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Culture de-coodedDamian Hughes, High-Performance Speaker and Bestselling AuthorDamian Hughes is an international speaker, bestselling author and co-host of the High Performance Podcast. From formative years in a Manchester boxing gym shaped by his fatherâs belief in community and belonging, to a career spanning Unilever, elite sport and academic work as a visiting professor, Damian combines his background in sport, organisational development and change psychology to help leaders and teams create high-performing cultures grounded in behaviour and human connection. In this episode of Culture de-cooded, Damian explores the central question he has asked across more than 500 conversations with leaders, athletes and cr...
2025-12-021h 09
Culture de-coodedDan Strode, Global Culture & Innovation ExpertDan Strode, a culture and innovation strategist with a track record of transforming organisations across 32 countries, opens Season 2 of Culture de-cooded with a masterclass on leadership at scale. From his formative years as Global Culture Lead at Santander Group to his current role as Principal at Coode, Dan shares a deeply practical, human approach to shifting behaviours and embedding cultural change in global systems.In this episode, Dan unpacks what it means to lead with purpose and clarity in fast-moving environments. He reflects on the three guiding questions that shaped his work at Santander, exploring...
2025-06-2447 min
The Culture ProfitEp 48: AI-Enabled Culture StrategyThis episode is sponsored by Mobrium. Win Glassdoor, Indeed and more with Mobrium.đ Visit https://www.mobrium.com/?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=episode48- - - - -EPISODE DESCRIPTION:Culture15 founder Charlie Coode reveals how technology, particularly AI, is revolutionizing the way organizations define, diagnose, and track their culture for tangible results.- - - - -TODAY'S GUEST:Charlie Coode is the founder of Culture15, a SaaS platform that helps organisations measure and manage culture as a driver of performance. With a bac...
2025-05-1533 min
Culture de-coodedKerem Hasan, Pioneering Global ConductorKerem, a London-born conductor with Cypriot roots, has gained international acclaim from his early win at the NestlĂ© and Salzburg Festivalâs Young Conductors Award in 2017 to serving as Chief Conductor of the Tiroler Symphony Orchestra in Austria and performing globally, Kerem shares invaluable insights into his craft.He emphasises the importance of collaboration, active listening and adaptation to orchestras different styles, as he embarks on an incredible feat this year, in directing sixteendifferent orchestras, across sixteen of the worldâs big cities, in just six months.Kerem describes orchestras as high-performing teams and discusses how he guide...
2025-01-2250 min
Culture de-coodedPaul Taylor, CEO and founder of Thought MachineIn this episode Paul shares his experiences of the AI and tech industry and discusses the trials and tribulations of building culture and founding a business.Before founding Thought Machine, Paul successfully launched two companies, the second of which was acquired by Google in 2010. At Google, he led the text-to-speech team, which developed the cutting-edge technology that is now found in all of Google's navigation and voice search products. Paul holds a PhD in AI and has held teaching positions at Edinburgh and Cambridge Universities.Paul highlights how explicit and intentional the team at Thought M...
2024-11-2554 min
Culture de-coodedLieutenant General Sir Nick Borton KCB DSO MBE, Former Senior British Army Officer and NATO CommanderLieutenant General Sir Nick Borton KCB DSO MBE is a former Senior British Army Officer who commanded NATOâs Allied Rapid Reaction Corps from 2021 to 2024.Commissioned into the Royal Highland Fusiliers in 1991, he served in multiple global locations and held key instructional and leadership roles. He commanded 16 Air Assault Brigade from 2013 to 2015 and the 3rd (UK) Division from 2016 to 2018. Promoted to Lieutenant General, he became Chief of Staff Operations at the Permanent Joint Headquarters before leading the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps. In 2023, he was appointed Knight Commander of The Order of the Bath.The episode no...
