Episodes

Learning in the workplace has never been as important as it is today, but very few organizations have successfully become effective learning organizations. My guest today has over 30 years of experience in this field and has helped companies around the world develop their training. Piers Lea has worked in distance learning and technology-enabled communications since the early 1980s when he was at the University of London. He founded LINE Communications in 1989 which he sold into Learning Techno...

Fostering communities in which people can connect and learn from each other is a challenging task, particularly when the community is comprised of people from around the world and with different interests. In today’s episode, my guest discusses how this can be done. Christine Fairchild is Oxford University’s Director of Alumni Relations and a Fellow of Jesus College Oxford. She is responsible for supporting links between alumni of the collegiate University and Oxford through a robust offering o...

How we deal with challenges and tragedy is reflected and informed in the stories and art of our society, this is not always the same in different cultures. What can we learn from the way ancient cultures portray challenges in life? Dr Bihani Sarkar, is a scholar of Sanskrit and ancient Indian culture, language, history and society. She is an associate faculty member of the Oriental Institute at Oxford University, and member of Wolfson College. Bihani has a doctorate in Sanskrit from Oxford Univ...

How we deal with challenges and tragedy is reflected and informed in the stories and art of our society, this is not always the same in different cultures. What can we learn from the way ancient cultures portray challenges in life? Dr Bihani Sarkar, is a scholar of Sanskrit and ancient Indian culture, language, history and society. She is an associate faculty member of the Oriental Institute at Oxford University, and member of Wolfson College. Bihani has a doctorate in Sanskrit from Oxford Univ...

How we deal with challenges and tragedy is reflected and informed in the stories and art of our society, this is not always the same in different cultures. What can we learn from the way ancient cultures portray challenges in life? Dr Bihani Sarkar, is a scholar of Sanskrit and ancient Indian culture, language, history and society. She is an associate faculty member of the Oriental Institute at Oxford University, and member of Wolfson College. Bihani has a doctorate in Sanskrit from Oxford Univ...