Ross Thornley + Special Guests

DECODING AQ - Adaptability For The Future Of Work With Ross Thornley

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DEVELOPING A NEW PLATFORM FOR CHANGE IN AN EXPONENTIAL WORLD.   Conversations with special guests on their stories of adaptability. From resilience, grit and motivation, to stress, mindset and support from those around us. We explore the science and real-life experiences of adaption. Helping HR leaders, coaches and consultants learn the tools, mindsets, and actions to thrive in an ever-changing world.   **New Episode Every Second Tuesday**

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Ross Thornley + Special Guests

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Feb 3, 2026

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Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Vaclav Koranda - Vice President Human Resources at T-Systems Malaysia 15.11.2022

Vaclav has been with T-Systems for over 8 years. T-Systems has around 28,000 employees worldwide and is one of the leading providers of digital services. It is a Deutsche Telekom subsidiary is headquartered in Germany. Vaclav holds a Masters in Psychology, is HR Enthusiast and Innovator; a Keynote Speaker; Author, and a SHRM Senior Certified Professional Over the last 2 decades Vaclav has held pos...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Suzie Lewis - Managing Director at Transform for Value 08.11.2022

Suzie is Managing Director at Transform for Value, Podcast host of "Let's talk Transformation" podcasts and an Executive coach. Susie spent almost two decades at Airbus - holding various senior roles, from digital transformation, Head of leadership learning, and head of diversity & inclusion. Suzie describes her quest is to constantly bridge the gap between digital and human and...

Stacey Richey - Vice President, People at Corvus Insurance 01.11.2022

Stacey is a highly experienced leader who has helped build high-growth tech companies by converging a data-driven and heart-led approach to people operations. Working in talent for some of the biggest and fastest growing tech companies on the planet, like google, logicmonitor and Toast. At Toast - Stacey Led the Go-to-Market hiring function for this global software company in hyper-growth; respons...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Anita Lettink - HR & Payroll Tech Advisor 25.10.2022

As keynote speaker, Anita shares insights and perspectives about the future of work and pay, including the changes that web3 and the metaverse will bring. "I am the founder of HRTechRadar , where I support HR Leaders and investors in evaluating the latest solutions. And I help emerging HR Tech companies reach their full potential". Ross and Anita talk about innovation, influencing, HR, l...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Alan Susi - S&P Global 18.10.2022

Alan is Global Head of Organizational Effectiveness at S&P Global, a public company employing over 35,000 people - Who Accelerate Progress in the world by delivering Essential Intelligence that's critical for decision-making. Alan is an experienced talent and organization strategist who is focused on building collaborative #peoplefirst strategies Prior to S&P Alan built his career in...

Michael Easley - Author, Executive Coach 11.10.2022

Michael Easley is an Author, Executive Coach, former CEO and soon to be Therapist He spent almost 22 years as CEO at Powder River Energy Corporation. Prior to joining PRECorp, Mike had worked for various other electric cooperatives in the USA. Mike’s most recent book is The No-Øs of Leadership. The No-Øs introduces a new model of leadership built around empathy and self-awareness and inspires the...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Navid Nazemian, PCC - Founder & CEO Navid Nazemian Executive Coaching FZCO 04.10.2022

Navid helps executives de-risk & accelerate their career transition. Author of the international bestseller Mastering Executive Transitions, a global keynote speaker, and HR‘s Most Influential Practitioner in 2022. He has spent time as a University Lecturer, and has held multiple senior HR roles in FTSE 500 companies like adidas, GE, BAT and most recently as Group Head of HR at vodafone - Lond...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Richard Hinton - Director of People Strategies at Shawmut Design and Construction 27.09.2022

Richard started as in intern in Gillette, followed by a couple of years in HR at a media and marketing company, before joining Shawmut almost 16 years ago, Shawmut is a $1.3B Design and Construction firm, which is 100% employee owned - by over 1000 employees. Richard has a unique ability to streamline training strategies and enhancing work performance, employee morale, and HR best practices. &quot...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Tomeka Hill-Thomas - PhD - Senior Principal at Mercer 20.09.2022

Tomeka - is a Senior Principal, of Workforce Strategy and Analytics at Mercer -  A People Analytics Expert | Data Scientist Lead | PhD Economist | Speaker | and Author.   Mercer is a firm with over 25,000 employees in over 130 counties who are helping redefine the future of work, reshape retirement and investment outcomes, and unlock real health and well-being. I am a Senior Principal at Mercer wh...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Phil Johnson - Master of Business Leadership Program 13.09.2022

Phil is an executive coach who has been assisting executives and organizations to bet on themselves by developing their emotional intelligence. Helping Executives Achieve Career, Personal & Corporate Success, Master of Business Leadership Program and Emotional Intelligence Pattern "Spotter" with a Career Revenue of $1.5 Billion. MBL program alumni are in the US, Canada, UK, Europe, J...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Chris Deaver - Co-Founder of BraveCore, Coach, Speaker, Cultural Supercharger 06.09.2022

Chris Deaver is Co-Founder of BraveCore - A consultancy that partners with leaders and teams on culture transformation. BraveCore helps traditional leaders be more co-creative and creative people lean into leadership of the future. Over 15 years in Sr HR roles in some of the biggest brands on the planet, inc Apple, Disney, Dell and VMWare. Chris builds the best leaders and cultures. Collaborative....

