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Speaking Business podcast

536 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratings

Welcome to Speaking Business Podcast

Speaking Business Podcast is a practical no waffle no nonsense podcast packed with actionable advice for Speakers wanting to be more bookable and make more money.

Hosted by Maria Franzoni, the hidden influence behind the careers of hundreds of successful speakers and a recognised Speaking Industry expert. For 20 years she worked in and ran leading speaker bureaus, she knows why clients really book speakers - and why they don’t.

Topics covered in this podcast include how to:
• Position yourself in a competitive market
• Build your profile and market your services
• Get listed with Speaker Bureaus
• Charge higher fees
• Close more deals
• Grow your Speaking Business

If you are a speaker and would like help to get bureau ready go to www.SpeakingBusinessAcademy.com

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Episodes

112 How to be a Future Ready Innovator with Jennifer Vessels

July 21, 2020 05:30 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MB

My guest this week is a Future-Ready Innovator. She has led transformation for Adobe, Autodesk, LiveNation as well as founding two Silicon Valley companies. Today she is building the Executive Growth Alliance, a global community of open curious and brave leaders collaborating to drive change in environment, transportation, health and consumer services.  She is here to share her journey to future-readiness and what it takes for leaders to succeed in today’s fast paced world of change.  Plea...

Jennifer Vessels - How to be a Future Ready Innovator

July 21, 2020 05:30 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MB

My guest this week is a Future-Ready Innovator. She has led transformation for Adobe, Autodesk, LiveNation as well as founding two Silicon Valley companies. Today she is building the Executive Growth Alliance, a global community of open curious and brave leaders collaborating to drive change in environment, transportation, health and consumer services.  She is here to share her journey to future-readiness and what it takes for leaders to succeed in today’s fast paced world of change.  Plea...

How to be a Future Ready Innovator with Jennifer Vessels

July 21, 2020 05:30 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MB

My guest this week is a Future-Ready Innovator. She has led transformation for Adobe, Autodesk, LiveNation as well as founding two Silicon Valley companies. Today she is building the Executive Growth Alliance, a global community of open curious and brave leaders collaborating to drive change in environment, transportation, health and consumer services.  She is here to share her journey to future-readiness and what it takes for leaders to succeed in today’s fast paced world of change.  Plea...

Tom Kenyon-Slaney - The Global Speaker Industry in a Pandemic

July 14, 2020 05:30 - 21 minutes - 10.3 MB

A rare opportunity to hear from the man behind the speaker bureau that the International New York Times called the only global Speaker Bureau. Tom Kenyon-Slaney co-founded London Speaker Bureau 25 years ago and has grown it from one office in London to 25 offices around the world.  Now with a turnover of almost US$40 million it is by far the largest speaker bureau outside of North America and by far the most globally networked. Today he joins me to talk about what he is hearing from his ...

111 The Global Speaker Industry in a Pandemic with Tom Kenyon-Slaney

July 14, 2020 05:30 - 21 minutes - 10.3 MB

A rare opportunity to hear from the man behind the speaker bureau that the International New York Times called the only global Speaker Bureau. Tom Kenyon-Slaney co-founded London Speaker Bureau 25 years ago and has grown it from one office in London to 25 offices around the world.  Now with a turnover of almost US$40 million it is by far the largest speaker bureau outside of North America and by far the most globally networked. Today he joins me to talk about what he is hearing from his ...

The Global Speaker Industry in a Pandemic with Tom Kenyon-Slaney

July 14, 2020 05:30 - 21 minutes - 10.3 MB

A rare opportunity to hear from the man behind the speaker bureau that the International New York Times called the only global Speaker Bureau. Tom Kenyon-Slaney co-founded London Speaker Bureau 25 years ago and has grown it from one office in London to 25 offices around the world.  Now with a turnover of almost US$40 million it is by far the largest speaker bureau outside of North America and by far the most globally networked. Today he joins me to talk about what he is hearing from his ...

Harriet Waley-Cohen - says You Are Good Enough

July 07, 2020 05:30 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MB

My speaker this week has been helping people for the last 16 years to believe in themselves and their potential. She has been through multiple transformations herself and knows what it takes to make deep rooted changes that stick, and to get through tough times and emerge stronger and wiser. She helps people to leave behind self-doubt, disempowering patterns and overwhelm in favour of new ways of thinking, feeling and acting that create confidence, wellbeing and success. Exactly what many of...

