Podcast: Careers in ideas - attracting and diversifying the next generation

In the fifth episode of a podcast series celebrating the tenth anniversary of IP Inclusive, we discuss the ‘Careers in Ideas’ network and how to open access to the profession. Managing IP is proud to publish the latest episode in a series of podcasts celebrating the tenth anniversary of UK-based diversity network IP Inclusive.In this episode, the fifth of 10, we discuss IP Inclusive’s ‘Careers in Ideas’ network, which seeks to raise awareness of IP-related careers and open the profession to a more diverse range of talent. Careers in Ideas works to both raise awareness of the range of IP-related careers while also widening access to the profession by attracting recruits from a greater range of backgrounds. Combined, those two initiatives aim to help develop a more diverse profession. For this episode, we are joined by Tom Hailes, IP counsel at DSM Firmenich in Geneva, and a member of the Careers in Ideas team, and Chris Burnett, partner at Knights and team member at Careers in Ideas.The podcast series is hosted by Managing IP editor Max Walters, alongside Jodie Bates, a member of the IP Inclusive advisory board and an IT trainer at patent and trademark attorney firm Boult Wade Tennant.The podcast is also available on the IP Inclusive YouTube channel.IP Inclusive was set up in 2015 to promote and improve DEI and wellbeing throughout the UK’s IP profession.It aims to ensure that the UK’s IP profession is open and welcoming to all those with the necessary aptitude, regardless of their age, gender, race, sexuality, religion, physical and cognitive ability, wealth, and background.Previous episodes in the series have focused on the origins of IP Inclusive, how workplaces can offer support to those experiencing (peri)menopause, IP Inclusive’s Women in IP network and unconscious bias.