Gone Workabout

This episode could not be more relevant. Yet when I sat with Chhika Ob just 3 months ago, on top of the Royal Hotel in Battambang Cambodia I don't think either of us could have imagined what was coming. The shock, isolation, fear and size of this pandemic is unheard of. And so Chhika's message of kindness, compassion and the tale of life growing up in Cambodia is maybe one of the most heartening things you could hear today. May it warm you up as it did me.

Tech entrepreneur Fernando Alamillo discusses growing up in Madrid, the importance of saving, how to land an internship gig in silicon valley, moving to the UK and internet dating.

Take a healthy dose of Scotland, mix it with some exotic West Indies and a dash of Southern Italy, add some time in England, playing international Rugby League, garnish with a Law degree and finish with an inquisitive mind and you have Ben. At least a rough outline of a chap I've found to be both insightful and entertaining and of a conversation worth sharing.

What happened to the lean, healthy and balanced humans that walked the plains of Africa? Why do we now spend so much time and effort trying to get balanced? And most of all, could we just simply walk it all off?Considered, thoughtful and challenging - JJ (Johnathan Jones) is a Pilates instructor, a Yoga teacher and I'd call him a lifelong minimalist. We explore his youth in the UK, the back injury which led him to Pilates and later Yoga, the value of walking, the joy of downsizing your stuff and most importantly, how a perfectly sane chap and his cat ended up living in a van.

Two young migrants once met in a London Laundromat and thus begins Mariam Crichton's fascinating tale. We trace her life growing up in a Housing estate through to CEO and plenty along the way.Mariam is an energetic, outspoken and yet humble tech leader, based in Brighton, UK. She is a Non-Executive Director of Wired Sussex, a mum of one, Speaks widely on issues of Leadership in Technology and likes to paint in her spare time.