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The Openwork Partnership Graduate Podcast
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Welcome to The Openwork Partnership Graduate Podcast. A series exploring the world of financial services, the opportunities it presents and the people within it, through the eyes of our graduates. Hosted by a rotation of graduates: Ali Doughman, Corliss Luong, Louis Ingamells, Rodney Cofie and Sachin Bhavsar. Our podcast is simple, we remove financial jargon, abbreviations, and acronyms to discuss the financial services industry by holding a series of conversations with leading experts within financial services who are willing to share their knowledge in ways that anyone can understand.
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Welcome to The Openwork Partnership's Business School
Jul 25, 2022Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Openwork Partnership Graduate Podcast, hosted by Toluwa Olusola as well as co-host Georgia Westwood, we are joined by some of the key people involved in The Openwork Partnership’s new and exciting Business School. Karen King, Programme Director of Management and Professional Development, Ed Bailey, Programme Director of Technical Proficiency and Simon Finley, Design Studio Manager. We explore what you can expect from the Business School and how you can get involved.
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Leadership - What does it take?
Jun 27, 2022Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Openwork Partnership Graduate Podcast, hosted by Georgia Westwood, we are joined by Barnaby Geib, Director, and Founder of Bull Ferguson one of our well-established financial planning firms in the Openwork Partnership network and Carrie Morris, Chief People Officer at The Openwork Partnership, as well as co-host Matt Daniels. In this discussion we explore what leadership means, what makes a good leader and how organisational culture impacts leadership.
Transcribe →The Openwork Partnership Graduate Scheme - How to be part of our next graduate opportunity
May 27, 2022Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Openwork Partnership Graduate Podcast, hosted by Sophia Nelson, we are joined by Sophie Barker, Talent Acquisition Manager, Tori Hurel 2021 Graduate, and Ellen Watson and Arjun Degun, 2022 Graduates at The Openwork Partnership, as well as co-host Matt Daniels. This episode brings our graduate scheme to life with insight from recent graduates, talking about their journey so far, what they've enjoyed, what they might do differently and what comes next. We also spoke to Sophie who leads the early careers recruitment activity here at The Openwork Partnership.
Transcribe →Hybrid Working – A Temporary Solution or a Permanent Fix?
Apr 29, 2022Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Openwork Partnership Graduate Podcast, hosted by Toluwa Olusola, we are joined by Richard Houghton, Chief Financial Officer, and Claire Limon, Network Director, at The Openwork Partnership, as well as co-host Sophia Nelson. In this discussion we explore the challenges and opportunities that hybrid working presents from our guest’s perspective, and how they view what the office of the future looks like.
Transcribe →Why Does Protection Matter?
Mar 25, 2022Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Openwork Partnership Graduate Podcast, hosted by Matt Daniels, we are joined by the Protection and General Insurance Proposition and Market Development Manager of The Openwork Partnership, Steve Berry, and the Director of Robyn Allen Solutions, Robyn Allen, as well as co-host Toluwa Olusola. We explore protection as a concept, the need for protection, and the ways in which as an industry we can go about educating the public on the astounding benefits of having protection in place.
Transcribe →Passing on the Torch – Opportunities within The Openwork Partnership
Feb 16, 2022Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Openwork Partnership Graduate Podcast, hosted by Georgia Westwood, we are joined by guests Harvey Butler, Tori Hurel and Jen Huxtable from The Openwork Partnership’s first graduate cohort, and co-host Sophia Nelson. Our guests reflect on their experience on the Graduate Scheme, the ways in which the experience equipped them for the next steps in their career and the various different career paths chosen by our guests having completed the scheme.
Transcribe →Phillip Howell, CEO, The Openwork Partnership
Dec 13, 2021Tap to summarizeIn the final episode of The Openwork Partnership’s Graduate Podcast, we have had the opportunity to spend time with our CEO Philip Howell. Tune in to hear his thoughts on the importance of bringing young people into the Financial Services industry as well as understanding the key successes of The Openwork Partnerships graduate scheme. Over the past year the four of us have had the great opportunity to meet with some very influential people within the industry and build our network. We have touched on topics like Diversity and Inclusion, investment trends of the younger generation and the future of automated advice processes, with the hope that we have helped to attract and educate the younger generation. Running this project has given us the opportunity to take our newly learnt skills into our next roles, the graduate program and the podcast have helped to build skills that we can all take into the next step of our careers – we hope to see you soon in our newly found roles within the network at head office or as qualified advisers. A special mention for all of our guests for taking part in our podcasts, and Deborah Bowerman for her guidance and support throughout the year. As the current Graduate Scheme comes to an end, we look forward to crossing paths in the future. On behalf of the Podcast team thank you for listening in and being part of our journey. We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Love, Nada Darbani, Adam Chopdat, Harvey Butler and Max Pascazio
Transcribe →Robo and Automated Advice Processes
Nov 1, 2021Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Openwork Partnership Graduate Podcast, hosted by Max Pascazio, we are joined by founder of Financial Technology Research Centre and AdviserSoftware.com, Ian McKenna. Also joining us is Openwork Chief Commercial Officer, Mike Morrow, and usual guest Nada Darbani. We discuss Robo and Automated advice processes – how they operate at the moment and how they may shape the future of financial advice.
Transcribe →Part 1 - Diversity & Inclusion within financial services… Past, Present & Future ft. Liz Field, Robyn Allen & Sarah Mason
Sep 6, 2021Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Openwork Partnership Graduate Podcast, we are joined by Liz Field, CEO of PIMFA; Robyn Allen, Director and Adviser of Robyn Allen Solutions and Sarah Mason, The Openwork Partnership’s Inclusion and Engagement Manager. During the podcast we discuss the changes in D&I in the Financial Services Industry and understand where we were; where we are now and where we want to be in the future.
Transcribe →The Openwork Partnership Graduate Scheme
Jun 24, 2021Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Openwork Partnership Graduate Podcast, special guest Sophie Barker, from the talent acquisition team, joins the group once again but this time to discuss creating the next generation of leaders within financial services and The Openwork Partnership's upcoming graduate scheme.
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