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Produced in partnership with FleishmanHillard Fishburn, in this episode, we discuss some of the implications to businesses that the latest release of their Authenticity Gap Report has highlighted. The report is titled, ‘Leading With Impact: Authenticity in a climate of change' and can be downloaded from their website at www.fhflondon.co.uk Joining Russell Goldsmith at FHF London’s offices were: Ta...

The second of two episodes recorded at PRWeek's Strategic Internal Communications conference, where we caught up with a number of the speakers from the event. In Part 2, we spoke with: 1/ Jane Tebbey, Head of Internal Communications, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) 2/ Dr Carla Groom, Head of Behavioural Science, Department for Work and Pensions 3/ Max Puller, Employee and Change Communicati...

The first in a special series of episodes being produced in partnership with the European PR agency Tyto and their own ‘Without Borders’ podcast, where we’ll be interviewing European unicorn CEOs to find out about the key issues, pain points and challenges that European startups face and how they can address them with a strategic approach to marketing and communications. Russell Goldsmith is joine...

The first of two episodes recorded at PRWeek's Strategic Internal Communications conference, where we caught up with a number of the speakers from the event. In Part 1, we spoke with: 1/ Stuart Williamson, Director of Communications, Nationwide Building Society 2/ Helen Willetts, Director of Internal Communications, BT 3/ John Townsend, Head of Internal Communications, Unicef UK 4/ Vanessa Unwin,...

The second of two episodes recorded in partnership with CFA UK at their conference on the topic of ESG Investing and the associated practical realities, where we spoke to a number of the speakers from the event. In Part 2, we caught up with: 1/ Professor Elroy Dimson, Chairman for the Centre for Endowment Asset Management at the Cambridge Judge Business School, part of the University of Cambridge...

The first of two episodes recorded in partnership with CFA UK at their conference on the topic of ESG Investing and the associated practical realities, where we spoke to a number of the speakers from the event. In Part 1, we caught up with: 1/ Ben Yeoh, Portfolio Manager of Global Equities, Royal Bank of Canada Global Asset Management 2/ Sudip Hazra, Head of Sustainability Research & Responsible I...

Produced in partnership with FutureBrand, a global panel of experts discuss FutureBrand's 'Future of Beauty' report. Our guests were: Jasmina Aganovic, Founder and President of Mother Dirt Lisa Gallo, Vice President, Product Innovation Research Development, Avon Khandiz Joni, Professional Makeup artist and Judge of The Sustainable Lifestyle Awards MT Cassidy, Executive Creative Director, FutureBra...

The second of our two episodes recorded at Mad World 2019, Europe's only conference and exhibition putting mental health at the heart of a cross industry, cross functional agenda. We chatted to a number of the speakers from the event. In this episode, we were joined by: 1/ Paul Farmer, Chief Executive, Mind 2/ Petra Velzeboer, Mental Health Consultant together with Kristoff DuBose, Founder, Cirkul...

The first of two episodes recorded at Mad World 2019, Europe's only conference and exhibition putting mental health at the heart of a cross industry, cross functional agenda. We chatted to a number of the speakers from the event. In this episode, we were joined by: 1/ Ian Stuart, Group Managing Director and CEO, HSBC UK Bank Plc 2/ Ruby Wax OBE, Founder, Frazzled Cafe 3/ Kristoff DuBose, Founder,...

Recorded in partnership with Communicate Magazine at their 'Evolution of the Annual Report' conference, Russell Goldsmith chatted with six of the day's speakers: Part.1 - Mei Ashelford, Director of reporting intelligence, Gather and Mark O'Sullivan, Director of corporate reporting, PwC talk about the UK’s changing approach to corporate reporting Part.2 - Sarah Woods, Head of Digital Insight and En...

Show 84 is produced in partnership with FutureBrand, where we discuss the launch of their latest FutureBrand Country Index. Our host Ben Bland was joined by Jon Tipple, FutureBrand's Chief Strategy Officer and Rowan Williams, Creative Lead at Panasonic Design London. The show also features contributions from Conrad Bird CBE, Director of the Great Britain campaign at the Department for Internationa...

Our third episode from the 2019 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity concentrated on Advertising and Marketing Trends and featured: 1. Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman, Ogilvy UK discussing his talk 'Make Advertising Great Again' 2. Carla Buzasi, Managing Director, WGSN on the 'Future Consumer 2021' 3. Ellie Norman, Director of Marketing, Formula 1 on 'Revitalising An Ageing Brand' With...

