As a CEO, you’ve demonstrated your ability to solve complex problems and achieve extraordinary results. You've skills, resources and experience. But you have the potential for even greater impact and a more satisfying legacy. What will it take to multiply your positive impact - in the business, for your people, and in the world at large? Join Richard Medcalf, Founder of Xquadrant, and high-impact CEOs from some of the world’s most exciting firms - for a perspective-shifting conversation at t ...
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Welcome to Doing the Opposite: Business Disruptors. CEO of Cloudfm Group Jeff Dewing talks to entrepreneurs, business leaders and outliers about times they have "Done the opposite" by rejecting commonly held beliefs in their business or profession. They discuss the birth of the idea, the push back and revolutions that ensued.
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Building an Inc 5000 business with C-grade students, with Aditya Siripragada of Fountane
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38:44Why would an entrepreneur decide that hiring C-grade students is the way forward? Today Richard speaks with Aditya Siripragada, founder of Fountane. Fountane is digital product studio and venture lab changing the traditional consulting model, with 125 people across US and India. The company doubled revenue annually for 6 years and won the Inc. Top …
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Do CEOs really have (or need) a super power? with Rebecca Harrison (African Management Institute)
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44:40Do you need to have a super power to be an effective CEO? What happens if you don't? How can you build a pan-continental business with zero experience? And how can you empower your managers to lead effectively? In this episode Richard speaks with Rebecca Harrison, who has spent the last decade building the African Management Institute (AMI), Africa…
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Building a global business from day 1, with Fred Plais (CEO, platform.sh) (S14E14)
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44:12How can you build a business that is genuinely global on day one? How do you set up marketing, sales, delivery, recruitment and operations when your local market is not going to be your largest market, and where you want customers to come from anywhere? Today Richard speaks with Fred Plais, co-founder and CEO of Platform.sh, a leading, VC funded Pl…
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Staying lean and agile for world-leading growth | Toms Jurjevs, CEO, Sun Finance (S14E13)
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34:54How can you keep lean and efficient despite hyper growth? Welcome to The Impact Multiplier CEO, helping you to 10X your financials, 10X your positive impact and 10X the fun you have along the way! Today Richard Medcalf is speaking with Toms Jurjevs, Founder and CEO of Sun Finance, a 1200-person strong business that was recently recognised as the No…
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Avoiding CEOs mistakes when scaling from £0M to £15M+, with Peter Busby (Founder, Grayce) (S14E12)
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41:39How can you avoid the common mistakes CEOs make as they scale from £0M to £15M? Today we find out. Richard speaks to Peter Busby, founder of professional services company Grayce that he scaled scaled to £15M in 7 years with 240 people. Peter shares his insights on building a successful business. We’ll explore everything from the lean startup approa…
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Growing a business that's never been done before, with Karl Andersson (CEO, Motatos) (S14E11)
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31:32How do you grow a business that is so innovative it changes how your entire ecosystem needs to work? Today Richard speaks with Karl Andersson, Founder of Matsmart-Motatos, one of Europe's fastest-growing companies according to the Financial Times with a consistent annual growth of some 70%. Matsmart-Motatos is aiding the sustainable reform of the f…
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The skills you'll need in an AI world, with Tim Smeaton (CEO, Kubrick Group) (S14E10)
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44:47What are the skills you'll need to develop in your business, in an AI world? This is the question Richard explores with today's guest. Tim Smeaton is the CEO and Co-Founder of Kubrick Group, a company that helps organizations realise the value of data, AI, and cloud technology. In this conversation, you’ll learn: Why Tim recommends you "ignore amaz…
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Reinventing the business to add $500M turnover in 4 years, with Michael Riedl (CEO, Team Internet) (S14E09)
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41:41That's what Richard Medcalf explores with Michael Riedl, the CEO of Team Internet. The business was founded in 1996 as a web services company distributing domain names, until Michael led a strategic charge to double-down on new solutions including online marketing. In this conversation, you’ll learn: The story of how they acquired 17 businesses in …
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A Net Promoter Score that's ‘off the charts’, with Logan Naidu (CEO & Founder, Kernel Global) (S14E08)
