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Sparks by Ignium

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Conversations with business founders, leaders and experts, examining the changing landscape of leadership, purpose, business growth, Scaling Up, resilience and change with business leaders and owners in mind. We cover a mix of topics designed to ignite (or re-ignite) your spark one conversation at a time. Learn More: visit the Ignium https://www.igniumconsult.com/Subscribe for more exclusive content in the Ignium Spark Tank: https://www.igniumconsult.com/the-spark-tank/Connect with your host Phil Rose on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachphilrose/

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Making Other people successful with Markus Heinen of EY 08.03.2021 24:53

In this episode of Sparks by Ignium Phil Rose talks to Markus Heinen, Leader People Advisory Services in Germany, Switzerland and Austria @ EY about building purpose into an organisation. We discuss the concept of Holacracy* and how leaders can learn from the agility of a swarm of fish! *“Holacracy is a new way of structuring and running your organization that replaces the conventional management...

Part 2: Dr. David Ricketts on Innovation and why using a survey isn’t the best way to find out what people need. 22.02.2021 18:06

In this next episode of Sparks Phil Rose continues the conversation with Dr David Ricketts about the fascinating subject of innovation and specifically building a culture of innovation in business. In this episode you’ll learn how young children are often the source of innovation and why creating job descriptions and ‘manuals’ often stifles creativity. David is an Innovation Fellow at Harvard Univ...

Building a Culture of Innovation with Dr. David Ricketts: Part 1 08.02.2021 35:47

Summary In this next episode of Sparks Phil Rose talks to Dr David Ricketts about the wide-ranging subject of innovation and specifically building a culture of innovation in busines. David is an Innovation Fellow at Harvard University. He studies how people learn to be innovative and how to teach other people to be innovative. You can skip to the sections you want using the following show notes: [...

Raising the credibility of the coaching profession one coach at a time - Helen Isacke of TCD 01.02.2021 37:06

You can skip to the sections you want using the following notes: [0:30] The Professional Coach journey The Trusted Coach Directory started in 2016 [3:00] Started with no intention of being a coaching body. There are 3 legs to the stool [4:37] Raising the Credibility of a coach and raising the Profile of good Quality coaching Help coaches to share their profile Raising the...

Raising the credibility of the coaching profession one coach at a time - Helen Isacke of TCD 25.01.2021 20:45

What is coaching and why do people 'need' coaching. Helen Isacke from the Trusted Coach Directory talks with Phil Rose about the world of coaching. Coaching is about asking questions and being curious for the answers. It's about creating a dialogue to help people increase their self-awareness. People choose to work with a coach typically because they are aware of what coaching is and are ready to...

Paul Wilkinson - "Just a Photographer" 07.12.2020 1:01:36

We talk about building a creative business that is more than ‘just’ the creative artist owner. Paul created his business as a portrait photographer after gaining a degree in industrial design followed by a PHD in neural computing, and an early career as a business consultant. He fell in love with the design way of thinking early in his career as a way of merging his love of creativity with a way...

Planning the success of your financial future - Part 2 - with Alasdair Walker 16.11.2020 22:16

In the process of building value in your business so you can create the life you want now and in the future. Key to this is creating systems in your life and business to enable you to achieve what you want. In this episode we talk about ‘clearing the fog’ to enable you to know what systems are needed. When discuss that all models are wrong, and some are useful. This helps people clearly map out th...

Planning the success of your financial future - Part 1 - with Alasdair Walker 09.11.2020 30:28

In this episode we cover lots of fascinating topics focussed on money: 5 Valuing your business 7 Process for business lives and personal lives Ok I am thinking of seeling my business, how much? 11 Only need about 1/3 of value 12 Less than figure they thought it was 13 clarification of objectives 14 David Ward life past retirement 17 "Wherever you go, there you are" Stoic ie frugal vs spending st...

Outsourcing to create value - Part 2 - With the Enterprise Doctor, Mark Harris 26.10.2020 23:43

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Outsourcing to create value - Part 1 - With the Enterprise Doctor, Mark Harris 19.10.2020 33:49

In this episode we cover lots of topics in our conversation including: Furlough ending, zombie companies Marketing The pyramid of value growth Income follows asset What stops people growing: Fear and Money the maths of the business Capacity planning Modelling your business Determining what you enjoy and what you are good at / not good at and don’t enjoy The maths of business Delegation and product...

Mental Health - Part 3 - With Victoria Melville 12.10.2020 10:42

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Technological Advances - Part 2 - With Victoria Melville 05.10.2020 9:05

Learn More: visit the Ignium https://www.igniumconsult.com/ Subscribe for more exclusive content in the Ignium Spark Tank https://www.igniumconsult.com/the-spark-tank/ More about Victoria Melville https://www.melvillecommunications.co.uk Email victoria@melvillecommunications.co.uk Sign Up to the Ignium Bi Monthly Newsletter https://sparksbyignium.transistor.fm/subscribe Connect on LinkedIn Phil R...

One Workforce - Part 1 - With Victoria Melville 28.09.2020 7:31

Imposter Syndrome and Business Success - Part 2 - With Lisa Lloyd 21.09.2020 29:19

Learn More: visit the Ignium https://www.igniumconsult.com/ Subscribe for more exclusive content in the Ignium Spark Tank https://www.igniumconsult.com/the-spark-tank/ More about Lisa Lloyd and It's Time for Change https://www.itstimeforchange.co.uk Email lisa@itstimeforchange.co.uk Sign Up to the Ignium Bi Monthly Newsletter https://sparksbyignium.transistor.fm/subscribe Connect on LinkedIn Phil...

Imposter Syndrome and Business Success - Part 1 - With Lisa Lloyd 07.09.2020 26:54

Learn More: visit the Ignium https://www.igniumconsult.com/ Subscribe for more exclusive content in the Ignium Spark Tank https://www.igniumconsult.com/the-spark-tank/ More about Lisa Lloyd and It's Time for Change https://www.itstimeforchange.co.uk Email lisa@itstimeforchange.co.uk Sign Up to the Ignium Bi Monthly Newsletter https://sparksbyignium.transistor.fm/subscribe Connect on LinkedIn Phil...

Building a human centric culture - Part 2 - With Anne-Marie Rodriguez de Killeen 19.08.2020 25:29

This episode covers: Building better teams. US conversations on conflict and privilege. Recognising the value of other people. The impact of bias on team selection. Injecting creativity into teams through inclusion and diversity. Developing winning business strategies (32). Human centricity and the VUCA world. Brene Brown and courage. Commercial and cultural decisions. Feminine leadership. Collabo...

Building a human centric culture - Part 1 - With Anne-Marie Rodriguez de Killeen 05.08.2020 26:12

This episode covers: Competition and collaboration. Skills learned as children and how we’re not taught what we need to really know. Vulnerability and trust. Candles and the light we can bring by lighting someone else’s candle Peoples sense of value - especially related to intangibles. People genuinely want to do a good job. Human centricity and leadership. Fixed and growth mindset. Why some busin...

Seeing the world as it is and not as you hope it will be 29.07.2020 24:48

• What if’s cause anxiety and stress, consider a change in mindset to “What is” • Stress reduces effectiveness and resiliency response • If we took responsibility for making things as we want them to be…to change things…we are more likely to be effective and successful in creating the change we are looking for. • Hoping for something to happen is completely ineffective…there is no action associate...

Leaders and coaching 22.07.2020 21:53

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Building capability in teams 15.07.2020 22:19

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Developing the uniqueness of individuals to build teams 08.07.2020 19:47

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