Mallen Baker: Faultlines

What did the world look like to the young John O’Brien as he left school and embarked upon adult life? (1:29)

The startlingly different direction that John took after his first job, and why it was bo…

In this episode, I talk to Ron Bailey. This is a special one for me. Ron is a campaigning genius who has been possibly the most effective parliamentary campaigner of our time.

In his early years, Ron…

In this episode, I talk to Jennie Galbraith who is the group head of sustainability for British American Tobacco.

Jennie is also Vice Chair and one of the founding forces behind the Institute for Cor…

In this episode, I talk to Lord Boateng who, as Paul Boateng, was a cabinet minister in the Blair Government as Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

Paul also served as the British High Commissioner to S…

In this episode, I talk to Paul Polman who, until just a few weeks ago, was the chief executive of Unilever.

Paul needs very little introduction to many of the listeners of this podcast. For the last…

In this episode, I talk to Beccy Speight, the chief executive of the Woodland Trust.

Beccy is an energetic champion for practical environmental change. She is an articulate campaigner and an inspirin…

In this episode, I talk to Claire Fox, Director of the Academy of Ideas and author of the book ‘I find that offensive’.

Claire is a panellist on Radio 4’s The Moral Maze, and is regularly on a variet…

In this, the first episode of 2019, I talk to Mike Kelly, chairman of the Dame Kelly Holmes Trust and former head of CSR for KPMG.

Mike is a seasoned campaigner from the pioneering years of corporate…

This is a different kind of episode, as we finish off 2018 with a quick look back to some things that changed my thinking over the last year, and then we’re going to talk about how you can approach p…

In this episode, I talk to Dame Julia Cleverdon, a passionate and practical campaigner, listed by the Times as one of the 50 most influential women in Britain.

Dame Julia is co-founder of Step Up To …

In this episode, I talk to Vicky Pryce, economist and commentator and previously Director General for Economics at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Vicky is a prolific author, whos…

In this episode, I talk to Andy Wales, the Chief Digital Impact & Sustainability Officer for BT, and formerly the Corporate Affairs Director for SABMiller Europe.

Andy is a smart and skilful change-m…

In this episode, I talk to Ravinol Chambers, the founder of Be Inspired Films - a multi award-winning video production company that helps individuals and organisations working as a force for good acr…

In this episode, I talk about the value of having a personal purpose – what it is, and how you can go about creating one.

Lots of the most successful sports people, business executives and other lead…

In this episode, I talk to Rob Cameron, the chief executive of the consultancy and think tank Sustainability.

Rob has been the CEO of a sustainability-focused communications company, Flag – he has be…

In this episode, I talk to Joost Oorthuizen, the chief executive of IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative.

Joost has led IDH for the ten years since its founding, and in that role has helped to broke…

In this episode, I talk to Trewin Restorick, the founder of environmental communications charity Hubbub UK, which aims to create real practical change with positive messages and creative ideas.

He wa…

In this episode, I talk to David Goodhart, author of the hugely influential book ‘The Road to Somewhere – The new tribes shaping British politics’, praised as a ‘book of the year’ by the Sunday Times…

In this episode, I talk to John May, the secretary general of the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award. He describes himself as a campaigner, storyteller, teacher, youth worker, independent diplom…

In this episode, I talk to Chris Harrop, the group marketing director and the head of sustainability for Marshalls plc.

In addition to those roles, Chris is chairman of Made in Britain, and was forme…