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The 22nd in our series of Unicorn Leader interviews that we're recording in partnership with the European PR Agency Tyto, and their Own Without Borders podcast. Russell Goldsmith and Tyto's Founder, Brendon Craigie were joined online from Detroit by James Taylor, Chief Executive Officer (at time of recording) and Co-Founder of Electric Last Mile Solutions (ELMS), a company focused on redefining th...

The second in our Marketing Futures series that we're producing in partnership with SAP. This time we are focusing on MarTech innovation and efficiency, the challenges that brands face to engage the customers of today, and the tools and strategies they'll need to win and retain the customers of tomorrow. This engagement between customer and company, whether B2B or B2C, is a key reason why companie...

The 21st in our series of Unicorn Leader interviews that we're recording in partnership with the European PR Agency Tyto, and their Own Without Borders podcast. Russell Goldsmith and Tyto's Founder, Brendon Craigie were joined online from close to Amsterdam by Job van der Voort, CEO and co-founder of Remote. Founded in 2019 to simplify how companies employ global talent, Remote raised $150m Series...

Marketing Futures is a new series of the csuite podcast, produced in partnership with SAP. We discuss the changing face of the retail landscape and bring you the latest news and insights from leading brand and industry experts. In this first episode, we focus on the future of retail and direct to consumer. The pandemic has brought about and accelerated change in so many aspects of our lives and to...

The 20th in our series that we're recording in partnership with the European PR Agency Tyto, and their Own Without Borders podcast, Russell Goldsmith and Tyto's Founder, Brendon Craigie were joined online from Seattle by Kabir Shahani, CEO and co-founder of Amperity. Founded in 2016, Amperity provides a customer data platform to its clients. The company raised a $100m Series D round in July 2021,...

The second of two episodes recorded at the fourth Mad World Summit, which has become the global go-to solutions-focused conference and exhibition dedicated to turning talk into action; creating cultures of care and embedding mental health and wellbeing as a strategic business priority. Russell Goldsmith was joined by a number of the speakers at the event. In this episode we hear from: 1/ Gary Rauc...

The first of two episodes recorded at the fourth Mad World Summit, which has become the global go-to solutions-focused conference and exhibition dedicated to turning talk into action; creating cultures of care and embedding mental health and wellbeing as a strategic business priority. Russell Goldsmith was joined by a number of the speakers at the event. In this episode we hear from: 1/ Jonathan K...

The 19th in our series that we're recording in partnership with the European PR Agency Tyto, and their Own Without Borders podcast, Russell Goldsmith and Tyto's Founder, Brendon Craigie were joined online from California by Mark Lee, Founder and CEO of the Remote Access and Remote Support Company Splashtop. Founded in 2006, Splashtop raised $65 million in new funding at the start of 2021, which pu...

Produced in partnership with FutureBrand to coincide with the launch of the new 'FutureBrand Super Sustainability Report', Russell Goldsmith was joined online to discuss some of the issues raised in the report and the potential impact super sustainability might have on the future of business, by: - Jon Tipple, Global Chief Strategy Officer, FutureBrand - Rebecca Dibb-Simkin, Global Director of Pro...

In the 18th interview of our series that we're recording in partnership with the European PR Agency Tyto, and their own Without Borders podcast, Russell Goldsmith and Tyto's founder, Brendon Craigie were joined online from San Diego by Zeb Evans, Founder and CEO of the customizable workplace productivity platform ClickUp. Founded in 2017, ClickUp raised $100m in a Series B funding round in Decembe...

Our second episode to be produced in partnership with Globalization Partners, where the topic of discussion was the critical role of employee experience in the remote working world. Russell Goldsmith was joined online by Caroline Göbel, who has a co-leadership role as Head of Global People and Organizational Development at Ottobock, Katherine Allwood, Head of People at The Hut Group, and Emily Boy...

In the 17th interview of our series that we're recording in partnership with the European PR Agency Tyto, and their own Without Borders podcast, Russell Goldsmith and Tyto's founder, Brendon Craigie were joined online from New York by Mariano Gomide de Faria, Co-founder and Co-CEO of VTEX, a company that provides fully integrated end to end omnichannel commerce platforms to major global brands. VT...

In the 16th in our series of interviews that we're recording in partnership with the European PR Agency Tyto, and their own Without Borders podcast, Russell Goldsmith and Brendon Craigie were joined online from Boston in the US by Pedro Bados, Co-founder and CEO of Nexthink, a company that specialises in digital employee experience management software. Nexthink has headquarters in Boston and Lausa...

