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Speaking Business podcastPaul Spiers talks about his consultancy and speaking with Maria FranzoniHow to take a topic and make it unique to stand out as a speaker In this episode of #SpeakingBusiness Podcast, I talk to Paul Spiers. Paul Spiers is Founder of The New P&L® Brand Purpose Institute and host of the internationally respected global business podcast series, ‘The New P&L® – Principles & Leadership in Business’. He is focussed on helping leaders to solve one of today’s big business challenges: how to rediscover and re-engage Purpose in their business, then use it to underpin and drive its commercial, strategic and operational arteries - the critical corn...2022-07-0522 min
Speaking Business podcastFounder of Covered Speakers Bureau Adam Levitt in conversation with Maria FranzoniFounder of Covered Speakers Bureau Adam Levitt in conversation with Maria Franzoni Adam Levitt is the Founder of Covered Speakers Bureau. Covered Speakers Bureau are experts in matching corporate organisations and professional associations with the very best keynote speakers, hosts, presenters, moderators and entertainment for your virtual and in person events and conferences. He offers his clients (corporate companies and associations) a truly personalised consultation and booking service. Drawing on years of experience working in the events sector and carefully listening to briefs, he matches his clientele with the right keynote speakers based...2022-05-3127 min
Speaking Business podcastTurn your Book or Keynote into Transformational Programmes with Mary TillsonIn this episode of #SpeakingBusinessPodcast I talk to Mary Tillson. Mary is Head of Speaker Coaching and Momentum at Speaking Business Academy. She helps speakers to develop their content and messaging, and to maximise their personal impact and delivery style. She co-facilitates many of the company's workshops with Maria and is lead tutor on content specific workshops. She is a highly experienced Management and Leadership Development Consultant who has spent over 20 years designing, developing, and securing projects for global Blue-Chip companies so she is well placed to help speakers. More about Ma...2022-02-0822 min
The Business of SpeakingWhat are the benefits of being represented by a Speaker Bureau?I might have mentioned in the past that I spent over 23 years working in Speaker Bureaus including running my own bureau for 14 of those years, so when it comes to the benefits of working with them I can definitely shed some light and share my experience.
For most speakers a Speaker Bureau really can enhance and grow your speaking business. Here's why:
If you've found this useful you might find this week’s podcast interview, How to work with Speaker Bureaus with me, Maria Franzoni, very helpful too - https://speakingbusiness.libsyn.com/.
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Speaking Business podcastHow to work with Speaker Bureaus with Maria FranzoniHow to work with Speaker Bureaus As a speaker, at some point you will consider working with Speaker Bureaus to help you grow your fees and your business. Speaker Bureaus can not only get you higher fees, but they can also get you booked by the right clients and take the admin off your shoulders. When the relationship works your business will really fly. If you are looking to join a Speaker Bureau and be listed with them or you are looking to get bookings from a Bureau that you are already listed with, do...2022-01-2525 min
Speaking Business podcastThe Rumours are True with Maria FranzoniMy guest this week is me, Maria Franzoni, I’m talking to myself. Well, I hope I’m not talking to myself. Why am I here talking to you? Well, I wanted to talk to you about what has been going on, there have been a lot of changes in the last year and a half and I wanted to share where I’ve come from and where we are going to next. You may have heard the rumours; I’ve closed my speaker bureau and I am moving on to new things. In fact, I’m going to be sharing a lo...2021-07-0609 min
Speaking Business podcast119 Nature, Nurture and Toaster Moments with Jez RoseMy guest this week is a broadcaster, honeybee farmer, award-winning author and Behaviour Expert. He is known for his energy, humour and passion. Growing up in the countryside, he discovered his love for nature and the environment early in life. In 2017, he moved to a small decommissioned farm, turning it into the world’s first certified Carbon Neutral honey farm, home to the native British honeybee. He is a regular on television and radio, including his own show for ITV1. He works with businesses worldwide as a Behaviour Insight Advisor and has carved a...2020-09-0829 minSpeaking Business podcast118 Be More, Do More, Have More with Gavin InghamMy guest this week has been obsessed with high performance for over twenty years. He’s been looking for answers to questions such as: What differentiates high performers from good performers? What helps one person to achieve great results when another is merely average? What skyrockets one team to be more motivated, more productive and make more sales when another wallows in mediocrity? The answers to these questions inspired him to create his #IAM10 methodology for high performance and today I’m going to be asking him to share those answers and some insights and strategies that we can...2020-09-0123 minSpeaking Business podcast117 The Future and how to get there with Richard WatsonMy guest this week is a futurist and scenario thinker who featured the pandemic in 4 out of his 5 books. He is probably best known as a maker of highly provocative maps and data visualisations intended to stimulate deep debate. The Financial Times called these maps “Brave”, while Business Insider said they might “Blow your mind”. He has worked with the Tech Foresight Practice at Imperial College London and is currently their Futurist-in-Residence at the Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication. His next book, You are Not Busy, will examine our preoccupation with work and what might happen to...2020-08-2527 minSpeaking Business podcast116 The Emotional Pandemic Infecting Organisations with Susan ArmstrongMy guest today is an International Talent Development expert, Speaker and Author, who specialises in Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace. Her programmes have won the ATD Gold Award for Excellence in Training, and, she has a Leadership programme listed as one of the top 5 Leadership Programmes in the world by HR.com. Currently she is a sought-after expert in leading and working in this new COVID reality. But she has a shocking past, which I am going to ask her to share with us today. It’s a story that could be the plot to a Ta...2020-08-1827 minSpeaking Business podcast115 Success through Failure - the Pretotyping Framework with Dan CobleyMy guest this week is the former MD of Google’s $5Bn UK business. He spent the dot.com crash in Silicon Valley, the financial crisis leading Google UK, and the past 6 years building some of Europe's top fintech start-ups. He has learnt a lot about how to drive success and even more about how to fail. While he was MD at Google, he came across pretotyping a novel approach to validating ideas for new products or services quickly, objectively and accurately, often by failing efficiently. And now he brings this thinking to all the start-ups he works...2020-08-1123 minSpeaking Business podcast114 Only dead fish go with the flow with Terence MauriMy guest this week is an award-winning author and regarded as one an exciting new business thinker challenging leaders to own the future rather than be disrupted by it. His thinking has featured in The Economist, Forbes, Reuters, The Huffington Post, CNN, and Wired Magazine. He has been described as ‘an influential and outspoken expert on the future of leadership’ by Thinkers50, the global ranking company of the world’s top 50 management thinkers. His new book The 3D Leader is out in the summer of 2020. Let’s give a big Speaking Business Podcast welcome to my guest this week - T...2020-08-0422 minSpeaking Business podcast113 Superfast - Lead at Speed with Sophie DevonshireMy guest this week is currently CEO of The Marketing Society, a global network of progressive leaders and former CEO of The Caffeine Partnership, a unique business consultancy which helps leaders to work with purpose and pace. She is an experienced business leader, entrepreneur and brand specialist. She is