Podcast: Entrepreneurship special

Published: March 19, 2019, 3:44 p.m.

In this edition: We mark Imperial Enterprise Month with women entrepreneurs and leaders, plus advice for making businesses playful.

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News: Alternatives to statins and dinosaur demise \u2013 We discover a new class of drugs that could lower cholesterol in people unable to take statins, and find out that the dinosaurs were thriving before the deadly asteroid strike.

Agents for Change \u2013 Can six months of leadership training for women make a difference in the local community? We meet one participant of the Agents for Change programme based in our White City campus and hear how it has transformed her life.

Better bone casts \u2013 We speak to Suchaya Mahuttanatan, the winner of this year\u2019s WE Innovate programme for women entrepreneurs, who was inspired by her Dad breaking his arm when she was young. She created a new type of cast that is breathable, washable and easy to apply \u2013 making breaking bones less of a burden.

The Playful Entrepreneur \u2013 Play is an essential way we learn about the world around us, but how can it be harnessed for entrepreneurship? In a new book, Imperial VP Innovation David Gann explores how noble behaviours \u2013 ambition, fortitude, craft and grace \u2013 can help businesses thrive through playfulness.