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Richard's quest to find out what success is and how to achieve it. Is it about good ideas, great leadership, luck, or something altogether different?
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Do dads hold the key to sustainability and how can we eat our way to a green and healthy future? These are just some of the nourishing, engaging and challenging questions that will be asked and attempted to be answered on the new podcast series, ‘Think Nordic’. Produced by the Nordic Council of Ministers the series will examine how the experience of these countries, in dealing with issues such as a gender, nutrition and environmental sustainability, can inspire other parts of the world. What ...
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Anne-Marie Imafidon - Calculating the Path to Success
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Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon began on her path to success young. She passed her A level computing at 11 years old, and became one of the youngest people to receive a masters degree in computing from Oxford University. By 2013 at the age of 23 she was named young IT professional of the year and just four years later was the youngest scientist ever to be g…
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Tim Jackson - Venturing Out, Step by Step.
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How do you go from writing about business to embarking on a successful career as an entrepreneur? That is a question that Tim Jackson has answered through his experience, initially as a journalist, and then as the founder of a highly successful online auction site. Tim ultimately sold that business and went on to manage a major private equity inves…
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In this episode, Richard speaks to Liz Johnson, a paralympic swimming champion who has participated in - and won - competitions around the world. Liz was born was born with cerebral palsy which affects movement and muscle development, and was taken swimming as a young child as a means of strengthening her body. Her determination in the pool, along …
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Paul Blair - From the Battlefield to the Boardroom
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Paul Blair is someone who has moved from the battlefield to the boardroom. He is a former major in the British Army who served around the world, including in combat in Afghanistan. After 20 years Paul left the military but reinvented himself professionally in an entirely different role - as an entrepreneur. His first business venture was inventing …
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In this episode, Richard talks to a woman who is shaking up the often staid legal world in the City of London. Karen Holden is the founder of 'A City Law Firm' – an award-winning practice that offers legal excellence to its clients, alongside a rare environment for staff that includes forty days a year holiday, and a compassionate working culture. …
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Levi Roots - The Special Sauce to Success
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In the second episode of the series, Richard talks to Levi Roots - who made his name and began his route to business success on the TV show 'Dragon's Den' with his 'Reggae Reggae Sauce'. That TV appearance happened when Levi was 48 years old, and followed a life often filled with considerable challenges, from a unhappy home life as a child, to gett…
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To kick off season 2, Richard talks to a woman who has been at the forefront of British retail for over 30 years, Nayna McIntosh. After making her way through brands like Marks & Spencer and Next, she was notably formative in launching the George at Asda brand, which introduced affordable fashion to supermarkets. But in 2013, she took a leap of fai…
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The Success and Ideas podcast, presenter Richard Miron meets some inspiring people who’ve taken risks, overcome obstacles and defined their own paths to personal and professional success. Guests include Levi Roots, who won investment and national fame with his ‘Reggae Reggae’ sauce, a multi-gold medal winning paralympic athlete, and a woman who pas…
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Yvonne Bajela is a strategic investor, who has worked at giants like Goldman Sachs and Mitsui & Co. where she led over $200 million in investments in companies including TransferWise. At only 29 years old, she then became a founding member of Impact X Capital Partners LLP, a venture capital firm focused on investing in underrepresented entrepreneur…
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Wayne Preece is an incredibly driven person. He is the CEO of Hydro Industries, a company that develops technologies to purify and treat water. Their tools have been used around the world, from the US to Sudan. He tells Richard about his drive to deliver clean water to some of the most challenging environments in the world, the toll it can take, an…
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Nimisha Brahmbhatt - The Serial Sustainapreneur
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Nimisha Brahmbhatt is only 34 years old, but is already a powerhouse in the world of entrepreneurship. She is the founder of Quantum Global Consultants, a leading consulting firm that works with FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 energy companies on guiding them towards sustainable goals. She tells Richard about where she got her fearlessness from, how to cr…
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Jon Medved is the CEO of OurCrowd, an Israeli-based investment platform and the most active venture investor in the country. They have invested in about 240 startups and venture funds around the globe. He tells Richard about how he went from protesting the Vietnam war in the Bay area to becoming a tech mogul in the Middle East, how he built his suc…
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The Financial Times described Rita Clifton CBE as the 'brand guru'. In her illustrious career, she has worked at multiple high profile branding companies, including Saatchi & Saatchi, Interbrand and BrandCap; and sits on the board of several businesses like John Lewis Partnership and Nationwide Building Society. She talks to Richard about how her c…
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Graham Goodkind is a rare bird - he is a creative who loves to sell. So of course, he built a very successful career in public relations. He is notably the founder of Frank, one of the best agencies in the industry. He tells Richard about some of his most successful campaigns, the importance of teamwork, and applying sport psychology in business. Y…
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Stevie Spring - Just Because You Haven't, Doesn't Mean You Can't
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Stevie Spring CBE has had a long and prosperous career working in advertising and media, but also as a trustee for numerous organisations. She is now chair of The British Council and the mental health charity MIND. Stevie talks to Richard about being a board member at 7 years old, seeing her femininity as a suit of armor in the business world where…
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Are Traasdahl - Good Business and Doing Good
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Are Traasdahl is no stranger to success. He has founded and built up multiple companies, including Tapad, a marketing tech company, which he sold for $360M in 2016. He tells Richard about how he got from a small town in Norway to New York, how he nurtures business ideas, and his now focus on getting rid of food waste in the world through technologi…
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Guto Harri - Getting Closer to the Action
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In this episode, Richard speaks to Guto Harri, who served as Boris Johnson's Director of Communications from February 2022 until Liz Truss became Prime Minister in September 2022. This interview was recorded a year before he took the position at Number 10 Downing Street, and reflects upon Guto Harri's experience as a BBC Political Affairs Correspon…
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In the Success and Ideas podcast, presenter Richard Miron asks how you define and achieve success by talking to people who have made significant accomplishments in their professional and personal lives. Is it about good ideas, great leadership, luck – a combination of all – or something altogether different? Every episode features a different indiv…
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How can we eat our way to a green and healthy future?
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From individual actions to systems change, food is getting more attention on the climate change agenda than ever before. How can the Nordics affect the change needed to make healthy and climate-friendly diets a part of the globalized food system? This episode of the Think Nordic! Podcast series takes a closer look at Nordic diets and the global foo…
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Gender equality has been a key to prosperity in the Nordic region. By harnessing the full talent pool of women and men in society, the Nordic countries have found that stability and sustainability go hand-in-hand with equal rights, responsibilities, and opportunities. But even in the Nordics, there’s still a way to go. This episode of the Think Nor…
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Who are the Nordics to talk about sustainability?
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Nordic countries have a reputation as global frontrunners on sustainability, but with high levels of consumption also comes challenges. How can Nordic climate solutions work in other parts of the world? In this episode of the Think Nordic! Podcast series, former EU commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard, professor Johan Rockström from the…
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Do dads hold the key to sustainability and how can we eat our way to a green and healthy future? These are just some of the nourishing, engaging and challenging questions that will be asked and attempted to be answered on the new podcast series, ‘Think Nordic’. Produced by the Nordic Council of Ministers the series will examine how the experience o…
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