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Profit Insights
Profit Insights is the podcast for Private Equity professionals who want sharper thinking on the decisions that protect and grow enterprise value.
Hosted by Alex Franklin, founder of Ithaca Cyber Security and Penpole, a specialist healthcare digital transformation consultancy, each episode will give actionable takeaways from the worlds of Private Equity, Cyber Security, and Operational Excellence to deliver insight that adds value to your investment decisions and protects portfolio value.
From fractional CISO and DPO strategy to leadership frameworks, hiring decisions, and the business philosophy that separates elite organisations from the rest, Profit Insights covers the full spectrum of what it takes to maximise returns and manage risk in today's environment.
Episodes include in-depth interviews with industry leaders across Private Equity, Cyber Security, the NHS, and the NHS Supply Chain, alongside Penpole & Ithaca’s acclaimed written thought leadership, now brought to life in audio and video.
Whether you are a Operating Partner, Portfolio Company Executive, or investment professional navigating an increasingly complex risk landscape, Profit Insights gives you the frameworks, perspectives, and expert voices you need to make better decisions.
Subscribe now and visit ithacacybersecurity.com to find out how Alex and his teams can support you and your portfolio.
Profit Insights
Latest Episodes
Profit Insights #8: Establish a Compelling Vision. Logotherapy and the Five Whys.
Why do great companies invest time and energy in vision statements, and what does a Holocaust survivor have to teach us about building one? In this episode, Alex Franklin draws on Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy, Nietzsche, Seneca, and...
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Profit Insights #7: First Who Then What
Strategy, vision, and technology all matter. But according to Jim Collins, David Packard, Warren Buffett, Steve Jobs, and Jeff Bezos, none of it matters more than who you put on your team. In this episode, Alex Franklin builds on his Level 5 Le...
Profit Insights #6: Ode to Entrepreneurship
What does it actually mean to be an entrepreneur? In this episode, Alex Franklin offers a personal and philosophical take on the entrepreneurial mindset drawing on Luke Johnson, James Wise, and John Maynard Keynes to argue that entrepreneurship...
Profit Insights #5: How to Become a Level 5 Leader
What separates leaders who build enduring greatness from those who deliver only short-term results? In this episode, Alex Franklin explores Jim Collins' Level 5 Leadership framework, the paradoxical combination of personal humility and professi...
Profit Insights #4 The Ancient Art of Setting Limits: A Stoic Approach to Achievement
What if the secret to achieving more wasn't pushing harder, but setting better limits?In this episode of Profit Insights, Alex Franklin draws on the letters of Seneca the Stoic to explore a principle that is almost 2,000 years old. ...