The Purpose Made Podcast

Looking at the challenges we face, as one of the richest nations in the world, and a government who have spent billions, how are we in this position whereby so many people are choosing between heating and eating?   This was the central question that initiated today’s episode as Craig Taylor ( Gratitude ), Juliet Davenport (Founder, Good Energy), Katy Chakrabortty ( Oxfam ), Morris Pearl...

Sir David Attenborough once said, “An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity but great fulfilment.” And so, surely it is our responsibility to do everything within our power to create, nurture and maintain a planet that provides a home not just for us, but for all life on Earth? So why, here in the UK, is a deluge of untreated sewage being dumped by water compan...

In his book,  The End of Poverty , Jeffrey Sachs made some careful estimates as to what it would cost to end extreme poverty in the world in about 20 years. Sachs calculated that the total cost per year would be about $175 billion. This represented less than one percent of the combined income of the richest countries in the world. In fact, this cost is 0.7% of the total income of the 30 count...

Dan Stanley is a retired award-winning senior Army commando, a key decision maker in a multi-million-pound service business and a former national sporting champion in indoor rowing. Dan is a frequent contributor to national publications such as  Men's Fitness  and  Muscle and Health magazine,  public speaker and is also an expert in human development and performance. Yet despit...

Somewhere along the way you're likely to have heard the stat that one in every seven of us are living with a disability, making up the worlds biggest minority group. So why are disabled people twice as likely to be unemployed, underrepresented, excluded and still facing widespread discrimination? Today I explore this terrain with the wonderful Joanne Pritchard, CEO of the Valuable 500. The Valuabl...

In today’s episode we chat with the amazing Craig Taylor. Craig is the founder and CEO of the award-winning Gratitude. Gratitude allows you to receive cash back from online gaming, with the added benefit of helping protect our planet by having a portion of the cash back donated to environmental, conservation and social organisations. Crucially Gratitude is aligned with the UN's Sustainable Develop...

Everyday, healthcare workers demonstrate what it means to truly take care of others, but we can't forget that we need to take care of them too. Today, healthcare professionals are faced with relentless scrutiny and gruelling hours inbuilt within systems at breaking point. According to Forbes, " Up to 47% Of U.S. Healthcare Workers Plan To Leave Their Positions By 2025 " while poor mental health is...

In today’s episode, we chat with the amazing Stefano Marrone. Stefano is a visual storyteller in Film, Animation, XR (AR + VR) and a partner at the Emmy Award-winning Unit 9. This episode, ‘Welcome to the Metaverse’, is dedicated to all those people, brands and businesses boldly going when no brand has gone before. From Gucci, Netflix, Apple, Riot Games and ...

In today’s episode, we chat with the amazing Amelia Sordell. Amelia is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Klowt. Klowt is the 21st fastest growing start-up in London and a personal branding agency focused on branding people, not businesses. Klowt turns your personality into your competitive business advantage. In this episode, we discuss Amelia’s growth journey coupled too:  ✅ Persona...

In today’s episode, we chat with the amazing Joanne Flinn. Joanne is a TEDx speaker, strategist, artist, mentor, multi-published author and global leader having led numerous corporate transformations for over 20 years across 52 countries on 6 continents helping high-performing teams make better decisions to future-proof their organisations and grow revenue sustainably.  Her latest book, ‘Gree...

In today’s episode, we chat with the wonderful Camilla Stowell. Camilla is the Managing Director and Head of Private Clients & Commercial at Coutts. More than a bank, Coutts is a certified B Corp, that knows wealth is not simply about worth but staying true to your values. Committed to strategically aligning its business with the  UN’s Sustainable Development Goals , and  t...

In today’s episode, we chat with the awesome Ben Greensmith aka Lord Chocolonely the Third, the UK and Ireland Country Manager for Tony’s Chocolonely.   Tony's Chocolonely dates back to 2003 when Dutch journalist Teun van de Keuken learned of widespread modern slavery and illegal child labour across cocoa farms in West Africa. What makes Van de Keuken's findings even more remar...

