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Breakthrough PodcastEpisode 28: Podcast interview with Linda ReddyLinda Reddy is a truly inspirational leader with an impressive track record. She is currently the Global Supply Chain Director for the Nando’s Group. She has for 30 years led high-impact teams across FMCG, banking, and hospitality - transforming global P&Ls to scaling innovation, ops, supply chain, and manufacturing. This work earned her the Supply Chain Executive of the Year Award 2023. A small sample of her many professional and personal achievements include the following achievements: ✔️165 products across 16 countries ✔️150 people employed in manufacturing ✔️11 million liters of sauce produced annually ✔️800 smallholder farmers supported ✔️1 million tons of chillies farmed ✔️300% P&L growth AND 📌Hiked to Machu...2025-05-1528 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 27: Podcast interview with Wilson WongWilson is a strategist applying futures and research methodologies to support strategic thinking for organisational resilience. International experience includes work with UNDP, UNEP, Commonwealth Secretariat; ISO, and multilateral negotiations at APEC level. Wilson has a legal background, financial qualifications, a PhD in Economic Psychology (Behavioural Economics) and a Masters in Critical Theory. His work experience spans IT policy development, financial services, academia and corporate advisory work with a strong focus on data, data analytics and insights. His current focus is on organisational strategy, with a particular interest in human capital strategy/development.2025-04-2841 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 26: Podcast interview with Niamh HannanNiamh Hannan is a Chartered Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland, and a Professional Coach (ICF). Over the past 25 years Niamh has worked with 1000s of people, both 1to1 and in groups; in organizations including Government Depts, Virgin Media, UCD, Allianz, KPMG, Facebook, Central Bank, VHI and many more; helping them to reduce stress, build resilience and wellbeing, support the development of emotional intelligence and generally thrive.
Niamh works with:
Senior Leaders who are ready to clear limitations and are committed to being at their personal and professional best. Niamh has worked with leaders within...2025-03-2536 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 25: Podcast interview with Sinead D'ArcyIn her work as an early talent strategist & employer brand marketer Sinéad partners with organisations to define their early talent strategy across the full 360 employee experience from attraction to selection, onboarding, ongoing development, retention & off-boarding. With over 20-years’ experience establishing & leading award-winning graduate programmes across banking, telecommunications & FMCG sectors, Sinéad has developed unique experience in supporting organisations unlock the potential & power of its early talent strategy to have maximum organisational impact. With a keen interest in the future of work, Sinéad is a keynote speaker on topics relating to the evolution of the workforce with particular focus...2025-03-1340 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 24: Podcast Interview with Stephan MeierStephan Meier is a Professor at Columbia Business School & author of 'The Employee Advantage: How Putting Workers First Help Business Thrive'. His work focuses on issues at the intersection of behavioural economics, business strategy, and the future of work. He believes that humans, with our strengths and weaknesses, are at the center of any successful strategy. He studies how various motivations — beyond money — affect decision-makers, including leaders, employees and customers, and how understanding those motivations can guide public policy and firm strategy to change behaviour for the better.2024-11-0136 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 23: Amanda Zahringer Board Chair, Strategist, Coach and Keynote SpeakerAmanda is a renowned business strategist, transformative thought leader, changemaker, speaker, and non-executive director.
Her journey began as a corporate lawyer, skilfully navigating the complexities of international business from London, Madrid, and Dublin. As a dual-qualified lawyer and partner at a top-five law firm, she led billion-dollar transactions across the globe. She later transitioned into pivotal executive positions, including General Counsel and Executive Director at leading financial institutions such as Bear Stearns, AIB Merchant Services, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, one of the world’s largest financial groups with assets exceeding US$3 trillion.
