The Prescription - In Conversation

In this episode of The Prescription: In Conversation , I speak with Dougal Beard about consulting, transformation, decision-making and the human work of making complex things manageable. We talk about why strategy is often easier than execution, how good change management helps people move from the old world to the new one, and why influence without authority depends less on clever arguments and m...

Why do some people have more impact than others, even when they're equally knowledgeable? I'm uploading my recent articles as 'audio essays' (definitely not a podcast...) In this first short essay in my Professional Effectiveness series, I discuss why communication clarity sits is one of the most important aspects to develop when wanting to become more effective Using an unlikely l...

This episode is about risk, decision making, and what actually drives people once money stops being the goal. I’m joined by Ben Perrins, who describes himself not as an entrepreneur, but as a “wingman” to them. He’s spent his career working alongside founders, helping scale businesses, make decisions under pressure, and navigate uncertainty. We talk about the decisions that took him from corporate...