WHAT THEY SAY
WHAT THEY SAY is a podcast by THEY SAY STUDIOS, hosted by co-founders Amy-Lee Cowey-Small and Jessica Ashman, two women building a creative and digital world on their own terms. It is where work meets real life - motherhood and ambition, friendship and business, burnout and belief - with honest, funny, thoughtful conversations between Amy, Jess and their guests, from founders and creatives to leaders rewriting the rules, about what it really takes to build something you love and stay (mostly) sane.
WHAT THEY SAY
WHAT THEY SAY about running a business that never sits still
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THEY SAY Studios was built in airports, coffee shops and voice notes. Amy-Lee in Palma, Jess in Singapore - running a global creative and digital studio powered by collaboration, not co-location.
This first episode of WHAT THEY SAY is the story of how THEY SAY Studios began. How a couple of girls with laptops, big ideas and no shared office built a remote-first, female-founded studio across borders.
We dig into how remote working really shapes creativity, leadership and connection. How you build culture when your team is everywhere. Lead a creative business across time zones. Keep standards sky-high when you are never in the same room.
We get into:
- How THEY SAY Studios started and why it had to be different
- Building a remote-first branding, creative and digital studio from Palma and Singapore
- Creative collaboration without a shared office
- Remote leadership, trust and communication
- What actually works (and what really does not) when your team is fully online
This episode is for creatives, founders, agency owners, freelancing girlies and anyone leading a remote team who wants the honest version of how a global studio really runs.