110 You Are Good Enough with Harriet Waley-Cohen

July 07, 2020 05:30 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MB

My speaker this week has been helping people for the last 16 years to believe in themselves and their potential. She has been through multiple transformations herself and knows what it takes to make deep rooted changes that stick, and to get through tough times and emerge stronger and wiser. She helps people to leave behind self-doubt, disempowering patterns and overwhelm in favour of new ways of thinking, feeling and acting that create confidence, wellbeing and success. Exactly what many of...

You Are Good Enough with Harriet Waley-Cohen

July 07, 2020 05:30 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MB

My speaker this week has been helping people for the last 16 years to believe in themselves and their potential. She has been through multiple transformations herself and knows what it takes to make deep rooted changes that stick, and to get through tough times and emerge stronger and wiser. She helps people to leave behind self-doubt, disempowering patterns and overwhelm in favour of new ways of thinking, feeling and acting that create confidence, wellbeing and success. Exactly what many of...

Speak to Grow Your Business with Elliot Kay

June 30, 2020 05:30 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MB

My guest this week is the Co-Founder of the public speaking training company - Speaker Express.  He knows what it takes to build great stage presence and how to use speaking as a transformative business growth tool.  He has used speaking to help build 3 successful businesses himself.  He is passionate about stretching speakers to their full potential, enabling aspiring speakers and business owners to quickly get the results they are looking for in an authentic and empowering way. He is the a...

Elliot Kay - Speak to Grow Your Business

June 30, 2020 05:30 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MB

My guest this week is the Co-Founder of the public speaking training company - Speaker Express.  He knows what it takes to build great stage presence and how to use speaking as a transformative business growth tool.  He has used speaking to help build 3 successful businesses himself.  He is passionate about stretching speakers to their full potential, enabling aspiring speakers and business owners to quickly get the results they are looking for in an authentic and empowering way. He is the a...

109 Speak to Grow Your Business with Elliot Kay

June 30, 2020 05:30 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MB

My guest this week is the Co-Founder of the public speaking training company - Speaker Express.  He knows what it takes to build great stage presence and how to use speaking as a transformative business growth tool.  He has used speaking to help build 3 successful businesses himself.  He is passionate about stretching speakers to their full potential, enabling aspiring speakers and business owners to quickly get the results they are looking for in an authentic and empowering way. He is the a...

Lynda Shaw - How Neuroscience can help you deal with uncertainty

June 23, 2020 05:30 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MB

My guest this week is a cognitive neuroscientist, specialising in the unconscious processing of emotion and behavioural change.  She is also an experienced entrepreneur having owned 3 businesses.    She works with senior leaders and their teams helping them to better understand the science of change and development and harness this power through heightened awareness of how their brain works.  She is founder of the Neuroscience Professional Development Programme designed to help professio...

How Neuroscience can help you deal with uncertainty with Lynda Shaw

June 23, 2020 05:30 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MB

My guest this week is a cognitive neuroscientist, specialising in the unconscious processing of emotion and behavioural change.  She is also an experienced entrepreneur having owned 3 businesses.    She works with senior leaders and their teams helping them to better understand the science of change and development and harness this power through heightened awareness of how their brain works.  She is founder of the Neuroscience Professional Development Programme designed to help professio...

108 How Neuroscience can help you deal with uncertainty with Lynda Shaw

June 23, 2020 05:30 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MB

My guest this week is a cognitive neuroscientist, specialising in the unconscious processing of emotion and behavioural change.  She is also an experienced entrepreneur having owned 3 businesses.    She works with senior leaders and their teams helping them to better understand the science of change and development and harness this power through heightened awareness of how their brain works.  She is founder of the Neuroscience Professional Development Programme designed to help professio...

Sylvia Baldock - The Importance of Being Significant and having a Legacy

June 16, 2020 05:30 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MB

My guest this week works with Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs to help them to recognise the unique value they bring to the workplace and to lead with confidence and purpose.  Tapping into her experience as a Theatre Sister in Open Heart Surgery where team engagement and collaboration were paramount to life changing outcomes, she is quick to spot dysfunctions in leaders and teams and to address the issues that are blocking their collaboration, engagement and productivity.  She brings h...

