13/03/2024
We hosted the last in our current Leading Edge series last week in the stimulating surroundings of the Wellcome Collection.
The series brings high quality speakers to current students and alumni drawn from our Exeter MBA and Degree Apprenticeships programmes at Exeter, together with colleagues from our business community, to inspire new ways of thinking about responsible leadership.
For our last session in this series, and on the eve of International Women’s Day, we welcomed Cath Bishop as our keynote speaker. Drawing on her experience as an Olympic rower, Cath shared her insights on why our conventional sense of ‘winning’ may not give us the buzz and reward that we anticipate it will. Instead, she posits the idea of the ‘long win’, taking a more collaborative, long-term and balanced approach to redefining high performance.
Our panel of three incredible leaders comprised:
⭐ Erika Brodnock MBE award winning entrepreneur, philanthropist and angel investor
⭐Melanie Keen Director of the Wellcome Collection
⭐Sam Mukhopadhyay Head of COP28 UK Pavilion, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Together, our panel illustrated powerfully the connection between the ‘long win’ and building inclusive environments for our teams to thrive in.
Thanks to all who attended. We were delighted to have our Honorary Professor John Amaechi with us for the evening too – an added bonus on an inspiring evening.
What were your leadership takeaways?