Who's Next with Zara Bryson
23 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -A podcast interviewing inspiring and successful women, discussing their experiences and lifting them up to celebrate them and for others to learn from!
Inspired by 'Shine Theory' - the practice of visibly and purposefully celebrating others. Each guest is nominated and in turn nominates someone they find inspiring! ☀️
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Episodes
Episode 23 - Georgia Attlesey - Digesting Culture with Pudding
March 07, 2023 23:36 - 59 minutes - 112 MBThis episode is from the Who’s Next pre-pandemic archive from August 2019. Georgia Attlesey is a creative producer whose mission is to make big ideas more accessible through culture. Georgia is a self-described ‘culture omnivore’ and founder of Pudding, a post-event forum for audiences to digest what they’ve seen on stage. Georgia’s passion for culture is completely infectious. Although nearly four years on, her discussion about making art more accessible, meaningful, easier to digest and ...
Episode 22 - Maddy Warren - Queen of Dialysis
October 18, 2021 09:32 - 1 hour - 151 MBThere hasn’t been an episode for a little while, so today’s episode is a little longer than usual! It was recorded pre-pandemic with the incredible force of determination and resilience - Maddy Warren who was nominated by Deena Gornick in episode 18. Maddy is a consultant, TEDx speaker, skydiver, kidney patient advocate and she has been on dialysis for 23 years after experiencing kidney failure at the age of 14 and she has the amazing self-appointed title of Queen of Dialysis. Over the cour...
Episode 21 - Renee Vaughan Sutherland - Greater Than 11%
March 28, 2021 22:31 - 57 minutes - 108 MBThis is a wonderful discussion with the creative powerhouse that is Renee Vaughan Sutherland (recorded in Summer 2019 - but just as relevant as before!) Renee is an artist, filmmaker and creative director. She has extensive experience of working in the media production industry as well as being a guest Lecturer at Kington University on the Creative & Cultural Industries undergraduate courses. She is the founder of Greater Than 11% - a podcast and collective agency promoting diversity and cr...
Episode 20 - Jackie Scully - Kindness and Finding Your Edges
February 07, 2021 14:58 - 53 minutes - 101 MBThis is a lovely conversation with the incredibly inspiring Jackie Scully. Although recorded over a year ago, I often think about snippets of things she said in this chat and her perspective on kindness feels more relevant than ever now. Since recording this episode we've become much closer friends especially over the various lockdown, so it's really nice to listen back to one of our early conversations. Jackie is an Executive Director at Think Publishing, winner of numerous awards such as...
Episode 19 - Amanda Parker - Inclusion, Empowerment and the Arts
January 16, 2021 21:02 - 1 hour - 119 MBThis episode was recorded back in Autumn 2019 when I spoke with the brilliant Amanda Parker, who is a communications and business development specialist working across the cultural and creative sectors. Amanda has a number of different roles, she is the founder of Inc Arts which focuses on driving inclusion in the arts workforce, an RSA Fellow, the editor of Arts Professional and a board member for Film London. In our conversation we discuss her passion for driving change in the arts and c...
Episode 18 - Deena Gornick - On Confidence, Coaching and Creativity
November 22, 2020 22:15 - 1 hour - 116 MBMy guest for this episode is the talented Deena Gornick, an executive and board level coach, facilitator and writer and since recording this back at the end of 2019 we've become good friends too - albeit remotely! I have a number of interviews like this one that were recorded last year that I have yet to release as other priorities have had to come first but it's been exciting to listen back to these conversations and reflect on them with a new light - especially after the challenges of 2020...
Episode 17 - Samantha Clarke - How to be Happy at Work
October 18, 2020 17:16 - 42 minutes - 76.8 MBMy guest today is Samantha Clarke, happiness consultant, TEDx & Keynote Speaker & author of Love It or Leave It - How to be Happy at work. Sam is super passionate about improving people's happiness and helping them to make decisions about what they love and want to do more of and what they want to leave behind. We had a lovely phone chat earlier in lockdown, which I've found so useful myself to listen back to. Apologies in advance for my audio (back to my mic rather than my AirPods next time!...