In today’s episode, we chat with the wonderful Abakar Saidov. Abakar is the CEO and co-founder of Beamery. Beamery are on a mission to create equal access to work, leveraging their industry-first AI-powered Talent Lifecycle Management platform, to help organisations realise their business potential. During today’s episode we focus on: 00:00: Introduction 00:47: A Background To Abakar 03:11: B...

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In today’s episode, we chat with the superb Tom McGillycuddy.  Tom is the co-founder of CIRCA5000, an impact investing platform launched alongside co-founder Matt Latham in 2018. CIRCA5000 lets investors invest in “responsible businesses that see the value in our continued existence.”  Their platform gives people the opportunity to focus investments in three categories – people, planet, or people...

In today’s episode, we chat with the wonderful Rob Barnett. Rob is a head-hunter, management executive, podcaster, author and serial entrepreneur. Rob has discovered, hired, and led hundreds of talented creators and executives in senior management roles held at MTV, VH1, and Audible/Amazon. He was also the President of Programming at CBS Radio and a digital pioneer, founding My Damn Channel, one o...

Nick Jonsson is the co-founder and managing director of the Singapore branch of EGN ( Executives’ Global Networ k) and dedicated to raising awareness and eliminating the stigma around the phenomenon of executive loneliness. He has identified that feelings of isolation and depression—personal struggles that he, himself, has had to grapple with and conquer—are much more widespread than we think. Wor...

In today’s episode, we chat with the brilliant Dr Grace Lordan. Dr Lordan is the Founding Director of The Inclusion Initiative, an Associate Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science and also serves as an expert advisor to the UK Government. As an academic, Dr Lordan’s research is focused on quantifying the benefits of inclusion within and across firms and designing interve...

Today we chat to the awesome Scott Goodson. Scott is a multi-published author and founder of New York based StrawberryFrog, an independent full-funnel marketing, advertising and design agency. Movements are the future of branding and for the last 25 years Scott has worked with some of the world's most iconic brands including: Google, Emirates Airline, Heineken, Coca Cola, Jim Beam, Mercedes,...

In today’s episode we chat to the wonderful Christina Brun Petersen co-founder of the Copenhagen based, Worksome. Worksome is the home of your contingent workforce and a leader in the flexible revolution. Christina is passionate about making the future of work a reality. To do so, she believes in supporting four fundamental initiatives at work:   1.      A people-first company culture that is incl...

In today’s episode we chat to the awesome Heather Hansen. Heather is a Global Communication Specialist, TEDx speaker, and Founder of Singapore-based communication training and consulting firm, Global Speech Academy. Heather’s expertise around language and people, has encouraged leaders around the world to improve their communication and human relationships. Skills and expertise further discussed w...

In today’s episode we chat to the wonderful Chris Ashworth. Chris is the Head of Social Impact at Nominet. Nominet runs the .UK internet infrastructure and its social impact programme aims to improve the lives of one million people, providing support and opportunities to tackle some of the most important digital issues facing young people in the UK today. Issues such as the 2.1million young people...

Guy Schanschieff MBE, went from being an accountant in training at KPMG to travelling the world with his wife Jo, where a chance meeting in India, would result in the pair returning to the UK in the early 90s, to co-found the multi-million pound business Bambino Mio we see today. But Bambino Mio’s journey is much more than the luck of a chance meeting, it is a story of courage and of determination...

Morris Pearl exudes expertise, awareness and wisdom. Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires and previously an MD at BlackRock (one of the largest investment firms in the world), today he shares with me, to share with you, our listeners, the amazing facts that have led to record levels of global inequality, the root cause to social unrest. Within this episode, Morris and I discussed the origins of the...

Hi and welcome back to the Purpose Made podcast and Happy New Year to you all!! I, like you, have set my goals for 2022 and fitness is central to my plan. Building habits that will stand the test of time whilst creating the conditions where magic can happen! With this in mind, I thought we’d kick off the year with the amazing health, fitness and performance coaching advice of Robbie Thompson. If y...