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Olga Spivak - Vice President of People at YCharts 30.08.2022

Olga is currently the Vice President of People at YCharts. A series C funding company with an investment research platform that enables smarter investments and better client communications, for more than 5,000 clients With over a decade and a half in all areas of HR, working in insurance, technology and investment sectors, she loves to create and implement strategy at the intersection of business...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Alicia Hullinger - Executive Director/VP of ICF Thought Leadership Institute 23.08.2022

Alicia brings a unique perspective as a Cultural Sociologist and Executive Director/VP of ICF Thought Leadership Institute. She is passionate about making the world a better place. So we have that in common already - Her purpose is to live 'compassionately bold' by partnering with individuals and organizations to be the change they want to see in the world. With a holistic, integrated ap...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Todd Cherches - CEO and cofounder of Big Blue Gumball 16.08.2022

Todd Cherches is the CEO and cofounder of Big Blue Gumball, a NYC-based management consulting firm specializing in leadership development and executive coaching. A member of Marshall Goldsmith’s “MG 100 Coaches,” a three-time award-winning adjunct professor of leadership at NYU, a lecturer on leadership at Columbia University, a TEDx speaker, and the author of the groundbreaking book, "VisuaL...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Anuj Kathuria - Chief People and Strategy Officer at Waaree Group 09.08.2022

Anuj Kathuria is a Certified Coach, well known speaker at various global forums and a true consultant at heart. He is currently the Chief People and Strategy Officer at  Waaree Group, India's Largest Solar Module Manufacturer & fastest growing EPC company  with Presence across 68 countries and over 2500 employees globally. He possesses a wide range of skills and talents that have enabled...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Claudia Noriega-Bernstein - Abundance Coach, Published Author, Creative and Art Director 02.08.2022

Claudia (Claudia Noriega) has dedicated the last twelve years of her life to empower people, especially children, and women. Her book - Brighter Days has the 88 Most Important Lessons Learned in Life for Women that Want to Increase their Confidence, Resilience and Courage: She started her career on television at 17 years old as a actor, appearing in one the most popular Telenovela series airing in...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. David Ogilvie - CEO The Resilience Development Company 26.07.2022

David Ogilvie is a NED, Executive Coach and Resilience Coach. He is also Chief Executive Officer at The Resilience Development Company with a mission to help people, work better, feel better, live better. We create resilience training programmes for teams that deliver performance, growth and wellbeing in one solution. People are amazing and Resilience Development Co. is on a mission to unlock pote...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Whitney Johnson - The founder and CEO of Disruption Advisors 19.07.2022

One of the ten leading business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50 – an expert at helping leaders grow their people to grow their organization. Whitney is an award-winning author, world-class keynote speaker, frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School's Corporate Learning, and an executive coach and advisors to CEOs.  Host of "Disrupt Yourself" podcast at whitneyjohnson...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Alex Pascal Founder & CEO at Coaching.com 12.07.2022

Alex is an entrepreneur and Executive Coach - based in Los Angeles As an executive coach, Alex has worked with over 300 executives from leading organizations and government agencies including: Samsung, Mercedes-Benz, Activision Blizzard, Google, Roche, Methanex, CEMEX, Newfield Exploration, the Federal Reserve Bank, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Aviation Administrati...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Nikki J Owen Founder at The Healing Hub Limited 05.07.2022

Nikki is passionate about creating change in habits, behaviours, mindset, performance and well-being.  Most well-being interventions don't work, particularly over the long term. Niki has created a powerful methodology for individuals and organisations that delivers results at speed.  There is a gap between 'knowing' and 'doing'. An immediate and sustainable change in behav...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Jonathan Passmore - The Leader's Psychologist 21.06.2022

Jonathan Passmore is rated as one of the top 10 professional coaches in the world. His work over the past three decades, including 30 books, and over 100 scientific articles have contributed to his position as a global thought leader. Professor of Coaching & Behavioural Change He is the 2020-21 British Psychology Society Chair of the Coaching Psychology group and Chair of the European Universi...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Jeff Smith, MCEC - Founder & CEO of SupportingLines Institute 14.06.2022

Jeff is a Certified Executive Coach, Chartered Professional Accountant and Certified Dharma Yoga Instructor. His mission is to inspire leaders and help teams perform - so that millions of people become engaged in their work.  He believes that great leaders see supporting lines, not reporting linesTM SupportingLines™ offers a simple, yet powerful framework to improve performance and increase engage...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Pranav Bhanage - CEO Petronas 07.06.2022

Pranav is a speaker, mentor, coach and CEO of PETRONAS' a global energy company with over 30k employees and a presence in 50 countries. He is a recognized Global-Top 200 Thought-Leader We are living in a world of accelerating change, increasing uncertainty, where the ones who are good with chaos, with flux, with adaptability are able to navigate the journey with a smile, but many the reality...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Debra Ruh - Ruh Global IMPACT 31.05.2022

Debra is CEO of Ruh Global IMPACT and Executive Chair at Billion Strong - an identity and empowerment organization designed to bring the billions of voices of persons with disabilities together. She is founder of 4 social enterprises, author of 3 books, works with inclusion branding,  helps find your voice by using Social Media. Debra also helps uncovering Hidden Human Capital: How leading corpora...

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Dr. Oleg Konovalov - Coach, Speaker, Author - Vision and Visionary Leadership 24.05.2022

Dr Oleg Konovalov is a thought leader, author, speaker, business educator and consultant with over 25 years of experience operating businesses. And consulting for many Fortune 500 companies both in the UK and internationally. Having been named as “the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership” by many leading authorities of our time Oleg is helping companies to create and execute their vision, diagnose and...

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