The MARQUES podcast is back with an episode looking at the work of the MARQUES Teams and a new tool designed to promote collaboration and project management.

In the podcast, Antony Douglass of Specsavers, MARQUES 1^st Vice-Chair, describes the new project management tool and the benefits it offers to members of MARQUES Teams. The tool has been developed by MARQUES this year and was launched at the Team Leaders Meeting in September.

It enables Team members to share details of ongoing projects, and view those of other Teams, to help them identify opportunities for collaboration and to share information and resources where relevant.

Two Team chairs – Imogen Fowler of Hogan Lovells, Spain who chairs the Brands and Marketing Team, and Alexandra di Maggio of Novagraaf, France who chairs the Unfair Competition Team – also take part in the podcast.

They describe some of the recent and current projects being undertaken by Teams, and the opportunities for collaboration. They also set out how MARQUES Teams work, and how members can become more involved.

The three speakers all highlight the important role played by Team members in bringing their expertise to MARQUES projects, and especially by corporate members in identifying new challenges and trends where work is needed. The work of the Corporate Focus Group is particularly important in this respect.

The Talking MARQUES podcast is available to listen to on the MARQUES website here and on Spotify here.

This is the seventh episode to be broadcast, and more are planned for the next few months. If you would like to find out more, or have any suggestions for topics for future podcast episodes, please contact the MARQUES editor.

You can find out more about the 18 MARQUES Teams and two Task Forces on the website here.