Podcast Episodes

The Decisions That Made Me A Leader: The Depop Story

Simon Beckerman is the founder of Depop, a platform where people can buy and sell pre-loved fashion, it currently has around 35 million registered us…

2 years, 4 months ago

The Decisions That Made Me A Leader: Lastminute.com's Martha Lane Fox

Martha Lane Fox was first catapulted into the public eye during the dot.com boom as co-founder of lastminute.com the online agency she set up with Br…

2 years, 4 months ago

The Decisions That Made Me A Leader: How Ice Saved My Life

Evan Davis sits down with Richard Walker the Executive Chairman of Iceland foods a company founded by his father. Richard started at Iceland Foods i…

2 years, 4 months ago

The Decisions That Made Me A Leader: How To Retire Before 30

Evan Davis sits down with Timo Armoo, the founder of social media advertising business Fanbytes, which he set up when he was 21 with two friends.

Aged…

2 years, 4 months ago

In the eye of a crisis

Evan Davis makes up crisis management scenarios to see how three CEOs handle a business emergency. To make it more realistic none of the guests know …

2 years, 6 months ago

Rethinking retirement

A typical career, for many, involves some kind of progression, or at least the expectation of it, until we stop and retire. But is there a better mod…

2 years, 7 months ago

Where's the life in nightlife?

The UK’s biggest nightclub operator recently announced the closure of around half of its venues, and with them almost 500 jobs. REKOM UK, which owns …

2 years, 7 months ago

Navigating the Say-Do Gap

It’s easy for people to say they want to buy a particular product, perhaps in the name of sustainability. But how often do individuals actually follo…

2 years, 7 months ago

Feedback

It's useful to know how you're doing at work, but feedback from managers and colleagues can often be unhelpful, upsetting, or even non-existent. So w…

2 years, 7 months ago

Meat

UK consumers are eating less meat than at any point since records began 50 years ago, according to the latest government figures, so how are farmers,…

2 years, 7 months ago