#ChamberBreakers
Verizon Business and Yahoo! Finance present an award winning podcast series designed to inform and educate professionals with alternative perspectives to corporate social responsibility at this time of crisis.
Each episode showcases perspectives from key industry professionals as well as questions from Xavier White, CSR and Innovation Marketing Manager, Verizon Business, and Lianna Brinded, Head of Yahoo! Finance UK.
Season 1
Aren't diversity and inclusion in the workplace the same thing?We’re delighted to welcome Tricia Driver, a diversity and inclusion strategist and founder of A New Normal. Tricia will begin today’s episode with a brief talk on the challenges of diversity in the workplace.
Who cares about intersectionality in the workplace? What even is it?This episode is with Suki Sandhu OBE, CEO and founder of Audeliss and diversity and inclusion membership organisation INvolve. He explores what intersectionality means for greater D&I as well as the need to look at mental health for black, indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) staff.
Why should we think about the kids? How COVID-19 is damaging a generation of young peopleHaydon Taylor from UnLoc, which helps thousands of young people in schools, colleges and communities, talks on the challenges younger populations are facing at a time of crisis. Taylor explores how the crisis is a make or break moment for a younger workforce.
The invisible generation: How older people are being forgotten about during the crisisAt a time where COVID-19 is challenging everyone, the crisis is actually displacing, isolating and making older people more invisible in society. Christina McKelvie, Scottish Minister for Older People and Equalities, talks about the challenges but also how this generation could unlock business opportunities for all.
Trans Rights in the workplace — A matter of life or deathWe’re excited to welcome Kirrin Medcalf, who has worked as the Head of Trans Inclusion at Stonewall, is a Trans Youth Worker at the youth group Gendered Intelligence, and an LGBT advocate. Kirrin will talk to us about LGBT and specifically trans people, and the issues they face at this time of global crisis.
Why businesses have a direct responsibility on alleviating homelessness?In our our final episode for season 1 of #ChamberBreakers, we talk to Richard Cooper, founder of charity Foot Works, shift leader at Crisis UK, and chair of the board of directors, MHS Homes. We discuss businesses' responsibility when it comes to homelessness.
The statements and opinions expressed in this podcast do not reflect the views or opinions of Verizon and its affiliates.
Season 1 Articles
A different workplace: Diversity and inclusion in the age of crisis
Read the articleUnderstanding the complexity of staff identities and combating the disadvantage and discrimination many experience in work is central to how companies build successful teams. But management strategies are evolving fast. What do progressive executives need to learn to understand them?
How CSR can help the young and the old beat the pandemic
Read the articleSome groups of workers are particularly vulnerable to mental health issues as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. #ChamberBreakers uncovers what business can do to help.
The crisis within a crisis: homelessness, transphobia, Covid-19 and how business can help
Read the articleThe mental health issues provoked or intensified by Covid-19 have not gone away. The fallout among vulnerable groups from the first wave of lockdowns is still with us.
Season 2
This season we are focusing on education in both business and society through a lens of global crisis. Each episode will showcase perspectives from key industry professionals as well as questions from Lianna Brinded, Head of Yahoo Finance UK and Xavier White, CSR and Innovation Marketing Manager for Verizon Business.
Godmother of Silicon Valley' - Esther Wojcicki on how to raise future leaders
Wojcicki has been dubbed the ‘godmother of Silicon Valley’ due to the huge numbers of her students who went on to become successful entrepreneurs— including her daughters, Susan the CEO of YouTube and Anne, founder of personal genomics company 23andMe. She discusses how to raise future leaders with a simple TRICK and how to inspire the next generation workforce.
Mo 'Slow Mo' Gawadat - Former Google X chief on how prioritising happiness unlocks business growth
Mo Gawdat, the former chief business officer at Google X, author of international bestseller "Solve for Happy," and host of hit podcast "Slo Mo” debunks the belief that happiness is a complex science and that we should educate more on prioritising happiness and not seeing it as an accidental bonus at work.
Ronan Dunne - Verizon Consumer's CEO unveils blueprint of closing the digital divide
Verizon Consumer Group's CEO Ronan Dunne reveals how 5G will transform education, the workforce and society and reveals his tried and tested plans on how to make sure no one is left behind.
Steve Frampton - Why the education system is not fit for purpose
Steve Frampton MBE, Former President, Association of Colleges unpacks why we all need to rethink the education system and syllabus to better skill-up and prepare the younger workforce for a long career.
Ann Cairns - Mastercard’s executive vice chair on educating and tackling tech bias
Ann Cairns discusses how businesses need to put CSR at the heart of their practices in the new tech era and the imminent arrival of 5G makes it imperative to tackle racial and gender bias on all fronts, not least artificial intelligence.
David Benattar - How the world can learn from New Zealand's CSR approach?
David Benattar, Chief Sustainability Officer, The Warehouse discusses how companies in New Zealand can give a global blueprint to making sure no one is left behind in the future of the workforce.