constantly curious about how to speed up success, she hates wasting time and believes impatience is usually a virtue. She a passionate advocate of flexible working as the future of effective companies and regularly discusses innovative approaches to balance business and family life. She is the...2020-07-2824 minSpeaking Business podcast112 How to be a Future Ready Innovator with Jennifer VesselsMy guest this week is a Future-Ready Innovator. She has led transformation for Adobe, Autodesk, LiveNation as well as founding two Silicon Valley companies. Today she is building the Executive Growth Alliance, a global community of open curious and brave leaders collaborating to drive change in environment, transportation, health and consumer services. She is here to share her journey to future-readiness and what it takes for leaders to succeed in today’s fast paced world of change. Please give a warm speaking business welcome to Jennifer Vessels. Bio As a Silicon Valley entrepreneur; lead...2020-07-2125 minSpeaking Business podcast110 You Are Good Enough with Harriet Waley-CohenMy speaker this week has been helping people for the last 16 years to believe in themselves and their potential. She has been through multiple transformations herself and knows what it takes to make deep rooted changes that stick, and to get through tough times and emerge stronger and wiser. She helps people to leave behind self-doubt, disempowering patterns and overwhelm in favour of new ways of thinking, feeling and acting that create confidence, wellbeing and success. Exactly what many of us will be needing right now. Please welcome my guest this week Harriet Waley-Cohen Please be...2020-07-0728 minSpeaking Business podcast109 Speak to Grow Your Business with Elliot KayMy guest this week is the Co-Founder of the public speaking training company - Speaker Express. He knows what it takes to build great stage presence and how to use speaking as a transformative business growth tool. He has used speaking to help build 3 successful businesses himself. He is passionate about stretching speakers to their full potential, enabling aspiring speakers and business owners to quickly get the results they are looking for in an authentic and empowering way. He is the author of 3 books including the best-selling Power to Succeed. Please welcome, speaker coach, entrepreneur and best-selling auth...2020-06-3022 minSpeaking Business podcast108 How Neuroscience can help you deal with uncertainty with Lynda ShawMy guest this week is a cognitive neuroscientist, specialising in the unconscious processing of emotion and behavioural change. She is also an experienced entrepreneur having owned 3 businesses. She works with senior leaders and their teams helping them to better understand the science of change and development and harness this power through heightened awareness of how their brain works. She is founder of the Neuroscience Professional Development Programme designed to help professional people use applied neuroscience in their work. Like her, her work is always informative, fun and extremely practical. Please welcome my guest this...2020-06-2320 minSpeaking Business podcast107 The Importance of Being Significant and having a Legacy - Sylvia BaldockMy guest this week works with Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs to help them to recognise the unique value they bring to the workplace and to lead with confidence and purpose. Tapping into her experience as a Theatre Sister in Open Heart Surgery where team engagement and collaboration were paramount to life changing outcomes, she is quick to spot dysfunctions in leaders and teams and to address the issues that are blocking their collaboration, engagement and productivity. She brings her 30+ years of experience working with hundreds of business leaders, entrepreneurs and teams, transforming, motivating and inspiring everyone s...2020-06-1625 minSpeaking Business podcast106 The Future will be an Empathy Economy with Jacqui TaylorIn an increasingly chaotic and disruptive world of technology our guest today is one of 2019’s 100 Global Leaders and a Top 10 Global Internet of Things innovator. She doesn’t just predict the future she engineers it. She has positively impacted the lives of over 1/3 of the world’s population. 34 million citizens globally collaborate in her cutting-edge research. She is also appointed to the G20 as an expert advisor and has created a new plan for the Global Digital Economy please welcome web scientist and “cyberpreneur” Dr Jacqui Taylor. Bio Dr Jacqui Taylor one of 100 Global Leaders for...2020-06-0920 minSpeaking Business podcast105 Reset - How we will shop, live, work and play in the future with Kate AncketillDrawing upon 20 years’ experience consulting on innovation pathways for billion-dollar blue chips, my guest this week provides road-tested insights on the technological and human innovations that will change the shape of business over the next five years. As founder and CEO, she is the chief storyteller at GDR Creative Intelligence, a business futurist and strategy consultancy working with an impressive roster of brands - including Microsoft, P&G, The BBC, Tesco, Waitrose and Danone. She fuses big picture context with carefully curated case studies from the world's leading technologists, designers, marketeers, architects and thought leaders to illustrate ho...2020-06-0235 minSpeaking Business podcast104 How to use this time of crisis to be creative with Tim ReidAt this time, it strikes me that we have an opportunity to look at our lives and our businesses in a new way and maybe get creative about what the future can bring. So, I thought it would be good to talk about creativity and get some techniques and advice from my guest this week, BAFTA award-winning comedy writer and creativity expert, Tim Reid. Bio Tim Reid is a multiple award-winning comedy writer, best known for co-creating and co-writing the BAFTA winning sitcom, CAR SHARE. As well as winning the BAFTA for Best S...2020-05-2635 minSpeaking Business podcast102 Coping with the new normal with Psychologist Adrian FurnhamMy guest this week is coming back for a second visit, he is going to help us while we deal with the Coronavirus. He was Professor of Psychology at University College London for 26 years and is now Principal Psychologist at Stamford Associates, an asset management company Like Noel Coward, he believes that work is more fun than fun and considers himself to be a well-adjusted workaholic. So today we are going to be talking about working from home, motivation, isolation, money worries and loneliness. Bio Adrian Furnham was Professor of Psychology at University C...2020-05-1227 minSpeaking Business podcast101 We're all in the same boat. Or are we? with Caspar CravenMy guest this week has been with us before but I’ve brought him back as at the time of recording this episode, we are going through a lockdown situation. We are trapped at home with our families and our loved ones and this man has experienced this for himself for a long period of time. He is an entrepreneur and adventurer, he believes in challenging conventional thinking on how leaders and teams become truly effective and create extraordinary results. His toughest challenge by far was building his family team to sail around the world: wit...2020-05-0523 minSpeaking Business podcast100 How to be Mentally Tough with Penny MalloryMy guest this week has appeared with us before sharing her expertise to compete against the odds. Today she is back to talk about Mental Toughness. She is going to share with us how and why developing confidence, resilience, commitment and focus is critical in today’s challenging business and personal environment. Motorsport and TV fans know her as the first and only woman to drive a World Rally Car. Let’s welcome back this week’s guest and good friend Penny Mallory. Bio Motorsport and TV fans know her as the first and only...2020-04-2820 minSpeaking Business podcast99 Resilience in times of crisis with Charlie CannonMy guest this week is a performance coach who specialises in supporting leaders to build personal resilience. For the last fifteen years he has worked at the interface of leadership and wellbeing with some of the biggest brands in the world. His passion is to support leaders to play the ‘inner game’ of life better, so it enables them to lead themselves, their teams and their families. At this time of crisis, I think we might all learn a few things so let’s give a warm Speaking Business welcome to Charlie Cannon. Bio Charlie Cannon –...2020-04-2119 min