The Importance of Being Significant and having a Legacy - Sylvia Baldock

June 16, 2020 05:30 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MB

My guest this week works with Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs to help them to recognise the unique value they bring to the workplace and to lead with confidence and purpose.  Tapping into her experience as a Theatre Sister in Open Heart Surgery where team engagement and collaboration were paramount to life changing outcomes, she is quick to spot dysfunctions in leaders and teams and to address the issues that are blocking their collaboration, engagement and productivity.  She brings h...

107 The Importance of Being Significant and having a Legacy - Sylvia Baldock

June 16, 2020 05:30 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MB

My guest this week works with Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs to help them to recognise the unique value they bring to the workplace and to lead with confidence and purpose.  Tapping into her experience as a Theatre Sister in Open Heart Surgery where team engagement and collaboration were paramount to life changing outcomes, she is quick to spot dysfunctions in leaders and teams and to address the issues that are blocking their collaboration, engagement and productivity.  She brings h...

106 The Future will be an Empathy Economy with Jacqui Taylor

June 09, 2020 05:30 - 20 minutes - 14 MB

In an increasingly chaotic and disruptive world of technology our guest today is one of 2019’s 100 Global Leaders and a Top 10 Global Internet of Things innovator.  She doesn’t just predict the future she engineers it. She has positively impacted the lives of over 1/3 of the world’s population. 34 million citizens globally collaborate in her cutting-edge research. She is also appointed to the G20 as an expert advisor and has created a new plan for the Global Digital Economy please welcome we...

Jacqui Taylor - The Future will be an Empathy Economy

June 09, 2020 05:30 - 20 minutes - 14 MB

In an increasingly chaotic and disruptive world of technology our guest today is one of 2019’s 100 Global Leaders and a Top 10 Global Internet of Things innovator.  She doesn’t just predict the future she engineers it. She has positively impacted the lives of over 1/3 of the world’s population. 34 million citizens globally collaborate in her cutting-edge research. She is also appointed to the G20 as an expert advisor and has created a new plan for the Global Digital Economy please welcome we...

The Future will be an Empathy Economy with Jacqui Taylor

June 09, 2020 05:30 - 20 minutes - 14 MB

In an increasingly chaotic and disruptive world of technology our guest today is one of 2019’s 100 Global Leaders and a Top 10 Global Internet of Things innovator.  She doesn’t just predict the future she engineers it. She has positively impacted the lives of over 1/3 of the world’s population. 34 million citizens globally collaborate in her cutting-edge research. She is also appointed to the G20 as an expert advisor and has created a new plan for the Global Digital Economy please welcome we...

Kate Ancketill - Reset - How we will shop, live, work and play in the future

June 02, 2020 05:30 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MB

Drawing upon 20 years’ experience consulting on innovation pathways for billion-dollar blue chips, my guest this week provides road-tested insights on the technological and human innovations that will change the shape of business over the next five years.   As founder and CEO, she is the chief storyteller at GDR Creative Intelligence, a business futurist and strategy consultancy working with an impressive roster of brands - including Microsoft, P&G, The BBC, Tesco, Waitrose and Danone.   ...

105 Reset - How we will shop, live, work and play in the future with Kate Ancketill

June 02, 2020 05:30 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MB

Drawing upon 20 years’ experience consulting on innovation pathways for billion-dollar blue chips, my guest this week provides road-tested insights on the technological and human innovations that will change the shape of business over the next five years.   As founder and CEO, she is the chief storyteller at GDR Creative Intelligence, a business futurist and strategy consultancy working with an impressive roster of brands - including Microsoft, P&G, The BBC, Tesco, Waitrose and Danone.   ...

Reset - How we will shop, live, work and play in the future with Kate Ancketill

June 02, 2020 05:30 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MB

Drawing upon 20 years’ experience consulting on innovation pathways for billion-dollar blue chips, my guest this week provides road-tested insights on the technological and human innovations that will change the shape of business over the next five years.   As founder and CEO, she is the chief storyteller at GDR Creative Intelligence, a business futurist and strategy consultancy working with an impressive roster of brands - including Microsoft, P&G, The BBC, Tesco, Waitrose and Danone.   ...