Recognized as a...2024-10-1640 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 22: Morgan Williams – Human Centred Design, Systems Thinking and AIMorgan is an experienced Service Designer, Design and Systems Thinking Educator and PhD Candidate able to deliver practical and strategic value to your organisation - He has successfully delivered >45 research and design projects in all tiers of government, tourism, retail, professional services, aged care, childcare, not for profit, technology, financial services and telecommunications. Morgan has worked in Digital Transformation, Service, Business, Strategy and Start Up design, has regional (Singapore, delivering systems thinking and design programs) and remote global experience delivering workshops and advisory services. He is doing a groundbreaking PHD focused on developing and testing practical methods for AI...2024-10-1334 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 21: Increasing humanity in the workplaceIn today's podcast post, I speak to the wonderful Michelle Crawford. Michelle started her business, Being more Human, with the purpose of increasing humanity in the workplace. Michelle works on bringing kindness, authenticity and generosity to the workplace. Enjoy listening to this wonderful conversation: https://lnkd.in/gUEBvfCH2024-08-1128 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 20: Heena Nathoo & Peter Links on leading millennials and Gen ZA podcast interview with Heena Nathoo and Peter Links about the challenges of having multiple generations in the workplace Heena and Peter are both fellow South Africans with Oxford MBAs living in the Netherlands. Heena is a Mechanical Engineer by training and has evolved her career into Chief of Staff and Strategic Programme Management roles. She currently works as a Senior Programme Manager at Versuni. Peter has a background in Finance and works as a Senior Manager in PWC on Risk and ESG Reporting.2024-07-2440 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 19: Entrepreneurship and Values Drive Leadership with Andrew CaseyThis is how Andrew introduces himself on Linked In. I started a band with my best friend aged 11, and have not had a “real’’ job since… I am however an entrepreneur, communications strategist & coach, with 20 years of experience leading in creative fields. I lead an amazing team on an exciting journey with //HEADCASE//; a company I co-founded 16 years ago (with the same best friend). He is a brilliant human, musician, entrepreneur and values driven leader. You will learn so much from this.2024-07-0132 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 18: DEI and Intersectionality with Div PillayDiv Pillay is the CEO of MindTribes and Co-Founder of, social enterprise, Culturally Diverse Women [CDW]. With a background in behavioural economics, psychology, and qualitative data research, she is an expert in gender, race and cultural inclusion.
MindTribes offers a unique proposition – behaviourally solving for exclusion, creating an impact on the individual (voice & value) and organisation (brand & business metrics). As part of its social impact, MindTribes has created Culturally Diverse Women to ensure inclusion at the intersection of gender, culture, and age (career-life stages).
Prior to founding MindTribes in 2012, Div spent 14 years in People & Culture ro...2024-05-1445 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 17: Politics and DEI with Yemi AdenugaOluwayemi "Yemi" Adenuga is a Nigerian-Irish politician, community organizer and advocate for social justice initiatives. In May 2019, she became the first elected black female public representative in Ireland when she was elected to the Meath County Council. In addition, she is a high-impact keynote speaker, a People and Leadership Development Strategist and a DE&I Consultant.2024-04-0340 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 16: The Power of EQ with Breda McCagueGlobal Motivational TED Speaker 🔴| Transforming Leadership | CEO Mindset | Business Intelligence Coach | Woman of the Yr WIF | Finalist STEM Mentor 23 | Ex-Lieutenant | LeanIn Ireland CoFounder |
Inspire Resilience With over twenty years in the Reserve Defence Forces, Breda’s military training and coaching expertise culminates in a style that reignites, illuminates, empowers and resets focus. She coaches individuals, and small and large groups, from a wide range of backgrounds, from the start up community and small business owners, right through to career corporates in large multinationals. She is extremely passionate about the nature of her work and is determined to ensur...2024-03-2130 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 15: Women In Leadership with Fiona BuckleyToday's podcast is with the fabulous Fiona Buckley. Fiona is a Tedx Speaker, a Multi Award Winning International Key Note Speaker, Founder and CEO of She Speaks Agency, Leadership Facilitator, Empowerment & Executive Coach, Thought Leader & Work Behaviourist and Women in Business Advocate