Speaking Business podcast97 Competitiveness after Covid 19 with Stéphane GarelliMy guest this week has done so much that it would take the entire podcast episode just to read his CV, so I’ve picked a few highlights He is Emeritus Professor of World Competitiveness, at IMD business school and the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He is the Founder, of the World Competitiveness Center, and publisher of the Annual World Competitiveness Yearbooks ranking the competitiveness of nations. Author of two bestselling books published in several languages: Top Class Competitors - How Nations, Firms, and Individuals Succeed in the New World of Competitiveness Are...2020-03-2421 minSpeaking Business podcast96 Harnessing the power of diversity in thinking with Shelley BridgmanMy guest this week is Psychotherapist, Hypnotherapist, award-winning comedian and author. She survived the hedonistic sixties with the inevitable round of clubbing, fashion and drugs; then she made the most of the seventies, travelling to over sixty countries whilst running a travel business. But it was the eighties that tested her to her limits. Battling depression, bankruptcy, addiction and suicide attempts, She found the strength to confront her need to change gender and achieve harmony with herself. Today she is on a mission to create transformational change for leaders by developing a Fearless Mindset. My guest is S...2020-03-1020 minSpeaking Business podcast95 The Future is a Portal Inward with Gray ScottMy guest is a futurist, philosopher, and a leading expert in futurism and emerging technologies. He is a populariser, commentator, and influencer of all things futuristic. He is the host of the techno-philosophy YouTube series FUTURISTIC NOW and is listed in the top twenty must-watch futurism shows on YouTube. He has spoken at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre, Boston University, The London Business School, and 2016 International Judicial Symposium in Korea held by the Supreme Court of Korea. He has appeared on CBS This Morning, Discovery Channel, History Channel, Yahoo news, and many other TV shows and news out...2020-02-2531 minSpeaking Business podcast94 Be The Best You Can Be with Sir Chris Hoy MBESir Chris Hoy MBE, multiple world and Olympic champion track cyclist, is one of Great Britain’s most successful Olympic athletes, with six gold medals and one silver. Chris retired from competitive cycling in 2013 and his achievements throughout his career make him Scotland’s most successful Olympian, the first Briton since 1908 to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games, and one of the most successful Olympic male cyclists of all time. In June 2016 Chris added to his record list of achievements when he finished the world’s most demanding motorsport endurance race, the Le Man...2020-02-1129 minSpeaking Business podcast93 The Learning Cliff of speaking in schools with Claire YoungClaire Young was made famous by her role as the highly driven runner up of series four of ‘The Apprentice’ where was dubbed a ‘Rottweiler’ by Lord Sugar for her tenacious approach in the boardroom and drive not to quit. She beat 40,000 candidates to reach the final and this experience inspired Claire to set up ‘School Speakers an award-winning business. It is the UK’s No 1 speaking agency working alongside schools, colleges and universities across the world to provide talks to students and staff. She also works within the media as a journalist & radio presenter in addition to advising the government...2020-02-0429 minSpeaking Business podcast92 Psychologically-Powered Performance with Penny MalloryI’ve delved back into the archives this week to bring you a very special lady. She is in fact the first and only woman to drive a world rally car. She’s got an amazing mindset and in today’s competitive world when only the best will do, she has perfected the art of Psychologically-Powered performance to bring out the very best in us. I’m bringing you again the wonderful Penny Mallory. Penny tells us how from an early age she wanted to become a rally driver, how this led her into presenting and why speaking i...2020-01-2813 minSpeaking Business podcast91 What is your bear? with Rob LilwallMy guest this week describes himself as a very ordinary person - in fact, even more ordinary than everyone else. For his first job, he was a geography high-school teacher, but he was so low in confidence, his kids misbehaved very badly. He then chose to try and learn how to live a better life. He left the classroom, flew to Siberia with his bicycle, and spent three years cycling home to London, via Papua New Guinea, Australia and Afghanistan. After that, he went on other adventures, including cycling across America on a tandem with his wif...2020-01-2129 minSpeaking Business podcast89 Harnessing the Power of Ideas with David J HarkinMy guest this dedicates his life to connecting people with their own ideas. He does this via his award-winning ideas company 7billionideas, which he founded in 2012 and which operates in both the education and the corporate sector. He made the leap from the corporate world to become an entrepreneur after spending the best part of a decade working for the technology giant IBM. He truly believes that every single person on this planet has an amazing imagination and can change the world. Please welcome my guest this week, entrepreneur, author and speaker, David Harkin. Recorded on: 12th Dece...2020-01-0727 minSpeaking Business podcast88 Team Dynamics in a Changing World with Caspar CravenThis week I’ve gone back to the archives again because there are some jewels in there. Here is one of the early episodes, my guest was Caspar Craven, who is an entrepreneur and adventurer. Caspar has had oodles of experience, building teams and organisations, creating high growth strategies for business. He’s also an award-winning yachter. He combined his business skills (leadership and teambuilding) and yachting skills when he took his family on his toughest challenge by far making them into a team to sail around the world, he, his wife and three children, then aged 9, 7, and 2...2019-12-1720 minSpeaking Business podcast87 Towards a Zero Carbon Future with Chris GoodallMy guest this week is unusual; he is a businessperson working in energy transition who also writes books for general audiences. His next book will be published in January 2020 and will provide a short guide to each sector of the economy and what needs to be done to completely decarbonise. He was, until recently, chair of a rapidly growing electric vehicle charging company which was then sold to the French energy multinational Engie. He has a variety of angel investments in electricity generation and energy efficiency. He speaks frequently to business and general audiences across E...2019-12-1023 minSpeaking Business podcast86 Marketing like it's 2020! with Mark McCullochMy guest this week is one of the leading Food, Drink and Hospitality brand and marketing minds in business. He has over 20 years Brand, Marketing, Digital and Social Media experience holding senior positions at lastminute.com, Barclaycard, YO! Sushi and Pret A Manger. He co-founded Brand and Marketing agency, WE ARE Spectacular in 2012 and now runs Premium Brand and Marketing Strategy consultancy Supersonic Inc. based in London and Brighton where he helps C-Suite level Marketers and Executives amplify their business across multiple sectors. In 2018, Mark began podcasting and his Mark McC Supersonic Food Marketing Podcast h...2019-12-0334 minSpeaking Business podcast85 Psychologist Adrian Furnham takes us to the dark sideMy guest this week was Professor of Psychology at University College London for 26 years. He is now Principal Psychologist at Stamford Associates, an asset management company. He has lectured widely abroad and held scholarships and visiting professorships around the world. Currently he is Adjunct Professor of Management at the Norwegian School of Management. He is also prolific writer and has written over 1300 scientific papers and 92 books. Like Noel Coward, he believes that work is more fun than fun and considers himself to be a well-adjusted workaholic. He rides a bicycle to work (as he has...2019-11-2628 minSpeaking Business podcast82 Become a Bold Leader - Dare to Jump with Cedric DumontMy guest this week is a leader in the world of base jumping and wingsuit flying and since 1999 