I’ve been a follower of Buckingham New University’s VC Damian Page ever since I started to see his crystal clear and provocative posts about leadership on LinkedIn. He’s someone who talks very openly about how he leads and his aspirations for the kind of university he wants BNU to be. I’ve also taken part in Damian’s on-line group for working class leaders in the sector, and through that saw his commitment to facilitating change by getting the best from people, whatever their origins.

In this episode Damian talks in his characteristic open style about coming into the VC role, about the team and culture and how it works, and about his pragmatic preparation to create a university and a leadership team that can deal with whatever emerges as the next strategic challenge. It’s a fascinating and generous episode and I was delighted that Damian took the time to do this.