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Blog the Builder
Blog the Builder Podcast: Your Plan for Success
Welcome to Blog the Builder Podcast — a platform for people who are building something meaningful.
From start-ups and small businesses, to established brands and industry professionals, each episode features real conversations, practical insights, and lived experiences designed to support growth, clarity, and long-term success.
But this podcast is about more than business. It’s about the people behind the ideas. The uncertainty behind the progress. And the quiet determination it takes to keep building — even when the path isn’t always clear.
Whether you're building a business, a career, an idea, or a better future, this is a space where ambition meets honesty, and where growth is shaped through shared experience.
This podcast exists to create clarity, encouragement, and connection — bringing together voices from across the business spectrum to explore challenges, opportunities, and the mindset required to move forward with confidence and purpose. Because building something meaningful can sometimes feel isolating.
But you’re not building alone.
My role is not to convince people of their potential — it's to build something worthy of those who are ready to step into it.
If you're committed to building with intention, integrity, and purpose, then you're in the right place.
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The Human Side of Culture Change: Gary’s CLEAR Pathways Story
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What does real culture change look like when it’s driven by people, not just policies?
In this episode of The Human Side of Culture Change, I sit down with Gary Jones — an award-winning change leader who has been working in Parliament since 2012 and co-created the CLEAR Pathways programme.
Gary’s story is one of resilience: growing up in Bradford in a large Caribbean family, leaving school without GCSEs, discovering his neurodiversity later in life, and turning challenges into strengths that led him to complete an MBA and lead nationally recognised cultural change initiatives.
Together, we explore how CLEAR Pathways achieved a 75% progression rate for underrepresented talent, why it has won multiple awards, and what lessons leaders can take to embed inclusion in their own workplaces.
This conversation is about resilience, innovation, and hope — and why inclusion benefits not just individuals, but society as a whole.
Have a story to tell or insights to share? We want to hear from you! If you're passionate about your business and eager to have your voice heard on our podcast, reach out to us. Send your business details to infoblogthebuilder@gmail.com with the subject heading Podcast, and let's connect on Facebook / Linkedin . Your experiences and expertise could be just what our listeners need! Join us and make your mark today.
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