Adrian Pagdin (Consultant, Advisor, Author and Project Manager) began his career in the Hotel industry before moving into project management and then on into the world of Learning & Development. Adrian has been a consultant and manager within some well known brand names, including Unilever, Holiday Inn and Hemsley Fraser. He is also the author of t…

In 2011, at just 12 years old, Alexa started a fashion blog; A Life in the Fashion Lane. It became a platform for Alexa to express her feelings around everything relating to teens, body image and mental health. In 2018, Alexa founded the Be Fearless Summit, and also launched her own radio show on Radio Disney called BEFearless Every Day with Alexa …

I was delighted to welcome David Callow to the Talent Smart podcast for this latest episode. Dave has been in technology for over 25 years and has been a senior leader for over 10 years. He is the Chief Information Officer for NHS Professionals who look after 60 NHS trusts and work with over 180,000 healthcare professionals to provide a flexible wo…

In this episode we discuss what are the key recurring components of a dysfunctional leadership team, together with exploring the true cost of a dysfunctional leadership team? Paul also shares the quick ways to assess if a leadership team is working well together? We discuss the topic of trust vs psychological safety how trust is the major contribut…

In this episode we talk through Paul’s book, The FIRED Leader and Paul breaks down the acronym F.I.R.E.D, together with why did he decide to write this book? We discuss what are the new leadership requirements and what are the key mistakes that organisations make when defining their leadership (identification, recruitment, onboarding and developing…

We were delighted to welcome Karen Poulter to our latest episode of the Talent Smart Podcast. During this episode, we discussed the essential ingredients for a high performing culture, together uncovering what are “Employee networks” and how to build them. Karen also shared his insights into why is it so important that employees have a ‘voice’ and …

We are delighted that Dimitrios agreed to share some time with us and discuss his thoughts and insights on how to create a building and maintaining a high performance culture within your Information Security Teams. Dimitrios is strong technology executive, specializing in business-driven security architectures and business risk control management. …

I was thrilled to welcome Brian Hanly, Co-Founder & CEO of Brightbeam and serial entrepreneur to the Talent Smart Podcast. Brian has a deep specialisation in the application of modern ways of working, product management and technology to help enterprises compete in the digital age and to help growth companies to gain commercial advantage with the h…

I am very excited that Jonathan Rivers spared some time to chat with me. Jonathan is a Visionary technology leader and “disrupter” with 20+ years of experience leading key growth initiatives in the technology, hosting, and media industries. Known as an expert in delivering innovative, high quality, cost-effective IT solutions and strategic initiati…

We are thrilled to be joined in this episode by Jason Nash (Founder and CPO of JAM 7) who has worked with some of the globe's leading brands—such as Barclays, Microsoft, Sony, and Travelport. Jam 7 are growth agents, customer-centric, data-driven, outcome-focused technologists. Using AI every day to automate away the repetitive non-value-adding act…

We are delighted to welcome Sabrina Menasria, change agent and founder of Singularity. Having worked at executive level to drive change in organisations like Chanel and L’Oréal; In 2020, Sabrina coined the word « singulars » to define neurodiversity and people with over excitabilities (intellectual, emotional, creative, sensitive and motor) and tho…

We are delighted that Mark Brincat was able and willing to spend some time to discuss AI and ChatGPT. Mark has over 20 years experience with a strong background in digital transformations through multiple industries. He has a real passion for technology and how this enables the evolution of the customer experience and transform business models. Mar…

We are delighted to that Ket Patel has kindly agreed to spend some time with us and explore the topic of Change,… but perhaps not how you have heard before. In this episode, we look into how (and why) your organisation could (and should) be looking at Democratising Change Thinking. We discuss; what does this actually mean? How do leaders start this…

We are delighted to that Ket Patel has kindly agreed to spend some time with us and explore the topic of Change,… but perhaps not how you have heard before. In this episode, we look into Organisational Agility; What is ? What is the benefit? How do organisations know if they have real agility? In addition, we discuss how to build more resilience wi…

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