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Debbie West speaks with internal communications leaders about the relationship between levels of trust in an organisation and good internal comms practice. Many in the communications world will be familiar with the findings of the Edelman Trust Barometer, for example, which has featured statistics showing declining trust for established sources like governments and traditional media, whilst the In...

In the 39th episode of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from Sofia in Bulgaria by Hristo Borisov, the CEO and Co-Founder of Payhawk, a leading spend management solution for domestic and international businesses throughout the UK, the US and Europe. Founded in 2018, the company achieved unicorn status in April 2022, when it became the first Bulgarian...

Produced in partnership with Haven House Children’s Hospice, a charity caring for seriously ill children and their families, and released to coincide with Children's Hospice Week, Rachel Gatley hosts this episode that focuses on the concept of compassionate business practice, exploring whether the workplace has a responsibility to support employees who are experiencing challenging times with their...

The fourth and final episode recorded at Money20/20 Europe, that we produced in partnership with Remote, the global HR platform. The event took place at the RAI in Amsterdam, and we recorded our interviews on 4-5 June. Our guests for this episode were: 1/ Michelle Beyo, CEO, Finavator 2/ Jill Docherty, Senior Vice President, Global Issuing Nuvei 3/ Mitch Trehan, Chief Compliance Officer, Allica Ba...

The third of four episodes recorded at Money20/20 Europe, that we produced in partnership with Remote, the global HR platform. The event took place at the RAI in Amsterdam, and we recorded our interviews on 4-5 June. Our guests for this episode were: 1/ Xavier Collins, Vice President UK, Turo 2/ Russell Fisher, COO, Admiral Pioneer 3/ David Daiches, Co-Founder, INSHUR 4/ Magda Schmid-Debska, Head...

The second of four episodes recorded at Money20/20 Europe, that we produced in partnership with Remote, the global HR platform. The event took place at the RAI in Amsterdam, and we recorded our interviews on 4-5 June. Our guests for this episode were: 1/ Monika Liikamaa, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Enfuce 2/ Yaacov Martin, CEO, Jifiti 3/ Jennifer Parker, CCO, Convera 4/ Nirav Patel, CEO, Andaria 5/ Cha...

The first of four episodes recorded at Money20/20 Europe, that we produced in partnership with Remote, the global HR platform. The event took place at the RAI in Amsterdam, and we recorded our interviews on 4-5 June. Our guests for this episode, which covers some of the key announcements from this year's event plus the latest news in cross border payments, embedded finance and lots more, were: 1/...

In the latest episode of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from New York by Jonathan Cherki, CEO of Contentsquare, a leading digital experience analytics platform. Founded in 2012, the company achieved unicorn status in January 2020 and reached a valuation of $5.6 billion, following a raise of $600 million dollars in 2022.

This episode was recorded at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai, and was produced in partnership with Cinnamon Life as they showcased Cinnamon Life at City of Dreams Sri Lanka – the new integrated resort that is set to transform the city of Colombo when it opens later this year. We spoke with: 1/ Mikael Svensson, CEO, Cinnamon Hotel and Resorts 2/ Suresh Rajendra, President, Leisure Group, John Ke...

In the latest episode of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from New York by David Obrand, the CEO of Salesloft, the AI powered revenue orchestration platform. Founded in 2011 by Kyle Porter and David Cummings, the company achieved unicorn status early in 2021. And then when Vista Equity Partners came on board as well, it raised the valuation of the bu...

Debbie West speaks with internal communications leaders about the challenges of managing the flow of information inside organisations. They discuss how to enable effective communication processes while minimising noise and distraction. Our guests were: 1/ Keith Berman, Strategic Communications Leader 2/ Natalie Lambracos, Communications Manager, Protiviti 3/ Niamh O'Grady, Head of Marketing - UK,...

The first in a new season of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from Denver, Colorado by Sami Inkinen, the CEO and co-founder of Virta Health, the leader in type two diabetes reversal and creator of a new standard in medical care for people living with type two diabetes, prediabetes, or obesity. Founded in 2014, the company achieved unicorn status in D...

Our fourth and final episode recorded at Shoptalk, Las Vegas, produced in partnership with Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company providing simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions. Featuring: 1/ Kevin Miller, CMO, The Fresh Market 2/ Jennifer DiPasquale, President & Co-Founder, Women in Retail 3/ Sophie Marchessou, Chief Customer Officer, Mirakl 4/ Emma McFer...