In our second episode to be produced in partnership with the Customer Engagement Platform Emarsys, part of SAP, we discuss the findings of their 2021 Loyalty Index. We welcomed back from Emarsys, Payal Hindocha, Director of Customer Engagement Solutions GTM and we were also joined online by a panel of retail experts from North America. In New York was Carol Schuster, Business Information and Techn...

In the 15th in our series of interviews that we're recording in partnership with the European PR Agency Tyto, and their own Without Borders podcast, Russell Goldsmith and Brendon Craigie were joined online from Palo Alto by Vijay Tella, CEO, and Founder of Workato, the leading enterprise automation platform that helps organisations work faster and smarter without compromising security and governan...

Recorded in partnership with Finsen Technologies, we discuss how to get the workplace functioning safely again, giving employees confidence to return now that Covid-19 restrictions are starting to be lifted. Joining host Russell Goldsmith online were Mark Husband, Corporate Environment, Health and Safety Manager at Dover Fueling Solutions; Petr Raba, Vice President, Meetings & Events Global Operat...

In the 14th in our series of interviews that we're recording in partnership with the European PR Agency Tyto, and their own Without Borders podcast, Russell Goldsmith and Brendon Craigie were joined online from Colorado Springs, US by Mario Ciabarra, Founder and CEO of Quantum Metric. Quantum Metric raised $200 million in Series B financing in January 2021 with a valuation exceeding $1 billion.

Recorded in partnership with FutureBrand, Russell Goldsmith looks back at the 2020 FutureBrand Index, where the agency examined the world's leading firms and determined how they fared over the previous year. Joining him online to talk through the findings of that report, we welcomed back to the podcast Jon Tipple, FutureBrand's Global Chief Strategy Officer, plus we were joined on the call by Step...

In the 13th in our series of interviews that we're recording in partnership with the European PR Agency Tyto, and their own Without Borders podcast, Russell Goldsmith and Brendon Craigie were joined online from New York by Felix Van de Maele, Co-Founder and CEO of Collibra, a big data management start-up that raised $112.5 million in April 2020 and achieved a $2.3 billion valuation.

In the 12th in our series of interviews that we're recording in partnership with the European PR Agency Tyto, and their own Without Borders podcast, Russell Goldsmith and Brendon Craigie were joined online from Israel by Chen Amit, Co-Founder and CEO of Tipalti, a fintech start-up that reached unicorn status in October 2020 after raising $150 million in a Series E round that took the company's val...

Produced in partnership with the Women in Marketing Awards, celebrating its 10th anniversary, Russell Goldsmith was joined online by two of the winners, plus one of the highly commended finalists to talk about their work and what it means to be a female leader in marketing today. Our guests were Elizabeth Del Valle, Global Head of Marketing for Gaming, YouTube, Agnisha Ghosh, Integrated Marketing...

We focus on what 2021’s retail marketing priorities should be this episode that was produced in partnership with the customer engagement platform Emarsys, part of SAP, to coincide with the National Retail Federation’s 2021 ‘Retail’s Big Show’, that took place virtually due to covid restrictions. Sucharita Kodali, VP, Principal Analyst Serving eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals at Forrester...

In this latest episode that we recorded in partnership with SAP UK & Ireland, our focus turned to future talent, looking at the importance of graduate programs and apprenticeships and how we can address the digital skills gap. We also look at what impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on recruitment, onboarding of new employees and training. Our guests were: 1/ Lindsey Rowe, Chief of Staff, COO and...

In our 11th unicorn interview, Russell Goldsmith and Brendon Craigie were joined online from Utah in the US by Clay Wilkes, CEO of Galileo. Galileo is a global payments processing platform that powers world-leading fintechs, challenger banks, neobanks, financial services and investment firms by removing the complexity from payments. As a fintech itself, Galileo is in rare company: a bootstrapped o...

Produced in partnership with SAP, we discussed the future of e-commerce and brand communications in the utility sector. Russell Goldsmith was joined online from Germany by Florian Fromberg, Global Director SAP Customer Experience Utilities and João Fonseca, Product Manager Ecosystem B2C sales, EnBW, and from Reykjavik, Iceland, by Dr. Fridrik Larson, CEO of LarsEn Energy Branding. Fridrik is also...