2024-08-2758 min
Culture de-coodedDame Sally Davies, Former Chief Medical Officer for EnglandIn this episode, Charlie speaks to Dame Sally Davies, the 40th - and first female - Master of Trinity College Cambridge and also the first female Chief Medical Officer for England and the UK's special envoy on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Recorded in the Master's Lodge at Trinity College, Cambridge, the episode delves into Dame Sally's illustrious career and her lifelong dedication to tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR). She describes her work as health diplomacy as she raises awareness of and attempts to influence policy on AMR, highlighting the critical need for global action against superbugs. The conversation also touches on...
2024-07-2251 min
Culture de-coodedSir Anthony Seldon, Historian, Political Author and EducatorIn this episode, Charlie speaks to Sir Anthony Seldon, political author and the current head of Epsom College. Anthony has led three of the most influential independent schools in the UK and was the vice-chancellor of Buckingham University, the UKâs first private university. As the official biographer of No. 10 Downing Street, Seldon has also written the authorised biographies of consecutive Prime Ministers over the last 25 years, from John Major to Boris Johnson.The conversation with Seldon ranged widely, from defining education as âto lead out students potentialâ and establishing the role of leaders as âreleasersâ. Seldon reflects on...
2024-06-1750 min
Culture de-coodedTamara Rojo, Artistic Director of San Francisco BalletIn this episode Tamara Rojo shares her experience as artistic director of both English National Ballet (2012-2022) and more recently San Francisco Ballet (since 2022). Tamara speaks of her love of dance as an art form and its ability to change lives.Having been at the forefront of cultural transformation at the English National Ballet (ENB) for 10 years, Tamara champions the importance of personal accountability from individuals within an organisation and reflects on her belief in investing in new voices. She also highlights the importance of speed, citing quick change and therefore quick reward, as the cornerstone of...
2024-05-2050 min
Culture de-coodedMartin Glenn, Former CEO of The FAIn this episode, Martin reflects on his diverse career, spanning 15 years at PepsiCo, 9 years in private equity as CEO of Iglo (Birdseye in the UK) and United Biscuits followed by a jump to the FA as CEO in 2015.Following this, Martin transitioned to a non-executive career, being appointed as chairman of the Football Foundation, the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) and Britainâs biggest wine producer, Chapel Down. Martin discusses the importance of uniting employees with purpose and reflects on his leadership journey, sharing his key learnings that shaped his career. From his time at...
2024-04-151h 07
Culture de-coodedDavid Tait, CEO at the World Gold CouncilIn this episode, David Tait candidly dissects his life experiences and discusses how they have impacted his leadership style and mindset during his role as CEO of the World Gold Council. Â David describes the cultural transformation he has led at the World Gold Council since joining in 2018, and highlights his determination to fundamentally shift the culture within the gold industry, through his commitment to responsible sourcing, transparency, and digitalisation. Â David also reflects on his time at Credit Suisse, and talks about how the seeds of its future demise as an organisation we...
2024-03-201h 07
Culture de-coodedChris Jones, CEO at BMJIn this episode, Charlie speaks with Chris Jones, CEO at BMJ.Chris talks about his experience of joining BMJ in lockdown, BMJ's role in the pandemic and the role Purpose plays in guiding decision-making and priorities. Chris also frankly shares his lessons from his own leadership journey.https://www.bmj.com/company/Chapters00:00:00-Welcome to Episode 200:01:42-Chris's role and background 00:03:19-Becoming CEO during covid 00:10:16-The evolution of BMJ 00:15:11-The impact of purpose & balancing commercial goals00:18:15-Implementing an impact...
2024-02-0542 min
Culture de-coodedSam Galsworthy, Co-Founder of Sipsmith GinIn this first episode of The Culture de-cooded podcast, Charlie talks with Sam Galsworthy, founder of Sipsmith Gin.Sam talks about his journey as an entrepreneur, the founding story of Sipsmith and the development of the business and its culture through the early stages, rapid growth and acquisition by Beam Suntory.Throughout, Sam is candid and personal in his reflections on leadership, culture and growing a market-defining business.https://sipsmith.com/Chapters00:00:00-Welcome to Episode 100:01:37-Introduction to Sam's...