he has been part of the Red Bull team. In addition to being an action sports athlete, he is a graduate of Applied Sports & High-Performance Psychology and a multi-linguist. For years he has been providing his fellow professional athletes with a mental advantage and skillset required to reach their goals and unleash their full potential. My guest is Cedric Dumont. Bio Cedric Dumont is a leader in the world of base jumping and wingsuit flying and sin...2019-11-0530 minSpeaking Business podcast80 What's your language revealing about you? with Ben AfiaThis week we are talking about language, but first let me give you a little bit of context. Most organisations don't connect with their customers and staff half as well as they could and as a result, they're losing customers and employees at a shocking rate. My guest is the Language Strategist, he's helped companies like Vodafone, Allianz and Google to be more human and make that connection. He's going to reveal how language is the key that'll unlock the door to a more authentic brand and happier customers. My guest is Ben Afia. Bio...2019-10-2221 minSpeaking Business podcast78 Without Trust We Have Nothing with Philipp Kristian DiekhoenerMy guest this week is a millennial trust futurist, innovation strategist and speaker. His book, The Trust Economy, champions a new lens on trust and innovation in the digital age. Please welcome Philipp Kristian Bio Philipp Kristian Diekhoener demystifies change by looking at trust as the engine of human advancement. Without it innovation is impossible, and the future remains imagination. With great energy, hard-hitting insight and a healthy dose of pragmatism, he unveils why designing and managing for trust is the new imperative for success in the digital age. Kristian’s keyno...2019-10-0828 minSpeaking Business podcast77 Recovering Shazam entrepreneur, aspiring Tech do-gooder with Dhiraj MukherjeeThis week’s guest founded Shazam Entertainment, the world’s first mobile phone-based music recognition service which was acquired by Apple in 2018 for a reported $400 million. In 2015 the Financial Times named him one of Europe’s Top 50 technology entrepreneurs. Previously he was Head of Banking Innovation at Virgin Money, responsible for developing new digital services for students in the UK. He has also worked in media, entertainment, technology and in charity at Save the Children. Now he is an angel investor in “Tech for Good” start-ups and a regular speaker on innovation, entrepreneurship and emerging technology. My guest is Dhira...2019-10-0116 minSpeaking Business podcast75 Making Great Music with your Teams with Rainer HerschMy guest this week is rare beast – a stand-up comedian who for 20 years performed at some of the most famous comedy clubs and a trained conductor who now enjoys a career conducting world-class orchestras from St Petersburg to Australia. For corporate audiences he uses these incomparable skills to discuss that most vexed of questions, ‘what does a conductor actually do?’. And, having clarified us on that, he goes on to explain what the symphony orchestra can tell us about other complex organizations. It’s an analogy that is amazingly rich and, as he tells it, an awful lot of fun...2019-09-1723 minSpeaking Business podcast74 Why it's not what you say.... with Allan PeaseMy guest this week, is Australia’s most successful author, writing 18 Top 10 bestsellers including 11 number ones. His books are translated into 55 languages and have sold over 32 million copies. He researches and studies the psychology of selling, relationships and human communication. He teaches simple, field-tested skills and techniques that get results. His research has been on the cover of magazines ranging from Marketing & Readers Digest to Playboy, Cosmopolitan and Oprah. His monthly relationship column has had over 20 million readers. His work with his wife Barbara has been the subject of 11 television series, 4 stage plays, a number one b...2019-09-1032 minSpeaking Business podcast73 Be Future Ready not Future Proof with Shivvy JervisShivvy Jervis is a four-time award winning Futurologist, headline speaker and broadcaster focusing on sustainable innovation. She reaches hundreds of thousands each month through her video editorial and global talks; and was recently voted one of Britain’s Influencers of the year for 2019. A documentary she just released for discovery channel “piloting the digital future” uncovers the future of our cities and how we will live in the future. Bio Voted one of Britain's 2019 Role Models of the Year and Europe’s most trailblazing women in digital, Shivvy Jervis is a four-time award-winning Innovation Futurist and Disco...2019-09-0328 minSpeaking Business podcast72 The importance of remaining curious with Magnus LindkvistMy guest this week is a Trendspotting Futurologist and author of books with titles like Minifesto, Everything we know is wrong and Attack of the unexpected. He is Swedish, an economist by training, a failed novelist and rock star, former cat litter salesman and advertising executive. He has been speaking about trends and the future around the world for 20 years. A recent client said 'He is the best Swedish export since ABBA and meatballs.’ My guest is Magnus Lindkvist BIO Magnus Lindkvist is a trendspotting futurologist and author who weaves together imp...2019-08-2718 minSpeaking Business podcast70 Turning relationships into results! with Nick SaundersMy guest this week helps individuals transform the way they work with others. He specialises in communication, collaboration and conflict resolution, enabling people to work together more effectively. He is the author of the bestselling book “You can choose your friends…” and is known as “The Family Man” - for his unique comparison methods. Put simply, he is a Collaboration and Practical Communications Specialist who helps turn relationships into results. My guest is Nick Saunders. Bio Nick Saunders has a 25-year track record as a keynote speaker, trainer and bestselling author. 4 out of 10 of us r...2019-08-1321 minSpeaking Business podcast69 The human side of security with Lisa ForteMy guest this week is an expert in cyber security and the human side of security. She is a winner of the Top 100 Women In Tech Award. Previously she has worked for a Police Cyber Crime Unit and has also spent time working in Counter Terrorism Intelligence. She speaks around the world and regularly appears on BBC radio shows discussing topical cyber security issues. Today she is going to give us some insights into her world. Ladies and gentlemen please welcome Lisa Forte. Bio Lisa Forte began her career working in anti-piracy intelligence of...2019-08-0617 minSpeaking Business podcast68 Life and Death Listening with Kirk KinnellMy guest this week was a young police officer when he became a member of the Armed Response Vehicles team and whilst attending some sieges, he saw negotiators in action. He was impressed by how they managed to resolve conflict by keeping cool and finding ways of connecting with people in crisis. His career thereafter focused on both specialisms of armed policing and negotiation. In 2014, he became Head of Hostage Negotiation and Armed Policing, bringing together two specialisms which previously were separate entities. Hostage Negotiators have a 99.9% success rate in saving live...2019-07-3019 minSpeaking Business podcast67 Bring your event to life with Roy SheppardIf you want to make your events and conferences more engaging and interactive, you’ll be interested to hear from my guest today Roy Sheppard. A delegate once wrote on their feedback form “Roy Sheppard breaks more ice than the Russian fishing fleet!” Roy has a background as a BBC news presenter and reporter – but for the past 25 years he has worked as a specialist conference facilitator and MC. Listen out for Oscar the rescue dog making his podcast debut. Bio Roy Sheppard is a specialist conference and international congress MC, facilitato...2019-07-2322 minSpeaking Business podcast66 Change is Simple: Decision, Action, Result with Jim LawlessEach week I invite one of my speakers to talk about their life, work, passions and leisure so that you can get to know the person who is the speaker behind the mic. My guest this week is a pioneer in the fields of change and performance shift and the author of the bestseller “Taming Tigers”. He always tests his ideas on bold fast change on himself first. He adapted from an overweight non-rider to televised jockey in 12 