This is the official podcast of the Design and Technology Association. 'Designed for life' aims to entertain, inform and inspire, bringing the worlds of business and industry together. Design and Technology is a wide-ranging curriculum subject that, along with qualifications in other facilitating subjects, can open doors to students across an ever-increasing breadth of career. England was the first country in the world to introduce this subject to its mainstream curriculum offer in 1988. Whe ...
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Join Opal every week for a celebrity line up of legends old and new. The series kicks off with Pete Townshend and his first interview for fifteen years. Future guests include the likes of Frankie Laine, Peter Tork, Wayne Fontana, Marty Wilde and many more.
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We spotlight women who have dared to defy societal norms and expectations, from the ideation phase of business to scaling or C-suite executives. We're sharing a diverse range of stories and perspectives. You’ll find not only inspiration but also practical advice and strategies to help you navigate the complexities of starting and growing a business. Join us as we explore the real stories of women who are making their mark in the world, sharing the lessons they’ve learned and the wisdom they’ ...
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Welcome to the Move Against Cancer Podcast. This podcast aspires to support and inspire people to move, exercise and live an active and fulfilling life despite a cancer diagnosis. We share the stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. We know that many people are scared to stay active during cancer treatment. We know that for some, cancer can take away the hope that comes from dreaming of a future. And we know many people diagnosed with cancer feel isolated and lonely. We hope t ...
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Nick Ford
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In this episode, we talk with Nick Ford, founder of the design studio Pipsqueak and IP development specialist. Nick talks us through his school education, which took place at a time when neurodiversity was not so easily recognised or accounted for. Several very diverse jobs followed as Nick sought to find his way in the world of work from a mechani…
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Season 3 Episode 52- Corporate Weapon with The Latina Techie
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In this episode, we sit down with Natalie, a dynamic tech leader and inspiring mom, as she shares her incredible journey in the tech industry. Natalie dives deep into the importance of tech adaptation in business and her passionate mission to empower Latina women in STEM. We’ll explore how she expertly balances her roles as a tech leader and a dedi…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Bill Williams
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In this episode, we start a series in which we will talk with Design & Technology Association Trustees about their careers to date and the reasons why being a Trustee of the Association and being connected to its work is important to them. We start this series by talking with Bill Williams, Chair of D&TA Trustees. Bill is an experienced CEO across …
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Alex Ball BA (Hons) New Designers 2024
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This is the first episode with young graduates met recently at New Designers 2024 in London. Alex graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University with a second-class BA (Hons) in Product Design. I was struck by the simplicity of his design project and the clear communication of intent within his work. It is clear that Alex is very passionate abou…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Trudi Barrow
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In this episode, we are delighted to converse with Design education specialist, advisor, teacher and CLEAPSS consultant Trudi Barrow. It seems like a strange statement, but we rarely have a design and technology teacher and leader on the podcast, so in this episode, we follow Trudi's journey into teaching but then spend a good part of the conversat…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with the Textiles Skills Centre (Report released April 24)
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In this episode, we are delighted to talk with Dawn Foxall and Roy Ballam about the recently released paper commissioned by the Textiles Skills Centre, 'Unravelling the Fabric of Textiles Education'. As we seek to move the subject forward, building from the bottom up being our approach at the Association, we need to carefully look at where textiles…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Gordon Fraser (Marloe Watch Co)
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In this conversation, we follow Gordon Fraser, Co-founder of the Marloe Watch Company, on his journey from a difficult school experience to co-founding a successful British-designed watch company. With his Co-founder Oliver, whom he met online, the two founded The Marloe Watch Company and produced their first two watches without meeting (and living…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Claire Holman
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In this episode, we are in conversation with Claire Holman, modelmaking professional and lecturer at Arts University Bournemouth. We follow Claire's journey from a fairly nomadic start as her family moved first to Zambia and then to England, closely followed by Scotland as her father's work dictated their journey. This was followed at age sixteen b…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Sophie Hague
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This episode sees us in conversation with Sophie Hague - 2022 RSA Student Award winner and UX Designer. Sophie found school difficult, not so much academically, but she found it over-stimulating, crowded and overall, just not an enjoyable experience. The one exception to this was design and technology lessons, where she enjoyed the 'open-endedness'…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Josh Myers (Founder Denimolite)
