The Workplace

Katie Henry, Founder and CEO of Art In Offices, talks about the importance of art in offices, the impact of art on mental health and well-being and the free walking tour, Sculpture In The City, which covers 17 artworks displayed around the City.Listen, download, share and comment using #workplacennd.

The Year In Review 2024, featuring Croydon’s first poet laureate, Shaniqua Benjamin, ESG consultant and founder of Radiant Tech, Shiv Challa, on Net Zero and The Workplace, BLOQS co-founder Al Parra, on Affordable Business Space For Creatives, personal effectiveness coach and founder of Ingenium Coaching Toyin Akande-Akinyemi, on Managing Change In The Workplace, founder of Calming Connections Jo Loly, on Workplace Well-being and actor Ashley Thomas (alias Bashy as a rapper), on the launch of his sophomore album, Being Poor Is Expensive.#workplacennd

NND concludes a discussion about Net Zero and The Workplace with ESG consultant and founder of Radiant Tech Shiv Challa who explores what will eventually change the hearts and minds of those who are sceptical either about the reality of the climate situation or measures to address it and how organisations should approach their net zero roadmap in the work-from-home/hybrid-working era. 

ESG consultant and founder of Radiant Tech Shiv Challa talks about the importance of net zero, the net zero roadmap, what SMEs can do to achieve their aims (e.g. energy efficiency, waste reduction and supply chain selection) and scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. 

To conclude a two-part episode about the art of design and storytelling in building brands, NND talks to designer Alexandra Lunn who discusses her creative journey and refining the design process for high-impact and data-driven results. Part 2 of 2.

Graphic designer Alexandra Lunn, talks about the art of design and storytelling in building brands. She explains what constitutes storytelling in brand building, how storytelling is like having a North Star that shows where you’re going and encapsulates the vision, goals and objectives of a brand and how to prepare a brief to assist a graphic designer to grasp the concept of the brand in order to create a logo, typography and visuals that represent everything that relates to the brand narrative. Part 1of 2.

Is there a connection between the history of African enslavement, land domination and climate injustice? Andreann Asibey and Simmone Ahiaku discuss Climate Calling - an exhibition exploring the intersections between climate, health and race, created by Wood and Water and on show at The Africa Centre until 31 October 2024.

Ashley Thomas, (perhaps best known for his acting roles in critically acclaimed series such as THEM, 24, Great Expectations and global British hit, Top Boy) - aka Bashy as a rapper - discusses his pop-up exhibition, Made In Britain, which runs 22-24 October, 2024, at Jealous Gallery, in connection with his sophomore album, Being Poor Is Expensive. The pop-up showcases four visual artists, one of whom is Mark Anthony Gentles, aka Exhibit69, who also features in this episode.

Artists Tobias Laurent Belson and Ron Best talk about the Morley Gallery Exhibition, Generations Figures & Visions – an intergenerational exhibition of six West London artists of African Caribbean heritage, on until 26 October 2024.