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The Standards Show

The Standards Show

Matthew Chiles & Cindy Parokkil

The Standards Show - the podcast that brings you the stories behind the standards. Join Matthew Chiles and Cindy Parokkil - and their guests along the way - for conversations on the concepts, history, people, and organizations involved in standards. And how they shape and improve the world around us, making life easier, safer, and more enjoyable. From facilitating international trade, to fixing potholes, to brewing the perfect cup of tea. Expect a mixture of bite-sized and in-depth episodes and frequent series, such as the monthly Standards Desk of News. And regular features too, including the popular My Favourite Standard. Sometimes serious, sometimes light-hearted, though always informative, educational and engaging, The Standards Show is the podcast for anyone working in standards, using standards, studying and researching standards, or just plain curious about standards. Matthew Chiles is a stakeholder relations specialist and has been communicating policy ideas and programmes for over 20 years. Cindy Parokkil is an experienced economist and international development practitioner. [The Standards Show was formerly the BSI Education Podcast]
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best The Standards Show episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to The Standards Show for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite The Standards Show episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

The Standards Show - Standards in 10 Minutes | ISO 50005
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09/26/22 • 10 min

In this episode of the series, Matthew and Cindy provide a 10 minute guide to ISO 50005 - guidelines for the phased implementation of an energy management system.

Download the standard for free: bsigroup.com/ISO50005

Series | Standards in 10 Minutes

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The Standards Show - BSI Kitemark for Service Excellence
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11/13/24 • 27 min

In this episode, Matthew explores the BSI Kitemark for Service Excellence.

He speaks to BSI’s Julie Walker and Chris Parry about the purpose behind its development, its intended audience, and the benefits it offers to both organizations and consumers.

And being The Standards Show, Julie and Chris also share their standards journeys.

Find out more about the issues raised in this episode

BSI Kitemark for Service Excellence

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The Standards Show - Sizegiver

Sizegiver

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05/13/23 • 72 min

This special episode of the podcast is an in-depth conversation with Corinne Quin, lecturer in design at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Matthew speaks to her about sizegiver - an art and design project which explores the use of standards in an unusual and interesting way.

A sizegiver is an object placed into a photograph to enable judgement of another object’s size or scale. They are mass-produced, designed and standardized objects, which are iconic and familiar, but also commonplace.

Examples of sizegivers include coins, bottle caps, paperclips, matchsticks, coke cans, or golf balls. They create object-object relationships, which communicate scale faster than a ruler, but are are often strange, playful and unusual.

Corinne explains how sizegiving is becoming an international visual shorthand to describe the meaning of images, tell stories and bring together communities.

Find out more about some of the content featured in this episode

Sizegiver

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Department of Design | Goldsmiths

ISO 7304 | Boiling pasta

BSI Student Research Programme

Press conference episode | Submit a question

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The Standards Show - LatinoAmerica | Saneamiento y normas en Bolivia
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03/13/24 • 19 min

The Standards Show LatinoAmerica brings you the stories behind the standards in South America, Central America and the Caribbean. Episodes are in Spanish or Portuguese. In this episode, Andrea Sandi meets Alejandro Levy, a sustainable sanitation expert at AguaTuya. He describes the challenges that the water and sanitation sector is facing in Bolivia and role of standards in helping to meet them.

The Standards Show LatinoAmérica le trae las historias detrás de las normas en Sudamerica, Centroamerica y el Caribe. Los episodios se encuentran el español o Portugues. En este episodio Andrea Sandi conversa con Alejandro Levy. Alejandro es experto en saneamiento sustentable en AguaTuya. El describe su travesía en normalización, los grandes desafíos que enfrenta el sector agua y saneamiento en Bolivia y la relevancia de las normas internacionales para sus actividades cotidianas.

The Standards Show | LatinoAmerica

Conoce más / Find out more

IBNORCA - calidad del agua

ISO TC/282 - reutilización del agua

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The Standards Show - My Favourite Standard

My Favourite Standard

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02/22/23 • 31 min

One of the most loved features of The Standards Show is My Favourite Standard, where people share their professional and personal stories about why a particular standard means so much to them.

In this episode Matthew and Cindy welcome 8 storytellers from around the world - from Bristol, to Brussels, to Bolivia.

Telling stories about very 8 very different standards, from one for pavements to one for plastic pellets.

And on 8 very different themes, from consumer vulnerability to caring for an ageing society.

  • Amanda McCarthy - ISO 22000 – food safety management
  • Gavin Jones - BS 7533-101 - pavements
  • Deborah Wautier – EN 1078 – cycling helmets
  • Aristea Kyriakati - IEC 60601-2-4 - defibrillators
  • Stefania Nikolakopoulou - ISO 22458 – consumer vulnerability
  • Andrea Sandi - ISO 17065 – conformity assessment
  • Helena Barrell - ISO 25551 – caring for an ageing society
  • Joanna Griffiths PAS 510 – plastic pellets

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The Standards Show - Inclusive Service Kitemark Series | Power NI
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06/05/23 • 9 min

The BSI Inclusive Service Kitemark combines the best practice from the international standard ISO 22458 for consumer vulnerability and the requirements of some of the UK’s leading regulatory bodies. It was created to help consumers have confidence in services when they need them most and to allow organizations to demonstrate their best inclusive service practices.

In this series, Matthew speaks to organizations who have been certified to the Inclusive Service Kitemark. They describe the operational improvements they made to achieve the Kitemark. What achieving the Kitemark means in terms of delivering positive outcomes for consumers. And the advice they would give to other organizations wanting to start their own journeys to achieve this Kitemark.

This episode of the series features Power NI – Northern Ireland’s largest electricity supplier, energizing over half a million homes and organizations for almost 90 years. Matthew speaks to Power NI’s CSR Manager Gwyneth Compston about what achieving the Inclusive Service Kitemark means to them.

Series | Inclusive Service Kitemark

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BSI Kitemark

ISO 22458 | Consumer vulnerability

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The Standards Show - Standards Desk of News | May 2023
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05/26/23 • 6 min

One of the favourite features of the regular episodes of The Standards Show is the Standards Desk of News - news about standards and standards in the news.

So, Matthew and Cindy have brought the Standards Desk of News out into the limelight. And given it a regular monthly episode all of its own.

The Standards Desk of News for May 2023 covers stories on:

  1. New cable ties standard
  2. US standards strategy for critical technologies
  3. Standards and medical devices online course
  4. Public consultation on new gender equality standard

Series | Standards Desk of News

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The Standards Show LatinoAmerica brings you the stories behind the standards in South America, Central America and the Caribbean. Episodes are in Spanish or Portuguese. In this episode, Andrea Sandi meets Angela McCaskill. Angela is Project Manager for Healthcare Quality at BSI. She describes the main benefits of ISO 7101 - the standard for healthcare quality management. She also describes her amazing standards journey for ISO 7101 - from master’s thesis to international standard. And how her passion for the standard and healthcare quality has profoundly changed her personal and professional life.

The Standards Show LatinoAmérica le trae las historias detrás de las normas en Sudamerica, Centroamerica y el Caribe. Los episodios se encuentran el español o Portugues. En este episodio de LatinoAmérica Andrea Sandi conversa con Angela McCaskill. Angela es gerente de proyectos en calidad de servicios medicos en el BSI. Angela nos comenta sobre los principales cualidades de la nueva norma ISO 7101, su increíble travesía en normalización con este documento, de tesis de maestría a norma internacional y como el enfocarse en su pasión la ha llevado a grandes cambios personales y profesionales.

Conoce mas /Find out more

ISO 7101

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Subscribete donde sea que escuche sus podcasts/Subscribe to The Standards Show

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The Standards Show - Business Growth Toolkit Series | Managing collaboration
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03/18/24 • 23 min

Business Growth Toolkit – a series from The Standards Show - developed in collaboration with Innovate UK Business Growth.

Innovate UK is the UK’s innovation agency. And Innovate UK Business Growth is a key part of the agency’s deep investment to help innovating businesses grow and scale, supporting them with tailored advice on becoming investment ready, internationalising and managing how they innovate.

The series looks at the relationship between standards and some key business issues, with particular relevance for SMEs.

In this episode, Matthew speaks to Nichola Bates from Boeing’s Aerospace Xelerated and Martin Oughton from Plyable about managing collaboration between small and large organizations.

Series | Business Growth Toolkit

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The Standards Show - The 100th episode!

The 100th episode!

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04/12/23 • 41 min

Matthew and Cindy celebrate the 100th episode of The Standards Show!

They look back at some of the history of the podcast and share some of their favourite moments. They also look forward to the next 100 episodes, and beyond. And take the opportunity to give some heartfelt thanks to everyone who has helped them on the journey so far.

And doing all of this in the traditional style for The Standards Show: over tea, coffee and cake.

Listen out for some special appearances too!

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FAQ

How many episodes does The Standards Show have?

The Standards Show currently has 171 episodes available.

What topics does The Standards Show cover?

The podcast is about Management, Podcasts, Education and Business.

What is the most popular episode on The Standards Show?

The episode title 'Business Growth Toolkit Series | Innovation management' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Standards Show?

The average episode length on The Standards Show is 33 minutes.

How often are episodes of The Standards Show released?

Episodes of The Standards Show are typically released every 9 days.

When was the first episode of The Standards Show?

The first episode of The Standards Show was released on Jun 30, 2020.

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