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Podcast S2E11: Navigating Rail with Kim Kapur

Podcast S2E11: Navigating Rail with Kim Kapur

In this episode, we’re speaking to Kim Kapur about her career from communications to Crossrail to HS2, and how mentors have helped her on her way. Kim speaks about the challenges of joining rail from communications, how people and connections are at the heart of her leadership style, and her pride at the achievements she has accomplished.

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Podcast S2E10: Resilience in Leadership with Kai-Nneka Townsend and Sharon Pickering

Podcast S2E10: Resilience in Leadership with Kai-Nneka Townsend and Sharon Pickering

In this episode, we’re speaking to Kai-Nneka Townsend and Sharon Pickering about the fundamentals of human performance and resilience in leadership. Kai-Nneka shares her experience with workplace burnout and the importance of leaders building resilience to manage stress and support their teams. Sharon emphasizes the holistic approach to human performance, integrating physiological, cognitive, and emotional elements.

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Podcast S2E9: Building Adaptive Workplaces with Dr Emma Langman-Maher

Podcast S2E9: Building Adaptive Workplaces with Dr Emma Langman-Maher

In this episode, Dr Emma Langman-Maher talks about her career journey from a transport planner to engineering to HR, influenced by synchronicity and building relationships. She shares her approach to managing ADHD, autism and trauma, including EMDR therapy, and is candid about the strengths her experiences give her in the world of work.

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Podcast S2E8: Fit for Her – Addressing PPE Needs for Women in the Workforce

Podcast S2E8: Fit for Her – Addressing PPE Needs for Women in the Workforce

In this episode, we’re speaking to Katherine Evans and Amanda Marshall about the critical issue of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for women. Katherine emphasizes the gendered nature of PPE and its impact on women's safety and confidence. Amanda shares her personal experience with ill-fitting PPE and her innovative solution of adding a zip to coveralls for easier removal.

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Podcast S2E7: Leading with Purpose – Georgia Yexley on Sustainable Transport, Intersectionality, and Building Loud Mobility

Podcast S2E7: Leading with Purpose – Georgia Yexley on Sustainable Transport, Intersectionality, and Building Loud Mobility

In this episode, we’re speaking to Georgia Yexley about sustainable transport, ADHD and intersectionality. She shares about her career to date, from working at Mobike to founding her own company, and what it feels like to be the lone black woman in an organisation.

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Podcast S2E5: Exploring Diabetes Awareness – Intersectional Perspectives on Prevention and Management

Podcast S2E5: Exploring Diabetes Awareness – Intersectional Perspectives on Prevention and Management

In this episode, we’re speaking to Clare Murphy and Kate Walker about diabetes, and the risks it poses in the road haulage industry. 5 million people in the UK have diabetes, and amongst people who drive for a living, it could be as many as 1 in 3 with type 2 diabetes.

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Podcast S2E4: Intersectional Journeys with Magdalena Nowak

Podcast S2E4: Intersectional Journeys with Magdalena Nowak

Magdalena Nowak began her life in Communist Poland, dreaming of travel and adventure. After experiencing flooding and homelessness, she left Poland and lived and worked around Europe before settling in the UK. She worked her way up in the NHS for ten years, before making the change to become a train guard just six years ago.

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Podcast S2E3: Free to Be Me – Conversations with Transport Pioneers Celebrating South Asian Heritage Month

Podcast S2E3: Free to Be Me – Conversations with Transport Pioneers Celebrating South Asian Heritage Month

In this episode, we’re celebrating the South Asian pioneers of the UK transport industry. We’ve interviewed four guests from around the sector, to talk about their careers, the challenges they faced and their advice for young South Asians as they enter the workforce.

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