The Company Road Podcast
In this podcast we’ll be exploring what it takes to change a company. Taking the big steps, or the smaller steps in between.
This one’s for the intrapreneurs. You’ll be getting to know some big, brave and darn right outrageous personalities, luminaries, pioneers of business and hearing what they’ve done to fix the thorniest of problems within organisations.
Episodes
73 episodes
E72 Inside your inner critic: overcoming self-doubt for success
"You cannot control how anyone's going to respond to what comes out of your mouth. I think you just have to do it with an open heart and with positive intent and then just let it land. " – Fiona WalshFiona Walsh specialis...
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Episode 72
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48:37
E71 Silent Revolutionaries: Firing up corporate innovation without getting fired
"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is in that little extra. It's about focusing in on the right things and fixing them...it's more about solutioning in that space."– Dr. Munib Karavdic<...
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Episode 71
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55:35
E70 The Draw of Change: Balancing creativity, confidence and humility
"I would go so far as to say it went past an adaption and into a reinvention almost. New York is that city that it's a little bit of a trope, but everyone goes there to reinvent themselves in a way... That’s petrifying, but also incredib...
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Episode 70
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43:48
E69 Rewriting the rules: What rebels can teach organisations
Show Notes"I think one of the main skills that an intrapreneur needs is diplomacy. You need to be able to manage upwards, downwards, sideways. You need to get people's buy-in, engage them in your ideas rather than ramming t...
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Episode 69
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37:31
E68 The Unique You: Decoding your Creative DNA with Lisa Johnson
“The Elements Kit is about 'Who am I?' and 'What next?'. What choices can I make for a really fulfilled and aligned life? Bringing all those components into balance.” - Lisa JohnsonLisa Johnson, an experienced designer wi...
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Episode 68
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40:38
E67 Authenticity in the Spotlight: Evolving Social Media for Real Connections
"We know that authentic content is what comes through. We know storytelling is so important. So I actually help businesses bring it back in-house if they felt like they were very over-reliant on external factors. No one knows us, our cus...
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Episode 67
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55:13
E66 Neurodivergence Unplugged: Transforming Work for Neurodivergent Professionals
Ani Møller, founder of Ani Møller Coaching, discusses the growing awareness of neurodivergence in the workplace. Ani shares her deeply personal journey of being diagnosed with autism and ADHD at the age of 41, which reshaped her understanding o...
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Episode 66
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47:29
E65 Silo Breakers & Synergy Makers: Unleash Change within your Organisation
“Listening upfront is the most critical thing. You need to listen to the people that you're engaging with to be able to understand where they're coming from, what's the emotion behind the question or the challenge that they have in front...
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Episode 65
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51:19
E64 Raw Courage and Reinvention: From Stripper to Global Executive
"Imposter syndrome is not conquered by achievements. The more achievements that you have, sometimes it can disconnect you more from your sense of worth. That is why I believe in being so raw and open about my stuff now. Now that I have the p...
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Episode 64
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46:48
E63 Beyond the simple "Thank You": The New Era of Customer Loyalty
"The consumer, quite honestly, especially the younger generation, is looking for something more than just love me because I'm spending my money, they want to be connected to a brand." - Chris Gillen Thi...
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Episode 63
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45:32
E62 Your Workplace, you’re Centre-Stage: Improvisation Skills to Elevate your Connection and Impact at Work
"Improvisers don’t have time to hypothesise about the future of an idea. If you bring me an idea or a brick, I can't consider if it’s viable for the rest of the show; I just have to trust that it is and know the process will land us somewher...
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Episode 62
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42:08
E61 Stress to Success: Practical Nutrition and Stress Management advice for Busy Professionals
“Your health is the only thing that's keeping you there, doing your job. ... Your body might not give you that choice. ... You keep running at such a pace and we keep expecting our body to just sustain us, which it does, to a point, but at s...
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Episode 61
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58:02
E60 Beyond Yoga and Fruit: Revolutionising Mental Health in Creative Workspaces
“You just got to put the supports in place and show them why they're doing something and give them a reason for being, rather than just, you know, hey, here's a task. Get that done, and then I'll give your next one. We want stuff at work that f...