Our third of four episodes recorded at Shoptalk, Las Vegas, that we produced in partnership with Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company providing simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions. Featuring: 1/ Jake Stein, Head of Retail, Uber Direct 2/ Jasmeet Sabharwal, Senior Director, Marketing Strategy Bread Financial 3/ Kimberly Wallengren, VP Marketing, North Am...

Our second of four episodes recorded at Shoptalk, Las Vegas, that we produced in partnership with Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company providing simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions. Featuring: 1/ Jessica Calaway, Senior Manager, Market Research, Bread Financial 2/ Joe Laszlo, Vice President, Content, Shoptalk 3/ Andrea Moore, Chief Digital Officer, NEST...

Our first of four episodes recorded at Shoptalk, Las Vegas, that we produced in partnership with Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company providing simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions. Featuring: 1/ Sophie Wawro, Global President, Shoptalk 2/ Laert Skreli, VP, Head of Fintech BD, Bread Financial 3/ Scott Tannen, Founder & CEO, Boll and Branch 4/ Jasmine Enb...

Our fifth and final episode recorded at SXSW in Austin, Texas that we produced in partnership with Remote, the Global HR Platform. Featuring: 1/ Ian Beacraft, CEO, Signal And Cipher 2/ Khalil Vinson, Founder & CEO, Tech Fest Live 3/ Pat Wadors, Chief People Officer, UKG 4/ Melvin Wilson, Founder, Solve Innovation Group 5/ Cam Lawrence, CEO, Newlab 6/ Karl Skoog, CMO, Amuse

Our fourth episode recorded at SXSW in Austin, Texas that we produced in partnership with Remote, the Global HR Platform. Featuring: 1/ Sandy Carter, COO, Unstoppable Domains 2/ Sabrina Sullivan, Foresight Fellow, Ford Motor Company 3/ Janice Omedake, exited tech CEO and Author of 'Mentorship Unlocked' 4/ Dan Cullen-Shute, Worldwide CEO & Founder, Creature London 5/ Jeffrey Edell, CEO & Chairman,...

Our third episode recorded at SXSW in Austin, Texas that we produced in partnership with Remote, the Global HR Platform. Featuring: 1/ Donald Knight, Chief People Officer, Greenhouse Software 2/ Jeanne Ahn, Director of Partnerships, Remote 3/ Bryetta Calloway, VP, Global Marketing & Comms MassChallenge 4/ Chris Appleton, Founder, Art Pharmacy 5/ Bobbie Racette, Founder & CEO, Virtual Gurus 6/ Robb...

Our second episode recorded at SXSW in Austin, Texas that we produced in partnership with Remote, the Global HR Platform. Featuring: 1/ Jeffrey Korzenik, Chief Economist, Fifth Third Bank 2/ Larry Miller, Chairman of the Jordan Brand Advisory Board, Nike 3/ Ken Oliver, VP of Corporate Social Responsibility, Checkr

Our first episode recorded at SXSW in Austin, Texas that we produced in partnership with Remote, the Global HR Platform. Featuring: 1/ Daniel Clancy, CEO, Twitch 2/ Marcelo Lebre, President and Co-Founder, Remote 3/ Temitope Sadiku Strategy, Transformation, Agile and Digital Revolution, Kraft Heinz 4/ Eloise Singer, Creative Director & CEO, Singer Studios 5/ Alex Wills, CXO, Disguise 6/ John Scott...

Russell Goldsmith sits down with the c-suite podcast's newest presenter, Debbie West, Senior Account Director at our producers, Audere Communications. Debbie's background and expertise is in Internal Communications, and so in this episodes she talks about how podcasts can help to unlock employee engagement.

Produced in partnership with Tourettes Action, the leading support and research charity for people with Tourette's syndrome, and their families. Graham Barrett hosts this episode that focuses on how employers can support people with Tourette's and create a truly inclusive and neurodiverse environment. Our guests were: - Ione Georgakis, Therapies and Advocacy Manager, Tourettes Action - Trish McGra...

In this episode, we focus on the growing use of AI in internal communications. Host Debbie West is joined by guests: 1/ Shalini Gupta, Senior Internal Communications Lead, UKIMEA, Arup 2/ Frank Dias, Internal Comms Manager, Framestore 3/ Melanie Wheeler, Head of Global Internal Communications, Sutherland

The final episode recorded at Slush in Helsinki, that we produced in partnership with Remote, the global HR platform, where we recorded a series of interviews from Remote's booth with a number of the speakers and attendees. Our guests for this episode were: 1/ Vlada Musvydaite, CEO & Founder, Walk15 2/ Fredrik Hanell, Impact Ventures Director, EIT Urban Mobility 3/ Dr Finnur Pind, Co-founder & CEO...