The Vibrant Workplace Podcast

Is a four day week the future of work? Craig sat down with founder of the Four Day Week Global, Charlotte Lockhart, to find out what they've been learning from their global pilots and studies. What is / isn't a four day week? Where does it work / not work? What are the learnings from the global pilots? How does it impact key business metrics like staff attrition? How do we make it work? Wh...

Craig is joined by Sunday Times Business Best Selling Authors of 'Workstyle' Lizzie Penny & Alex Hirst. 'Workstyle' is billed as a revolution for wellbeing, productivity and society and is characterised by working where you want, when you want, asynchronously. Can that work in employment as well as self-employment? If so, how?! And is this the time for a working revolution? Tune in to find out...

Craig is joined by Founder of Nederlia, the subscription based tech talent sourcers, and Co-Founder of talent acquisition conference hired!bcn, Claude Loeffen. Claude shares how tech recruitment has evolved since he first got involved, what he’s learnt along the way and his top tips for what organisations can do to attract passive jobseekers.

Craig is joined by Jordi Arcas (CEO of Barcelona based TalentUp) who scrape data from all over the globe about tech recruitment to help companies drive effective recruitment and retention strategies. There's so much speculation about what people want from an employer, but a lot of it is agenda driven. Data knows the truth and Jordi joins us on the show to tell us what he and the team have been lea...

In this episode Craig is joined by Jon Franko, Partner Founder of St Louis based industrial marketing agency ‘Gorilla 76’, who has a mission to create one of the best workplaces in the US. With an employee net promoter score that once sat between 10 - 15 but hit 89 this summer, Jon and the team have shown what a difference a focus on culture can make. In this episode Jon talks about the journey he...

Earlier this year 'That Recruitment Company' were one of the first to proactively choose to give employees a pay-rise to help with the cost of living crisis. This is "not something you need to thank me for" said Founder Chris Stringer, "it's due diligence that we as a business are looking after you properly." Chris joins Craig on this episode to discuss: - Why he chose to do this when most other c...

In this episode Craig is joined by Interview & Career Coach, Cara Quinn.  After a 20-year career in recruitment in which Cara’s greatest pleasure was facilitating the “win-win” of a happy manager finding the best talent for their role and a delighted candidate, taking the next leap in their career – Cara founded Stellar Impact to demystify interviews and show that they are not events whic...

Kukoon Rugs has become the largest independent retailer of rugs in the U.K. and Ireland with founders Paul & Clare Vallely having been on an amazing journey since starting out in their dad’s shed just over 15 years ago selling rugs on eBay. Now they’re turning heads running a really vibrant business and were recently shortlisted in the category of 'Innovation & Leadership' at the Irish New...

Hospitality was never designed to close. March 2020 hit and suddenly Galgorm Collection had to learn how to shut down their operations and switch off overnight... In this episode Craig speaks with Group HR Manager Laura Millar about the challenges they've faced over the past couple of years and how the strength of their connection with their people helped them come through the pandemic.

In this episode Craig chats with Dr Jonny Bloomfield from Support to Perform about an unexpected benefit from the pandemic as it has helped push the discussion around employee wellbeing to the forefront of every discussion.

Barcelona based Nuvolar Works are a true example of an organisation with a leadership team who really care about their people. During the pandemic they made the decision to offer their workforce the opportunity to work remotely forever, but also kept an office in the city for those who would prefer to come into a shared workspace. In this episode Markéta Bártová, Nuvolar's HR Manager, shares with...

The novel concept of working a four day week for the same pay has been in the media a lot in recent years - often talked about in theory rather than practicality. In our first episode Craig is joined by Michelle Murphy, Head of HR & Operations at JMK Solicitors & CRASH Services, as she shares their experience of introducing the concept.

Hi folks, this is the preview episode for our upcoming series - The Vibrant Workplace Podcast! In it I'll share with you why I set the podcast up, and what I hope to achieve with it. I'll be inviting guests on to future episodes to share with us what they're doing to attract, retain and engage people in their businesses for better business performance. Check it out and if you like the idea, hit th...