The Global Discussion

In this episode, we dive into the world of retail with Miriam Simon, with over 30 years of experience in the industry. Miriam has worked with global retail brands and local independent stores, experiencing firsthand the challenges they face in an ever-changing retail landscape, particularly with the rise of eCommerce. Miriam has a proven track record of success, having developed strategies that ha...

Kristy Mickelsen is a wife and mother whose passions include her two autistic children, reading, and writing. She was born in Upland, California, and raised in Riverside by her wonderful parents, eventually moving to Hesperia. She has an Associate of Science Degree with a major in Child Development and has worked in that field for seven years as a preschool teacher.  Kristy believes writing i...

Susanne Chishti is the CEO of FINTECH Circle & FTSE Board Member. Investor & Editor of The FINTECH Book Series, NED CMC Markets PLC & Crown Agents Bank, and a Keynote Speaker. FINTECH Circle is Europe's 1st Investor Network, focused on fintech investments and a leading fintech innovation, learning, and communications platform. She is also the Co-Editor of the Bestseller "The FINTECH Bo...

Jennifer Navarrete is a Podcast Producer, Web3 Evangelist, Virtual Event Producer, Community Organizer, and a Social Media Strategist. Jennifer helps people and businesses with podcast production, podcasting, and voice talent for agencies and clients. She can help with live-streaming videos at events, social media interview lounges, social media event coverage, training, discoverability meetings,...

Robb Montgomery is an American mobile journalism expert based in Berlin. He is the author of Smartphone Video Storytelling and Mobile Journalism textbooks and the chair of the Mobile Journalism Awards competition.  His documentary films have been awarded at global film festivals. He trains journalists for CNN, Reuters, The New York Times, Journalism Co UK, Mediacorp, Radio Free Europe, Hindus...

Bobby Umar is an inspirational speaker, coach, and one of North America's most prolific advocates of heart-based leadership. Inc Magazine named him one of the Top 100 Leadership Speakers, alongside such noteworthy giants as Richard Branson, Brené Brown and John Maxwell. Bobby is a 5x TEDx speaker and one of the top social media influencers in the world, with over half a million followers. He is na...

Gihan is the Founder of Communique ( a B.Corp-certified business), an organisation created to give her fellow sustainability & communication professionals from underdeveloped countries and underrepresented communities a voice. Communique focuses on critical areas, including: 1) Integrating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Initiatives within your business model 2) Designing and devel...

Jason Zackowski is the Founder of BunsenBurner and a Chemistry Teacher. He teaches science daily with the help of Bunsen and Beaker, the science dogs! Jason's podcast 'The Science Pawdcast' breaks down the latest science in the human and pet worlds and the latest antics of Bunsen and Beaker.  Social media success is no stranger to Jason, Bunsen and Beaker. Bunsen, the Bernese Mountain Dog, is...

Arne Maus is known worldwide as a leading expert in thinking preferences. He is a management coach, trainer, and consultant to large organisations. He founded Identity Compass International in 1994 and continues to develop an international network of consultants who specialise in using the Identity Compass profile. Arne now dedicates his time researching thinking preferences and enhancing the prof...

Chris Rabbitt, Cofounder of Meeow Ltd, a Director at Carrot Ltd, and a Chapter Director, at Startup Grind, in addition to being a Founder member of Yorkshire Bikers In Business. Meeow was founded at the beginning of the COVID pandemic when face-to-face events shut down. It was launched by two entrepreneurs - Chris Rabbitt and Simon Glenn. Meeow aims to remove some of the unconscious bias that can...

Peter Benei has a successful track record in the enterprise world, specifically the advertising industry. He served as an agency executive for Fortune 500 brands in London and CEE. In 2014, Peter switched to focusing only on helping growing companies as a remote CMO.  Peter knows first-hand about becoming burned out and working in toxic or poorly optimised environments, and he has witnessed t...

Ulli Appelbaum is an award-winning marketing and brand strategy consultant with over 20 years of experience creating and building brand strategies. Ulli has held senior strategy roles at some of the largest advertising agencies in the world, including BBDO, Leo Burnett, Fallon Worldwide, and SapientNitro. He started a brand research & strategy boutique First The Trousers Then The Shoes Inc., i...

