Speakers
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Dr Hannah Critchlow Neuroscientist, Author, Broadcaster, and Presenter
Dr Hannah Critchlow is an internationally-acclaimed neuroscientist, broadcaster, author and Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge. She regularly appears on the BBC TV and Radio, most recently as Science Presenter in Family Brain Games with Dara Ó Briain, Tomorrow’s World Live and BBC Radio 4 Destiny and the Brain. Her book on Consciousness: A Ladybird Expert Guide, was published with Penguin in 2018, whilst The Science of Fate, published with Hodder in May, 2019, made The Sunday Times Bestseller list, receiving international press coverage.
In 2019, Hannah was named by Nature as a ‘Rising Star in Life Sciences’. She was recognised as a ‘Top 100 UK Scientist’ by the UK Science Council in 2014 and one of Cambridge University’s most ‘inspirational and successful women in science’ for her work in science communication.
Hannah has extensive experience creating and delivering interactive talks, workshops and panel discussions for a variety of clients including those in the legal, business and policy setting. Her expertise spans topics from decision-making, morals and ethics, resilience, mental wellbeing, boosting brain performance, intuition and creativity, collective intelligence, to communication and recruitment strategy. Hannah has spent the last 2 years researching and writing her 3rd book Joined up Thinking – how to boost brain power with team synergy, published with Hodder August 2022.
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David Rennie Journalist and Beijing Bureau Chief for The Economist
David joined The Economist in 2007 as European Union correspondent and Charlemagne columnist, based in Brussels. From July 2010 to July 2012 he was British political editor and author of the Bagehot column, based in London. In the summer of 2012 he moved to Washington DC. He was Lexington columnist 2012-17, and Washington bureau chief 2013-2018. In May 2018 he moved to China as Beijing bureau chief and launched the Chaguan column on China in September 2018.
Previously he was on the foreign staff of the Daily Telegraph, with postings in Sydney (1998), Beijing (1998 to 2002), Washington DC (2002-05) and Brussels (2005-07). From 2006 until he joined The Economist, he was also a contributing editor of the Spectator magazine. He worked for the Daily Telegraph in London (1996-98), and the Evening Standard (1992-96). He has given classes and public lectures on EU affairs at the universities of Harvard and Boston in America, Bristol University in Britain and at the business schools ESCP (Paris) and IE (Madrid). He won the 2010 UACES/Thomson Reuters “Reporting Europe” award. He is a contributing panelist on “1A”, NPR’s daily news talk programme, based at WAMU in Washington DC.
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Will Page Former Chief Economist, Spotify and Author
Will Page is the author of the critically acclaimed book Tarzan Economics: Eight Principles in Pivoting through Disruption. He was formerly Chief Economist of Spotify and PRS for Music, where he pioneered Rockonomics.
At PRS he published work on Radiohead's In Rainbows and saved BBC 6Music. At Spotify, he helped uncover the anatomy of a hit and articulated the global value of music copyright. A passionate communicator, Will’s work is regularly featured in Billboard, The Economist and the Financial Times.
He recently documented the suffer-to-recover rebound in live music in the UK and showed how the roar of the live music crowd drowns out stadium income from sport. Will's first break into music was penning articles for Straight no Chaser , and his DJ sets continue to top the global charts on MixCloud. He is a fellow at the London School of Economics, Edinburgh Futures Institute and the Royal Society of the Arts.
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Ben Lyttleton Football Journalist and Author
Football journalist and author Ben Lyttleton understands what we can learn about the most important aspects of work and life from the world’s most popular sport. In his book Edge: Leadership Secrets of Football’s Top Thinkers , he interviewed some of football’s top coaches, including Thomas Tuchel and Ralf Rangnick, to learn how they foster talent and build empathy within a team, help individuals adapt in order to realise their potential, and find power in developing a social purpose. Ben works with football and NBA teams and their coaches to help them develop elite performance and discover their own competitive edge.
His first book Twelve Yards: The Art and Psychology of the Perfect Penalty examined how individuals understand and manage their anxiety to perform at their best under pressure. He now advises Premier League and national teams on their penalty strategy. Through extensive interviews with the biggest names in the game, exclusive behind-the-scenes access to insiders at Premier League giants Liverpool and Chelsea, and a life spent watching some of the most successful (and not-so successful) teams and managers, Ben has developed a comprehensive picture of leadership, teamwork and talent improvement.
He understands how football has adapted and innovated in the search to get the best from individuals and teams, and how that translates to business. Ben reveals the common traits not just within football, but anywhere that leaders and teams operate. Ben interrogates experts in behavioural science and psychology to learn the best communication to get results from a team, how collective performance is measured and influenced, and how to develop resilience in new and established groups. He looks at the key challenges, behaviours, and lessons for leaders in any sector and with teams of any size, from creative thinking to the advantages of diversity and inclusion. With his personal connection to some of the biggest names in sport, he illustrates the surprising and insightful aspects of leadership and teamwork in football whilst making it relevant and enlightening even to those that aren’t fans of the beautiful game.
Ben is also the co-author of the best-selling children’s book series Football School, which uses football to open up the school curriculum and inspire a generation of children to develop a love of reading. Ben works with literacy charities, the Premier League and some of its biggest clubs by using football as a powerful educational force for good.
