Intesa Sanpaolo Intesa Sanpaolo socialplatform@intesasanpaolo.com Intesa Sanpaolo socialplatform@intesasanpaolo.com socialplatform@intesasanpaolo.com English Language Insight Series on Topical Business Issues hosted by Rupert Younger, founder and director of the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation and Chair of the Enacting Purpose Initiative, a multi-institution partnership between the University of Oxford, the University of California, Berkeley, Federated Hermes, the law firm Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and the British Academy. Find out all the Intesa Sanpaolo podcasts on Intesa Sanpaolo On Air. en_GB https://group.intesasanpaolo.com/it/sezione-editoriale/intesa-sanpaolo-on-air Intesa Sanpaolo No In this first episode, we explore the changing role of organisations in society in the context of the growing importance of ESG. Joining our host Rupert Younger are four global leaders bringing different insights and perspectives on this critical business question. Professor Myles Allen at the University of Oxford’s Net Zero Initiative brings a research and policy lens. Anne Simpson, global head of sustainability at Franklin Templeton explains what investors are pushing for. Unilever’s CEO Alan Jope sets out the steps and initiatives being taken by one of the corporate leaders in this area. And Julia Hoggett, CEO of the London Stock Exchange explains how stock markets are helping create the financial architecture that supports all this activity. Join us for 20 minutes of informed insight. No Intesa Sanpaolo socialplatform@intesasanpaolo.com Mon, 04 Apr 2022 18:34:30 GMT 21:38 2d61cad2-478a-4581-9057-18188febdd3c https://group.intesasanpaolo.com/it/sezione-editoriale/intesa-sanpaolo-on-air In this fourth episode, we discuss the topic of data privacy. Joining our host Rupert Younger are four world leading data privacy experts. Professor Carissa Veliz, University of Oxford; Professor Luciano Floridi, University of Yale, University of Bologna, & University of Oxford; Deepak Chopra, world renowned author and humanist; Amy Webb, CEO, Future Today Institute, author and Professor at NYU Stern. No Intesa Sanpaolo socialplatform@intesasanpaolo.com Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:01:36 GMT 25:40 4066c8cf-fe3d-42d4-a332-640d2ee60580 https://group.intesasanpaolo.com/it/sezione-editoriale/intesa-sanpaolo-on-air In this first part of the third episode, we’ll take a deep look at one of the most interesting developments of our age: the commercialisation of space, by firstly analysing the huge opportunities it will offer to each single industry of our economy. Joining our host Rupert Younger are seven global leaders, bringing different insights and perspectives on this new critical business topic. Associate Professor Marc Ventresca from University of Oxford. Nick Fox, Independent Consultant and former Communications Director to Richard Branson. Natalia Efremova, Co-Founder and CTO at Deep Planet. Rob Desborough, Partner at Seraphim Space, a space venture investment fund. Melissa Thorpe, Head of Spaceport Cornwall. Josh Western, CEO and Co-Founder of Space Forge. Luca Rossettini, CEO and Co-Founder of D-Orbit. Join us for 30 minutes of informed insight. No Intesa Sanpaolo socialplatform@intesasanpaolo.com Thu, 15 Jun 2023 09:17:20 GMT 33:08 4589ac13-7ca7-4e0e-9496-bed588e7f6a8 https://group.intesasanpaolo.com/it/sezione-editoriale/intesa-sanpaolo-on-air In this last part of the third episode, we’ll move on the discussion about the commercialisation of space, by analysing the challenges these new developments come with. Joining our host Rupert Younger are seven global leaders, bringing different insights and perspectives on this new critical business topic. Associate Professor Marc Ventresca from University of Oxford. Nick Fox, Independent Consultant and former Communications Director to Richard Branson. Natalia Efremova, Co-Founder and CTO at Deep Planet. Rob Desborough, Partner at Seraphim Space, a space venture investment fund. Melissa Thorpe, Head of Spaceport Cornwall. Josh Western, CEO and Co-Founder of Space Forge. Luca Rossettini, CEO and Co-Founder of D-Orbit. Join us for 30 minutes of informed insight. No Intesa Sanpaolo socialplatform@intesasanpaolo.com Thu, 15 Jun 2023 09:18:33 GMT 30:27 b274ffe8-6196-4a6d-b20a-9916f45ffa7d https://group.intesasanpaolo.com/it/sezione-editoriale/intesa-sanpaolo-on-air In this second episode, we discuss the phenomenon of activism, the rise of movements and this compelling idea of New Power. Joining our host Rupert Younger are three global leader, bringing different insights and perspectives on this critical business and cultural topic. Henry Timms, Leading Expert on Building Movements and Transforming Organizations and co-author of the International Bestseller, “New Power”. Kumi Naidoo, activist and Executive Director at Greenpeace from 2009 to 2015. And Kajal Odedra, Global Communication Director at Change.org and author of “Do something: activism for everyone”. Join us for 20 minutes of informed insight. No Intesa Sanpaolo socialplatform@intesasanpaolo.com Thu, 15 Jun 2023 12:15:50 GMT 29:03 8c80ab67-036b-4260-be03-6e8b14012e00 https://group.intesasanpaolo.com/it/sezione-editoriale/intesa-sanpaolo-on-air This episode