Podcast Episodes

Feeding the world

Season 2 Episode 8

Farmers and growers are at the forefront of what is perhaps the world’s biggest challenge. How do you feed a growing world population expected to reach 9.6bn by 2050 while available arable land is re…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Connecting purpose and profit

Season 2 Episode 7

In this episode, YS Chi speaks with Márcia Balisciano, global head of corporate responsibility at RELX. Márcia joined RELX 18 years ago to establish a ‘global community programme’ which the then CEO …

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Fostering inclusive travel experiences

Season 2 Episode 6

In this episode, YS Chi speaks with Simon Mayle, event director of the International Luxury Travel Market events in the Americas and PROUD Experiences. Born in a family of pioneer travel experts, Sim…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Artificial intelligence and the future of law

Season 2 Episode 5

Gender balance in the world of Artificial Intelligence is work in progress. But female role models do exist. In this episode, YS Chi speaks with one of them. Min Chen is a computer scientist leading …

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

The future of events

Season 2 Episode 4

In this episode, YS Chi speaks with Brian Brittain, chief operating officer of Reed Exhibitions. In a normal year, the organisation runs over 400 events across all continents. During the pandemic, it…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Reflections of a reluctant leader - with John Pham, editor of Cell

Season 2 Episode 3

In this episode, YS Chi speaks with John Pham, the editor in chief of Cell, one of the world’s leading scientific journals. He is just the fourth person to lead the journal in its 47-year history.

Her…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Inclusion & Diversity - with Kumsal Bayazit, CEO of Elsevier

Season 2 Episode 2

How do you build trust? How do you meaningfully advance inclusion and diversity? In this episode, YS Chi speaks with Kumsal Bayazit, the first female CEO in Elsevier’s 140-year history, about her lea…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Race, racism and social justice

Season 2 Episode 1

To mark the launch of our second series of Unique Contributions, YS Chi speaks with one of the most influential Blacks in corporate America, Femi Richards, about race, racism and social justice.  

Fem…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Jelena Sevo - Driver of diversity of thought

Season 1 Episode 7

To conclude the first series of our Unique Contributions podcast, YS speaks to Jelena Sevo about diversity, inclusion and innovation, and what it means to be one of the most senior women at RELX. In …

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

Anna Dycheva-Smirnova - Leader of positivity

Season 1 Episode 6

Much has been discussed about the events industry during the pandemic. In this episode, YS explores with Anna Dycheva-Smirnova the lasting impact of shows on local economies and what it takes to be a…

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago