On the Open Book podcast, Simon & Schuster UK and International ceo Perminder Mann discusses her background in a working-class British Punjabi family, her winding career path, and her dedication to “flexibility, inclusion, and representation, not as buzzwords, but as lived experience.” When Mann became ceo at Bonnier Books UK, she implemented policies for flexible work, equal parental leave, pregnancy loss, and “clear commitments to inclusion and representation. And I did that not because it looks good on paper, but from my own personal experience.” “I believe people do their best work when they feel they belong,” she said. “I […]
