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Ultra Running & Business
A random mix of running, people, performance and business content.
Episodes
16 episodes
Exploring the data behind the theory that Runners Make Better Leaders
In this episode of ‘Run The Business,’ I had the privilege of feature as a guest. I discuss with fellow trail running enthusiast Anthony Gay my take on how running, especially long-distance, and leadership can go hand-in-hand and how I have alr...
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The Great Resignation. A panel discussion from Commodity Trading Week in London
A recording from a live stage discussion during Commodity Trading Week. We examine the aspects around the McKinsey report 'The Great Resignation'. We talk talent attrition and attraction, associated causes, threats and opportunities. <...
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37:51

The coffee market, leaders, dreams and building legacy.
A spontaneous meeting in Geneva with Dave Behrends of Sucafina on why he still loves the coffee industry but also on his wider beliefs around finding a company that will help you to build your dreams and leave a lasting legacy. We ...
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War for talent. Global shipping. We get the inside track from Norden CEO Jan Rindbo
Our latest podcast is taken from a recent meeting I had with Jan Rindbo, CEO since 2015 of international shipping company, NORDEN. We had discussed how NORDEN is disrupting the old-school image of the shipping industry, establishing itself as a...
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39:52

Garden chat: Data Science, Diversity, Psychometrics, Talent and Leadership.
Diversity is not just a LinkedIn post. It's an active strategy. This episode is from a recent interview I carried out with Jan Voetmann, Head of Analytics at Orsted. I had originally interviewed Jan just as he had walked in the door at hi...
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Romantic running, goal setting, data and forming habits to sustain a good thing. We are joined by Polar and Team GB Coach Nick Anderson.
This is about running. If that's not your thing then maybe give this episode a miss. My guest is Polar/Team GB Endurance Coach Nick Anderson. The session is based on a LinkedIn live event we had recently where we covered a whole host of topics ...
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Addressing the 🐘 in the room: Women in commodities. Tamara Weinert joins us for a chat.
Addressing the 🐘 in the room: Women in commodities as well as a whole raft of other topics around culture, loyalty and leadership. Recent guest and long-standing friend of the house, Tamara Weinert gives an honest account of her own experiences...
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Culture Builders | Part2: Danske Commodites - insights from the founder and his HR chief
In this second helping of a recent get together with Henrik Lind and Dion Sorensen we get into the role and place of feedback in a performance culture. We also cover a somewhat provocative take on the value in business of the M...
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Culture Builders | Part1: Danske Commodities - insights from the founder and his HR chief
For those who like to listen on the run – our massively popular series of interviews with Danske Commodities founder, Henrik Lind, and business psychologist, Dion Sorensen has been converted into an air pod-friendly podcast. In this, the ...
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28:52

Having skin in the game. The CEO perspective.
What are the gains and pitfalls of leading a company full of entrepreneurs? MFT Energy’s CEO, Torben Nordal Clausen, gave me some of his time to share some insights from his company that runs a shareholder model based on the belief that a sense...
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20:28

33 Fuel CEO and Founder talks ultra running and business with Jakob Bloch
In this episode, 33Fuel CEO and Founder, Warren Pole, talks to Jakob Bloch about running, balancing ultras with his business life, as well as using running as an antidote to jet lag, for energy management, creativity, and for processing complex...
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The World for Sale. Meet the authors
In the latest podcast of the series, I speak with the authors of the recent bestseller, ‘The World For Sale’, about their drivers for writing this tour de force of a book and their views on all sorts of topics, having now had the privilege of s...
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34:56

Learnings to take into '21
Panel discussion* with business leaders on work practices that came through necessity but could possibly become a permanent fixture. Our guests include Laura Laudi, COO Global Energy Management Italy/Engie, Chris Gribben, Group Head ...
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25:48

Big data is sexy so what's your company's pulling power?
In the latest podcast in the series, I speak with Jan Voetmann from Orsted about data scientists, that elusive group of people holding what ‘Harvard Business Review’ famously called the “Sexiest job of the 21st Century”. Jan gives his view on w...
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20:33

Endurance Running, Performance, Mindset and Leadership.
Business Psychologist, Dion Sorensen, puts CEO and Ultra Runner, Jakob Bloch, in the hot seat to understand more about the correlations between his love for trail running and his role as a leader and headhunter. An honest and personal account o...
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