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In a galaxy of many podcasts, we’re honoured you dropped into ours! Our Mission: To inform, educate and entertain business leaders on ideas, concepts, and trends that help them in work and in life. We are entrepreneurs who are curious about stuff. Each week we’ll be discussing a business-related topic - sometimes just the 2 of us, occasionally with guests. What are your biggest business bugbears? Throw them over and we’ll work them out together! And if you’d like to be a guest, get in touch! ...
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Insights from "Purple Cow", by Seth Godin
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In this episode we dive into “Purple Cow”, by the prolific and highly respected internet marketing guru, Seth Godin. Purple Cow is about being REMARKABLE: you can’t paint your product or service purple after the fact, you need to be inherently purple, or you will be ignored… Those that are consistently purple in everything they do experience explos…
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Insights from "The One Thing", by Gary Keller
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In this episode we dive into the book “The One Thing”, by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan. We all have so many things we want to get done, so how do you choose what to do right now? We’re all so busy… Too busy to even stop what we’re doing and ask questions about what is the best use of our precious time. The One Thing nails this down with one question…
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On Agile Transformation in Organisations, with Joelle Garden
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People often think “Agile” is a project management methodology, but it’s so much more than that. It is really a mindset, impacting thinking, leadership and entire organisations. In this episode we discuss Agile with Joelle Garden - a highly respected Scrum Master and an expert in Agile Transformation. Find Joelle here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/j…
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Insights from "Go For No!" by Richard Fenton and Andrea Waltz
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In this episode, we dive into the transformative book 'Go for No!' to unveil the secrets to entrepreneurial success, emphasizing resilience and conquering rejection. Whether you're an aspiring business owner or a seasoned entrepreneur, this episode explores actionable insights to fuel your growth. 'Go for No!' delves into a mindset shift, empowerin…
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Insights from "Why We Sleep", by Matthew Walker | The Sleep-Work Connection: Boosting Efficiency and Mental Health
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In this season we’re talking about books and discussing insights relating to business and business leadership. There is a Wonder-Drug that makes you live longer, enhances your memory and creativity, It makes you look more attractive, slimmer and lowers food cravings. It also protects you from cancer and dementia, wards off colds and flu, and lowers…
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On Leadership and Team Performance, with Mark Hide
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In this episode we chat with Mark Hide about leadership and team performance. Mark is a master in unleashing potential. His passion for developing high-performing teams, has established him as a go-to expert in the field. We touched on exploring and expeditions - he’s been scouting for decades and how to unleash teams to perform at their best. AI g…
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A quick note before we start: We had some sound quality problems with this episode due to broadband issues and Ayo joining the session all the way from Nigeria! But fear not - technology did its magic and it all came out OK. Michelle Eshkeri fell into copywriting almost by accident. In this episode we chat with Michelle about her journey from accou…
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On Leadership (Part 1), with David Barnard
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In this episode we met with David Barnard - Sloan Fellow, leadership consultant and coach, and, though he might not admit it, an extraordinary philosopher. We had a deeply fascinating conversation that is very hard to describe… We talked about music, choral singing, making our meetings better, why leaving your email until 3pm might be genius (it is…
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On Leadership (Part 2), with David Barnard
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Welcome back for part 2 of our amazing conversation with David Barnard. This conversation was in 2 parts, so if you’ve not yet heard part 1, jump back into your pod-feed and listen to that first. In part 2 we talked about leading change, empathic leadership and how to start living a better life at work. David’s long experience and deep insights are…
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In this episode we meet Catrina Clulow - a vastly experienced marketing expert with a straight-talking, no-nonsense approach that is so refreshing in today's jargon-filled, super-hyped, everything’s digital innit?! world. She had so much wisdom to share, and we learned the funny story of how Anita Roddick’s The Body Shop got its name… We also talke…
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On Writing as a Tool in Business, with Lily Patrascu
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Lily Patrascu creates books that transform the world! She does this for professionals that want to get booked to speak - worldwide - so they can make a bigger difference and enhance their personal brand. She can help you turn your story, knowledge or experience into books, online programs and websites that transform the world. In this fascinating c…
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Cheapest College Ever (Part 1), with David Green
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This chat with David Green was tremendously refreshing. It’s pretty unfiltered and contains the odd swear-word. It was a long recording, with so many gems, so rather than edit it down, we’ve kept it all and split it into two episodes. In this first episode, David talks about his background, his heroes and philosophy in business. Be sure to listen t…