discusses the urgent need for new ethical frameworks in the context of the rapid development of AI globally. In this episode, we hear from leading experts in the field including Professor Luciano Floridi (Yale, Bologna and Oxford); Amy Webb (CEO, Future Today Institute); Professor Carissa Veliz (Oxford); and author and humanist Deepak Chopra. Without ethical discussions, we risk creating AI for bad. It is time to act now to stop this from happening. No Intesa Sanpaolo socialplatform@intesasanpaolo.com Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:03:00 GMT 31:38 4e547108-ced5-4296-a84b-812f11056711 https://group.intesasanpaolo.com/it/sezione-editoriale/intesa-sanpaolo-on-air Status matters to all of us. It is a foundational part of what it means to be human. Status provides us with the ability to sense make, to de-mystify some of the complex signals that we see all around us, all the time. In this episode, we discuss status in the context of ostentation, travelling back in time to assess how bling – ostentatious displays of wealth – worked in Roman times, drawing the conclusions that people 2000 years ago were playing the same games that we play today. Interviewees: Dr Michael Jensen, Professor of Strategy at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan; Dr Paul Roberts, Research Keeper of the Department of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum; Dr Joanne Berry, Professor of Classics at the University of Swansea. No Intesa Sanpaolo socialplatform@intesasanpaolo.com Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:06:25 GMT 31:27 afe91c91-96a8-4e0d-b16e-8578f04099fa https://group.intesasanpaolo.com/it/sezione-editoriale/intesa-sanpaolo-on-air The art business is big business. Since Covid started to abate, we have as citizens re-embraced culture at scale, visiting museums and galleries in droves. This is powering the global culture market to an estimated US$580bn in 2023, making art a very large market indeed. In this episode, we dig behind the scenes to find out the origins of museums, the role of corporations in the art market, and what is happening in the world of mega-galleries in a world of AI and Augmented Reality. Interviewees: Dr Paul Roberts, Research Keeper of the Department of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum; Laurence Aliquot, Director of Promotions, Marketing and Cultural Partnerships at Intesa Sanpaolo; Melanie Gerlis, Art Market Writer & Columnist, Financial Times. No Intesa Sanpaolo socialplatform@intesasanpaolo.com Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:07:20 GMT 36:29 2244f927-0202-4b79-9139-bf18f22d1f5f https://group.intesasanpaolo.com/it/sezione-editoriale/intesa-sanpaolo-on-air In this eighth episode, joining our host Rupert Younger is Bill Browder, bestselling author and emerging markets investor turned human rights campaigner, after his friend and lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was murdered by the Russian state for trying to expose corruption in Russian companies. After that, Bill Browder started a campaign which has resulted in the Magnitsky Act, a law now in force in over 30 jurisdictions around the world including the US, EU and the UK which enables the assets of persons connected with human rights abuses and corruption to be seized. His battle is told powerfully in two books – “Red Notice” and “Freezing Order”, while this podcast summarizes his story and sets out what Browder is working on now. No Intesa Sanpaolo socialplatform@intesasanpaolo.com Thu, 06 Jun 2024 08:07:24 GMT 34:55 d5db3309-5c9f-4ffa-a47f-b4e88c37a1c8 https://group.intesasanpaolo.com/it/sezione-editoriale/intesa-sanpaolo-on-air This episode is all about the world of social impact. With Government budgets under pressure all over the world, businesses are increasingly being asked to step up to address social issues. This episode looks at the key current themes under debate – from how different organisations are structured to deliver social impact, what’s happening in the world of mega philanthropy, and what social impact looks like in practice. It features three brilliant experts – Oxford University’s Professor Marya Besharov, the London School of Economics Professor Stephan Chambers, and the HALO Trust’s Lucy Reeve. No Intesa Sanpaolo socialplatform@intesasanpaolo.com Thu, 13 Jun 2024 08:49:17 GMT 34:55 46c4bf78-d8e9-44ba-bba1-dcd4cc5bc157 https://group.intesasanpaolo.com/it/sezione-editoriale/intesa-sanpaolo-on-air This episode covers macro trends driving financial innovation, the role of the tech companies and how they are taking on the banks with their data supremacy and technical depth, and what we as consumers might expect to see in terms of new products and services in 2025. It features a discussion with two titans of the financial world. Bob Wigley, Chair of UK Finance is someone who brings a lifetime of experience and wisdom from his various leadership positions at global investment banks over the past 30 years. Bob helps us decode what is being discussed behind the closed doors in the world’s financial capitals and sets out where he believes innovation will most immediately be evident to us as consumers. And, Oxford’s Professor Pinar Ozcan brings her sharp mind and factual insights to help explain the strategies