Fiona has been a great friend, colleague and supporter from the moment I met her and generously connects women to each other and to opportunities. She lives her life with passion, curiosity and impact. You can follow her on https://lnkd.in/e-QCN3z6 and learn more about her Female Speaking Agency SheSpeaks at https...2024-03-0530 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 14 Rethinking our approach to inclusion with Jig RamjiJig is the Chief Talent and Culture officer for Aviva group. He has previously held senior Talent roles in the LSEG, Bloomberg and Macquarie.2024-02-2136 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 13: The Leadership Playground with Belinda ClarkBelinda Clark, AO, is a leader in the Australian sports industry and has recently turned attention to starting a new venture to support the development of leadership capability and confidence in young girls. Clark was an elite cricketer who captained the Australian Team from 1994-2005, with a win ratio of 80% over more than a decade and the first player male or female to score a double century in a One Day International Match. She was also CEO of Women’s Cricket Australia and steered the organisation through an integration with Cricket Australia. In 2000, she received an AM for services to...2024-02-0727 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 12: Midlife transitions for men and women in the c_suite with Jill WalkerDr. Jill Walker is an executive psychologist who coaches CEOs, successful business founders and high net worth individuals – people who have achieved a lot of outer success, but want more balance, joy or fulfilment. She also does keynote speaking on topics that inspire and help people to live and work at their best, like her very popular 'Better not busier' talk.2024-01-2936 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 11: The Digital Education and Training Revolution with Kirsty ChadwickEducation is something that I have always been extremely passionate about and I knew from a very young age that I wanted to be involved in developing people and helping them grow. Technology is an incredible enabler and, as it continues to evolve, more people are harnessing the power thereof.TTRO is an organization of passionate and talented individuals who design and develop innovative learning solutions to upskill and empower people for the now and for the future. We believe in driving change through next generation learning by combining immersive technologies and learning methodologies to deliver relevant competencies that...2024-01-0837 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 10: Tashi is a no-code platform for travel marketplaces with Macartan GoughanTashi is a no-code platform for travel marketplaces. Flexible and fast to launch, get a multi-vendor accommodation and experiences marketplace personalized to you.
Whether you're an entrepreneur building the next Airbnb, a creator curating your favourite experiences or a government tourism body promoting your members, you can create and launch on Tashi in weeks.
We've got partners on every continent, selling tours, experiences, activities, hotels, homestays and everything in-between.
We're building a community for the next generation of travel marketplaces.2023-12-1929 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 9: Being a female actuary and a CEO with Mairead O'MahonyMairead has twenty years of experience within Ireland’s pensions industry having worked for Mercer and Towers Watson before joining AON. She is currently leading AON’s pensions and investment businesses in Ireland. Mairead has a strong track record of business leadership and change management. She holds a Bachelor of Actuarial and Financial Studies from UCD.2023-11-2838 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 8 Quietly Powerful & Leaders Who Listen with Megumi MikiMegumi helps leaders to inspire, not just drive performance, change and growth. As an author, speaker and consultant, she helps leaders and organisations to unlock dormant potential by evolving to be smart together rather than being smart on our own. Being smart together requires leadership and culture that allows a diverse range of people to fully contribute their unique talents for the greater good. It is one of the most difficult to replicate competitive advantage for organisations, especially in the volatile and disruptive environment we are in.Megumi brings together 20+ years of experience in Leadership Development, Organisational Development, Change...2023-11-2033 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 9 : Women representation in business and politics with Jeanette Allom-HillFounder: Lionhearted Foundation
CEO | C- Suite Leadership Coach | Government Advisor | Chair | Non Executive Director | Keynote Speaker | Telstra Business Women of the year for the Public Sector and Academia 2020.
