Bernadette Thompson OBE
Director of People and Culture · North Middlesex University Hospital
Bernadette Thompson OBE is the Director of People and Culture at North Middlesex University Hospital and Community Services, and an associate facilitator at the Cultural Intelligence Centre. She spearheaded the operational rollout of Cultural Intelligence (CQ) at Barts Health NHS Trust, and her award-winning career has focused on what it takes to make people truly belong at work.
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Episode
EP LIVE-2026-06-19 · 19 June 2026
LIVE! Can Cultural Intelligence actually improve performance at work? With Polly Collingridge and Bernadette Thompson OBE
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Their segments in this episode (8)
- cq is not finger pointing it s everyone s responsibility
- how people respond to cq training and the discomfort of self awareness
- is cq something you have or something you learn
- listener question where should leaders start
- the 10 behavioral preferences in practice
- welcome to the linkedin live on cultural intelligence
- what cq actually is the four pillars drive knowledge strategy action
- why cq matters in complex organizations and the post covid nhs reality