Episode 1

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Published on:

1st May 2023

E1 - Karen Chiles: Issues and Challenges she's faced in her career

Welcome to Behind the barriers with me Joe Whittle

The show helps to infiltrate silos, creates connections, and break down the walls we have in our rail industry.

I’ll be doing this by talking to people from across our industry to help you, the listener, create connections and an awareness that you are not alone… We all have similarities, and we are all, in our own way striving for the same thing… A Safer, Better industry for now, and for the future.

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[00:00] - Intro

[00:58]- The Real Me

[03:43]- Most influence

[05:28]- If you could work in any industry

[06:09]- What is most misunderstood

[06:09]- What is most misunderstood

[07:08]- Challenges for Karen

[09:06]- Overcoming the challenge

[10:42]- Proudest Moment

[12:19]- What does the Railway mean to you?

[13:25]- What barriers do you see?

[15:45]- Culture

[17:43]- Why is your role important

[19:53]- Most important lesson learnt

[20:39]- Fundamentals

[20:54]- Open and honest

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About the Podcast

Behind The Barriers
The show that helps to infiltrate silos, creates connections, and break down the walls we have in our rail industry.
I have spent over 18 years in the sector and through this journey I’ve always thought we don’t truly understand or appreciate who the people are within our industry and their challenges, big or small, their values and motivations.
Whether it’s because of the organisations we work in, the disciplines we are categorised into, the locations we work from, or the role we undertake. Ultimately… we all have barriers, and I’ll be getting behind these by talking to people from across our industry to help you, the listener, create connections and an awareness that you are not alone… We all have similarities, and we are all, in our own way striving for the same thing… A Safer, Better industry for now, and for the future. I’ll be asking the guests to share their honest opinions, stories, challenges, and key lessons they have learnt in their career for you to take away and use. I’ll be asking the questions you all want to hear the answers to. I’ll also be asking what the guests’ visions and commitments are to improve our industry for now and for the future.
Remember… the foundation of accomplishment is relationship, so let’s start to get behind the barriers.

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