How to use this time of crisis to be creative with Tim Reid

May 26, 2020 05:30 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MB

At this time, it strikes me that we have an opportunity to look at our lives and our businesses in a new way and maybe get creative about what the future can bring.  So, I thought it would be good to talk about creativity and get some techniques and advice from my guest this week, BAFTA award-winning comedy writer and creativity expert, Tim Reid. Bio Tim Reid is a multiple award-winning comedy writer, best known for co-creating and co-writing the BAFTA winning sitcom, CAR SHARE. As wel...

104 How to use this time of crisis to be creative with Tim Reid

May 26, 2020 05:30 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MB

At this time, it strikes me that we have an opportunity to look at our lives and our businesses in a new way and maybe get creative about what the future can bring.  So, I thought it would be good to talk about creativity and get some techniques and advice from my guest this week, BAFTA award-winning comedy writer and creativity expert, Tim Reid. Bio Tim Reid is a multiple award-winning comedy writer, best known for co-creating and co-writing the BAFTA winning sitcom, CAR SHARE. As wel...

Tim Reid - How to use this time of crisis to be creative

May 26, 2020 05:30 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MB

At this time, it strikes me that we have an opportunity to look at our lives and our businesses in a new way and maybe get creative about what the future can bring.  So, I thought it would be good to talk about creativity and get some techniques and advice from my guest this week, BAFTA award-winning comedy writer and creativity expert, Tim Reid. Bio Tim Reid is a multiple award-winning comedy writer, best known for co-creating and co-writing the BAFTA winning sitcom, CAR SHARE. As wel...

Kevin Gaskell - How to lead your business in a time of crisis

May 19, 2020 05:30 - 34 minutes - 24 MB

At the time of recording we have just heard in the UK that British Airways will be making 12,000 people redundant. Oasis, Warehouse and Carluccio’s amongst other household names have gone into liquidation.  Our country is in its second month of lockdown and many businesses find themselves unable to trade and are doing their best to just keep themselves afloat. My guest this week is an expert in leading businesses through crisis so that they not only survive but grow.  During his career he ...

How to lead your business in a time of crisis with Kevin Gaskell

May 19, 2020 05:30 - 34 minutes - 24 MB

At the time of recording we have just heard in the UK that British Airways will be making 12,000 people redundant. Oasis, Warehouse and Carluccio’s amongst other household names have gone into liquidation.  Our country is in its second month of lockdown and many businesses find themselves unable to trade and are doing their best to just keep themselves afloat. My guest this week is an expert in leading businesses through crisis so that they not only survive but grow.  During his career he ...

103 How to lead your business in a time of crisis with Kevin Gaskell

May 19, 2020 05:30 - 34 minutes - 24 MB

At the time of recording we have just heard in the UK that British Airways will be making 12,000 people redundant. Oasis, Warehouse and Carluccio’s amongst other household names have gone into liquidation.  Our country is in its second month of lockdown and many businesses find themselves unable to trade and are doing their best to just keep themselves afloat. My guest this week is an expert in leading businesses through crisis so that they not only survive but grow.  During his career he ...

Coping with the new normal with Psychologist Adrian Furnham

May 12, 2020 05:30 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MB

My guest this week is coming back for a second visit, he is going to help us while we deal with the Coronavirus. He was Professor of Psychology at University College London for 26 years and is now Principal Psychologist at Stamford Associates, an asset management company  Like Noel Coward, he believes that work is more fun than fun and considers himself to be a well-adjusted workaholic. So today we are going to be talking about working from home, motivation, isolation, money worries and lo...

Psychologist Adrian Furnham - Coping with the new normal

May 12, 2020 05:30 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MB

My guest this week is coming back for a second visit, he is going to help us while we deal with the Corona virus. He was Professor of Psychology at University College London for 26 years and is now Principal Psychologist at Stamford Associates, an asset management company  Like Noel Coward, he believes that work is more fun than fun and considers himself to be a well-adjusted workaholic. So today we are going to be talking about working from home, motivation, isolation, money worries and l...

102 Coping with the new normal with Psychologist Adrian Furnham

May 12, 2020 05:30 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MB

My guest this week is coming back for a second visit, he is going to help us while we deal with the Coronavirus. He was Professor of Psychology at University College London for 26 years and is now Principal Psychologist at Stamford Associates, an asset management company  Like Noel Coward, he believes that work is more fun than fun and considers himself to be a well-adjusted workaholic. So today we are going to be talking about working from home, motivation, isolation, money worries and lo...

