The New P&L speaks with Alexandra Whittington, futurist, author, global speaker

This week on The New P&L podcast we speak with Alexandra Whittington, futurist, author, global speaker. Alexandra is an internationally recognised futurist and foresight strategist, celebrated for her expertise in scenario planning, trend analysis, and futures education. Named one of the world’s leading women futurists, Alexandra has spent her career helping organisations anticipate disruption and design resilient strategies for the future. She holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Foresight from the University of Houston and taught futures studies for over a decade before joining the Future of Business team at Tata Consultancy Services. To read Alexandra's blog, go to: https://partnersinforesight.blogspot.com/Want to join us? Subscribe, tune in every other Thursday and take inspiration from our incredible guests. To discuss sponsoring The New P&L podcast please email: Hello (at) principlesandleadership.com To book Paul to deliver a workshop or keynote in your organisation please email: Hello (at) principlesandleadership.com To check out The New P&L, our background philosophy and leadership and culture programmes, please visit: www.principlesandleadership.com

We're back! Refreshed, reinvigorated and ready to deliver our global audiences insightful, thoughtful and intelligent discussions with global leaders on how we use purpose and principles to recode leadership and culture for the age of AI. However, this year, we're changing it up a little. We are going to extend The New P&L concept further in 2026 and focusonly on those positive things and positive people that are changing the business world in positive ways. We will still focus on how purpose sits at the heart of our organisations, particularly in such a fast paced,transformational world driven by AI, and we will still focus on how we build our cultures and develop our leaders, and what the purpose and principles and values are that underpin this should be.But in our own small way, we are also going to act as a counterweight to all the negativity and noise that is overwhelming so many people in business right now. Ultimately, we want to use this podcast and our voice to try and offer listeners something that seems to in very short supply at the moment: Hope.  Want to join us? Subscribe, tune in every other Thursday and take inspiration from our incredible guests. To discuss sponsoring The New P&L podcast please email: Hello (at) principlesandleadership.com To book Paul to deliver a workshop or keynote in your organisation please email: Hello (at) principlesandleadership.com To check out The New P&L, our background philosophy and leadership and culture programmes, please visit: www.principlesandleadership.com

This week on The New P&L - Principles & Leadership in Business we speak to Aaron Moon, a former Royal Marines Commando whose life was transformed after losing his leg in Afghanistan. Refusing to be defined by injury, he rebuilt himself through resilience, elite sport and adventure, becoming a professional amputee golfer, the world’s first amputee indoor skydiving instructor, and one of the Hunters on Channel 4’s award-winning series Hunted.Through his company, Reborn Mindset, Aaron now works with businesses to develop resilience, leadership and high-performance cultures. His talks and workshops connect his extraordinary personal journey with the everyday challenges leaders and teams face in fast-paced industries.Today, Aaron is preparing for his most ambitious challenge yet, cycling the full length of Route 66 in 2026; over 2,400 miles in just 24 days, on one leg, to raise funds for military and mental health charities while continuing to share his message of resilience and leadership with audiences worldwide.To learn more about Aaron and his keynote speaking, workshops, and upcoming cycling challenge, reach out on LinkedIn at: The Reborn Mindset Email: [email protected] Instagram: reborn.mindsetTo learn more about The New P&L and the work we do, or to book Paul to speak on leadership and culture at your next event, fill in the form and we'll come straight back to you: https://www.principlesandleadership.com/contact

In this week's special 'The New P&L TO THE POINT' we consider why we often need to 'look back in order to move forward' in both our personal and professional lives. Through a lens of a very personal story that includes one of our host, Paul's closest friends, this episode discusses the foundational power of relationships, belonging and friendship and how together they form the basis of our ability to move forward in business. The 'Life in the Sky' album cited in this episode can be purchased here: https://charlietango.co.nz/musicTo learn more about The New P&L and the work we do, or to book Paul to speak on leadership and culture at your next event, fill in the form and we'll come straight back to you: https://www.principlesandleadership.com/contact

This week on The New P&L - Principles & Leadership and Business podcast we speak with Gaelle Devins, Chief Customer Officer & Member of the Executive Board at Breitling – the Swiss luxury watchmaker. Gaelle is alsothe Founder of FLOW@WORK  and Author of the brand new book, Flow Leadership – unleash the power of people, purpose and performance – which was officially released earlier this month. Key discussion points:- Overview of Flow Leadership - How to measure 'Flow at Work'- Challenges of achieving Flow Leadership - Self-awareness and leadership - Purpose as a commercial imperative- Methodology for finding personal purpose - Barriers to Flow Leadership - The role of curiosity in business Connect with Gaelle: Home - Gaelle Devins - Flow Leadership & FLOW@WORKhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/gaelle-devins/ To order Flow Leadership: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1394344864To book Paul for keynotes: Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulspiers/Contact form: https://www.principlesandleadership.com/contact

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

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