30. Stu King, CEO & Head of Distraction at BeeZee Bodies

This time the tables have turned on regular show host, Stuart King, MD & Head of Distraction at BeeZee Bodies. In this special edition, Stu is interviewed by an esteemed panel including BeeZee Bodies Behavioural Insights Lead, Dr Tiago Moutela, Dr Lou Atkinson, Head of Research at EXI, and Dr Neil Howlett, Senior Research Fellow in Behavioural Science at the University of Hertfordshire. Stu shares his journey; from first creating physical activity interventions funded by Sport England, to his time commissioning in Bedford Borough Council, as a Senior Scientist at Public Health England, and finally stepping into BeeZee Bodies full-time as CEO & Head of Distraction, in 2015. The panel dig into some of his key areas of interest including: 💡 Why re-defining relationships with failure is essential for innovation🤝 The keys to healthy commissioner / provider partnerships🎓 The challenges of embedding academic rigour into the real world✨ Why courage and bravery are the key to progress in public health As ever, Stu is open and honest about not knowing it all, about being obsessed with asking “so what” and “why” and talks candidly about successes and failures in equal measure. This podcast is hosted in partnership with the Behavioural Science in Public Health Network (BSPHN).

Om Podcasten

Welcome to the Real World Behavioural Science (RWBS) podcast, where we look at how behavioural and social sciences are being used in the real world to help change the public’s health, for good. The RWBS podcast is created by the Behavioural Science and Public Health Network (www.BSPHN.org.uk) and is aimed at people working in public health, academia and industry, who have an interest in how behavioural science is being used to improve health and wellbeing.Each month, Stu King (BSPHN Committee Member and founder & CEO of behaviour change specialists BeeZee Bodies) and Dr Tiago Moutela (Head of Behavioural Science at BeeZee Bodies), interview professionals from the worlds of public health, academia and industry, who are using behavioural science to help change people’s lives. We have episodes featuring: - Professor Jim McManus - Co-founder of the BSPHN & Director of Public Health, Hertfordshire County Council, UK - Dr Amy Bucher – Behavioural Scientist at MadPow, Boston, USA - Dr Nick Cavill – Quasi-academic and Director of a Public Health Consultancy, UK - Professor Chris Armitage – Professor of Health Psychology, University of Manchester, UK - Rich Sheridan – CEO and Chief Storyteller at Menlo Innovations, Ann Arbour, USA- Dr Justin Varney - Director of Public Health at Birmingham City Council, UK - Mike Kelly - Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University Institute of Public Health, UK - Wendy Wills - University of Hertfordshire- Kim Roberts - HENRY We have some great guests in the pipeline from across industry, public health and academia and from across the world, including: - Samuel Salzer - Habits Weekly, Sweden - Tim Chadborn - PHE Behavioural Insights Team Subscribe now!