We're all in the same boat. Or are we? with Caspar Craven

May 05, 2020 05:30 - 23 minutes - 16.6 MB

My guest this week has been with us before but I’ve brought him back as at the time of recording this episode, we are going through a lockdown situation.  We are trapped at home with our families and our loved ones and this man has experienced this for himself for a long period of time. He is an entrepreneur and adventurer, he believes in challenging conventional thinking on how leaders and teams become truly effective and create extraordinary results. His toughest challenge by far was b...

Caspar Craven - We're all in the same boat. Or are we?

May 05, 2020 05:30 - 23 minutes - 16.6 MB

My guest this week has been with us before but I’ve brought him back as at the time of recording this episode, we are going through a lockdown situation.  We are trapped at home with our families and our loved ones and this man has experienced this for himself for a long period of time. He is an entrepreneur and adventurer, he believes in challenging conventional thinking on how leaders and teams become truly effective and create extraordinary results. His toughest challenge by far was b...

101 We're all in the same boat. Or are we? with Caspar Craven

May 05, 2020 05:30 - 23 minutes - 16.6 MB

My guest this week has been with us before but I’ve brought him back as at the time of recording this episode, we are going through a lockdown situation.  We are trapped at home with our families and our loved ones and this man has experienced this for himself for a long period of time. He is an entrepreneur and adventurer, he believes in challenging conventional thinking on how leaders and teams become truly effective and create extraordinary results. His toughest challenge by far was b...

How to be Mentally Tough with Penny Mallory

April 28, 2020 05:30 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MB

My guest this week has appeared with us before sharing her expertise to compete against the odds.  Today she is back to talk about Mental Toughness.  She is going to share with us how and why developing confidence, resilience, commitment and focus is critical in today’s challenging business and personal environment. Motorsport and TV fans know her as the first and only woman to drive a World Rally Car. Let’s welcome back this week’s guest and good friend Penny Mallory. Bio Motorsport a...

100 How to be Mentally Tough with Penny Mallory

April 28, 2020 05:30 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MB

My guest this week has appeared with us before sharing her expertise to compete against the odds.  Today she is back to talk about Mental Toughness.  She is going to share with us how and why developing confidence, resilience, commitment and focus is critical in today’s challenging business and personal environment. Motorsport and TV fans know her as the first and only woman to drive a World Rally Car. Let’s welcome back this week’s guest and good friend Penny Mallory. Bio Motorsport a...

Penny Mallory - How to be Mentally Tough

April 28, 2020 05:30 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MB

My guest this week has appeared with us before sharing her expertise to compete against the odds.  Today she is back to talk about Mental Toughness.  She is going to share with us how and why developing confidence, resilience, commitment and focus is critical in today’s challenging business and personal environment. Motorsport and TV fans know her as the first and only woman to drive a World Rally Car. Let’s welcome back this week’s guest and good friend Penny Mallory. Bio Motorsport a...

Charlie Cannon - Resilience in times of crisis

April 21, 2020 05:30 - 19 minutes - 13.9 MB

My guest this week is a performance coach who specialises in supporting leaders to build personal resilience.  For the last fifteen years he has worked at the interface of leadership and wellbeing with some of the biggest brands in the world. His passion is to support leaders to play the ‘inner game’ of life better, so it enables them to lead themselves, their teams and their families.  At this time of crisis, I think we might all learn a few things so let’s give a warm Speaking Busine...

Resilience in times of crisis with Charlie Cannon

April 21, 2020 05:30 - 19 minutes - 13.9 MB

My guest this week is a performance coach who specialises in supporting leaders to build personal resilience.  For the last fifteen years he has worked at the interface of leadership and wellbeing with some of the biggest brands in the world. His passion is to support leaders to play the ‘inner game’ of life better, so it enables them to lead themselves, their teams and their families.  At this time of crisis, I think we might all learn a few things so let’s give a warm Speaking Busine...