Episode 16 - Lizzie Edwards - Look Like the Leader You Are
August 09, 2020 18:26 - 1 hour - 129 MBIn this episode (recorded Autumn 2019) I speak to Lizzie Edwards, Personal Stylist, Author, Speaker and Image Consultant. Lizzie was nominated by Antoinette Dale Henderson (Ep 9) who was inspired by how Lizzie helps female leaders increase their impact. It was fascinating to hear Lizzie speak about style, not from a focus of fashion, but instead as a tool of visual branding and confidence. We also spoke about personal growth, investing in yourself and not worrying what other people think. O...
Episode 15 - Julie McKeen - Saying No to Compromise
March 28, 2020 11:32 - 53 minutes - 103 MBI hope everyone is keeping healthy and safe. After a little hiatus I'm back today with an episode speaking to the lovely Jules McKeen who I interviewed last autumn. Jules is the CEO and co-founder of Sarka London a fashion brand of beautiful and functional clothes designed for mothers. Sarka have a capsule postnatal collection designed with super smart adaptations for breastfeeding, C sections, and supporting changing body shapes built on the idea of 'no compromise'. She was nominated by ...
Episode 14 - Lizzie Penny - A World of Work Without Bias
February 01, 2020 18:22 - 34 minutes - 50.3 MBToday's guest Lizzie Penny is the co-founder of the Hoxby Collective and was nominated by Helen Tupper (episode 8). The Hoxby Collective is a global community of of more than 1,000 handpicked, talented and diverse freelancers who work remotely in 30 countries around the world providing future-proofing services plus marketing, creative, admin, innovation, PR and HR. In this episode we discuss how Lizzie and her co-founder Alex, set-up Hoxby as a purpose-led social enterprise build around th...
Episode 13 - Roxanne Hobbs - Autism, Bravery and Belonging
January 05, 2020 18:28 - 50 minutes - 96.6 MBLast summer I had the pleasure of speaking to Roxanne Hobbs, the founder of The Hobbs Consultancy who are on a mission to tranform the workplace via inclusion. I was introduced to Roxanne by Antoinette Dale Henderson (Episode 9 ❤️) who was inspired by her work. Roxanne is a coach, speaker and author of 'Diverted' a book about resilience, inclusion and autism. Amongst other things, we discussed courage, the work of Brené Brown, the power of neurodiversity and the need to proactively build sup...
Episode 12 - Manal Rostom - Dreaming Crazier
November 16, 2019 18:21 - 37 minutes - 54.3 MBI’m really excited to share this interview. Sometimes someone tells you a story, that impacts you so deeply you feel like you have to find out more - earlier this year was one of those times, when I saw Manal Rostom speak. Amongst other things, Manal is an athlete, Nike ambassador and the founder of Surviving Hijab, a supportive online community to empower women who cover. She spoke of overcoming the tragic loss of a loved one, further committing to her faith and following her passion. He...
Episode 11 - Amy Williams - Advertising for Good
October 27, 2019 23:24 - 41 minutes - 77.6 MBMy guest today is Amy Williams, the founder and CEO of Good Loop, a start-up which enables advertising for good. This year alone Amy has been awarded a place on Forbes 30 under 30, the WACL Future Leader Award, and been named one of the UN Women’s 100 Leading Global Female Innovators. In this episode recorded earlier this summer we discuss Amy's journey to founding a start-up grounded in social good and her experiences of the (mainly) ups and (some) downs of start-up founder life. Amy gives s...
Episode 10 - Nicola Kemp - Overcoming Overwhelm
September 10, 2019 20:16 - 59 minutes - 112 MBMy guest today is Nicola Kemp, the Managing Editor of BITE at Creative Brief, she is also a speaker, connector and a keen advocate for diversity. In this episode we talk about overcoming overwhelm, corporate gaslighting and the need for more transparency and discussion around pay. Nicky is such an incredible champion of others, referencing so many men and women throughout this episode, from Ali Hanan at Creative Equals, the women at Bloom, Sarah Jenkins at Grey and many more... all in additi...
Episode 9 - Antoinette Dale Henderson - Leading With Gravitas
August 06, 2019 21:45 - 49 minutes - 95.7 MBMy guest for this episode is Antoinette Dale-Henderson, a highly experienced coach, facilitator and author specialising in leadership. In this episode we talk all about Gravitas, Antoinette is an expert in coaching in this area and has also published a book called 'Leading with Gravitas' which is a practical guide to the 6 key elements required to unlock it. 1. Self-Awareness 2. Expertise 3. Authenticity 4. Presence 5. Connection 6. Projection We also talk about the power of asking fo...
