Theme
Class & Social Mobility
Class, background and social mobility — who gets through the door, and who's still holding it shut.
11 episodes on this theme
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Journey from Crisis to Community
with Dr Cedric Howard
Joanne Lockwood is joined by Dr Cedric Howard to explore how leadership, learning, and belonging intersect in higher education and beyond. Cedric reflects on the formative crisis that shaped his career: the Rodney King verdict and the…
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Understanding Cultural Integration through Language Education
with Caroline Praveen
Caroline Praveen shares how moving from India to the United States as a child reshaped her confidence, sense of self, and connection to her mother tongue as she learned English. She describes the long, uneven path from feeling like an…
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Empathy in Action: a Journey from Resilience to Inspiratiom
with Paris Bartholomew
Joanne Lockwood speaks with Paris Bartholomew, a speaker, writer, lecturer and trainer, about growing up in the British care system and the long path from instability and trauma to building a life rooted in empathy and purpose. Paris…
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Striving for Fairness: Navigating Inequities in Business
with Pamela Permalloo Bass
Joanne Lockwood speaks with EDI coach and consultant Pamela Permalloo Bass about what it really means to strive for fairness in workplaces and wider society. Drawing on Pamela’s experience in NHS roles and consulting, they explore how…
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Balancing Two Worlds: Navigating the Complexity of Mixed Identity
with Holly Straker-Humphreys
Holly Straker-Humphreys reflects on growing up as a mixed-race woman in predominantly white spaces, and the long process of becoming comfortable “in the middle” of two worlds. She shares how subtle signals—especially around Afro hair,…
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Only Ourselves Can Free Our Minds
with Moreen Pascal
Moreen Pascal joins Joanne Lockwood to explore what it means to “free our minds” from the norms, assumptions and internalised beliefs that keep oppressive cultural and institutional practices in place. Drawing on her Caribbean heritage and…
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Equality is not just a ‘nice to have’, it is a must
with Niels Brabandt
Joanne Lockwood is joined by leadership and sales specialist Niels Brabandt to challenge the idea that equality, diversity and inclusion is a “nice to have” in organisations. They discuss how EDI is frequently underfunded and treated as a…
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Homes for Heroes
with Mushtaq Khan
Joanne Lockwood is joined by Mushtaq Khan to explore what “homes for heroes” should mean in the UK today, in the context of long-running housing shortages and affordability pressures. They discuss how policy choices over decades—such as…
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Driving the message that inclusion is a cold-nosed business priority
with Neil Carberry
Joanne Lockwood is joined by Neil Carberry to explore why inclusion should be treated as a hard-edged business priority rather than a “nice to have” HR initiative. They discuss how business performance, productivity, and reputation link…
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Standing in the middle and feeling excluded
with Tom Morley
Tom Morley joins Joanne Lockwood to unpack what it means to be “standing in the middle and feeling excluded” — a pattern that began in childhood as the youngest of four brothers, and followed him into adult life. Tom shares how he tried to…
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Will Diversity and Inclusion "Just Happen"?
with William Buist
Joanne Lockwood is joined by business strategist William Buist to explore whether diversity and inclusion will naturally improve over time, or whether it requires deliberate action. They discuss how legislation can create the illusion that…
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