In our final episode, we hear about the benefits and challenges when job sharing. Kate Jeremiah and Louise Wykeham-Martin equally share the role of Head of People Partnering at Lloyds Banking Group. They tell Maggie why they first decided to job share; how they take decisions as a team even when their opinions might not completely match up; and how they overcome scepticism to present a united front. The Agility Mindset Podcast is hosted by Fiona Cannon (Twitter @FionaCannon2, LinkedIn Fiona Cannon OBE), Director of Responsible Business, Sustainability and Inclusion for Lloyds Banking Group and Director of the Agile Future Forum (www.agilefutureforum.co.uk), and business journalist Maggie Pagano. The Agility Mindset Podcast explores the merits of agile working and its benefits not just as for employees but as a real asset for businesses to find and maintain that competitive edge.

In episode three, we demonstrate how agile working can be successfully implemented on the ground in a practical setting. Ian Greenaway is the Managing Director of MTM Limited, the biggest supplier of aluminium signs and lighting. Ian rejuvenated the company back in 1996 by introducing agile working practises, and MTM went on to become a founding member of the Agile Future Forum. Maggie headed to Chesterfield to the MTM factory to speak to Ian and his team. Ian believes agile working benefits both the demands of their customers and a new generation of workers. He works closely with his staff and outlines mutual trust and a level of self-management within teams as essential to successful and efficient working. His team value and respect the level of flexibility and autonomy at MTM, which leads to an increase in productivity and loyalty to the business. The Agility Mindset Podcast is hosted by Fiona Cannon, Director of Responsible Business, Sustainability and Inclusion for Lloyds Banking Group and Director of the Agile Future Forum (www.agilefutureforum.co.uk), and business journalist Maggie Pagano. The Agility Mindset Podcast explores the merits of agile working and its benefits not just as for employees but as a real asset for businesses to find and maintain that competitive edge. #AgilityMindsetPodcast #AgileWorking #AgileMindset #BusinessTips #agileleadership #opencommunication #podcast #podcasting

In this episode, we speak with Dr Nicola Millard, Principal Innovation Partner with BT about the death of Dolly Parton (or rather the 9-5 working day), the most effective collaborative tools and redefining the ever-changing and blurring boundaries of more agile working environments to empower diverse individuals. The Agility Mindset Podcast is hosted by Fiona Cannon, Director of Responsible Business, Sustainability and Inclusion for Lloyds Banking Group and Director of the Agile Future Forum (www.agilefutureforum.co.uk), and business journalist Maggie Pagano. The Agility Mindset Podcast explores the merits of agile working and its benefits not just as for employees but as a real asset for businesses to find and maintain that competitive edge.

In episode one of series two, we hear how organisations such as Google, the British Library and the Wellcome Trust are working alongside small start-ups and local businesses as part of London’s Knowledge Quarter. Maggie speaks with Jodie Eastwood, Chief Executive of the Knowledge Quarter to hear how agile collaboration leads to more trust, friendship and ultimately boosts productivity. The Agility Mindset Podcast is hosted by Fiona Cannon, Director of Responsible Business, Sustainability and Inclusion for Lloyds Banking Group and Director of the Agile Future Forum (www.agilefutureforum.co.uk), and business journalist Maggie Pagano. The Agility Mindset Podcast explores the merits of agile working and its benefits not just as for employees but as a real asset for businesses to find and maintain that competitive edge.

In the final episode of series one, Fiona Cannon speaks with Andrew Scott, Co-author of The Hundred Year Life alongside Linda Gratton, to examine how increasing life expectancy and demographic change will create new challenges for business.

In episode five of the Agility Mindset Podcast Fiona Cannon meets Nicole Badstuber, Doctoral Researcher in Transport Policy and Governance at UCL’s Centre for Transport and Christine Foster, Managing Director for Innovation, The Alan Turing Institute, to move beyond the office and corporate politics to look at some of the wider factors making it essential that we reassess our approach to where and how we work.

‘Building a team from the ground up with agile thinking at its core’ Fiona Cannon speaks with Andy Myers, KPMG Glasgow Tax Centre of Excellence and KPMG Tax Managers Gillian Connoly and Sharon Faircloth about the benefits that come from agile hiring and implementing work practices that cater to varied employee needs.

In this episode Fiona, CEO of the Agile Future Forum and Group Director, Sustainability, Responsible Business & Inclusion at Lloyds Banking Group speaks with Karen Mattison MBE, co-founder of Timewise, a national flexible work advocacy and advice organisation as well as Lloyds Banking Group Relationship Director, Robert Carmichael,

Business journalist Maggie Pagano speaks with Vivian Hunt (Managing Partner, UK & Ireland, McKinsey) about why the UK has experienced low productivity growth in recent years, and discusses how businesses are more likely to become more profitable if they can adopt the components of agile working in the latest podcast hosted by Fiona Cannon, Group Director, Sustainability, Responsible Business & Inclusion at Lloyds Banking Group.

Fiona Cannon, the Director of the Agile Future Forum, is joined by Phil Smith, Chair, Cisco UK & Ireland, as they investigate a range of urgent business issues; from external forces creating new challenges, to the productivity gap and the barriers surrounding the adoption of agile working practices. With so much uncertainty ahead during 2019, can businesses afford not to be agile?

The Agility Mindset Podcast launches today with an introduction episode hosted by Fiona Cannon OBE, Director of the Agile Future Forum and Group Responsible Business, Sustainability and Inclusion Director at Lloyds Banking Group, alongside business journalist Maggie Pagano. The episode is supported by Lloyds Banking Group with guest Sir Win Bischoff, Chairman of the Financial Reporting Council and former chairman of Lloyds Banking Group. The first episode will air on 8 January 2019.