Biz and Coffee

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In a galaxy of many podcasts, we’re honoured you dropped into ours! Our Mission: To inform, educate and entertain business leaders on ideas, concepts, and trends that help them in work and in life. We are entrepreneurs who are curious about stuff. Each week we’ll be discussing a business-related topic - sometimes just the 2 of us, occasionally with guests. What are your biggest business bugbears? Throw them over and we’ll work them out together! And if you’d like to be a guest, get in touch! We’re on social - contact details are in the show notes and on our Linktree.

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Insights from "Purple Cow", by Seth Godin

Jul 20 2023 31 mins  
In this episode we dive into “Purple Cow”, by the prolific and highly respected internet marketing guru, Seth Godin. Purple Cow is about being REMARKABLE: you can’t paint your product or service purple after the fact, you need to be inherently purple, or you will be ignored… Those that are consistently purple in everything they do experience explosive word-of-mouth exposure

Insights from "The One Thing", by Gary Keller

Jul 05 2023 41 mins  
In this episode we dive into the book “The One Thing”, by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan. We all have so many things we want to get done, so how do you choose what to do right now? We’re all so busy… Too busy to even stop what we’re doing and ask questions about what is the best use of our precious time. The One Thing nails this down with one question: “What is the one thi

On Agile Transformation in Organisations, with Joelle Garden

Jun 25 2023 34 mins  
People often think “Agile” is a project management methodology, but it’s so much more than that. It is really a mindset, impacting thinking, leadership and entire organisations. In this episode we discuss Agile with Joelle Garden - a highly respected Scrum Master and an expert in Agile Transformation. Find Joelle here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joellegarden/And you can read

Insights from "Go For No!" by Richard Fenton and Andrea Waltz

Jun 22 2023 30 mins  
In this episode, we dive into the transformative book 'Go for No!' to unveil the secrets to entrepreneurial success, emphasizing resilience and conquering rejection.Whether you're an aspiring business owner or a seasoned entrepreneur, this episode explores actionable insights to fuel your growth. 'Go for No!' delves into a mindset shift, empowering individuals to embrace rejection

Insights from "Why We Sleep", by Matthew Walker | The Sleep-Work Connection: Boosting Efficiency and Mental Health

Jun 15 2023 30 mins  
In this season we’re talking about books and discussing insights relating to business and business leadership. There is a Wonder-Drug that makes you live longer, enhances your memory and creativity, It makes you look more attractive, slimmer and lowers food cravings. It also protects you from cancer and dementia, wards off colds and flu, and lowers your risk of strokes and heart

On Leadership and Team Performance, with Mark Hide

Jun 09 2023 39 mins  
In this episode we chat with Mark Hide about leadership and team performance. Mark is a master in unleashing potential. His passion for developing high-performing teams, has established him as a go-to expert in the field. We touched on exploring and expeditions - he’s been scouting for decades and how to unleash teams to perform at their best. AI got a mention, and we all had a t

On Storytelling, with Michelle Eshkeri

Jun 07 2023 41 mins  
A quick note before we start: We had some sound quality problems with this episode due to broadband issues and Ayo joining the session all the way from Nigeria! But fear not - technology did its magic and it all came out OK.Michelle Eshkeri fell into copywriting almost by accident. In this episode we chat with Michelle about her journey from accounting to copywriting. We also explo

On Leadership (Part 2), with David Barnard

Jun 02 2023 34 mins  
Welcome back for part 2 of our amazing conversation with David Barnard. This conversation was in 2 parts, so if you’ve not yet heard part 1, jump back into your pod-feed and listen to that first. In part 2 we talked about leading change, empathic leadership and how to start living a better life at work. David’s long experience and deep insights are most illuminating. David is f

On Leadership (Part 1), with David Barnard

Jun 02 2023 33 mins  
In this episode we met with David Barnard - Sloan Fellow, leadership consultant and coach, and, though he might not admit it, an extraordinary philosopher. We had a deeply fascinating conversation that is very hard to describe… We talked about music, choral singing, making our meetings better, why leaving your email until 3pm might be genius (it is!) and more, but listen carefull

Real Marketing, with Catrina Clulow

May 18 2023 42 mins  
In this episode we meet Catrina Clulow - a vastly experienced marketing expert with a straight-talking, no-nonsense approach that is so refreshing in today's jargon-filled, super-hyped, everything’s digital innit?! world. She had so much wisdom to share, and we learned the funny story of how Anita Roddick’s The Body Shop got its name… We also talked a bit about the rise of AI