ReThink Productivity Podcast

Send us Fan Mail The final episode in our Simplification Stories series with co-host Oliver Banks . We finish with Oliver and Simon reflecting on the series and discussing: Does simplification need to be rocket science? Being brave and courageous with change Will everyone change 1st time?  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a copy of our first ReThink Product...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 3 in our Simplification Stories series of 4 Podcasts with co-host Oliver Banks . Why we don't 'Keep it Simple' Listen to this episode to discover: How things become complicated (or just plain wrong) over time 5 words to help you get ready for the future And finally, what we can learn from childrens’ (and adults’) sport  #theproductivityexperts Register for t...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 2 in our Simplification Stories series of 4 Podcasts with co-host Oliver Banks .  Special guest Steve Leach Sales Director at Nisa Retail shares his simplification stories covering: * An end to end review of the Nisa recruitment strategy * Launching new Nisa formats (Nisa Express) to address a gap in the market for small stores  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 202...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 1 in our Simplification Stories series of 4 Podcasts with co-host Oliver Banks . We start with Oliver and Simon sharing experiences of simplification covering: * Lean and where it fits in a retail environment * What role leadership play in the success * Is it all about cost-saving? * Why do some simplification projects fail?  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 P...

Send us Fan Mail Michael Levitt Chief Burnout Office-Founder of  The Breakfast Leadership Network shares his personal experience of burnout and how it inspired him. Michael covers: The Challenges of working from home How do you split work v home What do the next 6-12 months hold, will we return to the office? Is working from home sustainable? His new book Burnout Proof  #theproductivityexperts Reg...

Send us Fan Mail Audie Penn , Managing Partner at Faro Partners returns to continue the conversation on all things lean and continuous improvement. The benefits and how important leadership is in the whole process. The key question is still... Did you follow the process, did it produce the intended result?  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a copy of our fir...

Send us Fan Mail Simon Clapperton Sales Director at TPP Retail takes on a digital transformation journey with Pick IQ : Fulfil from store (pick & collect, pick & deliver, pick for DC) The benefits and challenges retailers face when implementing What's in it for the stores? Differences by industry Hints and tips on how to succeed  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productiv...

Send us Fan Mail Daniel Dore is the founder of Assured Thought and co-founder of LightWork Global . Daniel discusses with Simon: How Lightwork Global was formed during lockdown How they are helping Workday customers get productivity and competitive advantages using data Digital HR & Payroll transformation trends The value of data  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Foru...

Send us Fan Mail Helen Tanner, Founder and CEO of Data³ shares her thoughts on: The power of turning data into insight  The benefits of combing different data sets Where do you start if you have lots of data in different formats in different places? Some top data tips Click the link to Helen's book The Data Escalator  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a...

Send us Fan Mail Leo & Harry Co-Founders of the Sorted³ App discuss the benefits of combining your tasks, calendar events and notes into a unified timeline so you can hyper-schedule your entire day in one place The best thing is you can download the app and try it for yourself by visiting the website Sorted³ App  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a copy...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy Cartwright used her wealth of experience working with large UK retailers to discuss the benefits of having a well-structured approach to develop, deliver and evaluate your training programmes. The benefits are plenty, listen to find out more...  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a copy of our first ReThink Productivity Retail Report Co...

Send us Fan Mail Ken Hughes, leading shopper & consumer behaviouralist, CX strategist and international keynote speaker shares some amazing insight into the stages of returning to some sort of normality. The power of taking inspiration from real-life survival and recovery stories and not getting the dreaded Give-up-itis!! Find out more about Ken here... https://kenhughes.info/ Follow Ken on Tw...

Send us Fan Mail Paul Starbuck Founder of  Paul Starbuck & Associates Executive Coaching & Mentoring and an old Colleague of Simon's from their time at Focus DIY & Boots talks about how you can be a successful field leader and some of the challenges you may face   #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a copy of our first ReThink Productivity Ret...

