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The Purposeful Strategist
I want to shift the discussion about organisational purpose from being about what organisations and leaders should do – to take a practical look at what they are doing – and what we can learn from that.
We’re going to hear from business leaders across a range of industries how they think about purpose in their organisation - and in business more generally. We’ll explore how they make purpose a building block of their strategy and get their insider tips on the…
Episodes
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The Case for Mutual Healthcare
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Tom Woolgrove, Chief Executive of Benenden Health, a not-for-profit mutual healthcare…
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Property is Personal
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Richard Bruce, CEO of Carter Jonas, a leading UK property consultancy working across…
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Bringing Immunotherapy “Far On”
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Juho Jalkanen, CEO of Faron, a biotechnology company on a mission to bring cutting-edge…
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Brought to You by the Customer
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Rory McKeand, CEO of TSG, an IT services company helping UK businesses fit technology…
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“Investing Well” in the Financial Sector
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with David Ferguson, Executive Chair at Seccl, about how a broader purpose can drive a…
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Growing Fast Without Losing What Matters
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Peter Haden, Chief Executive of Fletchers Group, one of the UK's leading personal…
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Getting More People on the Bus
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Janette Bell, Managing Director of First Bus, the bus division of FirstGroup Plc and…
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The "So What" of Energy Data: Cutting Cost and Carbon at IMSERV
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Jo Cox, Chief Executive Officer of IMSERV Europe, about leading change at a trusted and…
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The Future of British Sports Cars
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Mark Tapscott, Co-Founder and CEO of Longbow, an electric sports car company whose aim…
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Navigating the Complexity of Healthcare
In the episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden speaks with James Murray, Chief Executive of HCML, a leading provider of healthcare services to the…
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What Mutual Really Means: Purpose, Pride, and the Long Game in Financial Services
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with David Hynam, CEO of LV= about leading a financial mutual with no shareholders, over a…
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Preventing Hospital Infections at the Source – Without Another Silver Coating
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Dr Georgia Fleet, CEO and co-founder of Zonova, about the science and business sides of…
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A Big Impact Without a Big Business: Long-Term Thinking at Pottinger
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Nigel Lake, co-founder and Executive Chair of Pottinger, about long-term thinking and…
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People and Process: Lean Empowerment and Productivity Across Industries
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Steve Boam, CEO of Develop Consulting, who shares a bold vision for productivity in the…
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Engineering from the Inside Out: Leading Change at LPA Group
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Dr. Philo Daniel, Chief Executive Officer of LPA Group, about leading the…
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Go Far, Go Together: Resilience, Democracy, and the Cooperative Alternative
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Jeroen Douglas, Director General of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), about…
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Not Afraid to Have a Go: The Challenger Mindset and the Future of IP
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Martyn Fish, Chief Executive and Partner at HGF, about building a challenger firm in a…
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The Standard for Everything: Leadership and Long-Term Impact at the National Physical Laboratory
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Dr. Peter Thompson, Chief Executive of the National Physical Laboratory, about leading…
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Ports Are the How: Infrastructure, Energy Transition, and Long-Term Thinking at Forth Ports
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Stuart Wallace, Chief Executive of Forth Ports Limited, about what it takes to lead…
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Nothing Moves Without It: Logistics, National Resilience, and the Case for a Seat at the Top Table
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Ben Fletcher, Chief Executive of Logistics UK, about what it means to be the voice for…
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Prove Who You Are: Identity, Displacement, and the 123 Million People Whose Credentials Cannot Cross Borders
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Colin Walsh, founder and Board Chair of Civitas ID, about the foundational struggle for…
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Trust, Standards, and the Strategic Case for PR
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Sarah Waddington, Chief Executive of the PRCA, the world’s largest professional body…
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Growing Great Things Together: Culture, Acquisitions, and the Long Game in Professional Services
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Scott Heath, CEO of DJH, about what it takes to grow a professional services firm at…
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Leadership Means Improving The System
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Patrick Heath-Lay, CEO of People’s Partnership, about how the organisation behind The…
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Reframing the Energy Transition
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Will Gardiner, CEO of Drax, about leading through the complexity of the energy…
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Faith-Based Media in a Post-Broadcast World
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Kevin Bennett, CEO of Premier Christian Media, about leading a mission-driven media…
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Engineering Europe’s Next Tech Chapter
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Phill Robinson, co-founder of Boardwave about the structural challenge of scaling…
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Breakfast That Changes the System
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Lindsey MacDonald, CEO of Magic Breakfast — a national charity working to ensure…
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Ports as the Backbone of a Resilient Economy
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Geraint Evans, Chief Executive Officer of UK Major Ports Group—the organisation…
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Becoming The Most Human Law Firm
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Helen Drayton, CEO of Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP, a full-service UK and…
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Creating Beautiful Places
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Douglas McCormick, Chief Executive Officer of Pegasus Group — one of the UK’s leading…
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Embracing a Possibilist Mindset
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks withJim Islam, Chief Executive Officer of OneFamily, one of the UK’s leading financial…
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Scaling Mobility Without Charity
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Joe Seddon, Founder and CEO of Zero Gravity — a mission-driven technology company…
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Transforming Accessibility in Travel
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Jay Shen, Founder and CEO of Transreport, the purpose-driven technology company…
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Reimagining the Legal Function at Scale
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Daniel Hayter, Managing Director and Vice President for Europe at Axiom Law, the global…
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Pursuing an Original Purpose Through Change
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Jeremy Butler, Chief Executive Officer of King Edward VII’s Hospital—one of London’s…
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Financing Change: Building a Sustainable Future at Bboxx
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Anthony Osijo, CEO of Bboxx, a data-driven super platform that transforms access to…
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Scaling Taste and Purpose
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus is joined by Simon Mitchell, CEO of KERB, a business redefining what it means to grow with purpose…
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Seeing the Possibility at Weightmans
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Sarah Walton, Managing Partner of Weightmans LLP, one of the UK’s leading national law…
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Leading Through Change
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus is joined by Richard Corderoy, CEO of The Oakland Group, a consultancy helping organisations…
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Rethinking Value: Patients, Properties, and Purpose
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Simon Betty, Head of Europe at Northwest Healthcare REIT, and Paul Lambert, Founding…
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Redefining Growth and Inclusion at HaysMac
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Natasha Frangos, Managing Partner at HaysMac, one of London’s top 10 audit firms. Since…
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Funding the Future: Investing in Female Founders
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus is joined by Sarah Turner, co-founder and CEO of Angel Academe, the UK’s most active network of…
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Leading the Net Zero Transition
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus is joined by Mark Horsley, Chief Executive Officer of Northern Gas Networks, which serves 6.8…
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Redefining Mobility for a Sustainable Future
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Sue Percy, Chief Executive of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation…
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Rethinking AI in Law
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Rosie Djurovic, Head of AI at Brabners, a leading UK law firm. He met Rosie as part of…
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Rethinking Procurement
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Ben Farrell MBE, Global Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Procurement &…
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Empowering Exchange at Britain’s Busiest Port
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Doug Bannister, CEO of the Port of Dover, Europe’s busiest ferry port and a critical…
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Swimming Upstream: Redefining How Leaders Are Found
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Kate Grussing CBE, Founder and Managing Director of Sapphire Partners, a pioneering…
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Designing for a Sector in Crisis
In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus is joined by Eric Ressler, Founder and Creative Director of Cosmic, a U.S.-based creative studio…