Is it possible to have a level playing field for disabled people?

Kirsty grew up in a small village where she was known as ‘the blind girl’. As one of the first blind children to go to mainstream school, nobody could really help her when it came to exploring careers. Fast forward 30 years and she's now the Co-Founder of B-Radical and Co-CEO of Radical Recruit. Compelled to set up a service designed to enable disabled people to start well and thrive in their jobs, B-Radical’s Accelerating Accessibility service offers tailored support to both employers and their disabled hires, critical to sustaining a thriving and inclusive workforce.

5 mins - 3 key challenges for disabled people

7 mins - organisations say 'we're not quite there yet'

12 mins - it's not about perfection, it's about progress

14 mins - reasonably adjustment and taking responsibility

17 mins - access to work

20 mins - what does it mean for disabled people in the future?

26 mins - ask 'what can we do to make this process accessible for you?'

About Kirsty

Kirsty has over 20 years’ experience working in the Charity Sector and leads on Early Careers recruitment and the Accelerating Accessibility programme at B-Radical. She’s also the CEO of Radical Recruit which is funded by the work of B-Radical and supports those furthest from the labour market to mobilise out of poverty by securing employment.

Kirsty fought for the same chances as her sighted peers and made the decision not to go to university. She is eager for businesses to reimagine their early career programs to foster inclusivity from the outset. By ensuring diversity at the entry level, companies can build a robust pipeline of diverse talent, paving the way for a diverse leadership team in the future.

About Juliet Morris:

Juliet is co-founder ⁠Open Square Limited⁠, an award-winning boutique consultancy helping global leaders make sense, make progress, and make waves. She is an award-winning coach, consultant and leader with 20 years' experience in helping expert people and STEM organisations build brilliant futures. Juliet is passionate about helping humans build a better and more intentional future and invites you to join ⁠IF club⁠ where you will complimentary weekly receive tips, tools and insights to help build your Intentional Future.

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Music: ⁠Cave Rat⁠

Talent sharing could be the answer to the changing work dynamics to fill the short-term skills gap, offer a flexible and diverse experience to your teams, and enable your top talent to stack their skills (and not get bored). So why do organisations not do this more readily?

In this episode with Suzy Lockwood, co-founder and COO of ditto we discuss external secondments, known as talent sharing.

4 mins - shared economy could be shared talent

7 mins - external secondments

8 mins - the alternative to regrettable redundancies

11 mins - on the job training, reskilling, upskilling - preventing your talented teams from quitting

14 mins - flex and add to the individual's skills portfolio, fractional secondments

19 mins - skills-based work, the future?

21 mins - how to skills-match with ditto

23 mins - how external secondments can benefit your organisation

About Suzy Lockwood and ditto

Suzy has spent her career leading and delivering multi-million pound tech transformation programmes in central Government, delivering technical strategy and innovation products. Suzy saw first hand the dependence and taxpayer money spent on contractors to plug skills gaps, but also saw the benefits of cross-pollinating talent between industries, and decided to do something about it. She co-founded ditto in late 2023 with her two co-founders, Hector Stanley & Dave Owen. We’re ditto, the talent sharing marketplace. We are on a mission to bring the shared economy to the permanent workforce. We connect companies from different sectors to share industry-agnostic skillsets via secondment. Our members can borrow, loan or swap permanent talent with ease - whether to provide unique upskilling opportunities to their employees, or to fill a temporary skills gap in their organisation.

About Juliet Morris:

Juliet is co-founder Open Square Limited, an award-winning boutique consultancy helping global leaders make sense, make progress, and make waves. She is an award-winning coach, consultant and leader with 20 years' experience in helping expert people and STEM organisations build brilliant futures. Juliet is passionate about helping humans build a better and more intentional future and invites you to join IF club where you will complimentary weekly receive tips, tools and insights to help build your Intentional Future.

What Kind of Future is available on Spotify, Amazon, YouTube, Website, Pocket Casts.

Music: Cave Rat

In this episode of What Kind of Future, Alana describes what the workplace looks like from an employment lawyer lens, the value and meaning of work, and much more.

4 mins - what does the workplace look like

5 mins - how expectations have shifted

8 mins - productivity, control, sense of purpose

12 mins - the blurred lines of traditional outcomes

14 mins - value and meaning at work

17 mins - the biggest shift to the workforce

About Alana Penkethman

Alana is an employment lawyer, with a specialist interest in finding ways to help businesses and individuals get the best out of work. This can include tackling discrimination, and making sure everyone is able to achieve their full potential in the workplace, but it can also involve looking at strategy and structure, and assessing whether people are in the best roles for their skillset. She loves working with experts in policy, HR, and recruitment, and as the world of work continues to evolve, believes it is important for us all to keep an open mind as to how we can ensure the future workplace is sustainable.

About Juliet Morris:

Juliet is co-founder ⁠Open Square Limited⁠, an award-winning boutique consultancy helping global leaders make sense, make progress, and make waves. She is an award-winning coach, consultant and leader with 20 years' experience in helping expert people and STEM organisations build brilliant futures. Juliet is passionate about helping humans build a better and more intentional future and invites you to join ⁠IF club ⁠where you will complimentary weekly receive tips, tools and insights to help Build your Intentional Future.

What Kind of Future is available on ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Amazon⁠, ⁠YouTube⁠, ⁠Website⁠

Music: ⁠Cave Rat⁠