2024-01-101h 11
Truth, Lies and WorkHow Listening to 'The Unheard' Can Transform Your WorkplaceCOME SEE US AT THE 6TH MAD WORLD SUMMIT - OCTOBER 12TH 2023.The UK's Premier Event for Mental Health & Wellbeing Leadershttps://madworldsummit.com/In this episode, we dive deep into the world of employee insights. We're exploring what they really are, how they can mold our workplace strategies, and why they're more important now than ever. As the working environment undergoes rapid transformation, these insights provide a beacon to guide us.To help us, we're joined by three incredible expert guests.Charlie Coode, Founder at...
2023-09-2159 min
Ecom MastersHow I built Culture15 with Charlie CoodeCharlie Coode, founder of Culture15 joins us this week on the WellFounder podcast.
Culture15 is a tech startup that provides organisations with a framework to measure their culture, and in this episode, Charlie shares how he came up with the idea for the business, how he validated it, and his approach to funding. He also discusses some effective marketing strategies that have worked for Culture15 so far.
Join us as we delve into this engaging conversation with Charlie Coode, where you'll find inspiration, practical advice, and invaluable insights to...
2023-06-2647 min
The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 604: The Coode Street Advent Calendar: Charlie Jane Anders
Hugo and Nebula Award winner Charlie Jane Anders joins Gary for the 14th instalment of the Advent Calendar to discuss what she's been reading, what she'd recommend, her favourite holiday reads, and her fabulous new novel, Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, the latest in her new Unstoppable young adult space opera series.
As always, our thanks to Charlie Jane, and we hope you enjoy the episode.
2022-12-0921 min
The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 537: Ten Minutes with Charlie Jane AndersTen minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and book lovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times.
Hugo and Nebula winner Charlie Jane Anders talks about some new books sheâs been reading by Rebecca Roanhorse, Holly Black, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and Darcy Little Badger, some past favourites including Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Katherine Dunne, and Ursula K. Le Guin, and her own forthcoming YA trilogyâas well as the differences between writing YA and adult fiction.
Books ment...
2020-11-0313 min
The Coode Street PodcastEpisode 505: Ten Minutes with Mimi MondalTen minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times.
Locus Award winner and Hugo and Nebula nominee Mimi Mondal and Gary K. Wolfe chat about gardening and cooking Indian food during the lockdown, researching the ancient history of India and Bangladesh (including the origins of Tibetan Buddhism), cultural references in the Avatar franchise, and, of course, what sheâs been reading.
Books mentioned include:
The Grace of Kings by...
2020-09-0313 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 347: Charlie Jane Anders and The City in the Middle of the Night
Charlie Jane Anders joins Jonathan and Gary to discuss her second novel, The City in the Middle of the Night, which will be in shops during the coming week. Her powerful and engaging new novel follows her award-winning debut, All the Birds in the Sky, and we chat about following that novel, her hopes for the new book, and much more.
As always, our thanks to Charlie Jane for taking the time to talk to us. We hope you enjoy the episode and the shorter format. We'll have a new episode out soon.
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2019-02-0333 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 346: Neil Clarke and the State of Short Fiction in 2018
This week, as part of Coode Street's experimental trio of shorter episodes, Clarkesworld publisher Neil Clarke joins Jonathan and Gary to discuss the state of short fiction in 2018. How is the field doing artistically? How is to doing in publishing terms? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? We take half an hour to talk about all this, trends in the field and more. The fourth volume of Neil's The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of Year will be out in July.
As always, our thanks to Neil for taking the time to talk to us. We...