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Cheapest College Ever (Part 2), with David Green
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This is part 2 of our fascinating chat with David Green. (If you haven’t heard part 1 yet, go back and listen to that one first for David’s background and philosophy in business.) In this second part, David goes deeper into buying and scaling businesses and how you can sometimes acquire them without spending loads of capital. He talks about joint v…
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Welcome to the first episode of Season 2 in which Ayo and Christopher chat with Martin Talks about Futurism, AI and stimulating your creativity. Will the robot overlords take over? What should companies do to prepare for the future? Oh, and I should warn you, The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy gets a mention! You can find our more about Martin an…
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Season 2 | Conversations With Interesting People | Teaser Trailer 2
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We had a blast making Season 1 and we’re busy preparing, recording and editing Season 2: Conversations With Interesting People We will be talking about AI with Futurist and author, Martin Talks; exploring Leadership with subject matter expert David Barnard; and book-writing with coach Lilly Patrascu; we’ll cover scaling and selling businesses with …
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We had a blast making Season 1 and we’re busy preparing, recording and editing Season 2: Conversations With Interesting People. We will be talking about AI with Futurist and author, Martin Talks; Exploring Leadership with expert David Barnard; book-writing coach Lilly Patrascu; we’ll cover scaling and selling businesses with David Green; and explor…
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In this episode we got into the experience of doing this podcast - our journey of learning and discovery. We also talked about Agile and The Agile Manifesto (https://agilemanifesto.org), the first line of which says: “We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it, and helping others do it!” Learning by Doing is a key principle in…
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Measure What Matters! You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Measure! It’s Not Size That Counts! We’ve all heard quotes like these… but what’s actually important about the numbers in your business? If you'd like to contact us about this episode, please reach out! We'd be very happy to hear from you! In Series 2 we'll be doing interviews - get in touch if …
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In 2023, with a potential recession looming, what could be more important than PRODUCTIVITY? Could you ditch your ToDo list? What do you replace it with? How important is it to limit “work in progress”? These and other ideas … Enjoy! If you'd like to contact us about this episode, please reach out! We'd be very happy to hear from you! In Series 2 w…
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What Do You Wish You Had Known When You Were Younger?
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Do you wish that you could take the knowledge and wisdom you have now and give it to your younger self? What would that knowledge be? Could it have changed everything? Maybe… but that isn’t what happened... Would you now be somewhere different? Or perhaps you’d still end up “here”, just by a different route. Let us know your experiences! If you'd l…
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Some clients are just not worth having… What can you do about it? What SHOULD you do about it? If you get a sinking feeling or a feeling of dread when certain people join your free webinar, or email, DM or call, it could be an indicator that this is a client (or potential client) that you’d be better off without... If you'd like to contact us about…
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Pricing and How To Price Yourself Pricing, like it or not, is often closely associated with Quality. You are not a commodity! It’s important never to underprice - or undervalue - yourself. Price for value, not time… Also, particularly at the higher levels, you are being paid for your knowledge and experience, not your time: it’s not about knowing h…
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Engagement | The Best Long-Term Marriages Start With Engagement! So Why Doesn’t This Happen For Work?
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The best long-term marriages start with Engagement! So why doesn’t this happen for work? Starting a new job in a new company is like getting married before you get engaged. Is it any wonder these relationships often end in tears? We chat about how to start a new role powerfully. Resources: The First 90 Days - Michael D. Watkins If you'd like to con…
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What could give your 2023 an extra boost? We thought it would be interesting to prepare three each - separately - and see if we duplicated ideas - turned out they were all different! Ayo: Dream big! Get things DONE! Reflect. Think about what you stop, start and continue. Christopher: Make time for yourself. Be accountable. Try new things. See you o…
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In this episode we explore three learnings (each) from 2022. We did it without agreeing beforehand what our individual three would be - thought it would be interesting to see if we came up with similar or completely different ones. Turned out it was a blend - we had one that resonated. Looking back on the year is a terrific way of capitalising on w…
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Our first full episode! Woo! We got chatting about distractions... shiny object syndrome... Distraction is not always bad - it can be a source of inspiration. We talked about some great books: - The One Thing (Gary Keller) - Deep Work (Cal Newport) ...and techniques such as "Pomodoro" - all very useful for getting things done in a focused way. If y…
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Hello world! Biz and Coffee is a podcast by two curious entrepreneurs who are endlessly fascinated about stuff! Our mission: to inform, educate and entertain. Each week we will take a topic, explore it and see where it takes us. First episodes drop before Christmas 2022! Season 1 will be just the two of us. Future seasons will include guests - if y…
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