months and from non-free diver to the first Briton past 101m in 8 months - both whilst doing the...2019-07-1629 minSpeaking Business podcast65 The difference a professional host makes with Lovelda VincenziThis week’s guest isn’t a speaker but instead she is one of our favourite MC’s. She says that her role is to help event organisers to transform events into memorable experiences. Witty, energetic and funny she’s had the honour of introducing political figure heads, CEO’s and household names on to the stage. Welcome the event organisers’ secret weapon, Lovelda Vincenzi. Bio International event MC and Moderator, Lovelda Vincenzi has been speaking and performing on stages since the age of 13. With a background in event creation herself, Lovelda now specialises in MC’ing and moder...2019-07-0921 minSpeaking Business podcast64 How do you lead with purpose? with Ben RenshawMy guest this week is the author of 8 books, a coach, consultant and of course a speaker. His focus on authentic leadership and high performance is under-pinned by his inspirational 'purpose' approach which has been utilised by world-class companies. In our discussion he shares how to find your purpose and how once you have, how to lead with purpose. Please welcome Ben Renshaw. Bio Ben Renshaw is a global leadership expert specialising in purpose-led cultures. Ben’s focus on authentic leadership and high-performance is linked by his inspirational ‘purpose’ approach utilised by world-class companies. He is an enga...2019-07-0218 minSpeaking Business podcast63 The Power of Moonshot Thinking with Dean van Leeuwan My guest this week is Moonshot Futurist, Chief eXploration Officer and co-founder of the business consultancy TomorrowToday Global. He is also cancer slayer and a lover of all things cycling. He’s a TEDx speaker, author and internationally renowned for his insights on business impact, innovation and future trends. He is a guest lecturer at bothOxford and Henley business schools where he talks about disruptive forces and the power of innovation as a force for good. He works with clients to deliver 10 times the impact and is on a quest to create a bette...2019-06-2526 minSpeaking Business podcast62 How do you create instant teamwork? with Tom MorleyMy guest this week first stepped on to the stage over 40 years ago as a founder member and drummer with the band Scritti Politti. Following a power cut at a gig in Berlin he found that keeping the beat going, even in the dark, meant the show could most definitely go on. 20 years later he set up Instant Teamwork, a global team building company, giving out 200 drums to his corporate audiences so they could not only hear that beat but they too could CREATE it. Breaking down barriers, working in harmony, and getting corporate teams ‘into the groove’ leads to agil...2019-06-1825 minSpeaking Business podcast62 How will the next era of ‘datafication' influence consumers? with Shawn DuBravacI am thrilled to be joined by trend caster, economist and a New York Times best-selling author Dr. Shawn DuBravac. Shawn spent over a decade as the Chief Economist for the Consumer Technology Association and is now President of Avrio Institute. His research focuses on how technologies are rewriting the nature of work, how the next era of ‘datafication’ will influence consumers, and how companies should prepare for the forces that will define their organisations in the coming decades. Bio Dr. Shawn DuBravac is author of the New York Times Best Seller Digital Destiny: How the New Ag...2019-06-1123 minSpeaking Business podcast60 How are you augmenting creativity in your organisation? with James TaylorEach week I invite one of my speakers to talk about their life, work, passions and leisure so that you can get to know the person who is the speaker behind the mic. My guest this week started his career managing high profile rock stars – and yes of course I get him to name names. He is now an internationally recognised leader in business creativity and innovation. For over 20 years, he has been advising CEO’s, entrepreneurs, educators, governments, leaders, writers and rock stars on how to build innovative organizations, unlock creative potential, and increase productivity. His forth...2019-06-0436 minSpeaking Business podcast59 Selling from Stage with Simone VincenziMy guest is serial entrepreneur and author Simone Vincenzi. Simone has helped launch more than 500 profitable businesses all before the age of 30. He is the go-to expert in selling from stage and in this episode, we talk about the differences and indeed the many similarities of speaking to sell and being paid to speak. Two Italians chatting about speaking, this is an episode not to be missed. Simone also shares his “Selling from stage check list” and “15 ways to get speaking gigs” which you can pick up in the show notes. NB: This was originally recorded as a video and...2019-05-3031 minSpeaking Business podcast58 Irresistible Persuasion with Geoff BurchIn this episode I struggle to contain my laughter, you might hear me squeaking in the background, and I also have to warn you that my guest drops a couple of naughty words. But it’s all done in the best possible taste. My guest this week is a leading authority on sales, leadership, customers and change and has been voted Business Communicator of the Year by the Speechwriters’ Guild. He is a regular contributor and presenter on TV and Radio and was the star of BBC television’s hit business show ‘All over the Shop’. He is regularly...2019-05-2331 minSpeaking Business podcast56 Digital Acceleration with Inma MartinezMy guest this week is an industry acclaimed A.I. Scientist, Tech Pioneer and Venture Partner at Deep Science Ventures, a venture-focused science institute where audacious entrepreneurial scientists explore solutions to the world’s challenges. She is an advisor to both the UK Parliament and the EU Technology Commission in matters of digitalisation and Big Data. Fortune and TIME have described her as one of Europe’s top talents in social engagement through technology, and FastCompany labelled her a “firestarter”. Please welcome Inma Martinez. Bio Inma Martinez is an engaged figure in the entrepreneurial, innovation and digitalis...2019-05-0928 minSpeaking Business podcast55 Secrets of the Ueber Brands with JP KuehlweinMy guest today is a global brand and business builder, recognised strategy expert, author and speaker. He has more than 20 years of hands-on experience in successfully creating or re-staging brands that have grown to generate over a billion dollars in combined incremental sales annually around the world. In our chat we learn what the Uber brands are doing and that it isn’t always wise to follow every whim, need and trend of the consumer. Please welcome JP Kuehlwein. Bio JP Kuehlwein is a global brand builder, accomplished business leader and recognised strategy expert...2019-05-0235 minSpeaking Business podcast54 Achieving Extraordinary Results with Sophie BennettMy guest today is a motivation expert and a student of the art of mastery. She has helped champions to win medals, business leaders to transform performance, sales people to win multi-million-pound deals and individuals to perform beyond their own wildest expectations. She is a grand prix dressage rider, a former national equestrian champion, a ski instructor, a bestselling author, and was Head of Content for the global computer giant, Dell. As part of the research for her latest book “Find Your Flame - Why Motivation Matters More Than Talent”, she interviewed 50 world class performers from business, science...2019-04-2533 minSpeaking Business podcast50 The Power to be You with Thomas AngleroThis week we are talking to Thomas Anglero. He is Director of Innovation for IBM in Norway, a two-time entrepreneur, a veteran basketball coach, and an extremely popular motivational speaker. Thomas was born in New York but has lived in Norway for more than 20 years. He has been an executive for large private and public global companies that gives him a unique perspective on people, technology and culture. Thomas’ favourite presentations are all-out Q&A’s with the audiences, no slides, no rehearsal, in real-time living in the moment with the audience making life happen! In this episode you may be s...2019-03-2821 minSpeaking Business podcast49 Designing for the Future with Angela OguntalaAngela Oguntala is a futurist and a director at Greyspace – a design and futures consultancy that partners with organisations to think, plan