Please forgive my waffle at the beginning of this episode. I was a bit star struck!...

In this conversation I am speaking to Lizzie Penny and Alex Hirst, founders and pioneers of the Workstyle Revolution.

Their Sunday Times #1 Bestselling book, Workstyle: A revolution for wellbeing, productivity and society is all about the freedom to choose when and where you work.

Lizzie and Alex are on a mission to change the concept of how we work in the world today. They are working alongside other groundbreaking organisations in this country to improve workplaces by closing the gaps for those who have - until now - been structurally excluded.

This is an inspiring conversation for anyone wanting to help their People feel more significant and valued at work.

To compliment the conversation, I am sharing some data that they share in their book here:

Living with a disability - 82 percent of people without disabilities work, but only 53 percent of those living with disabilities do; a 29 percent gap.

Joel Mishcon is the founder & CEO of Chrome Productions, which creates films and programming for some of the world’s most iconic brands.

He's also an old friend of mine and, in this warm and fuzzy conversation, Joel and I look back on some fond memories and talk about Identity and moving the cultural dial in a positive way for the future.

We talk about the community that we were brought up in and about the joy and pride involved in telling good stories.

I ask Joel to tell us the extraordinary story of how his dear grandfather, Lord Mishcon, influenced Arab-Israeli peace talks in the 80s from his house in the country, and how his legacy has informed Joel's own personal commitment to doing good in the world ... through making (award-winning) films and leading a very diverse team and creating a journey-oriented and ever growing and inclusive company.

Joel is a force of nature. You'll find us skate-boarding together outside our communal retirement home in 50 years time.

If you love an adventure, you'll love this episode.

Multi-talented, magical and entrepreneurial Sophie is the Founder and Chief Workplace Culture Specialist of her own business, Ordinarily Different.

She is also an author and TEDx and International Speaker, and a seasoned podcaster.

Sophie helps organisations "create happier, healthier, soulful & human experiences at work". She is a force of nature and an inspiration.

In this candid conversation, Sophie and I talk about how to run a successful Learning & Development programme for your employees whilst remembering the stories that also lace together your marketing, your customer experiences and your community care.

Sophie shares her own heart-warming work experience stories, and her infectious energy - which makes her the success that she is - shines through in this conversation. Enjoy.

For more information about Sophie, visit:

linkedin.com/in/sophiebryan

ordinarilydifferent.co.uk

Emma Draper is an entrepeneur, owner of an award-winning retail store in Brighton - Velvet - and a property developer.

This conversation is about so much more than just how to tell a good story using the medium of video.

Joe Dives is the Founder of One Giant - a creative film agency based in East London.

Joe believes that if you tell fantastic stories, people "remember the truths within."

One Giant exists to "turn brands into legends... to walk the line between commercial and narrative."

Join Joe and myself on a deep dive into the opportunities and also the shadow side of storytelling, and its importance in the world today.

In this conversation, Joe and I talk about Joe's course, The Storywriting Playbook - a 5-step approach for writing compelling stories in copywriting that has helped him generate over $50,000,000 in revenue.

We also talk about ⁠The Journey of Consciousness⁠, ethical marketing, how learning how to tell stories can boost your confidence more widely, and how businesses can use stories for good.

Joe Portsmouth has 51.3K Followers on X (formerly Twitter), 15K email subscribers and 26K followers on Linkedin.

The headline for his newsletter - Write-On - is, "Hulk Smash Your Revenue Goals With Mouth-Watering Copy (Even if you think your writing sucks).

In this episode, I have the privilege of speaking to Toby Moore, the Director and Curator of TEDEx Brighton and author of MAKE IT: How to Work with Clarity, Confidence and Creativity.

Toby blends his many years of experience in marketing (though he refers to himself as an ex-marketer) with his deeply insightful outlook on the therapeutic and strategic power of telling good stories.

In his longstanding work for TEDEx, he is dedicated to finding people with a great idea and helping them shape the story they want to put out there, with a deep intention around the change that they want to see.

We also talk about the shadow side of stories and shine a light of some of the less than useful ways that stories manifest and are used.

We explore the concept of 'Truth' in storytelling, and what the point of stories is, and we talk about Oral Tradition... narrative as an historic practice of education and thought-shaping.

Toby shares a really interesting model of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary storytelling and stresses the important difference between experiences and stories.

In some ways, this conversation is a very deep and academic one. In other ways, I hope it provides an accessible and illuminating window into the "science" of stories.

You can connect with Toby on Linkedin

In this conversation I speak to Alice Darby - Director of Sales & Operations at Home Farm Glamping.