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Denim jeans have become an integral part of modern-day life. The majority of us own at least one pair (I personally have to confess to seven)! But how are these garments made? At what cost to the environment? And when they reach end of life how many of us give proper thought to where our once-loved products end up? Josh Myers is on a mission to tur…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Amanda Riley
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Amanda was somewhat destined to work in fashion from an early age. Influenced by her grandmother, who placed her in front of a sewing machine at age eight, she quickly learned how to use the machine and how to make her own clothes. Her grandmother's throwaway comment, having made her own dress only a short time after being introduced to the sewing …
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Reianna Shakil
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In this first podcast of 2024, we are delighted to be in conversation with Reianna Shakil, UKRI Young Innovators Awards 22/23 Winner | Multidisciplinary Designer | Founder + Director of Studio ZRX. In this conversation, we cover Reianna's journey from school through how she overcame problems when her funding ran out part way through her sixth form …
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Designed for Life - End of Year Compilation 2023
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So that was 2023! Twenty-four episodes of Designed for Life were recorded and published over the course of the year, fulfilling our promise of at least one podcast every two weeks. In these pods, I have been fortunate to speak with a wide range of innovators, founders, designers, engineers, academics, teachers and students, and here in this (admitt…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Becky Pell, Sound Engineer
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Where was the first music concert you ever attended? Who was the artist? Who did you see this artist/band with? And finally, how did you feel as you left the gig? If you are like me and love your live music, these are questions that will roll off the tongue. For me, it was the Police. I was fifteen years old and with my best mate from school, the g…
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Movember - Talking Men's Health with Tony Collier and Friends
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This episode is hosted by Tony Collier, who is an incredibly inspiring individual who despite living with incurable prostate cancer, continues to live an active and fulfilling life, and is passionate about raising awareness of men's health, particularly men's cancers. Around 52,300 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in the UK each year. 2,400 m…
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Designed for Life - BBC/Beano episode with Mike Sterling and Alex Harris
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How many of you reading this have fond childhood memories of reading the Beano? I am guessing many of you could name most of the characters from the Beano now; some of you may still have Christmas Annuals tucked away somewhere in the loft. Well, the good news is the Beano is still alive and well...in fact, it is in rude health. So when I received a…
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Designed for Life - Hethersett Academy (Part Two)
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This is part two of a two-part mini-series in which we explore the development of the design and technology curriculum offer at Hethersett Academy in East Anglia. If you have not yet listened to part one, I suggest you go back and listen to this first, as there is something of a sequence. In this episode, we follow on from our conversation with Kat…
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Designed for Life - Hethersett Academy (Part one of two)
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In the second of our focus podcasts within a specific school, we are delighted to bring you 'Designed for Life' in conversation with Hethersett Academy in East Anglia. The intention within these podcasts is to provide listeners with a complete 360 journey around the design and technology department in the school, with interviews and thoughts from s…
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Coping with Breast Cancer - a conversation with Dr Sarah Swan
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Dr Sarah Swan is a clinical psychologist who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019. Sarah shares her personal experience of the emotional impact of breast cancer along with her professional skills in how to cope with the difficult thoughts and feelings that result. She also talks about using her own experience to write a self help book for other…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Jenny Body CBE
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In this episode, we are delighted to be joined in conversation by Jenny Body CBE. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at Aerospace Bristol on the morning of our annual awards ceremony on the 13th of October this year. The recording was made almost within touching distance of Concorde, an aircraft that Jenny had the privilege of wo…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Jennifer Campbell (MD Giles Agency)
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In this episode, I was delighted to be in conversation with Jennifer Campbell, Managing Director of Giles Agency Hong Kong. In the pod, we track Jen's journey from rural Berkshire through the discovery that her natural penchant to quickly strike up conversations with people, together with an ability to sell and the tenacity to hang on in there when…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Charlotte Chapman
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This podcast was recorded in front of a live audience at The Royal Grammar School, Newcastle. This is the first of a series of live podcasts to come as we take Designed for Life on the road to meet not only our stunning guests but also teachers, students and their parents. In this podcast, I was fortunate to be in conversation with Charlotte Chapma…
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Talking cancer in your 20's - the physical, psychological and emotional changes.