Episode 8 - Helen Tupper - Making Work Better for Everyone
July 20, 2019 16:15 - 52 minutes - 98.9 MBToday's guest is Helen Tupper, co-founder of Amazing-If and the Squiggly Careers podcast. Both of these were set up with her business partner and friend Sarah Ellis, with the mission of making careers better for everyone. I actually met Helen for the first time at one of their brilliant career training sessions. Helen is so supportive, knowledgeable and genuinely passionate about providing accessible support to improve careers - there are lots of great career tips in this episode and I've sh...
Episode 7 - Carol Russell - Not Giving Up
July 07, 2019 15:44 - 52 minutes - 99.7 MBMy guest today is Carol Russell who was nominated by Jane Evans, founder of the Uninvisibility Project and Who's Next guest from episode 4. They met each other on a film course - where they both realised they knew writer and publisher Verna Wilkins and have been close and supportive friends ever since. Jane said of Carol, 'She's an amazing woman and we have the most incredible chats'. Carol is a TV writer, traditional storyteller, founder and consultant. In this episode we discuss the ups...
Episode 6 - Ann Morgan - Reading the World
June 15, 2019 18:24 - 37 minutes - 66.2 MBMy guest today is Ann Morgan who was nominated by her sister-in-law (and Who's Next guest from episode 2) Lyndsay Morgan who was inspired the level of dedication that Ann shows. Ann is a TED speaker, Royal Literary Fund fellow, author, literary activist and editor. Her first book, 'Reading the World' is an account of her year-long journey of reading a book from every country in the world. It's a wonderful story of collaboration, compassion and cultural exploration. Ann has also written t...
Episode 5 - Meagan Bickerstaff - Maternal Mental Health and Business
June 01, 2019 15:43 - 44 minutes - 78.1 MBMy guest today is Meagan Bickerstaff, she is the Founder of INKWAVE a global influencer marketing agency rooted in delivering value through authenticity. She also set up an online community called Happy New Mums after having her first son to support other mothers and as a place to discuss maternal mental health. In this episode we talk about her experience of founding her own business, taking actions to maintain a positive mindset and how she strongly believes in the mutual benefit of shar...
Episode 4 - Jane Evans - Becoming Uninvisible
May 18, 2019 09:12 - 47 minutes - 89.9 MBThis week's guest is Jane Evans who was nominated by Steph Matthews in episode 3. Jane is a talented and passionate advertising creative with a successful career spanning over 30 years (including multiple major tech launches, launching the first craft beer in Australia as well as winning many many awards). This year she founded the Uninvisibility project to bring older women back into the spotlight in business. After growing increasingly frustrated at the lack of senior female creatives and...
Episode 3 - Stephanie Matthews - Be more you
May 05, 2019 18:32 - 45 minutes - 89.5 MBToday's guest is Stephanie Matthews. Steph has worked her way up in the marketing and communications industry, starting out in advertising research at Channel 4 and gaining experience at a myriad of companies from ITV to News Australia: working in the UK and Australia to hone her skills. She recently moved to join Virgin as a Senior Campaign manager in London. Steph talks about how Virgin is a company that strongly aligns with her personal values. In her spare time she is the President of t...
Episode 2 - Lyndsay Morgan - Talking start-ups and realising that everything can be learned
April 19, 2019 08:19 - 58 minutes - 112 MBThis week my guest is the amazing Lyndsay Morgan the operations director at Climb online, a digital marketing agency. She is an absolute force of energy, ideas and organisation. Only last week she was instrumental in coordinating an event for the Marketing Acadedy Foundation which raised £26k to assist young people from challenging backgrounds to get into marketing. We talk about life in a start up, learning on the job and cindy gallops reassuring words that developing experience and confid...
Episode 1 - Amy Kean - Finding time to create and giving zero f*cks
March 25, 2019 22:17 - 59 minutes - 108 MBMy first guest is Amy Kean, Head of Strategic Innovation at the media agency Starcom and the author of The Little Girl Who Gave Zero Fucks (amongst other short stories and poems). We has an absolute delight of a chat, we talking about imposter syndrome, confidence, keeping control of your emotions and creating and self-publishing a book. My mission when I set out to create this podcast was first and foremost to showcase collaboration and support! In particular, as someone who is interested i...