Send us Fan Mail As CX Leader of the Year 2020, James is recognised as one of the UK's leading Experience Management experts. James is a Customer Experience Strategist and Business Transformation expert with a unique value add proposition across Sales, Operations, IT/CRM/Digital, Strategy and governance.  James joins Simon on the Podcast to discuss how the challenges of keeping the Post Offic...

Send us Fan Mail Carolyn Mumby Director at Eledecks and Founder of  Shine (a new innovative platform measuring collective Team Agility help drive innovation in business). Join the Shine group using the link below... Shine Group Carolyn talks about how the last 12 months have been the perfect opportunity for innovation. Challenges business face dealing with HR issues and performance management, and...

Send us Fan Mail The last episode in our series of 3 Podcasts with our friends at WorkJam .  Tim Wheeler returns to discuss...   Where can WorkJam be used effectively? How do you target locations/groups of Colleagues to help drive performance? Health & Safety consistency of implementation and compliance   #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a copy of our f...

Send us Fan Mail The second episode in our series of 3 Podcasts with our friends at WorkJam .  Tim Wheeler returns to discuss...   Driving Customer Experience through Colleague Experience Onboarding and keeping Colleagues up to date with the business to drive consistent experiences Highlighting insight to field leadership The link to Task Management  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 P...

Send us Fan Mail The first episode in our series of 3 Podcasts with our friends at WorkJam .  Tim Wheeler returns to discuss...   What is Workforce Orchestration? Why is it more important than ever to track task? How does Task management relate to scheduling, training and the rest of the echo system?  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a copy of our first ReT...

Send us Fan Mail The final episode in our series of 7 Podcasts with our friends at REPL .  We are joined by Lauren Wilson, Claire-Ann Fick and Melissa Sutton to discuss how WFM differs across the world. We cover the simplicity V complexity across the world of... Pay Rules Scheduling Rules Contracts Unions Bringing us back to why a WFM is so important to bring all this together to support complianc...

Send us Fan Mail The sixth in our series of 7 Podcasts with our friends at REPL .  We are joined by Jill Anderson, Doug Robertson and Austin Stump to discuss the future WFM. We cover... Covid accelerating the need for multi-channel planning How the way we are now shopping is shaping future planning Getting Managers out of the office and on to the floor The part AI and data will play  #theproductiv...

Send us Fan Mail The fifth in our series of 7 Podcasts with our friends at REPL .  We are joined by Peter Barker, Blanche Vanhuyssteen and Jake Ralston to discuss WFM Mobile,Reporting & Analytics. We cover... How WFM mobile is turning to wider Colleague Engagement Can you run WFM via mobile only? Reporting is turning in to analytics, so what?  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Prod...

Send us Fan Mail The fourth in our series of 7 Podcasts with our friends at REPL .  We are joined by Graham Trenaman, Emma Ruane and Angeline Neutt to discuss Time & Attendance. We cover... Why would want to capture peoples worked hours? How does it connect to payroll, what point does T&A stop/payroll start? How do you capture data the data? What do you capture e.g. breaks?  What happens t...

Send us Fan Mail The third in our series of 7 Podcasts with our friends at REPL .  We are joined by Lucinda Broad, Matthew Frazier and Dana Altavilla returns to discuss Scheduling. We cover... Can you jump straight in to fully Automated Scheduling? Scheduling journey - Manual/Template/Semi-Automated/Fully Automated Should you be doing lots of Schedule editing? Do the different parts of the schedul...

Send us Fan Mail The second in our series of 7 Podcasts with our friends at REPL .  We are joined by Dana Altavilla, Huseyin Durak and Zach Owston returns to discuss Budgeting, Forecasting & Labour Demand. We cover... What is budgeting?  What is forecasting/labour demand? What do you forecast? Sales/transactions? How accurate are labour forecasts? What about anomalies e.g. covid? How will peop...

Send us Fan Mail The first in a series of 7 Podcasts with our friends at REPL . We will be covering all the components parts of Workforce Management (WFM), along with a look at what the future holds In this first episode, we are joined by Pip Trenaman, Doug Roberston and Zach Owston to discuss Labour Standards. We cover... How do you balance detail of measurement V simplicity of labour standards f...