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We kick off our new series with 2 very special guests, Mel Kelly and Gemma Bavister. These two young people were faced with a cancer diagnosis in their 20's. In this episode they discuss navigating their way through cancer treatment, whilst also dealing with the physical, psychological and emotional changes that come as a result of their diagnosis.…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Larry Sullivan
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Larry Sullivan is a serial entrepreneur, business founder, angel investor and social philanthropist. In this podcast, we track Larry's journey from humble beginnings growing up in Essex to a sudden awakening to academia in sixth form, leading him to be the first in his family to attend university. A chance conversation led him to travel to America …
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Joshua Bruce
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The joy of this podcast is that through it, we get to talk with designers, engineers and innovators at the very peak of their game and often informed by years or even decades of experience. At the same time, we have spoken with people at the very start of their careers, and are privileged to explore how they are shaping themselves and their careers…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Ben Edmonds
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Ben Edmonds is a designer, inventor, entrepreneur, engineer and self-confessed 'tinkerer'. In this episode, we follow Ben from school where aged twelve and asked what he wanted to do when he grew up; he answered, "I want to be a lead designer for Dyson". Almost twenty years later, that's exactly what he did, becoming a Principal Designer at Dyson. …
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2023 has been a WHIRLWIND to say the least! I've been in hiding and figuring out how the podcast should evolve with me, and I'm ready for season 3! I founded two companies I spoke at my first conference I eevaluated how I wanted to show up on this platform and the stories that I wanted to share. This season is going to be better than ever!…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Ifeoma Okolie
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In this episode of Designed for Life, we speak with Ifeoma Noelin Okolie. Ify is a Chartered, FSEng (SIS) Certified, Product Safety Manager, Choral Singer, Poet & Abstract Photographer. Ify has 13 years experience delivering innovative state-of-the-art safety engineering solutions across a variety of safety-critical industries, where she has held v…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Clara Chu
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In this latest episode of Designed for Life, you get to meet the Young V&A’s first designer in ‘The Shed’, Clara Chu. The Young V&A opened its doors on Saturday, 1 July 2023. Young V&A is a powerhouse of creativity for the young, from infants to early teens. It is a national museum dedicated to children and young people, a place to imagine, play, c…
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Talking how exercise can change how we live well with and beyond cancer, with Simon Darby MBE and Mark Adams.
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In this episode, Sophie chats to Simon Darby MBE and Mark Adams. Simon has been a Young Lives vs Cancer Social Worker for 12 years and founded the MOVE Forward Programme in Northern Ireland, which is a CrossFit based exercise programme for young adults living beyond cancer. This is an incredibly inspiring and uplifting chat and shows just how power…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Alex Knight (STEMazing)
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In this latest podcast, we are in conversation with Alex Knight, award-winning founder and CEO of the amazing STEMazing initiative. The best way to introduce you to STEMazing's mission and work is to take this quote directly from their website: "STEMAZING is a Call to Action to collectively amplify the voice of women in Science, Technology, Enginee…
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Designed for Life - Baysgarth School An engineering journey (Part 2)
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This is the second part of a two-part series of podcasts, and the first of its kind recorded live in a school. We are excited to be able to bring you what we plan will be a series of spotlight sessions focused on D&T departments nationally. If you have stumbled across this episode without listening to Part One of the mini-series, I politely suggest…
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Designed for Life - Baysgarth School An engineering journey (Part 1)
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This is the first in a two-part series of podcasts and the first recorded live in a school. We are excited to be able to bring you what we plan will be the first in a series of spotlight sessions focused on D&T departments nationally. Baysgarth School is a Co-educational secondary school located in Barton-on-Humber, North Lincolnshire. The school w…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Gill Fitzpatrick
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In this episode, we follow Gill's journey from church school, where her dad was the local vicar and knew 'everyone', through to training as a structural engineer, a job that Gill loved and thought she would work in for the rest of her working life. As a young graduate engineer with a degree in applied geology and engineering, Gill took the first te…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Cecile Searle (CEO Magway)
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Magway is a values-driven startup technology business situated in Wembley, North West London. Started in 2017, their staged vision is to take cargo off our roads and instead run the bulk of this cargo emissions-free on magnetic motor-driven 'trains' either set above or below ground. They are working to drive an electrical revolution, unlock new eco…
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Talking juggling junior doctor life and cancer life with Krista Bose.
