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Latest Episodes

Episode 28: Why Men Win at Work
September 27, 2023

Over twenty years at Procter & Gamble, Gill Whitty-Collins rose to become SVP Europe, India, Middle East & Africa. In this role, she led the turnaround of global leading brands such as Always, Pantene

Short: Jon Baston-Pitt – Doing Business Better
September 13, 2023

The Planet Beyond podcast turned two this summer. In its first two years it has been joined by guests from the worlds of politics, of exploration, of science and of engineering. Each guest has been in

Episode 27: Managing Earthquake Risk
September 05, 2023

In February 2023 a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit near the Turkish Syrian border. Tens of thousands of people lost their lives and millions have been left homeless. It is one of the most devastating ear

Short: Helen Stewart – Soft Skills for Science
August 16, 2023

Helen Stewart is a hydrographer in the coastal resilience and ocean science division at Fugro. In this shortcast we talk about her recent keynote for the International Hydrographic Review which focuse

Episode 26: Energy Transition – No Miracles Needed
July 26, 2023

In 2023 the world entered its El Nio cycle of warmer oceanic currents. Without the moderating effect of the cooler La Nia effects, climate records have been tumbling in many cases smashed by sever

Short: Myrna Staring – Understanding Each Other
July 12, 2023

Myrna Staring is innovation lead at Fugro, leading a team of innovation engineers working on active and passive seismic technologies for near-surface characterisation. Her work contributes to the deve

Episode 25: Women in Hydrography
June 28, 2023

Hydrography as an industry emanated from the wellspring of naval research, and ever since it has been a male dominated field. The field studies and describes the physical features of oceans, seas and

Short: Daniela Taliana – Spreading the art bug
June 07, 2023

Daniela Taliana is geoscience manager at Fugro in Italy. Like our host, Jon, she has a passion for rocks. But in this episode she tells us about another passion: for art. Daniela is president of the v

Episode 24: The resilience mindset
May 24, 2023

We live in a world of unparalleled complexity and risk. The structure of our societies rests upon a stack of servicesutilities, communications, banking, transport, among othersthat themselves rely o

Episode 23: Data and insurance emergency response
April 26, 2023

When catastrophe strikes, the top priority is to get those affected to safety. But almost as urgent is the need to get businesses and utilities up and running again. A rapid response to claims can mak