Between The Lines with Haig

This episode we journey from international air travel to ice-skating with Simon Hocquard, who as DG of CANSO leads the organisation that is the global voice of air traffic management.  In conversation with Haig, he explores his new grounded lifestyle and gives us his tips on survival - the four Fs: Fitness, Food, Flexibility and Family.  Formerly at UK NATS, Simon knows a great deal about leading an organisation through crisis, from managing the total disruption to air traffic in 2010 after the Volcanic eruption, to navigating the fallout of the pandemic to global air travel.  His extensive experience is full of brilliant insights on career development, leadership and future thinking and innovation.  Learn about what the future holds for aviation in sustainability, digitisation and resilience.

The first in the Spotlight on Leadership series, sponsored by JMW Consultants, Simon provides valuable lessons and experience in his own leadership journey, and how his personal approach has been integral to his success and shaping the future.

JMW Consultants are expert in developing leaders and teams fit for transformation and this collaborative series has been compiled to provide valuable insights and strategy for business growth and accelerated performance.

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Brexit, Brandy and Bolt… 

Our guest, journalist and political consultant David Oldroyd-Bolt, joins Haig for a Brexit special. David discusses some positives from lockdown, brushing up on his languages and piano-playing, as well as the positives from Brexit, especially the UK vaccine orders. Despite the Brexit ‘teething problems’, he provides an optimistic outlook for the winning industries and firms, as well as an insight into what business leaders can expect from the new US administration. Drawing on his own experience, writing for The Telegraph, The Spectator and appearing on France 24 TV, he talks about the impact the pandemic has had on journalism reporting. He shares with Haig his own lockdown highs and lows; a thwarted charity pilgrimage from London to Yorkshire, lessons from history and an enthusiastic wine palette. Join the chat and learn just how good Armenian Brandy can be.

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In this episode Haig is joined in the studio by author and Green Arbour founder Jonathan McMahon. Discussing the publication of his new book, Post Pandemic, 12 lessons in Crisis Management, Jonathan draws on his frontline experience of navigating Ireland out of financial catastrophe in 2007, as a Director at the Irish Central Bank. Highlighting the lessons learned and how they may help the leader in the current crisis, Jonathan weaves a mix of human story and strategic insight for a unique perspective. A former private secretary to Sir Howard Davies, before joining the ICB, Jonathan went on to become CRO and COO of St James’ Place, before setting up his own consultancy in 2017. He chats to Haig about resilience as a business leader, lockdown parenting and disruptive innovation - and how to smell good!

A bit more about our guest: Jonathan McMahon has key leadership experience during various crises such as the financial impacts of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the global financial crisis. Following his tenure as COO at St James' Place, Jonathan is the founder and director of Green Arbour, a strategic advisory consultancy, and 145 studios, a digital marketing agency. Additionally, Jonathan has a business focused on integrating physical, emotional and financial wellbeing called Well Human. He is also a Trustee and Board Member at National Star, a charity supporting young people with Special Educational Needs. Jonathan’s Financial leadership roles tied with his entrepreneurial kind spirit has set the perfect foundation for writing his book “Post-Pandemic: 12 Lessons in Crisis Management”.

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In this episode Haig chats with William Malek, a strategic transformation expert and ex-Stanford based in Bangkok, who shares his wisdom on strategic foresight and his disruptive innovation approach with clients. William compares the magnitude of today’s crisis to the 2008 crisis; explains why he chose to live in Bangkok, an emerging Asian market and discusses the Chinese company Haier, a decentralised organisation with 4000 agile microenterprise teams.

A bit more about our guest: William Malek is a facilitator of the strategic planning process and has worked with 45 successful businesses in 12 major industries across 5 continents. William has helped design and teach award-winning courses at Stanford University and continues to follow his passion for strategy and execution. He also authors a book titled “Executing Your Strategy: How to Break it Down & Get it Done”. All in all a wonderful guest to delve Between The Lines about strategic foresight.

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