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Krista is an NHS junior doctor. She also has metastatic bone cancer. She qualified as a doctor in 2021, in-between lockdowns and chemotherapy regimes, despite having been told when her sarcoma returned that there was no way she could finish medical school. Krista likes proving her doctors wrong. As part of her primary treatment she had her femur, k…
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Talking TV to Triathlon with special guest: Louise Minchin
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This week’s guest is the wonderful Louise Minchin. Many of you will have woken up to Louise on your TV screens as she presented BBC Breakfast for 20 years and she’s also appeared on a number of other radio and television programmes. Louise is also known for her love of endurance sport, having completed a number of extreme triathlons, which is how s…
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Teachers in Residence Mini-Series (3) Stephanie Tomlinson
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This is the third and final episode in our short mini-series on Teachers in Residence, the initiative within the Design and Technology Association that places teachers in business and industry placements, within which they gain a detailed perspective of the company, learn more about the sector that the business works within, thus allowing them to r…
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Teachers in Residence Mini-series (2) Debbie Inman (Bulletproof)
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This is the second of three in our short mini-series on Teachers in Residence, the initiative within the Design and Technology Association that places teachers in business and industry placements, within which they gain a detailed perspective of the company, learn more about the sector that the business works within, thus allowing them to return to…
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Teachers in Residence Mini Series (1) Mario de Freitas
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Around three years ago, the Design and Technology Association recognised a problem which many teachers expressed. Many D&T teachers had entered the profession through the traditional route, school-university-school and as such had no experience of working in business or industry that could inform their teaching. We tried a few trials with teacher p…
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Talking supporting and caring for a partner who has a cancer diagnosis, with guest Leah Barrow.
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Leah talks to MOVE’s Sophie Mulligan, who has had cancer herself and also had a partner support her through it. In this episode they discuss: -Andrew’s previous treatment and very recently receiving news that the cancer had returned. -The highs and lows that a couple goes through when one of them has cancer. -How life changes for the partner, as we…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Nick Grey
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In this episode, we are delighted to be in conversation with Nick Grey, founder and Managing Director of Grey Technologies, better known to most of us as GTech. GTech manufactures cordless tools, with the range running from vacuum cleaners through to garden tools and equipment. In this podcast we follow Nick's journey from his earliest years and wh…
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Designed for Life - in Conversation with Dr. Lynne Bianchi
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In this episode, we are delighted to be joined by Dr Lynne Bianchi. Lynne is Vice Dean for Social Responsibility, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility, Director of the Science & Engineering Education Research and Innovation Hub & Senior Lecturer at Manchester University. A staunch advocate of STEM and vocational education, we track Lynn…
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Designed for Life - In conversation with Richard Joseph
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Twin brothers Richard and Antony Joseph are founders and owners of one of the world's most iconic and innovative kitchenware brands. In this podcast, we are fortunate to be in conversation with Richard Joseph, who takes us through his journey from school, where design and technology played a key role in setting his future direction as a designer, t…
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Talking bucket lists with Laura and Nicola Nutall.
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Laura and Nicola have a remarkable ability to find a silver lining to any adversity life throws at them. Despite everything she has and is going through, Laura still says she is lucky. In this episode we discuss: · Laura’s bucket list · Balancing treatment with university · The implications of a cancer diagnosis on friendships · Travelling to Germa…
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Designed for Life - 2022 Compilation
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It's that time of year again when we track back over the nineteen podcasts released so far this year (with more still to come before 2023) and pick out some of the best bits to string together into an end-of-year compilation. This is always a difficult task, but this year it has proved to be even more so, with some amazing guests providing brillian…
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Designed for Life Matt Hewison (+ Werkhouse Post-Event)
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Welcome into 2023, and on behalf of everyone at the D&T Association, I would like to wish you all a happy, healthy and peaceful new year! The First episode of 2023 and the first in season three welcomes Matt Hewison as our guest. Matt is the Co-founding Director of Cyberwhite, a disruptive provider of security services and risk mitigation technolog…
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EP 50 Kimberly Barrow Bringing Care & Affordability back to Nursing
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Navy veteran Kimberly Barrow established a family health clinic after practicing as a registered nurse for nearly a decade. Most of her time was spent at the bedside caring for acutely ill patients in Level 1 trauma centers and other hospitals. Many of her patients were uninsured with limited financial resources. Unsettled by the healthcare dispari…
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During times of uncertainty and transition can be the perfect opportunity to check in with yourself. What would you do if you weren’t afraid? Would you be doing exactly what you are currently doing or something else ? I’m challenging you to take some time to reflect and ask yourself the hard question “ What do I really want”…
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If you are intrigued by the art of leadership, especially how to lead an organisation through a period of profound change successfully, then you will love this podcast. If you are fascinated by the sheer art and skill required to manufacture anything that is high in quality and is designed and built to last, then you will love this podcast. If you …
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