Getahead - Behind The Curtain
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago -Will Kirby, aka Santero, hosts Getahead "Behind The Curtain" - giving us all a peek into the lives of leading figures across the a whole range of industries. Finding out about their struggles and triumphs, what advice and wisdom they have uncovered, and how they balance the demands of a fast-paced world, to maintain physical and mental health while thriving in their careers.
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Getahead - Behind The Curtain - Neil Greenwood
September 20, 2019 13:49 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBFor the latest episode of Getahead - Behind The Curtain we welcome Morning Gloryville's Neil Greenwood to the pod. We talk about his background in recruitment, and the transition from that to becoming the "magical maestro" at the original sober morning rave!
Getahead - Behind The Curtain - Michael Acton Smith
August 28, 2019 15:11 - 50 minutes - 57.8 MBA slightly different episode, this one recorded live at the first Getahead Festival, with founder Dan Kirby speaking to Michael Acton Smith, the CEO of the Calm meditation app, creator of Moshi Monsters, and someone who has really been there, done it when it comes to the rollercoaster ride that is entrepreneurship! Really fascinating conversation, and this is where the phrase "Behind The Curtain" slipped into the Getahead lexicon. It's fascinating to hear a man who seemingly has it all t...
Getahead - Behind The Curtain - Jon Salmon
August 14, 2019 13:12 - 1 hour - 96.3 MBWill Kirby at Getahead - Behind The Curtain is joined by Jon Salmon for the latest interview. Jon has been involved with Getahead since the very early days, speaking at several of their events. He's had a successful career, creating an award-winning production studio, is a pioneer of live-streaming from festivals, and co-founded branded entertainment agency Byte Entertainment. He is also a passionate mental health campaigner, something driven by his own experiences, losing his father to ...
Getahead - Behind The Curtain - Wez Saunders
August 02, 2019 18:14 - 1 hour - 93.9 MBFor the latest episode of Getahead - Behind The Curtain, we welcome Wez Saunders, Managing Director of Defected Records, the incredibly successful house music record label and events company, and discuss all manner of topics, ranging from his own personal journey and battles with grief-related depression, changing career as a result of those experiences, all the way through to the considerable success he has enjoyed at Defected, including a trip to the Grammy Awards.
Getahead - Behind The Curtain - James Sutcliffe
July 17, 2019 17:04 - 1 hour - 102 MBToday, Getahead - Behind The Curtain welcome's James Sutcliffe, Marketing Director at Monster Energy, for a chat about his life, work and ideas - we covered a lot of ground, including his own 2 brushes with cancer and how that impacted him, his role at Monster and what they do for developing musicians, including working with Stormzy. The topics of physical and mental health come up, as does the normalisation of drugs in UK society, and how that relates to mental health.
Getahead - Behind The Curtain - Charlie Walker
July 04, 2019 18:31 - 36 minutes - 41.4 MBThe 3rd and final interview recorded at Getahead Festival in London, this time with Charlie Walker from Harmonic Finance, one of Getahead's sponsors. He told me about his history building businesses, his struggled balancing the demands of entrepreneurship and family life, health scares, an interesting anecdote about a member of his family who's gone into politics and done rather well, and much more
Getahead - Behind The Curtain - Emma Mamo
June 26, 2019 14:44 - 24 minutes - 28 MBThe 2nd Behind The Curtain recorded at Getahead Festival, which took place at Omeara and The Ministry in London on Friday June 14th 2019. For this episode, I spoke with Emma Mamo, head of workplace wellbeing at the brilliant charity Mind. She gave some great ideas and insights in our short conversation, we touched on how stress and pressure can spill over into mental health issues if not tackled by management, how early on in her career at Mind she had some challenges that required help f...
Getahead - Behind The Curtain - Nick Littlehales
June 18, 2019 11:17 - 34 minutes - 39.6 MBOn Friday June 14th 2019 we had the 2nd Getahead festival, our annual 24 hour event. It took place across Omeara and The Ministry in London, with a packed programme of talks, panels, workshops, exercise and meditation classes, all geared towards wellbeing and wellness while getting ahead and making the best of your life and career. I spoke with world-renowned sleep expert Nick Littlehales ahead of his appearance, and got to find out some fascinating ideas and insights.
Getahead - Behind The Curtain - Melody Kane
June 06, 2019 23:47 - 54 minutes - 62.3 MBOur first episode proper! Back in January, Will Kirby had the honour of interviewing Melody Kane live on stage at Omeara as part of Flat Iron Square's Wellness Week. Melody Kane is a renowned club and radio DJ, with a BBC 1xtra residency, and also runs the awesome fitness event No Kane No Gain, which has appeared at various Getahead events, and is fantastic fun! In this conversation we spoke a bit about the surprising influence of LL Cool J on the early days of her DJ career, the impo...
Getahead - Behind The Curtain - An Introduction
June 06, 2019 17:41 - 6 minutes - 7.06 MBThis is just a short introductory episode to tell you a little bit about Getahead, a little bit about the host Will Kirby (aka Santero), and a little about what this podcast will be about - interviews with people about their lives "behind the curtain", away from their public personas, the way they maintain physical and mental health, and through these conversations looking to draw some useful advice and ideas that our listeners can apply to their own lives to better themselves at home and at...