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45:05In this conversation, you’ll learn: How Logan (and Richard) relate business and faith How to 'wow' people and build a powerful network of 6000 people (it's simple, but not always easy) The three big decisions everybody needs to address How Logan has built a culture of excellence that resulted in a Net Promoter Score "so high its almost unbelievable…
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How to attack a 'dominated' market, with Björn Thorngren (CEO, Meds) (S14E07)
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38:36In this episode,- Richard Medcalf speaks with Björn Thorngren, the CEO and co-founder of MEDS, a leading online pharmacy in Sweden. MEDS has been the fastest-growing Swedish company (2018-2021) according to the Financial Times, having grown in 6 years to 800,000 customers with a brand recognised by 50% of people. In this conversation, you’ll learn:…
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S14E06: How to land your mission and message with impact, with Jack Murray (CEO, Media HQ)
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49:43That's the question Richard explores today with Jack Murray, entrepreneur and the CEO of MediaHQ, a leading Irish SaaS company that has revolutionized the PR and communications industry with its comprehensive media contacts database and press release distribution tools. Jack is also an author, having penned "The Magic Slice," where he explores the …
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Creating exponential results by playing the long game, with Dorie Clark (S11E10)
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43:41Today Richard speaks with Dorie Clark. Dorie is the WSJ Bestselling author of The Long Game, as well as Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You, and Stand Out. The New York Times has described Dorie as an "expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives." She has been named to the Thinkers50 list three times. In this conversa…
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Simon Alexander Ong – Mastering your Energy to Achieve Personal and Professional Growth
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34:18In this episode of Doing the Opposite: Business Disruptors, Jeff Dewing speaks to Simon Alexander Ong. Simon is an international Keynote Speaker, Bestselling Author of Energize and Award Winning Life Coach. Through his coaching Simon helps leaders, entrepreneurs, organisations and celebrities to transcend perceived limitations and experience extrao…
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S14E05: "CEO GPT": How CEOs can harness Generative AI in their own leadership
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28:09In this episode, we'll share cutting-edge insight about how you can make that happen. Elisa Farri is vice president and co-lead of Capgemini Invent’s Management Lab. She is listed in the Thinkers50 Radar Class of 2023. She is a frequent contributor to leading management magazines, including the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Rotman Management…
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David Allison – Demographics are Nonsense! Values are Key in Properly Understanding People
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35:28In this episode of Doing the Opposite: Business Disruptors, Jeff Dewing speaks to Human Values Expert David Allison. David is focused on changing how we understand ourselves, the people around us, and those we hope to engage with in our work. As the founder of the Valuegraphics Project – the first global inventory of core human values – he has tran…
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S13E37: "Impact investing is broken", with Brett Simmons (CEO, Scale Link)
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35:19We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good", Richard speaks with Brett Simmons, CEO of Scale Link. Scale Link is a social venture and a first-of-its-kind secondary market for small business loans, working with more than 30 community development finance institutions (CDFIs) and having purchased over $52M in loans over the last 3 ye…
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Matt Alder – Levelling up your recruitment practices to benefit both the organisation and the candidates
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48:16In this episode of Doing the Opposite: Business Disruptors, Jeff Dewing speaks to Matt Alder. Matt is a podcaster, author, speaker and consultant focusing on innovation and technology in HR and Talent Acquisition. He is the host of Recruiting Future, one of the world's most popular talent acquisition podcasts, and over the last 20 years has built a…
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S13E36: Is your work interesting, or impactful? with Chintan Panchal (RPCK Rastegar Panchal)
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47:00We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good", Richard speaks with Chintan Panchal, Founding Partner of RPCK Rastegar Panchal, a law firm that has developed a dedicated impact investing practice, advising both mission-aligned investors and social enterprises. Chintan has become a trusted advisor to leaders in the impact field becaus…
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How to become magnetic and 10X the impact of your conversations (S14E05)
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16:05More broadly, how can you make every conversation win hearts as well as minds? The answer is in becoming more “magnetic”. Today we'll dive deeper into the topic of magnetism and explore three pillars to help you understand and apply the principles of magnetism in your leadership journey because becoming more magnetic doesn’t happen by accident. RES…
