October 25th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Sir Laurie Bristow, former UK Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Russia and Afghanistan. We discuss the role of diplomacy in our world, the role of diplomats in global peace and security, and what we can learn from when diplomacy goes right, and when it goes wrong.
25-10-2024 19:40:38
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October 4th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Professor Karthik Ramanna, one of the world’s foremost experts on governance and leadership in crisis. We discuss the reasons why our world feels so outraged- and how leaders can build resilient organisations which can make sense of outrage, turn down the temperature, progress through…
04-10-2024 14:23:44
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February 21st, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Alison Taylor, one of the world’s foremost experts on business ethics, strategy & risk. We discuss the fundamentals of how businesses can do the right thing in a turbulent world including the need for meaningful values alignment, what it means to be a responsible…
21-02-2024 11:40:16
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October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope is a renowned expert in forensic accounting, risk, and white-collar crime research. She is the Dr. Barry Jay Epstein Endowed Professor of Forensic Accounting at DePaul University and has won several awards for her contributions to education and documentary filmmaking. Her expertise lies in identifying financial…
19-10-2023 12:14:29
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October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
The challenges societies face today, from inequality to climate change to systemic racism, cannot be solved with yesterday’s toolkit. Solving Public Problems shows how readers can take advantage of digital technology, data, and the collective wisdom of our communities to design and deliver powerful solutions to contemporary problems. In Solving…
19-10-2023 12:15:13
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October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
For over a century, anthropologists have immersed themselves in unfamiliar cultures, uncovering the hidden rituals that govern how people act. Now, a new generation of anthropologists are using these methods in a new context - to illuminate the behaviour of businesses and consumers around the globe. In Anthro-Vision, Gillian Tett…
19-10-2023 12:15:15
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October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Professor Ngaire Woods is one of the world’s preeminent experts in global government, and governance. She is the founding Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government and Professor of Global Economic Governance at Oxford University. Her research focuses on how to enhance the governance of organizations, the challenges of globalization,…
19-10-2023 12:15:50
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October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Professor Joseph S. Nye, Jr. is former Dean of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He has served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Chair of the National Intelligence Council, and a Deputy Under Secretary of State. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,…
19-10-2023 12:15:51
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October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this exclusive series of interviews from 2015-today, I spoke with the world’s foremost experts on inequality: Kate Gilmore (United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights), The Rt. Hon. The Lord Bird MBE (Founder & Editor in Chief, The Big Issue), Harry Leslie Smith (1923-2018 Activist, Survivor of the…
19-10-2023 12:16:05
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October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this article, we exclusively talk to four of the world's leading experts on Justice. The Rt. Hon Lord Woolf of Barnes (Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2000-2005), Susan Herman (President of the American Civil Liberties Union 'ACLU'), Professor David Kaye (UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion…
19-10-2023 12:16:44
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October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this exclusive interview, we talk to Dr. Sam Pitroda, adviser to the Prime Minister of India on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovation with the Rank of Cabinet Minister. Dr. Pitroda takes us on a very personal journey on India's technology driven revolution looking at areas ranging from the impact…
19-10-2023 12:17:20
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