The Company Road Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Company Road Podcast, Chris Hudson speaks with Con Frantzeskos, a visionary marketing and technology leader who has generated billions in revenue for giants like Emirates, Coca-Cola, and ANZ. Con is the former founder of digital strategy consultancy Penso and is currently building AI-native ventures like SalesChef.ai and Ansett. Travel. Buckle up friends, th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Company Road Podcast, Chris Hudson welcomes Jet Swain, design guru and founder of The Affection Economy, a transformative framework for how we lead, work, and measure success. Jet argues that the next great economy isn't built on logic alone, but on affection, defined as people, purpose, and values. Drawing on an incredible 35-year career spanning adver...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Company Road Podcast, Chris Hudson speaks with James Fitzjohn, founder and director of Brew Consulting. James is a certified "agency nomad," having spent over 20 years with advertising heavyweights like Ogilvy, AKQA, and DDB across London, Dubai, Melbourne, and Perth. James shares the epiphany that led him to ditch the corporate life for the indepe...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Company Road Podcast, Chris Hudson dives into the heart of organisational success with Dane Maddams, Director of Product at Culture Amp and Amplitude Product 50 leader. Dane specialises in the "messy middle": the ambiguous, unspoken tensions, and trust gaps that quietly hold firms back. Drawing on a fascinatingly diverse background from Toyota to t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Company Road Podcast, Chris Hudson and Amy Grilli, co-founder of the Five Hour Club, dive deep into why the traditional 9-to-5 workday is fundamentally broken for parents and families. Amy shares the incredible personal story behind her viral LinkedIn post that reached 14 million people and proved this wasn't just a personal struggle, but a global crisi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Company Road podcast, Chris Hudson and Dr. Jackie King delve into the transformative concept of empathy, emphasizing the importance of self-empathy as a foundational step.  Dr. King shares her personal journey, highlighting how her experiences shaped her understanding of otherness and the necessity of self-discovery in leadership.  The conversation explores...

Send us Fan Mail "There's two parts of your career. There's the part that you do and then there's the part that people see you do. And the second one is equally important to the first one." -  In this episode, you’ll hear about: Making your work visible beyond just doing it well Building influence through strategic relationships and social capital Leveraging introvert stre...

Send us Fan Mail "Actually 90% of the change you're trying to create comes through systemic changes to the environment rather than training." - Charlie Kneen Charlie Kneen is the founder of Solvd Together, a learning and development transformation consultancy that reimagines how global brands approach their people strategy. Formerly the L&D lead at BP in the UK, Charlie brings t...

Send us Fan Mail "Communicate to involve, not to tell, so that you can make the change stick." - Lana North Lana North is a change communication specialist and founder of the Communication Exchange who has spent two decades managing complex transformation programmes across industries from banking to logistics. After working through major changes including the aftermath of the European fi...

Send us Fan Mail "I think there are three things that are really valued in organizations from consultants. The first is consultants come without a legacy bias. So the challenges, the roadblocks, the cultural norms within an organization, consultants are able to sidestep those. So are able to kind of come in and observe those with a bit of a neutral gaze." - Steph Foxworthy Steph Foxworth...

Send us Fan Mail “The longer the tenure, the more things become, you know, this is the way we've always done it. And so an entrepreneur is someone that can go in and see that pretty quickly. What are the bits that are stale? Where are the potentials and opportunities for improvement?” - Dave Gregurke In this episode, you’ll hear about: Aligning stakeholders with different priorities Balancing...

Send us Fan Mail “I realised, I'm just an arrogant tw@t that believes I know how to do things, but actually other people know how to do things as well, maybe even much better than I do. And that many solutions are based on context, on history, on future, on vision, on motivation, on setups, on ability, on all kinds of things. So there's no one solution to a problem. There are many, many...

Send us Fan Mail “I believe that everyone is a CEO of culture. Every interaction is either a deposit or withdrawal from culture. You can have the most amazing culture within the team, and you can put someone in there that doesn't do the right thing and doesn't treat people in the right way. And if they're in a leadership position, the shadow they leave is even bigger.” — Beth Hall I...