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Richard Medcalf – How to combine opportunity, inspiration and empathy into a positive lasting legacy
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44:15In this episode of Doing the Opposite: Business Disruptors, Jeff Dewing speaks to Richard Medcalf, Founder and CEO of Xquadrant, which works to help elite leaders scale and create exponentially greater impact, enabling them to make a positive dent in the world without anxiety and frustration. Richard has advised business owners and C-level execs fo…
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S13E35: Restructuring Businesses with Purpose, with Andy Morris (Cirencester Friendly Society)
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46:08We're continuing our season on "Business as a force for good", Richard speaks with Andy Morris, CEO of Cirencester Friendly Society. In this conversation, you’ll learn: The do's and don'ts of selling and closing businesses, are based on Andy's experience with RBS in the MEA region. How Andy got independent and headstrong CEOs to coalesce and delive…
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Two levers that make you an 'exponentially impactful' leader (S14E04)
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17:32I’ve found there are two key approaches - and the crazy thing is that most leaders focus almost exclusively on one, which means they’re performing well below their potential. In this episode, we'll explore what these two levers of personal impact are, so that you can make bigger things happen with less blood, sweat, and tears. You'll learn The two …
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Brendan McGurgan – Transforming and Scaling Businesses through Visionary Leadership
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50:04In this episode of Doing the Opposite: Business Disruptors, Jeff Dewing speaks to Executive Coach Brendan McGurgan. Brendan spent 16 years as Group MD of CDE where he steered the business through the financial crisis of 2008 and scaled the business at the same time. In 2020, co-founded Simple Scaling with the sole purpose of inspiring and enabling …
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S13E34: How to use 'story doing' to create systemic change, with Marci Zaroff (CEO, ECOfashion Corp)
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34:46We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good". Richard Medcalf speaks with Marci Zaroff, Founder/CEO of ECOfashion Corp. Marci coined the term “ECOfashion” in 1995 and is a serial entrepreneur as well as the author of “ECOrenaissance: Co-Creating A Stylish, Sexy and Sustainable World.” She is the winner of awards including “WWD ESG …
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For breakthrough results, use strategy no.3 (S14E03)
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14:11Today we dive into three commonly used strategies that leaders commonly try to drive the results they want. *spoiler! - only one of them is the key to transformation Get ready to challenge your thinking, be inspired, and uncover the transformative power of mindset on this episode of The Impact Multiplier CEO. RESOURCES MENTIONED: Find out more abou…
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S13E33: Leading with Impact: Navigating Ethics and Culture with Brad Flowers(CEO, Bullhorn Creative)
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0:36We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good", Richard speaks with Brad Flowers, co-founder of Bullhorn, an agency that builds impact brands with language and design. Brad leads naming and language generation at Bullhorn. He has a degree in literature, which he finds more useful than he expected. He co-founded the non-profit bike sh…
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Morra Aarons-Mele – Achieving maximum performance by prioritising positive mental health
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45:11In this episode of Doing the Opposite: Business Disruptors, Jeff Dewing speaks to Morra Aarons-Mele, who is a speaker, entrepreneur, author and podcaster who prides herself on helping people to talk about hard things. Morra knows that taking your mental health seriously is a leadership strength. She hosts ‘The Anxious Achiever Podcast’ and founded …
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How to commit to a legacy of exponential impact (S14E02)
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17:41If you want to learn how to take the first step towards committing to a legacy of exponential impact then today’s episode is for you! Learn the 6 steps you need to up-level your courage, face your fears, and take small practical steps to unlock your exponential legacy. If you're ready to embark on a journey of massive positive impact and personal f…
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S13E32: Taking Silicon Valley thinking to healthcare, Anjali Kataria (CEO, Mytonomy)
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41:37We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good", Richard speaks with Anjali Kataria, CEO and Co-founder of Mytonomy. Mytonomy has quickly become the market leader in patient education and engagement, and Inc. Magazine has named Mytonomy as one of the fastest-growing software companies in the US, for four consecutive years. Before Myto…
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S1401 - How to find the mission that sets you on fire
