We need to talk about suicide prevention and postvention. In this episode we speak to Professor John Gibson (Emeritus Professor of Oral Medicine, University of Aberdeen) who describes his journey following the unexpected and devastating suicide of his 24 year old son Cameron in 2019. John was part way through walking Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise suicide awareness and funds as part of #onemanwalkingamilliontalking. John gives insight and advice as to what we can do as individuals, teams a...
Jul 14, 2022•48 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Thomas Lamont meets James Timpson to discuss the importance of kindness, language and autonomy in the success story of Timpsons. James shares his views on building up a diverse team of colleagues and why he believes delegating autonomy leads to innovative, successful services led by happy and motivated teams. Listen in to hear how he has achieved this in his own company over the last 20 years.
Nov 19, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Dr Navina Evans is the former CEO of East London Foundation Trust. Under Dr Evans' leadership, ELFT developed their organisational strategy focussed on improving the lives of their patients through Quality Improvement methodology and people participation. She has recently moved to Health Education England as CEO. In this podcast we discuss her career from Psychiatry to Chief Executive, the challenges of maintaining momentum and effecting continuous improvement as well as her experience of servic...
Nov 11, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this episode we chat to Louise Macdonald, Chief Executive of Young Scot. In this episode, Louise shares her story of shifting careers from Journalism to The Third sector. She tells us how her values are core to prioritising work and her several high profile roles and how she balances self-care and professional life.
Sep 15, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Kate Arrow 0:02 Welcome to Leading Insights. Today we're joined by Cat MacAulay. Cat could you tell us a little bit about your role? Cat Macaulay 0:14 Sure. So I'm the chief design officer for Scottish Government's digital Directorate. And that's a fairly new role, I think. Well, I know for Scottish Government. First time we've had the chief design officer. And really what I'm there to do is, I suppose a couple of key things. So one of them is helping to introduce the idea of user centred design...
Aug 30, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Kate Arrow So welcome to Leading Insights. Today we are joined by the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon. I am Kate Arrow, I'm a registrar in Anaesthesia. Thomas Lamont And I'm Thomas Lamont, I'm a Registrar in Restorative Dentistry. First Minister, thank you for joining us. Nicola Sturgeon You’re welcome, lovely to talk to you. Thomas Lamont First Minister, you started your career as a solicitor in Glasgow before moving into politics and subsequently into leadership roles. A lot of Doc...
Aug 21, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Show notes Kate Arrow 0:02 Welcome to episode eight of Leading Insights. Today we're joined by Melis Senova. I'll let her introduce herself. MS 0:15 Hi, thanks for having me. So my current, I don't know if it's a job, my current, let's call it a portfolio of projects. So things that I'm all across, really involves working with people in all sectors, trying to help them think about how they can improve the systems that they're working within from a human-centred perspective and bringing, kind of ...
Jul 30, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this episode we talk to Sarah Davidson, the CEO of Carnegie UK. We hear about her career in the Civil Service and she shares her experience of Organisational expectations vs Personal development. We discuss the power of Mentorship and changing career paths into The Third Sector
Jun 28, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In episode 5 of Leading Insights we speak to Safia Qureshi, Director of Evidence at Healthcare Improvement Scotland. She tells us about her journey from Academia in to leadership. From leading the construction of the award winning Jack Copland Building and using her scientific background to inspire and achieve. She reflects on the role of evidence in the current COVID climate and her personal learning throughout her career
May 24, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episode we talk to Shaun Maher, Strategic Adviser to The Scottish Government and champion of person centred care. Shaun shares his journey from Intensive Care Nurse to National leadership position. We discuss compassionate leadership, wellbeing, role models and the current COVID crisis as he joins us from NHS Louisa Jordan in Glasgow. Interviewed by Dr Thomas Lamont and Kate Arrow.
Apr 27, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this episode we explore Angiolina's views on leadership, "making the weather", how she has developed over her career and what motivates her.
Mar 18, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Dr Catherine Calderwood was appointed as Chief Medical Officer for Scotland in March 2015. Catherine is an obstetrician and gynaecologist and continues to have a maternal medicine antenatal clinic at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Until her appointment as CMO, she was also the National Clinical Director for maternity and women's health for NHS England. In this podcast she shares her leadership journey, advice and tells us more about the evolution of Realistic Medicine.
Dec 21, 2019•28 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Professor Jason Leitch CBE is NHS Scotland's National Clinical Director, responsible for quality in the health and social care system, including patient safety and person-centred care, NHS planning, and implementing quality improvement methods across the government and the broader public sector. Jason is an Honorary Professor at the University of Dundee and completed a Quality Improvement Fellowship at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, under the mentorship of Don Berwick. In this episode...
Sep 21, 2019•32 min•Season 1Ep. 1
