In Conversation with Amy MacDonald

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.ushttp://www.linkedin.com/in/davidandrewrobinsonDavid's Book - The Substance of Leadership 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

Scot Bell - VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR & CO-PRODUCTION LEADHaving 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/ 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

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 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 Twitter @roshni_beeharry or via LInked in as Dr Roshni Beeharry https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-roshni-beeharryAnd 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 (p30-31 )The Potential of Creative Writing in Healthcare Education in 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

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. 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

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.ukyoutube.com/watch?v=AmvOds… 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

Steven Lavine has for four decades been an artistic, educational, and community leader in the United States and nationally. From 1988 to 2017 he served as President of the California Institute of the Arts, a period of sustained growth in programs, community engagement, enrolment, reputation and financial stability for the progressive multi-disciplinary arts college. Shortly after stepping down, he was recruited as Founding Director and then Chair of the Los Angeles Advisory Council for the Thomas Mann House in Los Angeles, which is devoted to bringing creative thinkers from Germany and the United States together around urgent contemporary issues, particularly the future of liberal democracy. Today, he divides his time between the Thomas Mann House and consulting with a broad range of progressive not-for-profit organisations.Before CalArts, Lavine was an Assistant Professor of English and American Literature at the University of Michigan and then Associate Director of the Arts and Humanities Division of the Rockefeller Foundation, where he supported reform of K-12 educational reform, experimental media, and the development of exhibition strategies for American minority and non-Western arts and cultures. He has co-edited two influential books about museum practices: Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display and Museums and Communities: The Politics of Public Culture. 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

Amy McDonald, Founder and CEO of Headtorch, is dedicated to prioritising mental health at work. With a background in drama, education, business, mediation and coaching, Amy fuses her skills to create dramatic learning & development that reflects delegate experience. “I love breaking stigma; watching the penny drop; reversing injustice; enabling people to steer cultural change; creating organisations where support is everything; and doing nothing is not an option.” Headtorch enables and promotes a positive mental health culture in the workplace. It delivers solutions across all levels of an organisation, demystifying mental health and creating confidence to have supportive conversations. [email protected] 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

Veronica LysaghtFounder of Leading with HumanityVeronica believes that courageous, compassionate and inspiring leadership is needed to deal with the crises we face in the world at the moment, and that this style of leading is something we can all achieve. Her mission is to play her part in making leading with humanity an everyday reality.She has a background in business, journalism, counselling and association management. She is an ICF certified Integral coach and has more than 20 years’ experience coaching.https://leadingwithhumanity.org/ 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

Gill Crawshaw I draw on my experience of disability activism to organise exhibitions and events whichhighlight issues affecting disabled people.Exhibitions have addressed representation (Possible All Along, 2020), charity (Piss onPity, 2019), cuts to welfare and public spending (Shoddy, 2016) and access (TheReality of Small Differences, 2014).I am also interested in the intersection of disabled people’s lives with textile heritage inthe north of England, as well as contemporary textile arts. I have a degree in TextileDesign.I completed an MA in Curation Practices at Leeds Arts University in 2018.Curating is a recent change of role. Before this, I was a local authority disability equalityofficer, then I worked in Leeds’ third sector health and care [email protected]://shoddyexhibition.wordpress.com/https://pissonpityexhibition.wordpress.com/https://possibleallalong.co.uk/DAN - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disabled_People%27s_Direct_Action_Network 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

Beth Terrence is a Shaman, Holistic Health & Wellness Facilitator, Recovery Coach, Speaker and Writer. She has been working in the field of Holistic Health & Wellness and Transformation for over 25 years by offering an integrative holistic approach that incorporates education, self-exploration and experiential practices. Major modalities that form the core of her practice include Shamanic Healing, Meditation & Mindfulness, Zero Balancing, Bach Flower Remedies and Restorative Practices. Beth views connection as the most potent “medicine”, and is passionate about supporting individuals and communities in engaging in practices and tools that support reconnection, well-being and wholeness. Annually, she convenes May Is For Metta: 31 Days of Loving-kindness Practice as well as an array of experiential workshops and programs that support transformation and healing on all levels - body, mind, emotion and spirit.Website: bethterrence.comTwitter: @bethterrenceLinkedIn: bethterrence 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