This week in the first The The New P&L - Principles & Leadership in Business podcast for 2025, we discuss why it is so important to embrace the friction in a world where technology aims to make engagement as friction-less as possible.

We consider why friction is so critical to curiosity and, in turn, why embracing the curiosity that friction offers is so critical to personal growth and business innovation. To join The new P&L movement, go to: www.principlesandleadership.com

Paul Spiers Speaker Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyhXlkZGQYk&t=11s

Paul Spiers Keynote example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNcrsGo2Ubw&t=18s

LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulspiers/

This week on The New P&L - Principles & Leadership in Business podcast series, we speak with Tim Robson, Managing Director, NSU Media, an Employee Communications & Engagement agency. Tim is also the author of Showing Up: How to Make a Greater Impact at Work. An inspirational thinker and speaker, he brings a fresh approach to work, performance and the professional mindset. To learn more about the work Tim and his team delivers, go to: https://nsu.media/

To purchase Tim's book, 'Showing Up', go to: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tim-Robson-Showing-Up-Greater/dp/B00N1Q9LA0

To join The New P&L movement for more principled leadership and purpose-led business, go to: www.principlesandleadership.com

This week on The New P&L - Principles & Leadership in Business podcast series we speak with Andrew Cooper, Author of ‘The Ethical Imperative’ ; Legal Coordinator & Head of Patent Acquisitions, Meta.

To learn more about what Andrew does, and to order copies of his new book, The Ethical Imperative, go to: www.andrew-cooper.com

To join The New P&L movement for more principled leadership and purpose-led business, go to: www.principlesandleadership.com

This week, in a special The New P&L TO THE POINT episode we explore the roles 'welcoming' and 'belonging' play in both our personal and professional lives.

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This week on The New P&L - Principles & Leadership in Business podcast series we speak with Joanna Parsons, CEO, The Curious Route; Author of Innovative Internal Communication: how creativity, curiosity and technology can create lasting impact.

We discuss with Joanna:

• The power of the great origin story in great internal communications
• Lessons from Covid in terms of the way we communicate with a more hybrid stakeholders groups
• Inherent paradoxes in internal communications
• The Communications Sector’s Impostor Syndrome
• The impact of mis – & dis- information on internal comms
• What innovation looks like in Internal Communications
• Whether one of the biggest challenges in IC is that it is seen by leadership as a ‘function’ not as an ‘opportunity’
• How will AI might affect innovation in IC

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannaparsons/

Web: https://linktr.ee/joannaparsons

To purchase Joanna's book: https://bit.ly/3B5N8DU

To join The New P&L movement, go to: www.principlesandleadership.com

This week on The New P&L - Principles & Leadership in Business we speak to Matt Phelan, co-founder and CEO of The Happiness Index and best-selling author.

We discuss with Matt the role the pursuit of happiness plays in both our daily lives and more specifically in our professional careers. We chat about:

• Why happier employees are more engaged, productive, and collaborative employees
• The origin story of The Happiness Index
• An outline of how Happiness Index Platform works

• What defines the study of happiness in Matt’s view
• Algorithmic bias in employee engagement measurement
• The complexities of measuring happiness
• Matt’s own entrepreneurial journey

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewphelan

Speaker inquires: https://mattphelan.co.uk/

Happiness Index: https://thehappinessindex.com/

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This week on The New P&L - Principles & Leadership in Business podcast series we speak with Ed Fidoe, Co-founder & Chief Executive, The London Interdisciplinary School (LIS). We discuss with Ed:

- the core principles that underpin an Interdisciplinary approach to education

- the background to the founding of LIS

- what an interdisciplinary approach can offer business leaders

- why intellectual curiosity matters

- whether we can have a truly interdisciplinary approach in an increasingly polarised world

- the role of AI in increasing or diluting our curiosity

- why 'solving complex problems' not studying in a discipline-based framework is crucial to the future of education

To learn more about London Interdisciplinary School go to: https://www.lis.ac.uk/

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The Week on The New P&L – Principles and leadership in Business podcast we speak to Asiya Jelani, Director of Sales at Worldline UK&I. Asiya is a key advocate for Women in Transport, a not-for-profit that empowers women in the industry to maximise their potential.

With over 20 years of experience in mobility and transport, Asiya’s work spans roles in sales, business development, and strategic growth. At Worldline, Asiya is focused on driving customer value from innovative solutions for rail, shared mobility, and active travel.

To learn more about Worldline, go to: https://worldline.com/

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