Business Without BS

Dominic plays BOB with the first version of our newly designed deck of cards! BWB is powered by Oury Clark businesswithoutbullshit.me

Dominic tells us why he'll never retire, what the most misunderstood thing is about business coaching, and why being carbon neutral by planting trees isn't everything it's cracked up to be. Dominic's recommendations: The Drive - Peter Attia (podcast) Mastering the Rockefeller Habits - Verne Harnish (book) The Value Profit Chain - James L. Heskett  Net Promoter Score - Fred Reichheld BWB is po...

Dominic tells us about how he helps businesses accelerate their growth and productivity by improving leadership strategies, better organising staff, creating stronger team relations and improving overall company culture and working environment. He also tells us why he thinks sales commissions and annual appraisals qualify for the big bin of bullshit. BWB is powered by Oury Clark businesswithoutbul...

Friday quiz time with renowned author, journalist and political commentator Grace Blakeley in the hot seat. BWB is powered by Oury Clark businesswithoutbullshit.me

Graces talks about her career journey from studying Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University through to becoming a renowned author and political commentator. The challenges she faces when writing her books. And why she wishes she took up surfing earlier on in life. All that plus more. Grace's recommendations: Stolen: How to Save the World From Financialisation - Grace Blakeley The C...

Grace gives us her well-versed socialist views on a range of topics including climate change and the Green New Deal, issues with government policies, economics vs. politics, why democracy is failing, and Andy's favourite, with much heated debate .. Tax. She also explains why posturing stakeholder capitalism qualifies for the big bin of bullshit in business. BWB is powered by Oury Clark businesswit...

Recorded live at Fabula in Paris as part of our London & Partners VivaTech collaboration, we spoke to Mike about his thoughts on the French ecosystem, comparisons between London and Paris tech scenes and what Elon Musk is going to bring to the VivaTech stage BWB is powered by Oury Clark businesswithoutbullshit.me

Recorded live on a Eurostar from London to Paris, we teamed up with London & Partners as part of their 2 day networking event bringing together Google backed Founders, Investors, Scale Ups and alike en route to VivaTech Paris via Fabula for a swanky dinner. We spoke to London & Partner's Miriam Ducke - Director Europe and Andrew Tibbets - Director of Innovation alongside Google backed Foun...

We get to know more about Juliet's life story: how and why she became a lawyer, her work on Death Row in Jamaica and what she strived to achieve. She also talks about the people who have helped her over the years, her visions for Oury Clark and how she would like to be remembered. Juliet's recommendations: Juliet's Spotify Playlist BWB is powered by Oury Clark businesswithoutbullshit.me

Recorded on 4th November 2022, Andy speaks to sister, co-host and senior parter at Oury Clark Juliet Oury who sadly passed away on 7th June 2023 from Pancreatic Cancer. She was 47. Juliet gives us personal insight into her illness and subsequent effects, and how she approached managing it the best she could. Priceless advice for anyone going through the same experience. Please share with people wh...

Farah tells us about how being bullied at school became the catalyst for her motorsport and music passions. She also tells us about the harsh reality of being a woman trying to make it in the music industry, and just how pinnacle the motor sports industry is for constantly testing new consumer technologies. Farah's recommendations: Principles - Ray Dalio (book) A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle (book) D...

Farah joins us to chat about her multiple businesses spanning across motorsport events, podcasting and music. She explains why mindsets in motorsport are prime benchmarks to learn, adopt and deploy in business leadership, and describes the types of events her company Regents Racing puts on to achieve this. Farah also explains why Spotify and streaming in general qualifies for the big bin of bullsh...

Friday quiz time with CEO and Founder of Axiom International Financial Services, Robert Wesson in the hot seat! BWB is powered by Oury Clark businesswithoutbullshit.me

We hear how Robert went from backpacking in Australia to stockbroking in London, how his life was massively shaped by living through the Tsunami and loosing his dad both at the same time, as well as talking about plans for Axiom breaking in to North America. BWB is powered by Oury Clark businesswithoutbullshit.me

Robert joins us to unpack what e-money actually is. He explains how and why Axiom IFS are using it to create global payment solutions for companies wanting to operate in different jurisdictions but struggle to set up local bank accounts. And explains the benefits Axiom’s services provide beyond traditional banking methods. Robert also tells us why he thinks self-promotion on social media...

Quiz time with sustainable shipping advocates and head honchos at Spaera, Sam Bulmer and Charlie Spencer in the hot seat. BWB is powered by Oury Clark businesswithoutbullshit.me

We hear about Charlie's life working at Tesla, what led Sam and Charlie's careers into a more purpose driven direction. Why Spaera started as a net-zero solutions company for the shipping industry. And we randomly hear about Andy's disastrous gluttonous kitchen habits whenever he tries to cook a meal. Charlie's recommendation: Let My People Go Surfing - Yvon Chouinard (book) Sam's recommendation:...

Ex-Tesla head Charlie and Sam from Spaera are developing a net zero emission solution for the shipping industry to accelerate the transition to sustainable shipping. They unpack the facts, stats and consequences from using fossil fuels in shipping. They explain what they're planning to do about it at Spaera. And they explain why unnecessarily long meetings qualify for the big bin of bull...

Corrine's in the hot seat this week giving us her thoughts on whether she thinks our list of industry terms are good for business or qualify for the big bin of bullshit. BWB is powered by Oury Clark businesswithoutbullshit.me

Want to hear Andy being coached on how to deal with women's menopause in the workplace? then you're in the right place. We hear how Corinne went from being an actress to becoming a fully fledged career coach, why she's so passionate about helping people find a better career life, how companies should approach advertising job roles, and more importantly, what they should be doing to keep their empl...

Corinne chats about the effects of AI and corporate bureaucracy on recruitment and how candidates need to improve on selling themselves. We also unpack what's missing from the hiring process and why it's important for employees to make themselves visible in the workplace. And Corinne explains why she thinks posting personal stuff on Linkedin qualifies for the big bin of bullshit. That's why the BB...

Hear why Giles Brook thinks Universal Credit is bullshit in week's Business vs. Bullshit quiz with FMCG's finest entrepreneur and investor the hot seat. BWB is powered by Oury Clark businesswithoutbullshit.me

We hear how Giles got into the food and beverages industry, what life was like building Innocent Drinks, his ethics on work / life balance and how investors should treat founders, and what he's most excited about for his current portfolio of projects .. all that plus more. BWB is powered by Oury Clark businesswithoutbullshit.me

Giles tells us about life as an early stage investor in brands like BEAR, Pip & Nut, Bio & Me as well as stories from the likes of Vita Coco & Innocent where he played leading roles and which have gone on to become huge success storiesWe also chat about the reality of the food & beverages market, his current projects and how he picks them. Giles also proposes to add curre...

It's Friday! which means it's quiz time, welcome to this week's Business vs. Bullshit with the wonderful comedian, podcaster and all-round boss lady Cally Beaton in the hot seat. BWB is powered by Oury Clark businesswithoutbullshit.me