Pull up a Chair with Bina Mehta

Insight 14: How to use your voice for good; leadership masterclass from top CEO advisor

Lucy Parker CBE, partner and strategic advisor at Brunswick Group, reveals the key steps that can transform you from a good leader into a great one when it comes to making a real impact – including how, and crucially when, to use your voice for good.
Get a masterclass on the traits that define successful ‘activist leaders’ and how anyone can practice them in under 10 minutes. This episode is part of Pull up a Chair's 'Insights' series, featuring bite-sized perspectives and advice from leaders from across the globe. 

Episode 26 - Lucy Parker, Partner and Strategic Advisor, Brunswick Group

In the latest episode of the Pull Up a Chair podcast, Bina is joined by Lucy Parker, partner and strategic advisor at Brunswick Group, and co-author of ‘Everybody’s Business: the unlikely story of how big business can fix the world.’
Together they explore 'unsustainable growth', and how businesses can drive progress by having activist leaders who understand when to use their voice and the impact it can have on the world around them. 

Insight 13: London Tech Week Co-Founder on Britain as a tech leader

‘Which country is going to be the next tech superpower?’ And is Britain a contender?
Russ Shaw CBE, co-founder of London Tech Week and founder of Tech London Advocates and Tech Global Advocates, shares his perspectives in the latest ‘Pull up a Chair’ episode.
If you’re short on time and want to know whether Russ thinks the UK is doing enough to attract future tech unicorns and investors, hear some of the highlights from their discussion in under 10 minutes.  
This episode is part of Pull up a Chair's 'Insights' series, featuring bite-sized perspectives and advice from the podcast's guests.

Episode 25 - Russ Shaw CBE, Founder, Tech London Advocates

In the latest episode of the ‘Pull up a Chair’ podcast, Bina is joined by Russ Shaw CBE. Together they reflect on the UK’s growing influence in the regulation of AI, diversity and inclusion in our tech sector, how to unlock investment for entrepreneurs in the UK, and which countries are going to be the big tech superpowers of tomorrow.

Insight 12: Google UK&I MD on the biggest mistake businesses make with AI

‘Is AI competing with me?’ and other questions everyone’s asking about AI are answered by Debbie Weinstein, Google UK and Ireland’s MD in the latest Pull up a Chair episode.
If you're short on time but want the highlights from their discussion, get Debbie's top tips on the key things businesses should be thinking about in under five minutes.
This episode is part of Pull up a Chair's 'Insights' series, featuring bite-sized perspectives and advice from the podcast's guests.

Episode 24 - Debbie Weinstein, Vice President and Managing Director, Google UK and Ireland

In the first episode of season three, Debbie Weinstein, Google UK and Ireland’s MD, joins Bina to talk about the future of AI and the economic opportunity it presents, leadership and culture, plus how businesses – big and small – can access the transformative potential of new technology.

Episode 23 - Helge Lund, Chair, bp and Novo Nordisk

In the latest episode, Bina speaks with bp’s Chair, Helge Lund, about leadership, organisational purpose and values, and the formidable task of achieving a ‘just’ and equitable energy transition that leaves nobody behind.
Join the conversation on sustainable growth!

Insight 11: John Boumphrey on innovation and how Amazon learned to fail

Take a masterclass from John Boumphrey on how one of the world’s most innovative brands – Amazon – famously grew from a garage to the globe’s largest online retailer and the lessons they learned on the way; on failure, culture, and leadership.
This special episode is part of Pull up a Chair’s ‘Insights’ series, featuring bite-sized perspectives and advice from the podcast’s second round of guests.

Insight 10: Penny James on how UK businesses are bringing more women onto Boards

Do you know how many women sit on the Boards of the FTSE350? The FTSE Women Leaders Review is holding some of the UK’s biggest businesses to account, playing an important role in driving representation of women in leadership. Learn from the Review’s Co-Chair, Penny James, about how they’re doing it and why.
This special episode is part of Pull up a Chair’s ‘Insights’ series, featuring bite-sized perspectives and advice from the podcast’s second round of guests.

Insight 9: Lisa Brankin on what consumers really think about Electric Vehicles and how Ford are taking bets on an uncertain future

The OBR has dropped estimates for the number of electric vehicles represented in new car sales in 2027 from 67% to 37% - hear from Ford UK’s Chair, Lisa Brankin, about changing attitudes to EVs and how one of the world’s oldest car manufacturers is embracing the change.
This special episode is part of Pull up a Chair’s ‘Insights’ series, featuring bite-sized perspectives and advice from the podcast’s second round of guests.