On this episode of Better Business Outcomes, Sarah Waddington CBE from Wadds Inc. welcomes Tokunbo Ajasa-Oluwa, CEO of national social mobility charity, Career Ready.


They discuss:

• Vulnerability as a trait of good leaders and the qualities embodied by the late Dame Anita Roddick DBE

• Career Ready’s overarching mission in preparing young people facing barriers to education and employment for the world of work

• The structural issues currently preventing a pipeline of diverse talent from school leaver age upwards in UK industry

• Tokunbo’s time as a Cabinet Officer appointed Social Enterprise Ambassador from 2007-2010, advising Downing Street on diversity, youth development and social entrepreneurship

• How creating a culture and a space where people can be their authentic space leads to Better Business Outcomes