99 Resilience in times of crisis with Charlie Cannon

April 21, 2020 05:30 - 19 minutes - 13.9 MB

My guest this week is a performance coach who specialises in supporting leaders to build personal resilience.  For the last fifteen years he has worked at the interface of leadership and wellbeing with some of the biggest brands in the world. His passion is to support leaders to play the ‘inner game’ of life better, so it enables them to lead themselves, their teams and their families.  At this time of crisis, I think we might all learn a few things so let’s give a warm Speaking Busine...

Deviate or Die with Beau Lotto

April 07, 2020 05:30 - 24 minutes - 17.4 MB

This week I’ve delved into the archives again.  This particular speaker is a bit of a clever chap.  He has actually done 3 main stage TED talks and has got a brain the size of a planet.  When he speaks, he says “I want the audience to go away knowing less after I’ve spoken than they did before I spoke”.  At first, I thought this was crazy, but he’s a very clever man and what he is saying is that people need to be asking better questions, so when they come away from hearing him, they will be ...

Beau Lotto - Deviate or Die

April 07, 2020 05:30 - 24 minutes - 17.4 MB

This week I’ve delved into the archives again.  This particular speaker is a bit of a clever chap.  He has actually done 3 main stage TED talks and has got a brain the size of a planet.  When he speaks, he says “I want the audience to go away knowing less after I’ve spoken than they did before I spoke”.  At first, I thought this was crazy, but he’s a very clever man and what he is saying is that people need to be asking better questions, so when they come away from hearing him, they will be ...

98 Deviate or Die with Beau Lotto

April 07, 2020 05:30 - 24 minutes - 17.4 MB

This week I’ve delved into the archives again.  This particular speaker is a bit of a clever chap.  He has actually done 3 main stage TED talks and has got a brain the size of a planet.  When he speaks, he says “I want the audience to go away knowing less after I’ve spoken than they did before I spoke”.  At first, I thought this was crazy, but he’s a very clever man and what he is saying is that people need to be asking better questions, so when they come away from hearing him, they will be ...

Stéphane Garelli - Competitiveness after Covid 19

March 24, 2020 05:30 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

My guest this week has done so much that it would take the entire podcast episode just to read his CV, so I’ve picked a few highlights He is Emeritus Professor of World Competitiveness, at IMD business school and the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.  He is the Founder, of the World Competitiveness Center, and publisher of the Annual World Competitiveness Yearbooks ranking the competitiveness of nations.  Author of two bestselling books published in several languages: Top Class Com...

Competitiveness after Covid 19 with Stéphane Garelli

March 24, 2020 05:30 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

My guest this week has done so much that it would take the entire podcast episode just to read his CV, so I’ve picked a few highlights He is Emeritus Professor of World Competitiveness, at IMD business school and the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.  He is the Founder, of the World Competitiveness Center, and publisher of the Annual World Competitiveness Yearbooks ranking the competitiveness of nations.  Author of two bestselling books published in several languages: Top Class Com...

97 Competitiveness after Covid 19 with Stéphane Garelli

March 24, 2020 05:30 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

My guest this week has done so much that it would take the entire podcast episode just to read his CV, so I’ve picked a few highlights He is Emeritus Professor of World Competitiveness, at IMD business school and the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.  He is the Founder, of the World Competitiveness Center, and publisher of the Annual World Competitiveness Yearbooks ranking the competitiveness of nations.  Author of two bestselling books published in several languages: Top Class Com...

Shelley Bridgman - Harnessing the power of diversity in thinking

March 10, 2020 05:30 - 20 minutes - 14.5 MB

My guest this week is Psychotherapist, Hypnotherapist, award-winning comedian and author. She survived the hedonistic sixties with the inevitable round of clubbing, fashion and drugs; then she made the most of the seventies, travelling to over sixty countries whilst running a travel business. But it was the eighties that tested her to her limits. Battling depression, bankruptcy, addiction and suicide attempts, She found the strength to confront her need to change gender and achieve harmony w...

Harnessing the power of diversity in thinking with Shelley Bridgman

March 10, 2020 05:30 - 20 minutes - 14.5 MB

My guest this week is Psychotherapist, Hypnotherapist, award-winning comedian and author. She survived the hedonistic sixties with the inevitable round of clubbing, fashion and drugs; then she made the most of the seventies, travelling to over sixty countries whilst running a travel business. But it was the eighties that tested her to her limits. Battling depression, bankruptcy, addiction and suicide attempts, She found the strength to confront her need to change gender and achieve harmony w...

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