ReThink Productivity Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Prasant Nair CEO & Product Architect joins Simon to discuss Double Gemini and its specialized ability to design productivity processes and deliver them as transformative training solutions and labs across five core productivity categories. They cover: Loss of Productivity in the workforce Email Productivity (Stack) File Management (Vision) Meeting Management (Unite) Useful res...

Send us Fan Mail Sue & Simon start this new monthly series by talking about Role Study. They discuss: What is a Role Study? What roles does it cover? Why should you do it? What are the key trends ReThink are seeing To find out more download the ReThink Whitepapers  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a copy of our first ReThink Productivity Retail Report C...

Send us Fan Mail Sue & Simon reflect on their trip to NRF in New York. They discuss: What were the key trends and takeaways? Observations on retail in New York The car showroom that you can't buy a car from!!  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a copy of our first ReThink Productivity Retail Report Connect to Simon on LinkedIn Follow ReThink on Linke...

Send us Fan Mail Claire Sporton Global Head of Customer Experience at Ardoq discusses why customer feedback is great for colleagues. The chat covers: Focusing on what can make a difference rather than the results How do you get information and feedback into the hands of teams and team leaders to drive the change? How do you turn your CX programme into actionable insight that drives colleague and c...

Send us Fan Mail Ricardo Belmar Director of Partner Marketing for Retail at Microsoft,  Retail Tech Advisor & host of The Retail Razor Show joins Simon to discuss Retail Technology trends. They cover: Emerging technology Being more than a retailer Will the focus be on colleagues or the customer? What is the role of the store colleague in the future?  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 20...

Send us Fan Mail Sue Hedaux Co-Founder at ReThink Productivity returns to the Podcast to reflect on 2022 A year of 2 halves for most companies growth being top of the agenda in the first half of 2022, followed by uncertainty and spiralling cost challenges in the second half of 2022 fuelled by the war and hyperinflation  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a co...

Send us Fan Mail We have taken the best bits of business advice from The Rethink Productivity Podcast guests over the last 2 years and pulled them all together in special episodes for you. Enjoy part 1  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a copy of our first ReThink Productivity Retail Report Connect to Simon on LinkedIn Follow ReThink on LinkedIn 

Send us Fan Mail We have taken the best bits of business advice from The Rethink Productivity Podcast guests over the last 2 years and pulled them all together in special episodes for you. Enjoy part 2  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a copy of our first ReThink Productivity Retail Report Connect to Simon on LinkedIn Follow ReThink on LinkedIn 

Send us Fan Mail We have taken the best bits of business advice from The Rethink Productivity Podcast guests over the last 2 years and pulled them all together in special episodes for you. Enjoy the third and final part   #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a copy of our first ReThink Productivity Retail Report Connect to Simon on LinkedIn Follow ReThink on Li...

Send us Fan Mail Ian Hogg Chairman of  WorkTech Group returns to the podcast to discuss how AI is being used to manage retention Some key statistics from the conversation and 'Meeting your staffing requirements in difficult times' WorkTech whitepaper as discussed in the podcast 60% of companies have a shortfall of staff of over 10% 56% are reducing opening hours because they don’t have e...

Send us Fan Mail Simon Randall Co-Founder and Ceo and Guy Williams Enterprise Sales Director of Pimloc join Simon to discuss video data capture and analysis They cover: Pimloc's deep learning platform, Secure Redact, enables public and private organisations to protect personal data in video at scale Automating data privacy compliance whilst responsibly unlocking the operational value of video...

Send us Fan Mail Carol Spieckerman President of Spieckerman Retail joins Simon to  discuss her Retail Trajectories They cover: Buy, build or bridge? Diversify or die Mad for ads Frenemy Listen to Carol's Podcast here... Spieckerman Speaks Retail Podcast  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a copy of our first ReThink Productivity Retail Report Connect to...

Send us Fan Mail Claire Herbert Managing Director at Herbert Retail ,  Allan Robertson Programme Manager at Scot Mid Co-Operative and Mark Barnett Business Transformation Project Lead at Southern Co-op join Simon to discuss Electronic Shelf Edge Labels (ESELs) and why now is the right time to invest in this exciting technology that we have discussed in retail for many years They also cover: Price...

