Join us on another episode of Desert Island Reflections as we chat to the brilliant Mo Kanjilal about starting a business in the pandemic, the importance of recognising herself in literature, and why she’s comfortable in front of a crowd.

Mo's Resources:
App #1: Twitter
App #2: Google Maps
Book #1: Rebel Ideas
Book #2: Our Iceberg is Melting
Book #3: Brown Girl Like Me

This week we’re getting an insight into the wonderful world of Leo Brown, co-founder of Brighton Fibre. He tells us all about rifling through BT skips as a kid, his experience of using heat maps to help solve the Ebola crisis on the ground, and why he loves a hot bath.

App #1 - Ubiquiti
App #2 - Google Slides
Book #1 - Oxford Dictionary of Electronics
Book #2 - The Sixth Day and Other Tales
Book #3 - The People’s Act of Love

James is bringing his own sense of style to our desert island, in the form of LEGO TRAINERS! Listen in as we chat to him about why he buys a new pair of trainers for every event, how a light sabre could be useful on his island adventure, and why he thinks his mum and Luke Skywalker would get on well.

James:

Website - https://urban-xr.com/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-lee-burgess-frsa-2440231a/

James' resources:

App #1 - LinkedIn
App #2 - Midjourney
Book #1 - Art’s Principles
Book #2 - Integral Sustainable Design
Book #3 - Consider Phlebas

What happens when two leaders get shipwrecked together? Find out in this episode of Desert Island Reflections, where we talk to Nat Moore and Jess MacIntyre of Mac + Moore about disco dancing with Tom Hanks, how the cost of childcare impacts everyone and four little words to tell your business partner when they’re freaking out.

Mac + Moore:

Website - https://www.macandmoore.com/
Jess LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessmacintyre/
Nat LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-moores-23499557/

Jess & Nat’s Resources:

App #1 - Wordle/Quordle
App #2 - Jess’ son’s nursery app
Resource #1 - LinkedIn
Book #2 - Mary Oliver’s poetry
Book #3 - The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Thanks for listening!

Our guest today is business consultant and founder of Built to Succeed, Denyse Whillier. Denyse treats us to some golden insight on strategic planning and positioning; talks us into the benefits of being overdressed for work; and tells us why she’s determined to pave the way for women in business.

Denyse:

Website: https://www.denysewhillier.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denysewhillier/

Denyse’s Resources:

App #1 - Podcast app
App #2 - Instagram
Book #1 - Good to Great
Book #2 - Discover Your True North
Book #3 - Mandela: The Authorised Biography

We’re pleased to introduce Philly, the newest member of the ETTO team! Of course, a trip to our desert island is part of our initiation process… get to know Philly as we chat about her love of acting; swimming with Judi Dench; and the extraordinary power of a banana and a curly wurly.

Philly:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ophelia-hunter-84808924a/

Philly's Resources:

App #1: Peckish
App #2: Spotify
Book #1: I am, I am, I am by Maggie O'Farrell
Book #2: The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van der Kolk
Book #3: The Spider Truces by Tom Connolly

Grab your hankies – this is a tear jerker. In honour of International Women’s Day, our guest Lisa Baskott tells us how she was inspired to set up Second Line of Defence to make the night time safer women and other maginalised groups in our society.

Lisa:

2nd Line of Defence: https://2ndlineofdefence.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-baskott-116398241/

Lisa's Resources:


App #1 - Duolingo
App #2 - Rightmove
Resource #1 - LinkedIn

Emma Parnell, service designer and founder of Design for Joy, has washed up on the shore of our desert island today. Emma tells us what it was like to be on the team that designed the Covid-19 vaccination programme, and how becoming self employed has helped her fully commit to seeing the world.

Emma:

Joy - https://www.designforjoy.co.uk/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-parnell-4b90a94a/

Emma’s Resources:

App #1 - Air Bnb
App #2 - Twitter
Book #1 - Brené Brown Dare To Lead
Book #2 - This is service design doing
Book #3 - The service organisation

Thanks for listening!

This week we’re chatting to shipwrecked leader Toni Finnimore, founder of the Social Society, about tarot cards, Mary Poppins and why our societal system is well and truly broken (and what we can do about it).

Toni:

The Social Society: https://www.thesocialsociety.org.uk/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toni-finnimore-94664a84/

Toni's Recources:

App #1 - Chani
App #2 - Audible
Book #1 - The Do Lectures books
Book #2 - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Book #3 - Where the Crawdads Sing

DISCLAIMER: We had some issues with Abb-d's mic during the recording of this episode. We apologise for any interruptions to the sound and we hope you still get lots of valuable insights and inspiration from this episode. We are new to this podcast-making world so please just bear with us while we figure it all out.

Today’s washed-up business leader is Abb-d Taiyo, founder of design and impact agency Driftime Media. We chat to Abb-d about the amazing benefits of digital minimalism, how to win without pitching, and why more people should be enjoying mushrooms…

Abb-d:

Driftime media: https://driftime.media/
Speaker profile: https://driftime.notion.site/Abb-d-Taiyo-a1a254a4f03e4a999c234e01a107f29f
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abbdtaiyo/

Abb-d’s Recources:

App #1 - Endel
App #2 - How we feel
Book #1 - Win Without Pitching by Blair Enns
Book #2 - The Business of Expertise by David C. Baker
Book #3 - The Coaching Habit by Michael Stanier