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The Art and Science of Creating Good Luck with Dr Christian Busch
Beyond Busy - June 23, 2022 04:37 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week's guest is Dr Christian Busch. Christian is the director of the Global Economy program at New York University's Center for Global Affairs and has served as Deputy Director of the LSE’s Innovation Centre. Christian advises companies all over the world on how to foster creativity, innova...
The Secret Life of Clutter with Helen Sanderson
Beyond Busy - June 09, 2022 04:30 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week's guest is Helen Sanderson. Helen is a professional organizer, the creator of The Home Declutter Kit and the author of The Secret Life of Clutter. We talk about our relationship with our team, the parallels between decluttering and productivity, why it's important to get clarity in ev...
Leadership Lessons from a Life at NIKE with Greg Hoffman
Beyond Busy - May 26, 2022 06:30 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMy guest in this episode is Greg Hoffman. Greg spent many years in one of the coolest jobs in the world as Chief Marketing Officer for Nike. He's also the author of a new book about his experiences ‘Emotion by Design: Creative Leadership Lessons from a Life at Nike’. In this episode, we talk ab...
The way of the Intelligent Rebel with Olivier Roland
Beyond Busy - May 12, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, we meet Olivier Roland, a French blogger and entrepreneur and the author of ‘The Way of the Intelligent Rebel’. The book has been a huge hit in France, and now the new English language translation brings his ideas to a wider audience. Oliver and I get geeky around learning how ...
Full Out with Monica Aldama
Beyond Busy - April 28, 2022 03:30 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week, my guest is Monica Aldama, the star of the hit Netflix show “Cheer”. Monica is the multi championship-winning cheerleading coach for Nevara College in Corsicana, Texas. She's now put some of her brilliant leadership mantras from the series into a really wise and interesting leadership...
Ethical Business with Dave Linton
Beyond Busy - April 14, 2022 04:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMy guest today is Dave Linton. Dave is a former youth worker turned entrepreneur who started Madlug in 2015 with less than 500 quid, and the company has won hearts and wallets with its cool backpacks. Each product sold allows the company to donate a similar item to a young person in the foster c...
How to be a Calm Parent with Sarah Ockwell-Smith
Beyond Busy - March 31, 2022 03:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMy guest today is Sarah Ockwell-Smith, one of the world's leading parenting experts, having written 13 books and sold half a million copies. Her philosophy of gentle parenting is hugely influential in the motherhood WhatsApp groups of Great Britain and her latest book ‘How To Be a Calm Parent’ h...
Man Down with Matt Rudd
Beyond Busy - March 17, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMy guest today is Matt Rudd. Matt is a writer, columnist and deputy editor of The Sunday Times Magazine. He's also the author of several books, his latest being ‘Man Down: Why Men Are Unhappy and What We Can Do About It’. In this episode, we talk about mental health, shared parental leave and t...
Design Matters with Debbie Millman
Beyond Busy - March 03, 2022 04:12 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMy guest today is Debbie Millman. Debbie was described by Fast Company as one of the most creative people working in business. She's the founder of the hugely influential podcast Design Matters. From 1995 to 2016, Debbie worked in leadership roles for Sterling Brands, leading influential project...
Deep Purpose with Ranjay Gulati
Beyond Busy - February 17, 2022 04:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMy guest today is Ranjay Gulati. Ranjay is a professor at Harvard Business School and the author of ‘Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies’. In this episode, we talk about how to harness a sense of purpose to create a great team and the power of good storytelling. Ranjay...
Using Design to Solve Your Problems with Sarah Stein Greenberg
Beyond Busy - February 03, 2022 04:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMy guest today is Sarah Stein Greenberg, the executive director of the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University, better known as d.school. Sarah has built her career on helping companies unlock innovation and creativity. She's also the author of a new book ‘Creative Acts For Cur...
Mental Health at Work with James Routledge
Beyond Busy - January 20, 2022 04:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMy guest today is James Routledge. James is a mental health advocate and author of the book ‘Mental Health at Work’. After burning out when his first business failed at the age of 24, he founded Sanctus who are on a mission to help companies invest in the mental health of their employees. In t...
Leading an Army with General Stanley McChrystal
Beyond Busy - January 06, 2022 04:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMy guest today is General Stanley McChrystal. General McChrystal led a stellar military career culminating in becoming the commander of US and International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) in Afghanistan. Since leaving the US military, he's founded the McChrystal group and has also written sev...
Telling Your Story with Sarah Archer
Beyond Busy - December 16, 2021 04:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMy guest today is Sarah Archer. Sarah is a speaking and marketing coach, as well as a playwright and comedy performer. Her podcast ‘The Speaking Club’ helps people to increase their confidence around public speaking and she has written a couple of books on the subject too! In this episode, we ...
Social Legacy with Emily Chang
Beyond Busy - November 25, 2021 09:56 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMy guest today is Emily Chang. Emily is the CEO of the McCann Worldgroup, China a 400 plus marketing agency based in Shanghai. She's held senior roles at Apple and Starbucks, and she is also the author of The Spare Room. In this episode, we talk about her making the move to work in China. She t...
