PodCast

In this episode, Bob Dignen and Bill Young try to get their heads around Systems Thinking and to understand why it has had practically no influence on business management. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.swissues.com

Armin Scharlach and Bill Young attempt to think about personal image, character, behavour and personality. It's quite general and certainly not prescriptive, but we hope it encourages people towards more critical self-evaluation of how others see them in person, on screen, in writing and by reputation. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get ac...

In this episode, Ciaran Crossan, Nadia Stoykov, Armin Scharlach and Bill Young do something different from the usual. We each choose an item of news that has intrigued, amused or infuriated us, and discuss it with the panel. We apologise for some audio problems in the recording of this episode This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...

When Nadia Stoykov, Thierry Fausten and Armin Scharlach joined me, Bill Young, to talk about Risk, the discussion did not go as expected. If you are hoping for best practice on probability, resilience and whatever, then - sorry! Instead, we found ourselves agreeing how poor the understanding of risk is. Risk-avoidance has a new meaning; avoiding serious discussion of it! One of my take-aways was t...

Armin Scharlach, Michelle Wang, Chris Holmes and Nadia Stoykov join me, Bill Young, to share ideas about a company's life-cycle, what it means to those who work in it, and why it's important to know where you are in it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.swissues.com

This episode examines the role of the Non-Executive Director (NED). What do they do; why are they needed; and could you do it? In this episode, Thierry Fausten and Bill Young are joined by David Jones. Instead of our usual loose discussion, we invited David to give us a broad overview of the whole field of non-executive directorship, which he does brilliantly. You'll learn what the role involv...

Ciaran Crossin, Charles H Green*, Armin Scharlach and Peter Walmsley join Bill Young to consider Trust. What is it, what contributes to it, and why is trust in a person so different from Trust in a company if such a thing should even exist? Charles is the founder of Trusted Advisor Associates and co-author of 'The Trusted Advisor', its follow-up 'The Trusted Advisor Fieldbook'; and...

It's inauguration day in the USA. Does this event mark a change in the world order? And how should those engaged in the everyday world of business and trade respond? In this special episode of the SWISSUES PodCast, Armin Scharlach, Bob Dognen, Thierry Fausten and Bill Young consider its significance. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acce...

Thierry Fausten, Armin Scharlach, Bob Dignen and Bill Young consider Followership and ask why it gets such a bad press. Could it have something to do with the word? And have we underrated its importance? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.swissues.com

Ciaran Crossin, Michelle Wang, Armin Scharlach and Bill Young discuss the relevance of lifelong-learning; and how continuous personal and professional development influence career decisions and trajectory. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.swissues.com

Armin Scharlach, Ciaran Crossin, Thierry Fausten and Bill Young have different opinions on whether innovation is compatible with efficiency and compliance. As ever in SWISSUES, there is no best practice and no conclusion. So why would you listen? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.swissues.com

Armin Scharlach, Ciaran Crossin, Rajat Mitra and Bill Young are prompted by the proposed creation of a Department Of Government Efficiency in the USA, to share their experiences of cost cutting initiatives and how they turn out. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.swissues.com

Michelle Wang, Armin Scharlach, Thierry Fausten and Bill Young consider aspects of trade protectionism. The background is clearly the well-trailed tariffs of the U.S. president-elect and we want to know what. if anything, business people should do to prepare for the new politics of international trade. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...

The SWISSUES PodCast is a panel discussion about events and trends in business, society and politics. The title, SWISSUES, comes from the original contributors being from Switzerland and discussing ‘issues’. Let’s get something straight before we start. SWISSUES contributors, no matter how experienced, perceptive and wise, are not experts. They have different backgrounds, disagree frequently, and...