City AM Unregulated | Professional Development, Entrepreneur, CEOs, Communication, Leadership, Start Up, Business, Careers

Running a business is hard enough, without juggling a full-time job as well.
This week the team is joined by Patrick McGinnis, the man who invented "fomo" (that's fear of missing out), and Terri Sjodin, author of "Scrappy: A Little Book About Choosing to Play Big".
They discuss how to be an entrepreneur at the same time as having a career, why that fighting spirit is all-important - and why patience is a virtue when you're planning to go it alone.

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Aston Martin may be a byword for luxury, but it has a troubled past, after seven administrations (which, incidentally, is the number of James Bonds there have been).
With a Midlands twang and a background on the factory floor, chief executive Andy Palmer isn't what you'd expect from a luxury boss - but he may be just the tonic the business needs.
In this special edition of City A.M. Unregulated, recorded at the Ritz, he talks Brexit, Bond and boats - as well as explaining his hands-on leadership style and what gets him up in the morning.

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Drinking caps on: it's time to talk about craft beer.
This week we're joined by the people in charge of getting craft beer brands in front of consumers: David Voxlin from Craved London and Fraser 'Jam Boy' Docherty, who co-founded Beer 52, talk about the rise and rise of craft beer and what they look for in a brand.
The day after the "Megabrew" merger between two of the world's largest brewers was waved through by shareholders, they also ask what effect the deal will have on the industry.

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Handshake or double kiss? Can you wear brown shoes in town? We've all been faced with an etiquette dilemma at some point in our careers.
Renée Kuo, co-managing director of Debrett's, joins us to answer those burning questions - and explains why observing the correct manners is still vital when you're trying to make an impression.

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Nudge theory, or the theory of marginal gains, is cited as a game-changer by everyone from FTSE 100 chief executives to gold medal-wining Olympians.
This week the team is joined by Kate Glazebrook, from the Behavioural Insights Team (the company formerly known as the government's "Nudge Unit"), and Keith Hatter from K2, who explain how incremental tweaks to behaviour can transform your team's performance - whether you're trying to increase revenues, going for gold, or simply persuading people to pay more tax.

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This week maestro and conductor of the Iraqi Youth Orchestra joins the show to talk about his new book Upbeat and the leadership skills you can gain while working in a warzone, and how they are universally applied.

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Governments might insist they don't negotiate with terrorists - but when you're doing business in the world's most dangerous territories, you'll want one of the City's most tight-lipped sectors on your side.
This week we talk to two specialists in kidnap insurance: Mark Harris, director of crisis response at Olive Group and Jon Gregory, global product head of kidnap and ransom at AIG.
They provide their tips on how to avoid kidnap in the first place, as well as how to prepare your family if you're heading abroad - and what to do if you are snatched.

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Thousands of millennials have saved deposits for homes, which are now languishing in low interest rate bank accounts. Can you make those meagre savings work harder? This week the host of the Meaningful Money podcast Pete Matthew and Michelle McGrade, chief investment officer at TD Direct Investments, give a basic guide to getting into investing.

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This week, the team go back to charm school with Jordan Harbinger, the host of the Art of Charm podcast.

We ask what it takes to be charming, and whether charmers are born or made. What does George Clooney have that others don't - and can we use our newly-acquired skills to charm our way into a payrise? Jordan reveals all...

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Uber's Travis Kalanick has done it. Amazon's Jeff Bezos did it two decades ago. Tesla's Elon Musk does it on a regular basis.

This week property entrepreneur Rob Moore, host of the Disruptive Entrepreneur podcast, takes on the topic of disruption. He tells us the story of his failure and subsequent success - and why despite everything, he persisted in being his own boss.

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