Cycling Without Age with Ole Kassow
Beyond Busy - November 11, 2021 05:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMy guest today is Ole Kassow. Ole is a social entrepreneur based in Denmark and the founder of Cycling Without Age, a global movement that brings together volunteers to provide outdoor cycle rides to older people who would otherwise be stuck inside. Ole has also spent a lifetime experimenting wi...
How to Be Happy with Nic Marks
Beyond Busy - November 04, 2021 04:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMy guest today is Nic Marks. Nic is one of the world's leading experts on happiness and the founder of Friday Pulse, a tool to help organizations find out how happy their people are at work. Nic also created the Happy Planet Index to show which countries have the happiest people, and he spent ye...
Black Founders Hub with Denise Nurse
Beyond Busy - October 13, 2021 17:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMy guest today is Denise Nurse. Denise is the co-founder of the Black Founders Hub, a network for black entrepreneurs that started here in the UK but is now increasingly global. She is also a lawyer and entrepreneur, having started and then sold a really unusual law firm. Denise has also worked ...
How to Deal With a Fast Changing World with Azeem Azhar
Beyond Busy - September 29, 2021 03:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMy guest today is Azeem Azhar. Azeem is a serial entrepreneur, a journalist, startup investor, technologist and is the founder of Exponential View, a weekly email with 200,000 subscribers including many of the leading lights in tech. His new book ‘Exponential’ is a fascinating look at how humans...
How to succeed as a workparent, with Daisy Dowling
Beyond Busy - September 16, 2021 06:53 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMy guest today is Daisy Dowling. Daisy has worked in senior leadership roles on Wall Street and has now left that behind to start workparent helping companies to best support working parents. She's also the author of ‘Workparent: Thrive in your career while raising happy children’. So, if you ha...
Ready for Anything with Dr Samantha Boardman
Beyond Busy - September 02, 2021 08:46 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week on the Beyond Busy podcast we welcome Dr Samantha Boardman. Samantha is a clinical psychiatrist and she has a Master's in positive psychology, so her work joins the dots between all those different fields. She combines years of training in medical school and psychiatry with studies in ...
The First 100 Days as CEO with Ndidi Okezie
Beyond Busy - July 22, 2021 05:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week on Beyond Busy podcast we welcome Ndidi Okezie. Ndidi is a rising star in the charity World, the CEO of UK Youth and a board member of three boards, including Centrepoint. In this wide-ranging episode, we chat about having courageous conversations, kindness and much more. The conve...
How to Raise Entrepreneurial Kids with Jodie Cook
Beyond Busy - July 15, 2021 06:52 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week on the Beyond Busy podcast we welcome Jodie Cook. Jodie is an entrepreneur, a powerlifter, and a writer. She writes regularly for Forbes and is also an author of a number of books including ‘How to Raise Entrepreneurial Kids'. We caught her in a quite interesting moment in her life -...
A World Without Email with Cal Newport
Beyond Busy - July 08, 2021 06:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week on the Beyond Busy podcast we welcome Cal Newport. Cal is the author of ‘Deep Work' and ‘Digital Minimalism' and this is his second time on Beyond Busy. Last time we discussed the evolution of knowledge work, how social media compulsion has shifted in recent years and lots of oth...
Creating Positive Change with Phoebe Benta
Beyond Busy - July 01, 2021 06:45 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsPhoebe Benta is the guest of this week's episode of Beyond Busy. Phoebe is the national president of JCI (Junior Chamber International). She's also the founder of North West Charity Awards and she also has a day job! Phoebe is a Global Digital Events Manager at Atos Medical. The conversation s...
The Power of Young Leaders with Perry Maddox
Beyond Busy - June 24, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWelcome Perry Maddox, the guest of this week's episode of Beyond Busy podcast. Perry is the CEO of Restless Development, an international development charity that puts young people at the heart of change. His passion is helping other leaders to create change in this world. Over the years, he...
Alien Thinking with Cyril Bouquet
Beyond Busy - June 17, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week's guest on Beyond Busy is Cyril Bouquet. Cyril is a co-author of the book called ‘Alien Thinking: The Unconventional Path to Breakthrough Ideas’. He is also a professor of Strategy and Innovation at the IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland. Cyril has worked with a lot of big ...
The Conversation with Dr Robert Livingston
Beyond Busy - June 10, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week on Beyond Busy we are happy to e-meet Dr Robert Livingston, author of the book "The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth about Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations". Dr Robert Livingston is a social psychologist, based at the Harvard Kennedy School...
Changing Confidence with Lauren Currie
Beyond Busy - June 03, 2021 15:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe guest of the new episode of Beyond Busy weekly podcast is Lauren Currie. Lauren is a serial entrepreneur with a background in service design and she is the CEO and founder of Upfront. An organization that’s helping women to tackle issues about confidence. She is one of the most interesting...
Start Up Life with Jon Smith
Beyond Busy - May 27, 2021 05:50 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJon Smith, CEO of Pobble is this week’s Beyond Busy episode guest. Pobble is an Edtech startup platform for teachers and students to improve speed, confidence, and enjoyment in writing. The platform won the Bett award for the Best Classroom Aid for Learning, Teaching and Assessment and the GES...
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