and design for the future. She has worked in education, healthcare, finance, fashion, sustainability and in a range of other spaces across culture and technology. Selected clients of hers include IKEA, Hermès, Microsoft, Philips, and various media groups. She has also been an advisor for policy organisations and large-scale city planning projects in Northern Europe. Angela is a Salzburg Global Fellow and has been named a Future Innovator by The United Nations ICT / Ars Ele...2019-03-2119 minSpeaking Business podcast48 Celebrity Service with Geoff RammThis week we are doing something a little different. As well as finding out about the speaker who is the person behind the mic we also find out a bit more about the actual presentation/keynote and we deconstruct the speaker's keynote and tell you bit by bit how he presents his content to the audience. My guest this week is the creator and author of Celebrity Service & OMG Marketing. He’s challenged and inspired audiences across six continents to create award-winning ideas to outperform the competition. Recently featured in Forbes…. they said Celebrity Service was ‘A Game Ch...2019-03-1434 minSpeaking Business podcast46 All things website and branding with Chris WhartonThis week I’ve gone a bit off-piste, I haven’t got one of my speakers as a guest, instead I have Chris Wharton who is Creative Director of 2ndfloor, a web and design Studio. Chris is my go-to guy for all things website and branding and I thought I’d quiz him a bit to help speakers or anyone else looking for assistance in this field. Chris has been working on a computer since he found MS Paint and created bank cards for his sister to play shop with. He has successfully managed, consulted and wo...2019-02-2827 minSpeaking Business podcast45 Answering the biggest economic questions of our time with Linda YuehEach week I invite one of my speakers to talk about their life, work, passions and leisure so that you can get to know the person who is the speaker behind the mic. In this episode we are going to talk about economics and history with Dr Linda Yueh. Dr Linda Yueh is a leading economist, writer and broadcaster. Her latest book, The Great Economists: How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today answers the biggest economic questions of our time by drawing on the ideas of the thinkers who have changed our world. It was s...2019-02-2133 minSpeaking Business podcast44 Creating a High Performance Culture with James KerrEach week I invite one of my speakers to talk about their life, work, passions and leisure so that you can get to know the person who is the speaker behind the mic. In this episode we are sharing the secrets behind some of the world's elite business, sports and military organisations. My guest is high performance culture expert and best-selling author James Kerr. James authored the global best-selling book Legacy: What the All Blacks can teach us about the business of life. His work explores what drives the best teams to extraordinary res...2019-02-1426 minSpeaking Business podcast42 Diversity through sponsorship with Jackie FastEach week I invite one of my speakers to talk about their life, work, passions and leisure so that you can get to know the person who is the speaker behind the mic. Today we are going to find out about the commercial advantages of B2B sponsorship and the importance of being relentless in your quest for success. My guest is author and entrepreneur, Jackie Fast. Jackie sold her sponsorship agency for millions just 6 years after starting it in her bedroom with £2k, she now covets clients including Sir Richard Branson and the Rolling St...2019-01-3127 minSpeaking Business podcast41 Leadership without Ego with Isaac GetzEach week I invite one of my speakers to talk about their life, work, passions and leisure so that you can get to know the person who is the speaker behind the mic. This week we talk about letting go of the old command and control style of running organisations in order to transform them. We talk about how leaders' egos can get in their way. And my guest who is ranked 4th most influential living management thinker in the world by The French National Foundation for the Management and Business Education) reveals that he will coach CE...2019-01-2437 minSpeaking Business podcast40 Decision Making with Data with Maneesh JunejaEach week I invite one of my speakers to talk about their life, work, passions and leisure so that you can get to know the person who is the speaker behind the mic. My guest this week is Maneesh Juneja, Digital Health Futurist, or as we call him MJ. In this episode we talk all things technology but with some talk of gadgets too, which I absolutely love. Maneesh also tells us why all business and organisation are going to be in the business of health. Bio Maneesh Juneja is a Digi...2019-01-1732 minSpeaking Business podcast39 Master your voice today and the world will listen with Jimmy CannonThis week we are doing something a little bit different, going a bit off piste, because my guest this week isn't one of my speakers, he's actually a voice coach. You would think that people who use their voice as an instrument for their work would actually have voice coaches but many speakers don't look after their voices and end up struggling, straining and not using their voices to their full potential. So my guest is jazz singer and voice coach, Jimmy Cannon. Bio Jazz singer and vocal coach Jimmy Cannon teaches techniques t...2019-01-1026 minSpeaking Business podcast33 Driving High Performance with Mark GallagherToday Maria’s is Mark Gallagher. Mark has held leadership roles in F1 for over 30 years with Jordan Grand Prix, Red Bull Racing and Cosworth Formula one engine company. Today he runs his own consulting business and is a F1 analyst for media organisations. In this week’s show, we find why out what is it about Lewis Hamilton that makes him the champion driver he is. We discover what people really thought about Eddie Jordan when he first entered Formula 1. We find out who Michael Schumacher considered his only real rival and we get amazing insights into...2018-11-0133 minSpeaking Business podcast32 Leadership Futurist and Transformational Catalyst with Nick JankelToday Maria’s guest is award-winning author, innovator, entrepreneur, leadership futurist and transformational catalyst, Nick Jankel. In this week’s show, we talk about one man’s journey from McDonald’s burger maker to student of philosophy, we talk about how everybody is born to transform and we find out why innovators and business leaders have never had so much political responsibility. Bio Thought leader Nick Jankel switches on people all over the planet with the limitless opportunities of the Networked Age...and how to leave behind redundant Industrial-Age thinking, mindsets, and processes that blo...2018-10-2527 minSpeaking Business podcast30 Setting yourself up for success with Mary TillsonToday Maria’s guest is Mary Tillson. Mary is the Head of Momentum and Executive Learning at MFL. Mary has worked internationally as a management and leadership development Principal Consultant. She has held leadership roles, both within the training industry, for OnTrack International, GBS Corporate Training, and for American Express where she jointly ran the UK 24-hour Authorisation Centre. As Head of Momentum and Executive Learning at MFL, Mary provides 90-minute Injections of Inspiration workshops as well as custom designed learning programmes and masterclasses. Most recently she has taken on the role of head o...2018-10-1129 minSpeaking Business podcast29 Showreel SpecialToday Maria’s guest is Neil Armstrong. Neil has been making films and TV programmes for over 33 years. He started his career as a Film Assistant at the BBC and worked his way up to become a highly respected and sought-after Series Producer and Director. Neil’s credits include ‘Alter Ego’ with Jon Culshaw, ‘Renford Rejects’, ‘The Miners “Location, Location, Location”, “House Doctor” for C5), and the “Teletubbies”. Neil has filmed all over the world writing, producing and directing for a great range of brands from Astra Zeneca, Barclays and UBS right through to L’Oreal, John Lewis, Microsoft...2018-10-0420 minSpeaking Business podcast28 Scripting Speakers with James KettleToday Maria’s guest is James Kettle, a professional script and speechwriter. He has written for the likes of Rory Bremner, Ed Balls, David Gower and Miles Jupp. Recorded: March 2018 In this week’s episode, we find