Welcome to the People Assured podcast where I discuss core skills for work and life.

I’m your host, Ian Foster, and in this episode (#2, 18 minutes) I discuss what Nature can teach us about leadership with wildlife advocate and multi-time CIO, Jonathan Manley. I hope you enjoy it! Please share and subscribe.

Best wishes, Ian
Email: ianfoster@peopleassured.com
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Background:

Jonathan is a lifelong advocate for Nature through both the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and RSPB in the UK, and as President of the Friends of Bosque del Apache, a not-for-profit supporting this National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico.

He began his career in shipping, in the UK and Singapore, then as consulting partner with Ernst & Young. He’s been a multi-time CIO at leading brands including Estee Lauder, Universal Music, The John Lewis Partnership, and Harrods, and a non-executive director. He is currently Chair of DigiDistruptor, a digital transformation startup.

Bibliography (links):

Jonathan Manley LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-manley-716913/?originalSubdomain=uk

Venkat Venkatraman, Questrom school of business, Boston University https://www.bu.edu/questrom/profile/n-venkatraman/