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Episode 60
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51:41
E59 The Science of Decision-Making: Enhancing UX with Behavioural Insights with Angela Bliss
“So it's about being able to marry the two, so quant and qual, and to be able to use either one to more deeply explore whatever pattern of behaviour you're trying to unpack...so I think bringing the two together is super powerful.” - Ang...
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Episode 59
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42:09
E58 Mastering Tech Marketing: Strategies for Communicating with Non-Technical Audiences
“I would put tech language and technologies in simple terms. So I pull it apart, put it, and put it back into simple terms that other people would understand. Because with my many years experience of working with tech people, sometimes it's ...
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Episode 58
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46:28
E57 Shane Burford’s Playbook: Revamping Innovation in Established Organisations
"A lot of the ideas are existing and being able to get permission and the space to be able to work on ideas that maybe might have been someone else's baby at some point, but being able to sort of take them on and nurture them." ...
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Episode 57
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50:42
E56 Serious Business, Silly Games: Why Play is the Secret Weapon of Leaders - with Trudi Boatwright
"I call myself a playful experience, and I really lean into the experience because that is where the magic happens. And if you create the playful experience the right way, you can draw out unexpected responses and unexpected underlying cultu...
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Episode 56
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53:58
E55 Architect Your Dream Career: Cracking the Intrapreneurs’ Code with Sharbani Dhar
"Always give 110% in even that smallest line you draw on paper." - Sharbani DharSharbani Dhar, 2023 winner of the ISG Digital Titan Award and Founder and CEO of DotInfinity, a product and design consultancy. Sharbani started her c...
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48:14
E54 Pushing Remote Working to its Absolute Limit with Ben Mason
"I think it's adventure that drives me. So it's adventure that is at the heart of all of this. I didn't really enjoy school. I wasn't particularly good at school. I was diagnosed, you know, either dyslexic or dyspraxic or, you know, suffered...
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Episode 54
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48:09
E53 Samantha McCallum - Facilitating Alignment, Strategy Skeptics whilst Protecting your Energy
“When you were doing the intro, you know, you can just hear how diverse and broad the different types of roles or experiences and industries I've had were. I think you know some parts have been serendipitous right. Where you're just kind of ...
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Episode 53
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1:00:02
E52 Chris Hudson - Unveiling the Man Behind the Mic: Chris Gets Interviewed on The Company Road Podcast (1st Anniversary!)
"It felt like things were taking me into uncomfortable situations, and then learning from uncomfortable situations basically brought opportunity, and an opportunity then opened up other doors and things went from there. Really." - Chris Huds...
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Episode 52
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50:10
E51 Joel Vermaas - Market Research in the Age of Agility: Get Faster, More Actionable Insights
“Any little action, no matter how small, can make a huge difference.” - Joel VermaasThis month’s themeJoel Vermaas, a seasoned researcher and founder of Vibrant Insights, breaks down the dramatic shift from tradition...
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Episode 51
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1:08:54
E50 Rachel Zhang and David Bradford - To Trust is to Thrive: Leading Teams with Authenticity
“If you're going to take a role, there are three things that are important: a good problem to work on, good people to work on it with, and good leadership that you have faith in or you believe in." - David BradfordThis mo...
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Episode 50
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1:03:47
E49 Lina Patel - Really. Rarely. Relational: Facilitation mastery for forward-thinking leaders
“Some people are really good at corralling people towards a decision and doing so in a way that makes everybody feel like they weren't bullied into making that decision.” - Lina PatelThis month’s themeIn this episod...
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Episode 49
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1:02:36
E48 Kevin Finn - Career Crossroads and Signposts: There’s no time to F@#% about!
“Seniority doesn't win, experience does” - Kevin FinnThis month’s themeThis month we discuss the significance of identifying crossroads within our careers or organisations. In each episode, we explore the pivotal mom...
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Episode 48
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56:45