out that a speech writer has a lot in common with the effervescent vitamin tablet Berocca, making speakers “them”, but them on a really good day. And we hear about liquid lunches with former English cricketer David Gower. So, let’s dive right in. Links: More about Maria Franzoni Ltd Connect with Maria on Lin...2018-09-2719 minSpeaking Business podcast27 Secrets behind effective communications with James PearceToday Maria’s guest is James Pearce. For two decades, James has been one of the most regular faces on the BBC's television news bulletins. An award-winning correspondent, James freely admits to having one of the best jobs in the world. You name it, he's reported from it. Recorded on: 12th July 2018 James tells us how Gloria Hunniford gave him his first broadcasting break at the tender age of nine, he teaches me how to elegantly deflect awkward questions, and James shares with us an embarrassing broadcasting moment. All this and more… Links: 2018-09-2032 minSpeaking Business podcast26 Transformational Leadership with Chris RoebuckToday Maria’s guest is Chris Roebuck. Chris has vast experience as a leader. He was Global Head of Leadership at UBS during the implementation of one of the most successful corporate transformations. This period now forms a Harvard Business School case study on transforming organisational performance. Chris has also worked in government and public sector on major change and leadership projects, from UK National Health Service and local government to London Underground PFI partnership. Chris is currently visiting professor of transformational leadership at Cass Business School in London. In addition, he has served as a military officer and no...2018-09-1333 minSpeaking Business podcast25 Differentiating a high growth business with Tony FishThis week, Maria’s guest is Tony Fish. Tony is an author investor, serial entrepreneur, and maverick. He's a visiting fellow at Henley Business School for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and an EC expert for big data. He is entrepreneur in residence at Bradford School of Management and Law, lecturer in innovation and entrepreneurship at the London Business School, and lecturer in AI and future of disruptive technology at the London School of Economics. Recorded on: 28th June 2018 In this week’s show, Tony Fish shares how he defeated the University system and got a place with...2018-09-0627 minSpeaking Business podcast24 Becoming a productivity ninja with Graham AllcottThis week, Maria’s guest is Graham Allcott. Graham is the author of the global bestseller How to Be A Productivity Ninja. He is the founder of Think Productive, a leading provider of personal productivity training and consultancy. His podcast, Beyond Busy, explores the issues of productivity, work life balance, and how people define happiness in their lives. Previous roles include chief executive of Student Volunteering England, head of volunteering at the University of Birmingham and advisor to the UK Government on youth volunteering policy. Recorded on: 21st June 2018 In this week’s show Graham Allc...2018-08-3030 minSpeaking Business podcast23 Seeing Differently with Beau LottoThis week, Maria’s guest is Dr. Beau Lotto. Beau is a world-renowned neuroscientist, bestselling author, and entrepreneur. Beau is also the founder and CEO of Lab of Misfits, the world's first neuro-design studio. His studies in human perception have taken him well beyond the scientific domain and into the fields of education, the arts, and business. He has been a two-time main stage TED speaker and spoken at the G8, Google's ZeitgeistMinds, Wired, and made contributions to BBC's Horizon, National Geographic Channel and PBS. Beau's aim is to use the principles of perception to enable people to think di...2018-08-2325 minSpeaking Business podcast22 Engagement and Learning with David PriceThis week Maria’s guest on the show is David Price. David is an expert in organisational learning for a complex future. He is a senior associate at The Innovation Unit and co-founder of We Do Things Differently, a cultural change practise. His book, Open: How We'll Work, Live, and Learn in the Future, has been an Amazon bestseller since its publication. In 2009, he was awarded the OBE by Her Majesty the Queen. He writes, talks, trains, and advises leaders around the world on some of the biggest challenges facing business, education, and society, solving the problems of employees, st...2018-08-1627 minSpeaking Business podcast21 Transforming Healthcare with Pritpal TamberThis week Maria’s guest on the show is Dr. Pritpal S. Tamber. Pritpal is the CEO and co-founder of Bridging Health & Community, a Seattle based non-profit dedicated to transforming how healthcare works with communities. At the heart of its work is the insight that our current approach to health, deploying technical solutions to biomedical problems, is failing in a world of circumstance related chronic conditions. Bridging Health & Community has gleaned 12 overarching principles for how healthcare can work with communities. These principles also have the potential to foster the agency of communities, their ability to make purposeful choices, something in...2018-08-0927 minSpeaking Business podcast20 Disruptive Innovation with Jim HarrisThis week Maria’s guest on the show is Jim Harris. Jim is one of North America's foremost thinkers on disruptive innovation. Jim is the bestselling author of The Learning Paradox, The 100 Best Companies to Work for in Canada, and Blindsided. Blindsided is published in 80 countries worldwide and is a number one international bestseller. The Miami Herald calls Blindsided "brilliant stuff". Jim is a catalyst for conversation and change. He excels at leading people to new ways of thinking, making productive, profitable change possible. Recorded on: 24th May 2018 Show Notes: In this week’s sh...2018-08-0227 minSpeaking Business podcast19 Visualising your dreams with Bruno MarionThis week Maria’s guest on the show is Bruno Marion. Bruno nicknamed The Futurist Monk, is an expert in global trends and innovation. For the last 30 years, Bruno has been traveling around the world, meeting CEOs, monks, all kinds of gurus, people in jail, super rich people, super poor people, artists, scientists, high-level politicians, members of the special forces, activists, and successful entrepreneurs. In that time he's read thousands of books on the latest innovations in science, technology, philosophy, and spirituality. He has been experimenting with cutting edge technologies, investigating new types of governances, smart cities, and disruptive wa...2018-07-2626 minSpeaking Business podcast18 Entrepreneurship with chocolate with Josephine FairleyThis week Maria’s guest on the show is Josephine Fairley. Having been the UK's youngest ever magazine editor in her twenties, Jo Fairley co-founded Green and Black's in 1991 with her husband Craig Sams, now a one hundred million pound a year brand under the umbrella of Mondalez. Passionate since her teenage years about clean, green living she continues to work as an ambassador for Green and Blacks while also acting as a consultant to brands that are seeking increasingly to become more ethical, sustainable and to embody stronger values. A serial entrepreneur, she has translated her li...2018-07-1928 minSpeaking Business podcast17 Adapting for the future with Mark StevensonThis week Maria’s guest on the show is Mark Stevenson. Mark is a futurist, broadcaster, and expert on global trends and innovation. He's a highly respected thinker on the interplay of technology and society, helping a diverse mix of clients to become future-literate and adapt their cultures and strategy to squarely face the questions the future is asking them. He's the author of two best-selling books, An Optimist's Tour of the Future, and the award-winning, We Do Things Differently: The Outsiders Rebooting Our World. Mark's many advisory roles include Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Earth Challenge and Atlas of th...2018-07-1222 minSpeaking Business podcast16 Shaping your brain with Amy BrannThis week Maria’s guest on the show is Amy Brann. Amy is a visiting lecturer to Manchester Metropolitan University, teaching the neuroscience of leadership on the Master of Sports Directorship Programme. She is the founder of Synaptic Potential, working with organizations to strengthen their strategy, culture, and performance. Amy is also the author of three books, Make Your Brain