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English Language Insight Series on Topical Business Issues hosted by Rupert Younger, founder and director of the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation and Chair of the Enacting Purpose Initiative, a multi-institution partnership between the University of Oxford, the University of California, Berkeley, Federated Hermes, the law firm Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and the British Academy.
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Professor Colin Mayer is a leading voice on the role of business in society. I met up with him to discuss what we can reasonably expect business to contribute to our societies today, and the compelling idea that businesses should focus on making a “just” profit that takes into account the full costs of the business they undertake. Professor Mayer makes the case for that in thinking this way, companies stand to improve profitability over the longer term, performing better through alignment of the different stakeholders attached to a company.
3 Jun 2026
Episode 14: Europe’s Housing Crisis
In this episode, I am joined by Irene Tinagli, the Italian politician and economist who has served as a member of the European Parliament since 2019. Irene has recently published, as Chair of the Special Committee, an important new report on the growing housing crisis in the European Union. Irene’s report highlights the systemic nature of this crisis, and outlines a set of practical choices and interventions that she argues will start to solve the issue, drawing from her experience studying different regional approaches across the European continent.
29 Jul 2025
Episode 13: Storytelling The Future
In this episode, I am joined by bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson ("Stan") and Oxford Professor Anette Mikes to discuss how we can use storytelling to imagine and create the futures that we want to see. Science fiction writers create imaginary worlds as frames for the stories they tell and Stan has been interested in how he as a science fiction writer can use his art to imagine better climate futures for humanity. In his bestselling book The Ministry for the Future, he explores the fictional Ministry for the Future that exists to act as an advocate for the world's future generations of citizens. Professor Anette Mikes discusses Stan’s work in the context of her own interpretation of Stan’s vision, the Oxford Ministry for the Future, an initiative bringing together storytellers with academics interested in climate change. This conversation opens up new ideas and thinking on how we can increase our agency in designing a more responsible planetary future.
18 Jun 2025
Episode 12: The Intriguing Story of the First Known Org Chart
Rachel Botsman recounts discovering Daniel McCallum's 1855 organizational chart, shaped like a tree, and explains its historical significance and relevance to modern governance structures in this interview episode.
3 Jun 2025
Episode 11: How to Solve Long Problems
Professor Tom Hale discusses his book, "Long Problems: Climate Change and the Challenge of Governing Across Time," exploring the difficulties of governing transgenerational issues and potential solutions in this interview.
6 Dec 2024
Episode 10: What’s Next for Finance
Global finance titans Bob Wigley and Professor Pinar Ozcan decode the macro trends driving financial innovation and reveal what consumers can expect from the tech revolution in 2025.
13 Jun 2024
Episode 9: Social Impact
This episode is all about the world of social impact. With Government budgets under pressure all over the world, businesses are increasingly being asked to step up to address social issues. This episode looks at the key current themes under debate – from how different organisations are structured to deliver social impact, what’s happening in the world of mega philanthropy, and what social impact looks like in practice. It features three brilliant experts – Oxford University’s Professor Marya Besharov, the London School of Economics Professor Stephan Chambers, and the HALO Trust’s Lucy Reeve.
6 Jun 2024
Episode 8: Being Putin’s Problem. In Conversation With Bill Browder
In this eighth episode, joining our host Rupert Younger is Bill Browder, bestselling author and emerging markets investor turned human rights campaigner, after his friend and lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was murdered by the Russian state for trying to expose corruption in Russian companies. After that, Bill Browder started a campaign which has resulted in the Magnitsky Act, a law now in force in over 30 jurisdictions around the world including the US, EU and the UK which enables the assets of persons connected with human rights abuses and corruption to be seized. His battle is told powerfully in two books – “Red Notice” and “Freezing Order”, while this podcast summarizes his story and sets out what Browder is working on now.
21 Dec 2023
Episode 7: The Business of Art
The art business is big business. Since Covid started to abate, we have as citizens re-embraced culture at scale, visiting museums and galleries in droves. This is powering the global culture market to an estimated US$580bn in 2023, making art a very large market indeed. In this episode, we dig behind the scenes to find out the origins of museums, the role of corporations in the art market, and what is happening in the world of mega-galleries in a world of AI and Augmented Reality.
Interviewees: Dr Paul Roberts, Research Keeper of the Department of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum; Laurence Aliquot, Director of Promotions, Marketing and Cultural Partnerships at Intesa Sanpaolo; Melanie Gerlis, Art Market Writer & Columnist, Financial Times.
