Evolve to Succeed

Cat Philp is the CEO and founder of Pivot, a personal branding and social media agency. She was recently awarded Midlands Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and her passion for entrepreneurialism has also led her to found Young Accelerators, a community and e-learning platform designed to give young people the tools and resources to drive their careers forward.

Debbie Cohen is the founder and owner of Streetwise HR. She talks about the experience of starting Streetwise in 2012, and how it changed her. She also gives her expert insight into a number of subjects that are at the heart of any business owner right now, including the future of work, company values, staff retention, escalating costs and salaries, and so much more.

Rachel Pendered is co-founder and managing director of Media Zoo, an award-winning creative communications agency. Amongst other things, she talks about her former career with the BBC, pursuing personal and professional purpose, the future of PR and how she nurtures young talent through her 'Zooniversity'.

Jo Colman is head of sales and marketing at Summerdown, the Hampshire farm that has been growing and harvesting its signature Black Mitcham mint for almost three decades. Jo—who is part of the Colman's Mustard family—discusses topics from sustainability and family values, to his love of poetry and 50 year plan for the farm and the business.

Arabella Lewis-Smith is founder and MD at award-winning digital agency Salad Creative. She recently made the decision to turn the company into an employee owned business or EOT. Arabella talks about why she made this decision, what the process involves and how its affected both Salad Creative as a company, and her own role as MD.

Sarah Turner is co-founder of health tech company CeraThrive, as well as host of the Rebel Scientist podcast. She has a science research background with a particular interest in the application of light in biology, including photo-biomodulation, circadian biology, chronobiology, lifestyle modification and biohacking. She is also curious about in the role of physics in relation to biology and is currently exploring the fields of quantum biology, photomedicine and consciousness studies.

Justin Hedges OBE is the founding partner and executive chairman of Prevail Partners, an intelligence, strategic advisory and risk management company.

Justin was also one of the youngest Royal Marines ever; he retired from the Royal Marines and Specialist Military Units in 2018, and was awarded his OBE for outstanding leadership in operations. His deep insights in the formulation of strategies and operational plans, drawn from top roles in the UK's National Security Architecture, give him tremendous authority on the subject of leadership, risk management and crisis response.

When she was fifteen years old, Joanne Sperryn and her family were victims of the aggressive farm take overs in Zimbabwe. What followed was an unimaginable period of disruption that involved the collapse of the family business, separation from her parents, and Joanne pretty much being left to her own devices to establish a new life for herself.

She recently co-founded Turbo Gaming with her husband Brian. Turbo Gaming integrates a bicycle on a turbo trainer with racing games, with the aim of keeping kids—and adults—fit and active even while playing video games.

On this episode, Evolve founder Warren Munson reads through three articles from the Evolve blog—"Why founders often fail as CEOs", "Is your mindset stopping your growth?" and "Here's how to sacrifice better".

Morag Ofili is the founder of Kiltered, a diversity and inclusion company that helps start-ups and SMEs promote better diversity and inclusion policies and increase business performance. Included in the episode are discussions around the effects the great resignation has had on driving diversity and inclusion, the vulnerability of stepping out of your familiar profession into entrepreneurialism, and the significant influence Gen Z has had on igniting real and sustained change.