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25:02Have you ever felt like your biggest successes are behind you? Or wondered what’s next in your career? Perhaps you feel stuck or as if your trajectory has plateaued. If any of this sounds familiar, then today's episode is for you. You'll learn four powerful ideas to help you find a mission that sets you on fire, fulfils your potential, and gets you…
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S13E31: Get better every day, with Stan Middleman (CEO, Freedom Mortgage)
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41:35We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good." Richard speaks with Stan Middleman, who serves as the President and CEO of Freedom Mortgage, one of the largest and fastest-growing independent mortgage companies in the USA. In this conversation, you’ll learn: The mantra that has led Stan to business success at scale over the last 33 y…
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Ali Khan – How to take ownership of your own health
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39:38In this episode of Doing the Opposite: Business Disruptors, Jeff Dewing speaks to Ali Khan, Founder & CEO at SHAPE Global. SHAPE is the System for Health, Attendance, Productivity and Engagement. SHAPE help companies improve their productivity through their people by providing the instruments which assesses the need, and the strategies to optimise …
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S13E30: Turning deep conviction into an industry leader, with Armand Arton (CEO, Arton Capital)
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38:10We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good." Richard Medcalf speaks with Armand Arton, CEO of Arton Capital. Armand started as an immigrant with under $5000 and now has world leaders on speed dial, having built one of the most respected businesses and a leader in his field of global human mobility. In this conversation, you’ll lea…
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S13E29: How to thrive after 80% business decline, with Matthew Guelke (CEO, The Plant Cafe Organic)
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32:26We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good." In this episode, Richard speaks with Matthew Guelke. Matthew is a social entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of THE PLANT café Organic, a San Francisco-based restaurant group dedicated to bringing 100% organic and sustainable food to the public. The Plant became the first ever in the U…
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Doug D Gordon – From Near-death to a New Direction in Empathetic Leadership
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45:09In this episode of Doing the Opposite: Business Disruptors, Jeff Dewing speaks to Doug D Gordon, CEO of D&S Performance Optimisation - a training, consulting and coaching company. He speaks internationally on stage and has a radio show on Dublin City FM called Inspirational People. Doug’s story is one of transformation from a life marred by stress-…
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S11E09 CEOs biggest mindset challenges, with Marshall Goldsmith
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40:12Today Richard Medcalf speaks with the legendary Marshall Goldsmith, in this episode of our "CEO Rolodex" season. Marshall is the only two-time winner of the Thinkers 50 Award for #1 Leadership Thinker in the World. He has been ranked as the #1 Executive Coach in the World and a Top Ten Business Thinker for the past eight years. Dr. Goldsmith is the…
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S13E28: What CEOs need to know about mental health, with Jon Cohen (CEO, Talkspace)
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44:23We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good." In this episode Richard speaks with Dr. Jon R. Cohen, CEO of Talkspace. Talkspace has expanded access to therapy for millions of Americans and brought to market innovative, in-demand tools and resources for people to take control of their mental health. Jon is also author of Swab: Leade…
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S11E08: Creating value through a shared purpose, Simon Mainwaring (CEO, We First)
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37:55We're continuing our season on "the CEO rolodex." In this episode Richard speaks with Simon Mainwaring, founder/CEO of We First, a strategic consultancy accelerating growth and impact for today’s top purpose-driven brands. Simon’s first book, We First was a New York Times bestseller and his second book, Lead With We is a Wall Street Journal bestsel…
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S13E27: Aligning your business model for good, with Shane Bigelow (CEO, CHAMPtitles)
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41:40We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good", Richard speaks with Shane Bigelow. Shane is CEO of Champ Titles, a technology company that is changing the way that vehicle titles are created, managed, and transferred in the United States. In this conversation, you’ll learn: How to determine if your business is actually a force for go…
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Mark A. Mears – The LEAF Model: Leadership, Engagement, Accountability and Fulfilment
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54:12In this episode of Doing the Opposite: Business Disruptors, Jeff Dewing speaks to Mark A. Mears, Chief Growth Officer for LEAF Growth Ventures- a consulting firm inspiring individuals, teams, and organisations to find purpose in fulfilling their true growth potential while making a positive, lasting difference in the world. Mark is a best-selling a…