21 Dec 2023
Episode 6: Status and Bling
Status matters to all of us. It is a foundational part of what it means to be human. Status provides us with the ability to sense make, to de-mystify some of the complex signals that we see all around us, all the time. In this episode, we discuss status in the context of ostentation, travelling back in time to assess how bling – ostentatious displays of wealth – worked in Roman times, drawing the conclusions that people 2000 years ago were playing the same games that we play today.
Interviewees: Dr Michael Jensen, Professor of Strategy at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan; Dr Paul Roberts, Research Keeper of the Department of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum; Dr Joanne Berry, Professor of Classics at the University of Swansea.
22 Jun 2023
Episode 5: The Ethics of AI
This episode discusses the urgent need for new ethical frameworks in the context of the rapid development of AI globally. In this episode, we hear from leading experts in the field including Professor Luciano Floridi (Yale, Bologna and Oxford); Amy Webb (CEO, Future Today Institute); Professor Carissa Veliz (Oxford); and author and humanist Deepak Chopra. Without ethical discussions, we risk creating AI for bad. It is time to act now to stop this from happening.
15 Jun 2023
Episode 2: New Power
In this second episode, we discuss the phenomenon of activism, the rise of movements and this compelling idea of New Power. Joining our host Rupert Younger are three global leader, bringing different insights and perspectives on this critical business and cultural topic. Henry Timms, Leading Expert on Building Movements and Transforming Organizations and co-author of the International Bestseller, “New Power”. Kumi Naidoo, activist and Executive Director at Greenpeace from 2009 to 2015. And Kajal Odedra, Global Communication Director at Change.org and author of “Do something: activism for everyone”. Join us for 20 minutes of informed insight.
15 Jun 2023
Episode 3: The Commercialisation of Space - Part 2: The Challenges
In this last part of the third episode, we’ll move on the discussion about the commercialisation of space, by analysing the challenges these new developments come with. Joining our host Rupert Younger are seven global leaders, bringing different insights and perspectives on this new critical business topic. Associate Professor Marc Ventresca from University of Oxford. Nick Fox, Independent Consultant and former Communications Director to Richard Branson. Natalia Efremova, Co-Founder and CTO at Deep Planet. Rob Desborough, Partner at Seraphim Space, a space venture investment fund. Melissa Thorpe, Head of Spaceport Cornwall. Josh Western, CEO and Co-Founder of Space Forge. Luca Rossettini, CEO and Co-Founder of D-Orbit. Join us for 30 minutes of informed insight.
15 Jun 2023
Episode 3: The Commercialisation of Space - Part 1: The Opportunities
In this first part of the third episode, we’ll take a deep look at one of the most interesting developments of our age: the commercialisation of space, by firstly analysing the huge opportunities it will offer to each single industry of our economy. Joining our host Rupert Younger are seven global leaders, bringing different insights and perspectives on this new critical business topic. Associate Professor Marc Ventresca from University of Oxford. Nick Fox, Independent Consultant and former Communications Director to Richard Branson. Natalia Efremova, Co-Founder and CTO at Deep Planet. Rob Desborough, Partner at Seraphim Space, a space venture investment fund. Melissa Thorpe, Head of Spaceport Cornwall. Josh Western, CEO and Co-Founder of Space Forge. Luca Rossettini, CEO and Co-Founder of D-Orbit. Join us for 30 minutes of informed insight.
14 Jun 2023
Episode 4: Data Privacy
In this fourth episode, we discuss the topic of data privacy. Joining our host Rupert Younger are four world leading data privacy experts. Professor Carissa Veliz, University of Oxford; Professor Luciano Floridi, University of Yale, University of Bologna, & University of Oxford; Deepak Chopra, world renowned author and humanist; Amy Webb, CEO, Future Today Institute, author and Professor at NYU Stern.
4 Apr 2022
Episode 1: ESG
In this first episode, we explore the changing role of organisations in society in the context of the growing importance of ESG. Joining our host Rupert Younger are four global leaders bringing different insights and perspectives on this critical business question. Professor Myles Allen at the University of Oxford’s Net Zero Initiative brings a research and policy lens. Anne Simpson, global head of sustainability at Franklin Templeton explains what investors are pushing for. Unilever’s CEO Alan Jope sets out the steps and initiatives being taken by one of the corporate leaders in this area. And Julia Hoggett, CEO of the London Stock Exchange explains how stock markets are helping create the financial architecture that supports all this activity. Join us for 20 minutes of informed insight.
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