Jeanette has held senior private sector roles at Optus, NBN and Microsoft. Over the last 12 years she has dedicated her skills to the public sector as a transformation expert, leading teams in senior roles for NSW Treasury, working with the Secretary and NSW Transport and accountable to the Minister’s office. She is also an advisor with Boston Consulting Group and has worked with Federal government departments in...2023-10-3134 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 8: Building cultures and how to manage remote workforces with Gustavo RazzettiCEO at Fearless Culture | Workplace Culture Design 🔴 Consultant & Facilitator 🔴 Best-selling author of “Remote, Not Distant” 📙 Thrive in a hybrid workplace I’m a workplace culture consultant, author, and speaker who facilitates courageous conversations to drive cultural transformation. I help executives, team leaders, and founders map and assess their culture – and design a better one. I facilitate culture design projects, culture assessment surveys, and workshops - both remotely and in person. Over 200,000 leaders, people teams, and consultants in 50+ countries use our culture design toolkit.Fortune 500, fast-growth startups, and mid-size businesses hire us to become purpose-driven, agile, and innovative. Some of our clients: Mars...2023-10-1925 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 5: Navigating a multinational career with Mandy HennebryMandy is the Head of Unilever Ireland. She has also held roles with FoodMarble, GSK and the Kepak Group. She is a dynamic, transformative commercial marketing leader with international experience across a variety of categories, geographies & businesses within consumer packaged goods. In addition to Ireland, she has worked in Portugal, England and the USA. She has a proven track record of success with new emerging brands, global market leading brands and turnaround brands across all elements of the marketing mix in global, regional and local roles. She has successfully grown equity, sales, share and profit, built relationships, influenced stakeholders...2023-10-0338 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 4: Career Management Strategist, Job Hunting Expert & CoachFor 20 years, Renata pursued a corporate career and held senior executive roles despite all odds: She’s had kids, moved countries, studied as a mature-aged student, and had health problems, all of which can really de-rail one's career progression! Renata has also applied for roles successfully and unsuccessfully, had great jobs and terrible jobs, and through the help of her network, mentors, and coaches, found her way to the top. Today, Renata helps professionals take control of their careers and pursue their ambitions. When she’s coaching or developing her courses, she’s like a "dog with a bone", making...2023-09-1923 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 3: Good AI and Developing African TalentTech Entrepreneur using smart technology to drive exponential growth in data driven organisations. Visionary and thought leader with experience in new markets and vertical across multiple sectors. Expert in the following areas Technology: E-commerce, Internet solutions, Digital Applications and Financial payment solutions(AI, Blockchain, IOT, Cloud). Gaming : ( Sport-betting, Poker, Casino and Lottery) Marketing : Online, Social and Digital Media. Sales : Go to market strategy, In-country acquisition and channel partnership expert Strategy: Product development, Business growth and User experience expert. Entrepreneurship : Startup experience, M&A, Consulting and Advisory services. Leadership : Thought leader with a passion for growth and experience developing and...2023-08-3034 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 2: Food innovation and food careers with Bazil StanderCreative and energetic food innovator with a proven track record in developing and driving groundbreaking new food concepts; experienced in identifying, analysing and creating culinary trends, identifying marketing opportunities and working with cross-functional partners to launch innovative food products that resonate with customers and comply with business expectations. Skilled in negotiation and communication with the ability to think outside the box to problem solve; able to collaborate and cooperate within a complex organisation, work within a fast, high pressure environment to meet deadlines without compromising quality and remain calm under pressure.Brings a positive energy and confidence to the...2023-08-2423 min
Breakthrough PodcastEpisode 1: Talk to us about successful Digital Transformation with Tony MoroneyThinkers 360 Top 10 Digital Disruption | Program Director for Digital Leadership at the IMI | Co-Founder - The Digital Transformation Lab | Advisor - Strategy, Digital Transformation, Metaverse, FS & FinTech Tony Moroney is an Internationally recognised strategy, digital transformation and financial services advisor. He is a regular commentator on disruption, and has presented at numerous domestic and international forums.Tony is also Programme Director for the Digital Leadership, Digital Transformation, and Leading Cyber Security Programmes at the Irish Management Institute (IMI). He also lectures on Digital and FinTech.In addition, he is a Co-Founder of The Digital Transformation Lab, Cork University Business School...2023-08-0834 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 2: People Wellness HorsesWelcome to our breakthrough podcast series. In this conversation Elaine Seale Mckend (co founder) talks about her love of working with people, horses her commitment to wellness. We hope you will get value in listening to stories of those that have 'brokenthrough'.2023-07-1328 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 3: Digital transformation in a traditional industryIn this episode Elaine Seale-Mckend (co founder) interviews Henry Beeby Group Chief Executive of Robert J Goff & Co where the discuss his highly successful career in equine sales. We hope you will get value in listening to stories of those that have 'brokenthrough.2023-07-1345 minBreakthrough PodcastEpisode 1: Leadership and the future of workJoin Elaine as she interviews Marianne on Leadership in the future of work.2023-07-1225 minBreakthrough PodcastBreakthrough Podcast IntroductionJoin Marianne and Elaine for a series of podcast interviews with individuals who are pushing their boundaries with their teams, industries and themselves to create breakthrough results.2023-06-2205 min