Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Jan 28 2025 29 ep. 25 mins 4
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The Role of Data and AI in Finance - Oxford Tea Talks

Jan 28 2025 28 mins  
Data is the key ingredient to the transformation we are witnessing in financial services. But as AI continues to develop and drive change in finance the question is who owns and who gets to control that data. In this episode of Oxford Tea Talks Pinar Ozcan, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Likhit Wagle, former head of financial services at IBM Global, take a 360-d

Systems leadership: Global mindsets for global problems - Oxford Tea Talks

Jan 28 2025 23 mins  
From digital disruption to social and environmental crises, we are facing multiple global challenges. And to deal with the complexity of these problems we need systems change. But do we have the leaders that we need to deliver that change? In our latest Oxford Tea Talks, 'Systems leadership: Global mindsets for global problems', Charlie Curtis and Victoria Herrington unpack the i

Media and AI: The good, the bad and the uncertain - Oxford Tea Talks

Jan 28 2025 22 mins  
How is AI positively or negatively impacting the media industry today? That's the question that Alex Connock, Senior Fellow at Saïd Business School and Carissa Véliz, Associate Professor at the Institute for Ethics and AI at the University of Oxford, tackle as they discuss how AI is affecting value, ownership, quality and regulation in all areas of media. Alex and Carissa pla

Green Impact with Aoife Brophy

Dec 02 2024 20 mins  
Ever wonder what kind of careers or technology help tackle climate change? Dr Aoife Brophy, a researcher and lecturer in sustainability and innovation at Oxford Saïd, has spent her career discovering exactly that. In her interview with the Green Impact Group, Aoife says her passion for the environment began early, growing up in Ireland near the sea. Read the article and listen to

Green Impact with Rafael Ramirez

Nov 25 2024 16 mins  
In this episode of the Green Impact podcast, Professor Rafael Ramirez begins to unpack the power of scenario planning in tackling today’s most complex sustainability challenges. Offering a unique perspective on navigating ambiguity and building resilience, Rafael shares strategies for leaders, innovators and organisations to make impactful environmental decisions in an uncertain

The Application: Ruth Hopkins

Nov 19 2024 22 mins  
Ruth Hopkins trained as an opera singer, but she's also a pianist, a violinist and a flautist, and the founder of the K’antu Ensemble which brings early music to a wider audience. Her father’s illness when she was 21 prompted Ruth’s interest in the power of music to help people with a disability and led to a career working with children with special needs. Far from being at

The Application: Sushma Shankar

Nov 11 2024 23 mins  
Sushma Shankar is an engineer and the co-founder of Deep Planet, an agritech company that uses satellite data to help farmers get the best out of their land in the face of climate change. The company was born out of a conversation in the pub where Sushma and her co-founders, Natalia Efremova and David Carter, had gathered after their Oxford Executive MBA course. Their aim was to u

Green Impact with Marya Besharov

Nov 08 2024 15 mins  
In her interview with Saïd Business School's Green Impact Group, Marya shares how she studies the balance between social impact and financial goals in organisations. She discusses practical ways to bring environmental responsibility into everyday business decisions, break down common barriers and empower everyone to be part of lasting climate solutions. Featuring: Marya Besharov,

The Application: Hasmukh Patel

Nov 06 2024 27 mins  
As a family doctor in the aptly named town of Medicine Hat in the Canadian province of Alberta, Hasmukh Patel realised that elder care in the community was inadequate and institutional. His answer: to design and build his own care facility, in partnership with the local authority, to provide a home from home for older people. Today he has 55 care homes, with around 9,000 residents

The Application: Lucy Mullins

Oct 30 2024 23 mins  
'Most things can be cured with a good night's sleep, a large bottle of water and some exercise', says Lucy Mullins, reflecting her positivity and her energy. From a sports science background her journey has taken her to the heart of two quite different businesses. She’s a co-founder of Stepladder, a fintech platform that helps people save money, and a co-founder also of Ride the