being pursued by the tech companies and how they are innovating to integrate the many different financial functions in ways that simplify, streamline, improve efficiency and reduce transaction costs. No Intesa Sanpaolo socialplatform@intesasanpaolo.com Fri, 06 Dec 2024 12:17:05 GMT 32:10 089bbcaf-edf7-48c4-8df6-4e8b7900c1e6 https://group.intesasanpaolo.com/it/sezione-editoriale/intesa-sanpaolo-on-air In this episode, I am delighted to be in conversation with Tom Hale, a Professor at Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government, discussing his recent book "Long Problems: Climate Change and the Challenge of Governing Across Time". In this book, Tom sets out why long problems are hard to govern, exploring the knotty question of how we can manage transgenerational problems effectively and fairly before setting out some ideas as to possible solutions. It is a brilliant and thoughtful book, and I am delighted to be able to get into it in this episode. Our discussion is set against the wider focus of Tom’s academic work at Oxford which seeks to explain how political institutions evolve – or not – to face the challenges raised by globalisation and interdependence with a particular emphasis on environmental, economic and health issues. No Intesa Sanpaolo socialplatform@intesasanpaolo.com Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:10:02 GMT 26:46 20ad185d-2076-449f-9c46-d4f8c4f47384 https://group.intesasanpaolo.com/it/sezione-editoriale/intesa-sanpaolo-on-air In this episode, I discuss the wonderful story of the recent unearthing of the first known organisational chart, the one created by Scottish engineer Daniel McCallum for the New York and Erie Railroad Company in 1855. What is so intriguing is its structure – resembling a plant or a tree, complete with roots (the board) the trunk (main functions) and the branches (specific locations) and even the leaves (specific people). This org chart structure remained the dominant concept for around 70 years until the 1920s when hierarchical (top down) charts started to be created by the forerunner to IBM. Trust scholar and author-turned-creative-design-archeologist Rachel Botsman talks us through how she found this artefact and its resonance and relevance to governance structures today. No Intesa Sanpaolo socialplatform@intesasanpaolo.com Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:30:16 GMT 30:10 33fc2e26-3d5c-494b-be34-84dd58cfe85f https://group.intesasanpaolo.com/it/sezione-editoriale/intesa-sanpaolo-on-air In this episode, I am joined by bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson ("Stan") and Oxford Professor Anette Mikes to discuss how we can use storytelling to imagine and create the futures that we want to see. Science fiction writers create imaginary worlds as frames for the stories they tell and Stan has been interested in how he as a science fiction writer can use his art to imagine better climate futures for humanity. In his bestselling book The Ministry for the Future, he explores the fictional Ministry for the Future that exists to act as an advocate for the world's future generations of citizens. Professor Anette Mikes discusses Stan’s work in the context of her own interpretation of Stan’s vision, the Oxford Ministry for the Future, an initiative bringing together storytellers with academics interested in climate change. This conversation opens up new ideas and thinking on how we can increase our agency in designing a more responsible planetary future. No Intesa Sanpaolo socialplatform@intesasanpaolo.com Tue, 29 Jul 2025 08:28:12 GMT 30:10 17e9ad6a-d341-486b-831d-3f1aa13f979a https://group.intesasanpaolo.com/it/sezione-editoriale/intesa-sanpaolo-on-air In this episode, I am joined by Irene Tinagli, the Italian politician and economist who has served as a member of the European Parliament since 2019. Irene has recently published, as Chair of the Special Committee, an important new report on the growing housing crisis in the European Union. Irene’s report highlights the systemic nature of this crisis, and outlines a set of practical choices and interventions that she argues will start to solve the issue, drawing from her experience studying different regional approaches across the European continent. No Intesa Sanpaolo socialplatform@intesasanpaolo.com Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:40:48 GMT 32:40 81a12f90-16f5-4d03-af6c-62cea04ba2e7 https://group.intesasanpaolo.com/it/sezione-editoriale/intesa-sanpaolo-on-air Professor Colin Mayer is a leading voice on the role of business in society. I met up with him to discuss what we can reasonably expect business to contribute to our societies today, and the compelling idea that businesses should focus on making a “just” profit that takes into account the full costs of the business they undertake. Professor Mayer makes the case for that in thinking this way, companies stand to improve profitability over the longer term, performing better through alignment of the different stakeholders attached to a company. No Intesa Sanpaolo socialplatform@intesasanpaolo.com Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:54:14 GMT 18:36 2adc16b3-c693-4167-b639-42aa5ad3dda2 https://group.intesasanpaolo.com/it/sezione-editoriale/intesa-sanpaolo-on-air