Sir Martin Sorrell and Marian Goodell, CEO of Burning Man Project, join Russell Goldsmith for an exclusive chat at Cannes Lions ahead of their talk on the main Festival stage, where they were exploring the history and development of Burning Man, the challenges and opportunities it faces, and how it is evolving into a global cultural movement. Recorded in front of a live audience at the ICCO House...

The first of three episodes recorded at the 2019 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, this show focuses on Healthcare Marketing and includes: 1. Zuleika Burnett, Executive Director for Creative and Innovation at Havas Life Medicom talking about the power of the spoken word and the benefits of podcasting to healthcare (featuring an exclusive interview with Podcaster Petra Velzeboer) 2...

Show 80 coincided with the launch of TerraCycle’s groundbreaking LOOP initiative in North America and we sat down with their European General Manager to discuss how they are helping consumer giants innovate for long-term success and what it means for brand. This was the second episode that we've produced in partnership with FutureBrand, and joining host Russell Goldsmith at the FutureBrand London...

Recorded in partnership with CFA UK from their Fintech Interactive Forum, 'Asset management: Rise of the machines', at the offices of Inmarsat in London. Russell Goldsmith spoke to a number of the speakers from the event including: - Mikey Shulman, Head of Machine Learning at Kensho - Vinay Jayaram, CEO and co-founder of Envizage - Julie Chakraverty, CEO and founder of Rungway - Yasin Rosowsky, He...

Produced in partnership with Communicate Magazine, Russell Goldsmith chats to two of the winners of their corporate content awards, alongside Communicate’s Publishing Editor Brittany Golob. Our award-winning guests were Dagmar Mackett, Director of Film, Video and Motion at DRPG, who talked about her agency’s work with Jaguar Land Rover, plus David Boardman, Director of Communications and Engagemen...

Produced in partnership with British Business Bank, Diversity VC and British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA), this episode discusses a new report from all three of these organisations, commissioned by the UK’s HM Treasury, which highlights the fact that female start-up founders are missing out on billions of pounds of investment. The research identified specific barriers faced...

The latest FutureBrand Index highlighted how the most future proofed companies consistently align the totality of the experiences they create with their wider corporate purpose and that was the focus of Show 76, which was produced in partnership with FutureBrand. Joining Russell Goldsmith at the London offices of GSK, were Kerry O'Callaghan, VP for Global Brand at GSK, Jeremy Waite, Chief Strategy...

Produced in partnership with the UK's Ministry of Justice, to coincide with Social Mobility Live, a two week programme consisting of five events taking place around the UK, marking a year since the launch of the Ministry's inaugural social mobility action plan, the first social mobility plan of any government department that explores how the department, the civil service and external partners are...

Recorded in partnership with CFA UK from their conference in London on the topic of ‘Behavioural Finance in the age of algorithms', we interviewed the five speakers from the event. Our guests were: 1. Markus Schuller, Founder and Managing partner of Panthera Solutions 2. Philippa Clough, Portfolio Manager at JP Morgan Asset Management International Equity Group 3. Kristina Vasileva, Senior Lecture...

Recorded at the World Travel Market, 2018, we partnered up with some of the exhibitors and delegates to get a flavour of what was being discussed at the event. Our guests included: 1. Mark McVay, Chairman, UKinbound 2. Dr. Kevin Ashbridge, VP for Global Travel & Leisure Solutions, SDL 3. Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica Tourist Board 4. Richard Fraiman, Chief Executive, Good Hote...

Recorded at Mad World, Europe's only conference and exhibition putting mental health at the heart of a cross industry, cross functional agenda, and produced in partnership with Nuffield Health, Russell Goldsmith interviewed to a number of the speakers from the event. Our guests were Sir Ian Cheshire, Chair of Barclays UK and Campaign Chair of Heads Together; Professor Dame Carol Black, Principle o...

Produced in partnership with the European PR agency Tyto, in this episode, we discuss Tyto's 2018 'State of the Nation report' on the Internet of Things (IoT), hearing from a number of experts who contributed to it. For the main part of the show, Russell Goldsmith speaks to Practical Futurist, Andrew Grill and Abraham Joseph, Founder of IOT insights, plus Stephanie Atkinson, CEO of Compass Intelli...

Produced in partnership with the Cabinet Office, in this episode we discussed how the work being carried by its Business Partnerships team, is building successful, long-term partnerships between business and government to deliver the voice of business into policy development and transformation, with the main aim of tackling the UK’s biggest social and economic challenges. Joining host Russell Gold...