Sandra Kerr - What is EQ and why it's probably the most important piece of education and key for leadership?
How leaders can harness empathy to lead change Description: Sandra Kerr OBE, Race and Equality Director, Business in the Community invites us to look at D&I and CSR in a different way to unlock business success.
Charlie Craggs - Transphobia, how we can stop bullying permeating the workplace
Charlie Craggs, Trans Activist, Author, and Founder of Nail Transphobia goes in-depth about how education of social identities, culture, and backgrounds is just as important as traditional learning to truly create a diverse and inclusive workplace.
The statements and opinions expressed in this podcast do not reflect the views or opinions of Verizon and its affiliates.
Season 2 Articles
How companies can use CSR to power a revolution in education
Read the articleEducation is no longer the sole responsibility of schools and universities. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic thrust parents into the role of co-educators in online classrooms, thought-leaders and companies were looking at how best to prepare young people for a tech-driven future, and careers that will be dramatically different to previous generations.
How leaders can redefine work in the post-pandemic era
Read the articleThe COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted corporate life in previously unimaginable ways. While many businesses adapted quickly to stay afloat, others have found it a challenge to implement new ways of working.
Season 3
For the third season we ask global experts the big question, “Is capitalism broken?” Each episode will showcase perspectives from key industry professionals as well as questions from Lianna Brinded, a Director at Yahoo!, and Xavier White, CSR and Innovation Marketing Manager for Verizon Business.
Why capitalism is broken and what’s the solution? with Robert Reich
In the first episode of this season Lianna Brinded, Director at Yahoo and Xavier White, CSR and Innovation Marketing Manager for Verizon Business, speak to Robert Reich, Economist, Political Commentator and Co-Founder of Inequality Media. They discuss the rise of shareholder capitalism, what leads to mass wealth inequality and the measures that need to take place for there to be less financial disparity between the rich and the poor.
How a gendered economy sets women up to fail with Sarah Kaplan
In the second episode of this season, Lianna Brinded, Director at Yahoo, and Xavier White, CSR and Innovation Marketing Manager for Verizon Business, speak to Sarah Kaplan Director, Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE) and Distinguished Professor of Gender & the Economy at the University of Toronto. In the episode they discuss gender capitalism, stepping aside when it comes to equal opportunities and how to create an inclusive working environment.
The truth behind CSR in an evolving world with Susan McPherson
In the third episode of this season, Lianna Brinded, Director at Yahoo, and Xavier White, CSR and Innovation Marketing Manager for Verizon Business, speak to Susan McPherson, CEO of McPherson Strategies. They discuss how Corporate Social Responsibility has changed over time and how in recent years employers have proactively created CSR strategies for the common good, but also for the bottom line.
Healthcare’s sexism problem with Dr Roopa Dhatte
In the fourth episode of this season, Lianna Brinded, Director at Yahoo, and Xavier White, CSR and Innovation Marketing Manager for Verizon Business, speak to Dr Roopa Dhatt, Co-Founder of Women in Global Health. They discuss how capitalism plays into healthcare inequality for both female workers and female patients, how to close the gender gap in public health leadership and how to create parity for female healthcare workers.
Can robots and AI be racist? with Dr Ayanna Howard
In the fifth episode of this season, Lianna Brinded, Director at Yahoo, and Xavier White, CSR and Innovation Marketing Manager for Verizon Business, speak to Dr Ayanna Howard, Dean of the College of Engineering at Ohio State University. They dissect how robots/ai can be a force for good and level the playing field in an unjust world — but also what needs to be done to make sure Ai doesn’t perpetuate social injustices.
Case study: How D&I affects your bottomline with David Kenny
In the sixth and final episode of this season, Lianna Brinded, Director at Yahoo, and Xavier White, CSR and Innovation Marketing Manager for Verizon Business, speak to David Kenny, CEO of Nielsen. They discuss how it’s never too late to put diversity at the heart of your business and make a tangible change to the company by managing and prioritising Corporate Social Responsibility in a large organisation for the good of the bottom line.
The statements and opinions expressed in this podcast do not reflect the views or opinions of Verizon and its affiliates.
Season 3 Articles
Business leaders have the power to reboot capitalism for a fairer future
Read the articleWhile capitalism has evolved over centuries to become a dominant economic system, it is not always an equitable one, and often stacked in favour of the privileged few. In the face of growing global inequality, the climate crisis, and the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic, experts say capitalism’s obsessive focus on maximising profit risks further splintering societies, economies, and the environment.
How companies can heal capitalism’s chronic problems
Read the articleLong before the global COVID-19 pandemic shuttered cities and businesses, the economic equality gap was widening, and many people believed that capitalism as a system had failed them. According to an extensive global survey of more than 34,000 people conducted in 2019, 56% of respondents agreed with the statement that “capitalism as it exists today does more harm than good in the world.”
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