We’re all very subjective in that way. But I think coming from a neuroscience point of view, it's the damage that we know that it (bullying) does to...
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33:24
Episode 12: Human-centered sustainability & the quest for progress with Julion Gallagher Ruwette
''Are we making enough progress when it comes to the social elements of sustainability? I don't think we are because we're overly stressed, we're burnt out, we're anxious, we don't spend enough time in nature, with our families, with oursel...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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33:02
Episode 11: Human Sustainability - the investor’s perspective with Minjia Yang
''From an investor's perspective, it's hard to identify intangible benefits from the financial statements. So, when we talk about human sustainability, we need to be clear, because investors pay more attention to actual numbers than whateve...
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35:14
Episode 10: The business case for clean air and it's impact on cognitive performance with Mazen Jamal
''Air quality is periodically horrible. Periodically, when needed to be good, it's horrible. When the office is empty, it's pretty good. When you put people in a meeting room, close the door and ask them to start thinking about problems and...
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36:01
Episode 9: How climate change affects our brain health and cognition with Burcin Ikiz
''You need to realize that if you're 40 years old and if you want to live to be 80, thinking, you know, I'll eat healthy when I turn 60, 70, let me live my life now. It doesn't work like that. One of the biggest risk factors for developing deme...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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34:00
Episode 8: How work environments can unpack the success formula for Human Sustainability with Rachel Hodgdon
''Businesses that take a people first approach, do better when it comes to attracting and retaining talent. They perform better financially. They're more resilient. They bounce back faster. Their people are healthier... So I think many exec...
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33:30
Episode 7: Elevating Brain Capital as a Business Imperative with Harris Eyre
''As a leader, you have the ability to write your company's brain story for the first time. That's your job as a leader. You need to have a compelling vision that makes sense to as many of your employees as possible. So write your brain sto...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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35:13
Episode 6: Brain Health: The case for a new balance sheet paradigm by Kelly O'Brien
''I do think that right now, the way that the balance sheet works, humans are seen as an expense and not an asset, technically. Until that changes, and there is a movement to change that, that's what it will be seen as: an investment in a h...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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36:51
Episode 5: Inclusive innovation: The impact of diversity on sustainable workplaces with Tina Lindh
"There is a huge gap in knowledge. If you work as an HR Director or a Sustainability Director, you need to know what it is. You need to understand Social Sustainability. And not only understand. I have never met a Sustainability Director that d...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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Episode 3: Sustainable high performance: the role of HRV in predicting employee risk and potential by Justin Buckthorp
''Are we capturing the correct metrics? Are we even capturing metrics that matter? How are we leveraging those metrics? How are we interpreting those metrics and are we having honest conversations around what those metrics might show - even...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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Episode 2: Metrics of Value: navigating Human Capital in the ESG era with Kathleen McGrail
''We need to be really clear about how an organisation measures human capital and assesses the capabilities overall. As investors become more and more demanding about seeing a more comprehensive overview of ESG, organisations will need to look ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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30:34
Episode 1: The human side of ESG, a broad perspective by Dr Tauni Lanier
''Human sustainability takes on a lot of different layers… it’s about making sure that the human element of us has a positive impact on the world, that what we do, doesn’t take away from future generations'' In this first episode o...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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