The REWIRE podcast

Walking the Talk: why diversity is about more than just tick boxes

In this episode of the EG REWIRE podcast we speak to half of the senior executive team of community shopping centre investor Ellandi - the female half.

The company is taking diversity and inclusion seriously. It believes that without a diverse and inclusive team - that one that isn't just gender diverse - it cannot deliver the best in class service it wants to deliver to its customers. The shopping centres it manages operate in diverse communities and as such, the team has to fully understand what makes those communities tick.

In this podcast we talk about how diversity is more than just gender, take a look at how disability plays a big role in the D&I agenda, and how communication, understanding and perhaps just being a little bit nicer (trite as it may sound), is key in creating a more balanced built environment.

Listen in to hear from:

• Alysoun Stewart - chief operating officer
• Julie Pears - head of future places
• Stephanie Brew - head of finance
• Isabelle Hease - head of research and analytics
• Ruth Moorhouse - asset manager

 

Closing the Gender Say Gap

In this episode of the EG REWIRE podcast we talk to entrepreneur and founder of marketing agency Man Bites Dog Claire Mason about her campaign to close the Gender Say Gap. We talk about to make women more visible and audible in the world of property, about the power of preparation, conquering fear and how authenticity is the best weapon you may have in your public speaking arsenal.

And we dare the industry has a whole to just audit their gender say gap alongside their gender pay gap this year to help to start the journey to close it.

 

Find out more about REWIRE and EG's own pledges to help close the Gender Say Gap at www.egi.co.uk/rewire

Perfection is not the aspiration: How to win at work/life balance

When it comes to work/life balance Kate Vine, principal at architect Perkins + Will, seems to have it sussed. Not only does Vine have a team of boys to manage at home but she is also a woman tasked with changing - or some might rewiring - the way developers think about the role of architects in the built environment.

Here she talks to The REWIRE Podcast host, Samantha McClary, about her route into the built environment, the changing role of architecture and how the realisation that perfection is not the solution has enabled her to have it all.

I am woman, listen: Why taking to the stage matters

In this episode of the REWIRE podcast, host Samantha McClary is joined by Sherin Aminossehe, former head of the Government Property Unit and now head of offices at Lendlease, former PR supremo and now executive director of planning and development at London First, Sue Brown, and Amanda Clack, former RICS president and now head of strategic consulting in the UK at CBRE, to talk about barriers to participation, particularly for women at real estate events.

With a wide and in depth knowledge of the industry Sherin, Sue and Amanda are no strangers to a panel. In this discussion they share their views on why getting up on stage and talking matters, for you and your business and share some tips and advice on how to make the most of the opportunities that come your way.

To find out more about why the real estate industry needs to champion its women in a public arena, read EG's survey of more than 200 professional women HERE

Why only a woman will do: The search for a future leader

In this episode of the EG REWIRE podcast, we meet Seaforth Land founder and chief executive Tyler Goodwin and find out about his unapologetic blinkered search for a senior woman to join his business.

The board of Seaforth Land is distinctly male and Goodwin, who is passionate about the success of his business, knows the future cannot be all one sex. He knows that the right person for the job, the right person for the growth of the business, is female and is happy to play the long game in finding that women.

In this discussion, we talk about the role, why a female perspective in the business is so vital and why he thinks the search is taking some time.

All that and some commentary on the real estate market today.

 

 

Horses, Harleys and how to almost get arrested: Meet JLL's Katie Kopec

In this first episode of the EG REWIRE podcast, a podcast channel dedicated to rewiring the real estate industry one story at a time, we meet Katie Kopec, international director at JLL.

Kopec is celebrating her 35th year with the agent and shares her story on how and why she got into real estate and why she has stuck around for so long.

She is the woman who has a little piece of her in some of the country's greatest regeneration successes, including Docklands, Greenwich Peninsula, Stratford, King's Cross and more latterly Canada Water.

Tune in to find out more about her career and why horses, Harleys and a hairy situation in an industrial estate keep Kopec enthusiastic about life, work and the built environment.