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In this episode Mo talks about gender identity in young women, and the world for girls with Head of Brighton Girls School, Rosie McColl. Covering: How girls handle their identity around their gender, class, neurodiversity and race How the future is evolving for young people Helping girls see different career opportunities

When Emma Cleary first founded Flexibility Matters, a recruitment consultancy dedicated to flexible working, employers used to run away from her at networking events. Now, in the post-pandemic world, everyone wants to talk about flexible working. Emma talks to Mo and Allegra about the variety of ways that flex can work, the pitfalls that some businesses encounter, and how both employers and employees can make flex work for them. Sponsored by Business and IP Centre Sussex.

In this episode we get meta, as we discuss reimagining the office whilst literally reimagining our own office. Our special guest is eight-month-old Ben Pearson, who joins us to talk about what offices are for, how we can use them in more creative ways that will benefit a wider range of people, and why there aren't more babies in meetings. Sponsored by Business and IP Centre Sussex.

On 8th March we celebrate yet another International Women's Day. But given that we've been holding this day globally since 1975 (and in some countries since 1911) and gender equality is yet to materialise, is it actually doing anything? Haven't we raised enough awareness by now? Allegra and Rachel chat to Amber Mellowship - Marketing Manager of the BRITE programme at Plus X innovation hub - about whether IWD campaigns are all style and no substance, and whether it has been reduced to a marketing opportunity. Amber shares what you can do to turn your marketing into meaningful action and how organisations can provide genuine support to women in business.

How can we empower employees to drive innovation and creativity in a business? Rich Taunt, Founder of Kaleidoscope Health and Care, talks to Mo about reimagining leadership to be less about telling people what to do and more about enabling them to do their best. Kindness, says Rich, is key to this approach. Life is too short to work with d*ckheads.

Karen Dobres, Director of Lewes FC, joins Mo and Allegra to talk about how she got involved with the club despite actively disliking football in the past! Lewes FC is the first football club in the world to pay male and female players equally, and one of very few sports clubs where the men and women play on the same pitch. The club has inspired a book and a social movement, and Karen isn't stopping there. Find out more about Karen's incredible mission, and get this month's What Fresh Hell Is This? report. Sponsored by Ideal and Plus Accounting.

We say goodbye to Pandemic Year 2: The Sequel with a look back on the last 12 months of the Reimagination at Work podcast and what we have learned from our incredible guests. We also look forward to an exciting 2022, and discuss the latest What Fresh Hell Is This? report.

Claire Hopkins is a rather accidental tech entrepreneur. Having co-founded Ideal with her husband, she was shocked by the level of blatant sexism she encountered. After many years running a successful technology company, Claire has come to believe that a lack of inclusion is holding the sector back. We talked to Claire about how we can move the tech industry forward, why women don't want to work in STEM, why and how we should move away from a culture of boozy staff outings, and how we can completely redesign the office. Plus Mo and Allegra discuss the latest What Fresh Hell Is This? news.

57% of the population are shy - so why are we designing the world to suit the extroverts? Nadia Finer, Founder of Shy & Mighty, is on a mission to help organisations recognise the power of shy people, and to support those people to get their voices heard. When our society sends out the message that there's something wrong with being shy - from school days, being forced to raise a hand, to the workplace, where not shouting over people in a meeting can mean not being heard at all - many shy people retreat, and we miss out on their perspectives and ideas. But why wouldn't you want to hear the contribution from the person who thinks more than they speak and has been carefully considering the issue before offering an opinion?

Areej AbuAli- digital marketer, founder of Women in Tech SEO, conference speaker and change maker - talks to Mo about the power of community, how to build a strong community and dealing with the pitfalls, and the importance of visibility of diverse groups for driving change within industries. The marketing world has a long way to go, but Areej is doing incredible work to help move it forward. And Allegra brings us this month's What Fresh Hell Is This? report. Thanks to Plus Accounting and the Business and IP Centre Brighton & Hove for sponsoring this episode.

How do you become a successful female entrepreneur in a man's world? If you're Claire Pateman, CEO of Annabelle's Wigs, you simply refuse to accept that it is a man's world! After having her first child, Claire made the decision to escape the corporate world and follow her dream of running her own business. In this episode, Claire talks to Mo Kanjilal about how she made her small idea into a huge success, the pitfalls along the way, and why inclusion is so important when building a customer base. Plus Zoe Thompson gives us this month's What Fresh Hell Is This? report.

Simon Upstone from the University of Sussex talks to Allegra Chapman about leading a team through an apocalypse, including making the (rather speedy) shift to remote working, how the culture of an organisation impacts its working practices, the importance of understanding and responding to a variety of individual needs, and the importance of caring for the mental health of your staff. Simon also shares insights on measuring staff responses to new approaches to working (and discovering that 80% of university staff want a hybrid way of working), and advice on building cohesive teams and fostering genuine teamwork. Plus Zoe Thompson has this month's What Fresh Hell Is This? report.