Work, Neuroscience for Coaches, and Engaged: The Neuroscience Behind Creating Productive People in Successful Organizations. Recorded on: 26th April 2018 Show Notes: In this week’s show, Amy Brann talks to us about the brai...2018-07-0515 minSpeaking Business podcast14 Hitchhiking with a fridge with Tony HawksThis week Maria’s guest on the show is Tony Hawks, who is a British author and comedian and best known for his appearances on shows like "QI", "Just a Minute", and "I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue". His bestselling books include "Round Ireland with a Fridge" which has sold nearly a million copies worldwide. He is not to be mixed up with Tony Hawk, the American skateboarder, who is not as funny as Tony. Recorded on: 5th April 2018 Show Notes: In this week’s show Tony Hawks tells us about his big hit wi...2018-06-2123 minSpeaking Business podcast13 Developing courage to take risks with Mark PollockThis week Maria’s guest on the show is Mark Pollock, an explorer, innovator, and collaborator. Even though he went blind in 1998, Mark has competed in ultra-endurance races and was the first blind person to race to the South Pole. He also won silver and bronze medals for rowing at the Commonwealth Games. In 2010, Mark was left paralyzed after falling from a second story window. He is now exploring the frontiers of spinal cord injury recovery and is walking daily using bionic robotic legs. Through the Mark Pollock Trust he's on a mission to find a cure for paralysis. Mar...2018-06-1423 minSpeaking Business podcast12 Creative Lessons from Car Share with Tim ReidThis week Maria’s guest on the show is Tim Reid. Tim spent over 20 years working with some of the world's most creative organizations including global ad agencies and innovation consultancies. Before having his first sitcom, Car Share, starring superstar comedian, Peter Kay, commissioned by the BBC. As an innovation expert, Tim has helped many clients from beer brands to broadcasters, confectioners to condom makers, reimagine the future and reinvent their businesses. As a coach, Tim has enabled hundreds of teams across the world to reignite their own creative potential to have bigger, better ideas. From his unique position as...2018-06-0724 minSpeaking Business podcast10 Embracing uncertainty to help decision making with Caspar BerryThis week Maria’s guest on the show is Caspar Berry. After studying Economics at Cambridge, Caspar decided to put what he had learnt there into practice in a rather unique way. He moved to Las Vegas and became a professional poker player. He played poker for much of the next three years before finding himself as the poker adviser on the James Bond movie Casino Royale. Recorded on: 1st March 2018 Show Notes: In this week’s show, Caspar talks about some of the lessons that you can apply from poker to busi...2018-05-2419 minSpeaking Business podcast9 Harnessing emerging science and technology with Rohit TalwarThis week Maria’s guest on the show is Rohit Talwar a global futurist and award-winning speaker, who works with corporations and governments to help them explore, understand, and respond to the forces shaping our world. He has a particular focus on how we can harness emerging science and technology to ensure that these advances are used to unleash individual potential, and enable a very human future. Recorded on 23rd February 2018 Show Notes: In this week’s show, we will find out what a futurist actually is, why Rohit would like to h...2018-05-1719 minSpeaking Business podcast8 Innovation is everyone's business with Jack MilnerThis week Maria’s guest on the show is Jack Milner. Jack works as a director, comedy writer, business facilitator, and speaker. He has over 20 years’ experience helping organisations and individuals articulate and memorably communicate their ideas. Jack says that skills learnt from the world of stand-up comedy and improvisation need fresh, natural and compelling communication, and can help audiences understand complex stories. As director for the West End, film and radio, Jack knows how to take often dry, technical information and render it clear and memorable, no matter who the audience. Recorded on: 15th February 2018 Sh...2018-05-1021 minSpeaking Business podcast6 Developing courage and leadership with Patrick MarriottThis week Maria's guest on the show is Major General Patrick Marriott, who was a regular soldier for 36 years. During this time he served in approximately 30 countries and deployed in operations to Northern Ireland, Egypt and Israel, Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia, Iraq and Afghanistan. Among other appointments, he commanded his regiment, the Queen's Royal Lancers, on operations in Bosnia and the 7th Armoured Brigade known as the Desert Rats in Iraq. He was Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst before retiring in 2012. Patrick now serves as a Reservist Major General, sharing the highest level of Service Complaints Board for...2018-04-2619 minSpeaking Business podcast5 Building a world class brand with Kevin GaskellThis week Maria’s guest on the show is Kevin Gaskell. Kevin has led the iconic brands, Porsche, Lamborghini, and BMW. After driving the turnaround at Porsche and leading five years of record growth at BMW, he was recognised as one of the UK's top 40 leaders. Kevin founded a dot com, Epyx Limited, which became the market leader in automotive e-commerce. As global CEO of the Eurotax Group, he led his team to integrate 30 companies and to create the world leader in automotive data. During his career of founding start-ups, driving turnarounds and leading major brands, he has built ov...2018-04-1921 minSpeaking Business podcast4 Charting Success with Caspar CravenThis week Maria’s guest on the show is Caspar Craven, entrepreneur and adventurer. Caspar believes in challenging conventional thinking on how leaders and teams become truly effective to create extraordinary results. Caspar has 30 years of experience in building teams to make things happen. Starting as an entrepreneur at the age of 14, he has built and led teams in global corporations, start-ups, struggling and high growth businesses, and on a trophy-winning world racing yacht. But his toughest challenge by far was building his family team to sail around the world with his wife and three children, then aged 9, 7, and 2....2018-04-1217 minSpeaking Business podcast3 Turning ambition into achievement with Jamil QureshiThis week Maria’s guest on the show is Jamil Qureshi one of today's foremost practitioners of performance psychology and an expert in high performing teams and cultural change. Jamil has worked with a rich diversity of the most talented business and sports teams. In business, he has delivered management and leadership programmes at board level for Coca-Cola, Hewlett Packard, Emirates Airlines, SAP, and Cisco. In sport, he has helped six people get to number one in the world. In 2006, he was appointed as the first ever official psychologist to work with the European Ryder Cup team. They made hi...2018-04-0519 minSpeaking Business podcast2 World Class Thinking - World Class Behaviour with Penny MalloryThis week Maria’s guest on the show is Penny Mallory who is one of the most successful women rally drivers, and was the first woman in the world to compete in a world rally car, the Formula 1 of rallying. As a motoring expert, she has presented many high-profile TV shows, including the hugely successful Channel 4 show, Driven, World Rally Championship, the Used Car Roadshow, Accident Black Spots, Discovery's Classic Car Club and The Roadshow. Penny is a qualified performance coach and is the author of the book Take Control of Your Life, where she uses her driving successes as...2018-03-2914 minSpeaking Business podcast1 Championing Project Management with Antonio Nieto RodriguezThis week Maria's guest on the show is Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, the world's leading champion of Project Management and Strategy Implementation. Antonio is the creator of concepts such as the Hierarchy of Purpose featured by Harvard Business Review, and the Project Revolution; which argues that Projects are the lingua franca of business and personal worlds from the C-suite to managing your career and relationships. Antonio's research and global impact in modern management have been recognized by Thinkers50 with the prestigious award "Ideas into Practice". He is also part of MG100 - Marshall Goldsmith's 100 coaches. ...2018-03-2219 min