Ruth is on a mission to help entrepreneurs, coaches, and other "knowledgepreneurs" get clients and build their communities. She guides entrepreneurs along the book-writing journey, providing a framework and time-saving tips to help them get a quality book written, published, and into the hands of readers. Ruth has shared her expertise on platforms like Thrive Global, Women in Publishing, Authority...

Cassius Rayner has over 20 years of experience in video production across various sectors, from documentaries, drama, music videos, corporate videos, branding and NGOs. Since 2014 Cassius has dedicated his art, craft and skills to using mobile phones to capture stories. He works overseas, telling important stories in hostile situations that only a mobile phone could capture, always exploring and p...

Billy Dees is a Multimedia Specialist with a professional audio and radio production, video editing, and content marketing history. Billy creates audio for radio broadcasts, podcast productions, commercials, and flash briefings. His other endeavours at Perfect Media Productions, LLC include assisting people in creating various media in web and social media video, video editing, and voice-overs. Bi...

Mirjana Prokic is the Founder and CEO of hangAIR Global. Mirjana is an Award Winner, Thought Leader, University Guest Lecturer, and former Global CMO. hangAIR is a pioneering health tech brand combining hardware (patented) with a supporting wellness SaaS ecosystem (app) to help 3 billion people worldwide with modern life's mental and physical strain. A Smart Rocking Incliner with a subscription mo...

Steve Pugh is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with values based on empowering people and creating positive and creative cultures. In 2011 he invented a world-first financial fund which unlocked £300+ million of work for UK companies, building and safeguarding thousands of jobs. In 2018 Steve wrote his first book, and in 2021 he launched a business, Roadmap MBA bringing accessible and free business...

Orla Kelly is a successful book publisher who has grown a business to offer a comprehensive range of publishing services to authors from all walks of life. Orla began as an author and has never forgotten what it is like to be an author, the vulnerability, feeling of exposure, doubts, and fear of judgement. These elements help Orla remain grounded and focused on delivering the best bespoke publishi...

Frank Prendergast is an actor who studied modern realist acting techniques with Tom Kibbe, who studied under Strasberg, Adler and Meisner. His professional acting credits include films such as Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship and Peter Foott's The Young Offenders, as well as many television series such as Red Rock, Vikings and Penny Dreadful.   In addition to acting, Frank has over two d...

Juwayria (Jia) Elhassan is the Founder and CEO of The Social Ikigai. She is an online marketing business specialist and social media content strategist who helps entrepreneurs, coaches, and small businesses elevate their online presence through focused branding, strategic digital marketing, social media, and establishing solid online business foundations.  Jia's show, Decoded with Jia Elhassa...

Angus Blair is the CEO of Signet, Investment Banker, Asset Manager, Investment Analyst and Professor. Angus is passionate about institutionalising Corporate Governance and ESG. Founder of Signet LLC: Definitive & creative thinking on the investment, business, economics & risk of the Middle East & North Africa; over 20 years of analysing, researching, writing and developing businesses i...

Elaina Ryan is CEO of Children's Books Ireland, a national organisation whose mission is to make books a part of every child's life. Elaina has a children's publishing background and an MLitt in Publishing from the University of Stirling. She is the former Managing Editor of Little Island books, where she worked closely with Ireland's inaugural Laureate na nÓg, Siobhán Parkinson. She is Co-Artisti...

Timothy Hughes co-founded DLA ignite not to be just another marketing agency and not to transform only sales by using social. Tim and his team transform whole organisations, including Sales, Marketing, Human Resources, Internal Communications, and Customer Service, all with social. Before setting up his company, Tim held senior positions at Oracle, and Capgemini, in addition to being a Global Inst...

Margaret Molloy is the Global Chief Marketing Officer at Siegel+Gale, the Host of the podcast How CMOs Commit, and the Creator/Founder of WearingIrish. The Wearing Irish platform enables people to discover Irish brands and the makers behind them. As the creator of WearingIrish, Margaret helps Irish fashion designers tell their stories, helping to uplift all Irish industries, businesses and talent...

Gary Turner advises, guides and invests in technology start-ups and scale-ups in the UK and internationally. As an operator, he co-founded and led the growth of Xero in the UK from 2009 to 2021 and was a member of Xero's global leadership team for 12 years. Xero is a multi-award-winning cloud accounting platform with more than 3 million paying subscribers. He led Xero's UK business from £56k of re...