Series 1: Episode 3 | Tokunbo Ajasa-Oluwa: Youth empowerment and support in fulfilling potential

Written By Stephen Waddington

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

 
 
 
 
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