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Episode: Be More Pirate with Alex Barker
Description: Alex Barker leads Be More Pirate, a global social movement and (anti) consultancy that began life as a book by social entrepreneur Sam Conniff. Since joining Sam she has fostered a network of thousands of individuals and organisations who have turned 'pirate' and are actively challenging the status quo in their work and lives. Within the movement she splits her time between writing, research, running workshops and growing the network.
But it was a long road to piracy. After studying middle east politics, Alex spent time travelling and working in the region, beginning her career in international dev...