Send us Fan Mail "People are using AI Tools whether they're being allowed to or not. More and more of large organisations’ ways of working are starting to operate out of these things organically." Ben Le Ralph Listen to the full episode for an in-depth look at how AI is changing the way teams work and why strategy may soon become the next big challenge in the age of AI. In this epis...

Send us Fan Mail “It’s not that you are not creative, you just haven’t worked a little more on developing your capacity. We can all be creative.”  Dr. Maria Camacho Dr. Maria Camacho is a global leader in design thinking and innovation. With over 30 years of experience across academia, consulting, and industry, she has helped shape the way organisations think about creativity and collaboration. In...

Send us Fan Mail "You cannot control how anyone's going to respond to what comes out of your mouth. I think you just have to do it with an open heart and with positive intent and then just let it land. " – Fiona Walsh Fiona Walsh specialises in guiding people through this kind of deep self-inquiry. She is a mindset coach, change adviser, and host of the Limitless: Unlocking Your Tru...

Send us Fan Mail "The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is in that little extra. It's about focusing in on the right things and fixing them...it's more about solutioning in that space." – Dr. Munib Karavdic Dr. Munib Karavdic, an award-winning innovation executive, intrapreneur, and CEO of Wave Design.  In this episode, Munib shares his journey from pursuing a PhD i...

Send us Fan Mail "I would go so far as to say it went past an adaption and into a reinvention almost. New York is that city that it's a little bit of a trope, but everyone goes there to reinvent themselves in a way... That’s petrifying, but also incredibly freeing, because you can start to rebuild the person that you really want to be at that stage in your life."  – Alanna Lynch In...

Send us Fan Mail Show Notes "I think one of the main skills that an intrapreneur needs is diplomacy. You need to be able to manage upwards, downwards, sideways. You need to get people's buy-in, engage them in your ideas rather than ramming them down their throats." - Kate Toon Kate Toon, an award-winning entrepreneur, author, and digital marketing expert, joins us for an insightful...

Send us Fan Mail “The Elements Kit is about 'Who am I?' and 'What next?'. What choices can I make for a really fulfilled and aligned life? Bringing all those components into balance.” - Lisa Johnson Lisa Johnson, an experienced designer with expertise spanning interior design to service design, joins us to share her journey and her innovative creation, The Elements Kit. With a...

Send us Fan Mail "We know that authentic content is what comes through. We know storytelling is so important. So I actually help businesses bring it back in-house if they felt like they were very over-reliant on external factors. No one knows us, our customer, and our business better than we do." – Kim James In this episode, you’ll hear about: How platforms like Facebook and TikTok have...

Send us Fan Mail Ani Møller, founder of Ani Møller Coaching, discusses the growing awareness of neurodivergence in the workplace. Ani shares her deeply personal journey of being diagnosed with autism and ADHD at the age of 41, which reshaped her understanding of past challenges and led her to a new purpose: helping neurodivergent professionals own their identities, navigate their careers, and thri...

Send us Fan Mail “Listening upfront is the most critical thing. You need to listen to the people that you're engaging with to be able to understand where they're coming from, what's the emotion behind the question or the challenge that they have in front of them and then ultimately thinking about it too and asking those questions around, what is the outcome that they're after?...

Send us Fan Mail "Imposter syndrome is not conquered by achievements. The more achievements that you have, sometimes it can disconnect you more from your sense of worth. That is why I believe in being so raw and open about my stuff now. Now that I have the privilege to do it." - DeAnna Avis This week’s theme DeAnna Avis’ story is not your typical corporate success tale—it’s raw, real, an...

Send us Fan Mail "The consumer, quite honestly, especially the younger generation, is looking for something more than just love me because I'm spending my money, they want to be connected to a brand." - Chris Gillen    This week’s theme As the CEO and co-owner of A Closer Look, Chris brings nearly three decades of expertise from the frontlines of retail and customer service, guiding...