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S13E26: The 'giving back mindset', with Paul Feith (CEO, Paul Gregory Media)
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33:26We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good." In this episode, Richard speaks with Paul Feith, founder/CEO of Paul Gregory Media, a digital marketing agency. Paul believes that business good = social good and is most passionate about working with mission-based clients who want to make a difference in the world. His company became a…
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S13E25: Creating a Movement of Positive Impact with Jeff Grass, (CEO, HUNGRY Marketplace)
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27:17We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good", Richard speaks with Jeff Grass, CEO of HUNGRY Marketplace. Jeff is a serial entrepreneur with three successful exits under his belt. What sets HUNGRY Marketplace apart is its strong sense of purpose and mission. Jeff shares how his previous businesses were more focused on building ideas…
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A panel discussion - Strengths and Strategies for Neurodiverse Workforces
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48:50Imagine working in an environment where your neurodiversity is not only recognised, but celebrated. That's the world we're envisioning in this special panel episode of Doing the Opposite: Business Disruptors, where Jeff is joined by three experts in the field of neurodiversity: Dr Jasmine Virhia is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Behavioural Science a…
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S13E24: Making a difference to the world, David Simnick (CEO, Soapbox)
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41:34We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good", Richard speaks with Dave Simnick, the CEO and co-founder of Soapbox – a company whose mission is to empower customers with the ability to change the world through everyday, quality purchases. Soapbox has donated over 36 million bars of soap to local homeless shelters and food pantries. …
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S13E23: "Servant leadership bit me on the ass", with Aaron Cruikshank (CEO, CTRS)
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31:13We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good", Richard speaks with Aaron Cruikshank, the CEO of market intelligence agency CTRS. Aaron describes himself as "the Rock and Roll Bad Boy of Market Intelligence" and has committed to give 5-10% of agency resources to support NGOs. In this conversation, you’ll learn: How servant leadership…
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Dr Joan Fallon - Reshaping our understanding of Autism
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42:07In this episode of Doing the Opposite: Business Disruptors, Jeff Dewing speaks to Dr. Joan Fallon, Founder and CEO of Curemark, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapies for the treatment of neurological and other disorders. Joan is considered a visionary scientist who has dedicated her life’s work to championing the health …
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S11E07: A more effective approach to managing change, with Mark Poppenborg (CEO, Intrinsify)
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44:07We're continuing our season on "The CEO Rolodex", Richard speaks with Mark Poppenborg, CEO of Intrinsify, a group of companies that leads businesses towards modern leadership, post-bureaucratic organizational design and purposeful work by advising and educating decision makers in key roles. Since he founded his first company in 2010 Mark has initia…
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S13E22: Reshaping the future of learning, with Sahra-Josephine Hjorth (CEO, CanopyLAB)
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47:01We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good", Richard speaks with Sahra-Josephine Hjorth, co-founder and CEO of CanopyLAB. Sahra-Josephine has been at the forefront of transforming education through social learning and artificial intelligence since 2015. CanopyLAB is the world's first-of-its-kind learning experience platform, and C…
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Dr Mark Goulston - Transforming Pain into HOPE (healing, optimism, perspective, and excitement)
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47:33In this episode of Doing the Opposite: Business Disruptors, Jeff Dewing speaks to Dr Mark Goulston, former UCLA Professor of Psychiatry, a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a former FBI and police hostage negotiation trainer. Mark is the inventor of of ‘Surgical Empathy’, an approach that enabled him during his psychiatric career t…
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S13E21: Scaling to 10X impact within a year, with Sebastian DiGrande (CEO, Plastic Credit Exchange)
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39:06We're continuing our season on "business as a force for good", Richard Medcalf speaks with Sebastian DiGrande, CEO of Plastic Credit Exchange (PCX).PCX was founded in the Philippines, one of the epicenters of the plastic pollution crisis, and the first in the world to establish a Plastic Pollution Reduction Standard and create a fully traceable off…
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