2019-02-0338 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 345: Liza Trombi, Locus, and the Year in ReviewThis episode is our more-or-less annual discussion with Locus magazineâs editor-in-chief Liza Groen Trombi, with whom we chat about the Recommended Reading List which appears each February in the magazineâs Year In Review issue.  How is the list compiled, who contributes to it, and perhaps most important of all, whatâs it for?  How does it differ from other "best of the year" lists? What does it tell us about the current state of the field, and where itâs going? We touch upon not only the major novels in SFF, but also about first novels, YA, collections...
2019-02-0345 minThe Coode Street PodcastREPOST: Coode Street Roundtable 3: Patricia A. McKillip's KingfisherRepost
With awards season upon us, we thought it might be worthwhile to re-release our spoiler heavy roundtable discussions for last year. The first 2017 awards-eligible book we discussed was Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky.
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Welcome to the third episode of The Coode Street Roundtable. The Roundtable is a monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panelists James Bradley, Ian Mond, and Jonathan Strahan, joined by occasional special guests, discuss a new or recently released science fiction or fantasy novel.
Patricia A. McKillipâs Kingfisher
This month Tiptree Award...
2017-02-141h 26The Coode Street PodcastREPOST: Coode Street Roundtable 2: Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the SkyRepost
With awards season upon us, we thought it might be worthwhile to re-release our spoiler heavy roundtable discussions for last year. The first 2017 awards-eligible book we discussed was Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky.
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Welcome to the second episode of The Coode Street Roundtable. The Roundtable is a monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panelists James Bradley, Ian Mond, and Jonathan Strahan, joined by occasional special guests, discuss a new or recently released science fiction or fantasy novel.Â
Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sk...
2017-02-091h 04The Coode Street PodcastCoode Street Roundtable 2: Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky
Welcome to the second episode of The Coode Street Roundtable. The Roundtable is a monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panelists James Bradley, Ian Mond, and Jonathan Strahan, joined by occasional special guests, discuss a new or recently released science fiction or fantasy novel.Â
Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the SkyThis month Coode Street co-host Gary Wolfe joins us to discuss All the Birds in the Sky, the second novel from Hugo Award winning author Charlie Jane Anders. It's a warm, humane, funny, and genuinely engaging novel described by its publisher as follows:
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2016-02-271h 04The Coode Street PodcastCoode Street Roundtable 1: Adam Roberts' The Thing ItselfWelcome to the first episode of The Coode Street Roundtable. The Roundtable is a new monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panelists James Bradley, Ian Mond, and Jonathan Strahan, joined by occasional special guests, discuss a new or recently released science fiction or fantasy novel. Adam Roberts' The Thing Itself
This month James, Ian, and Jonathan discuss The Thing Itself, the latest novel from British Science Fiction and John Campbell Memorial Award winning author Adam Roberts.  The Thing Itself is a powerful and engaging novel described by its publisher as follows:Â
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2016-01-301h 022015 â Notes from Coode StreetEpisode 260: The Best of the Year with Charlie Jane Anders and Nisi ShawlWelcome to the final episode of the Coode Street Podcast to be recorded for 2015. This weekĂ Gary and Jonathan are joined by award-winning writers and critics Charlie Jane Anders and Nisi Shawl in the Gershwin Room to discuss more of the best science fiction and fantasy books of the year. As with last week, ⊠Continue reading Episode 260: The Best of the Year with Charlie Jane Anders and Nisi Shawl â
2015-12-2200 minThe Coode Street PodcastEpisode 260: The Best of the Year with Charlie Jane Anders and Nisi Shawl
Welcome to the final episode of the Coode Street Podcast to be recorded for 2015. This week Gary and Jonathan are joined by award-winning writers and critics Charlie Jane Anders and Nisi Shawl in the Gershwin Room to discuss more of the best science fiction and fantasy books of the year. As with last week, you'll need to listen to the episode to hear whatâs recommended, but there are a good handful of familiar books and few surprises that you may want to hunt down before the year is done.
We would like to thank each and eve...
2015-12-2250 min