The Global Discussion

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...

In this episode, we catch up with Ayse Birsel, an award-winning industrial designer, author, and founder of Birsel + Seck. Ayse is one of the world’s leading industrial designers. She has designed hundreds of products, and you’ve probably held or sat on something she has designed for Herman Miller Knoll, Target, or Toyota, among many others. She is the author of Design the Life You Love and is rec...

Tom Morley is the original drummer and founder of Scritti Politti, also recording with David Bowie and Madness. Tom is a stand-up drummer and team-building expert. He has also been recognized for his contributions to the music industry, receiving several awards and accolades over the years. Despite the changing musical landscape, he remains a respected figure in the world of new-wave and post-punk...

Vanessa Fox O'Loughlin No 1 Bestselling Crime Writer *Sam Blake. Managing Director, The Inkwell Group Publishing Consultancy.  *Sam Blake herself is a character from the imagination of Vanessa Fox O'Loughlin, who is the founder of the multi-award-winning writing resources website Writing.ie, The Inkwell Group publishing consultancy, and is the founder of Murder One, Ireland's International Cr...

Sam Sethi is an award-winning Radio Presenter and Managing Director of River Radio. Every Friday, James Cridland and Sam Sethi review and analyse the week's top podcasting news as covered on Podnews. They also interview some of the biggest podcast names making the news! Episode 100 was the last Podland, and their special guests were Adam Curry and Dave Jones from the Podcast Index, talking about t...

Heather Monahan is a 2X Best-Selling Author, a global Top 50 Keynote Speaker, a Podcast Host of Creating Confidence, a TEDx speaker, and a member of the Board of Directors of Healthlynked Corp. Having successfully climbed the corporate ladder for 20 years; Heather is one of the few women to break the glass ceiling and claim her spot in the C-suite. As a Chief Revenue Officer in Media, Heather Mona...

Simon Alexander Ong ignites people's imagination of what is truly possible so that they can live a life of meaning, purpose and fulfilment. Everything that Simon does is built around inspiring people to see their world differently and igniting their imagination of what is truly possible so that they can unleash their deepest potential. From a young age, Simon has always been curious about learning...

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