Be a Better Leader

David Robinson

Dave Robinson is the founder and CEO of Vertical Performance Enterprises, a leadership and management consulting company specialising in executive leadership development and organisational performance improvement. A former fighter pilot, TOPGUN instructor, and U.S. Marine Corps colonel with over three decades of experience leading high-performing teams in complex, dynamic, high-stakes operating environments, Dave is a senior advisor to Fortune 1000 companies and an international speaker on the subject of leadership effectiveness. His passion is helping leaders inspire their teams to change their world. Dave grew up in Winchester, Virginia and currently lives with his family in Hilton Head, South Carolina. www.verticalperformance.us [www.verticalperformance.us] http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidandrewrobinson [http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidandrewrobinson] David's Book - The Substance of Leadership [https://amzn.to/3nAHKhz] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mikechitty.substack.com [https://mikechitty.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Be a Better Leader with Scotty Bell

SCOT BELL - VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR & CO-PRODUCTION LEAD Having spent the past 7 years in various organisations, the last 5 years at a large Drug and Alcohol Treatment provider in Kirklees, Scott found his way to Simon on the Streets, working in a service providing support for a need close to his heart.  With years of Lived Experience alongside lots of professional skills, Scott is now back working to make Simon on the Streets a fertile ground for Co-Production to happen.  This is something he has done before in many different ways including being integral in the development of the WY-FI Project and working alongside Leaders in the Health Care System at the Centre for Innovation in Health Management. About his role, Scott says: “Involving clients/patients/service users in the care and support they require ensures sustainability and development of in time services as well as builds trusting relationships with the people we work to serve."  Find out more about Simon on the Streets in Leeds. https://www.simononthestreets.co.uk/ [https://www.simononthestreets.co.uk/] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mikechitty.substack.com [https://mikechitty.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Dr Roshni Beeharry

Dr Roshni Beeharry is a writer, poet, poetry reviewer, former NHS Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine and Portfolio Medical Educator. She has an MA in Creative Writing & Personal Development, University of Sussex (2005) and MA Clinical Education, Institute of Education,(2013) and is a Fellow of the HIgher Education Academy. She combines her passions for writing and facilitating and supporting the wellbeing and development of others in her work as a Writing for Wellbeing & Personal Development Facilitator and in October 2020, set up her own small business, Storied Selves storiedselves.com [http://storiedselves.com/] providing writing for wellbeing workshops for the public, those in the healthcare fields , organisations and those receiving care. She can be contacted via her website storiedselves.com [http://storiedselves.com/] Twitter @roshni_beeharry [https://twitter.com/roshni_beeharry] or via LInked in as Dr Roshni Beeharry https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-roshni-beeharry [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-roshni-beeharry] And Roshni has written extensively too. Here are a couple of pieces: Creative Writing in https://issuu.com/magazineproduction/docs/mw_v39.2_aw_1120_ezine [https://issuu.com/magazineproduction/docs/mw_v39.2_aw_1120_ezine] (p30-31 ) The Potential of Creative Writing in Healthcare Education in  https://www.nawe.co.uk/writing-in-education/nawe-magazine/current-issue.html# [https://www.nawe.co.uk/writing-in-education/nawe-magazine/current-issue.html#] (p53-55) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mikechitty.substack.com [https://mikechitty.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Simone Kolysh - In Conversation

Dr. Kolysh is a lesbian agender mother of four and a feminist scholar of race, gender, and sexuality. Their background in Biology, Public Health, LGBTQ studies, and Sociology aids their scholar-activism and commitment to revolutionary futures. A culmination of the last ten years, Dr. Kolysh’ first book, Everyday Violence: The Public Harassment of Women and LGBTQ People, will be published in September 2021 with Rutgers University Press. Their current research project is on transgender and nonbinary people’s reproductive journeys and barriers to care. You can learn more about Dr. Kolysh at http://simonekolysh.com [http://simonekolysh.com]. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mikechitty.substack.com [https://mikechitty.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Nick Peres in Conversation

Nick is the Head of Digital Technologies at TSDFT and currently leads on multiple VR based initiatives within the NHS including The VR Lab sponsored by Health Education England and is founder of PatientVR. Nick advocates a ‘clinicians as content creators’ approach to creativity in healthcare and believes collaboration and access is key to the adoption and success of new technologies. Nick works and advises on various digital and emerging healthcare technologies panels at a national level, with a particular remit around immersive and simulation visual interfaces.  Nick has frequently spoken at national level (and is a TEDx speaker) on the use and potential of immersive technologies within healthcare, approaching this area from a grounded humanities perspective.  immersive.tsdft.uk [https://t.co/fjIvDr28sM] youtube.com/watch?v=AmvOds… [https://t.co/CKAPtGmWok] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mikechitty.substack.com [https://mikechitty.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]