Send us Fan Mail The third and final episode in our series of 3 podcasts with Dayforce . Somen Mondal GM of Talent & Intelligence joins Simon to discuss talent. They also cover the following: The future of talent Current trends The metrics potential employees look for Download the talent thought leadership report using the link below... Future of Talent – 2022 Pulse of Talent: Competing for ta...

Send us Fan Mail The second in our series of 3 podcasts with Dayforce . Paul Karnowski Director, Solution Advisory EMEA  joins Simon to discuss: The benefits of having all your HR data in 1 place Current WFM trends Where the WFM market is heading Download the WFM case study using the link below... WFM – 3Sixty Insights analysis: Dayforce modernizes Allianz Global Investors’ workforce system  #thep...

Send us Fan Mail 🚨🚨SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT🚨🚨 Productivity Forum 2023 registration is open. Taking place on 14th September 2023 at the National Conference Centre, Birmingham Lots of amazing speakers and panels are to be announced over the coming weeks Spaces are limited so register now using the link below... REGISTER  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a cop...

Send us Fan Mail The first in our series of 3 podcasts with Dayforce . Seth Ross General Manager of Dayforce Wallet & Consumer Services joins Simon to discuss: Dayforce Dayforce Wallet - What is it, and how does it work? How do on-demand pay requests work? Is cash dead? The future of pay including streaming & autonomous pay Download the future of payroll guide using the link below... The f...

Send us Fan Mail Productivity & Transformation 2022 took place on September 15th 2022, hosted by ReThink Productivity in collaboration with Oliver Banks. Simon & Oliver share their thoughts from the day and the key themes  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a copy of our first ReThink Productivity Retail Report Connect to Simon on LinkedIn Follow ReTh...

Send us Fan Mail Amy Pethick Op Ex Manager and Nadine Goodship Retail Operations Manager at BP join Simon to discuss how the Petrol station as we know it will evolve  They also cover: The scale and complexity of BP Recruitment challenges in an environment that operates 24 hours, and some of the great thinking that is helping to retain and develop colleagues WFM, operating models and productivity i...

Send us Fan Mail Alexis Kingsbury Co-Founder at AirManual & Spidergap joins Simon to discuss how they are helping organisations simplify the onboarding process and helping to drive colleague retention and engagement. They also cover: The great resignation Recruitment over the next 2 years  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a copy of our first ReThink Pro...

Send us Fan Mail Josh Kaiser Managing Director at Tovie AI   joins Simon to discuss the power of using AI to drive intelligent conversations with your customers. They also cover: Blending the Physical & Digital retail world Barriers to AI, chatbots  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a copy of our first ReThink Productivity Retail Report Connect to Simon...

Send us Fan Mail Productivity & Transformation 2022 took place on September 15th 2022, hosted by ReThink Productivity in collaboration with Oliver Banks. Simon shares his thoughts from the day and the key themes  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a copy of our first ReThink Productivity Retail Report Connect to Simon on LinkedIn Follow ReThink on LinkedI...

Send us Fan Mail Babs Neilan CEO at Jamieson Law joins Simon to discuss the importance of getting good practical legal advice for your business. They also cover: Getting legal agreements in place early in any process to protect yourself  Why legal advice shouldn't be the 'business prevention unit' What does good legal advice and process look like? Type of lawyer you need  #theproduc...

Send us Fan Mail Productivity & Transformation 2022 is fast approaching. My co-host Oliver Banks returns to shed some light on what to expect. We discuss the 4 pillars of the event... Customer Colleague Cost Change Join the waiting list for the event here... Productivity & Transformation 2022  #theproductivityexperts Register for the 2026 Productivity Forum Download a copy of our first ReT...

Send us Fan Mail Diane Wehrle Marketing and Insights Director at Springboard Research returns to the podcast to discuss: Current footfall and shopping trends across Retail The impact of inflation/cost of living rises What to expect this Black Friday & Christmas The good news is that it isn't all doom and gloom !! We are delighted that Diane is opening our Productivity & Transformation...