Good Business Talking

GBT closes Season 1 with a look back at some of my favorite insights and ideas of the season.  Featuring a collection of thoughts on building a business that is a force for good from: Ron Hill, Kresse Wesling, Alistair Wickens, Michael McFall, Jo Chidley, Sir John Timpson, Masami Sato, JeVon McCormick, Bethany Andell, Matt Patsky, Will Pearson, Safwan Shah, Kirsty Leighton, Rupert Dean & Cain Ullah.

How does a digital transformation consultancy help 1,000,000 young adults to become economically independent? Find out how Cain Ullah, co-Founder of Red Badger is going about doing it and what he thinks the role of business is to improve social mobility.

Can a business be truly mission driven and profitable, or are they mutually exclusive? Find out what Rupert Dean, co-Founder & CEO of XandWhy thinks and what was his Why behind XandWhy. The man is on a mission to "change the way the world works for good".

Can a business be truly mission driven and profitable, or are they mutually exclusive? Find out what Rupert Dean, co-Founder & CEO of XandWhy thinks and what was his Why behind XandWhy. The man is on a mission to "change the way the world works for good".

Share Ownership - why do it and if you do, what forms can you take?  Find out as I speak to Kirsty Leighton, CEO of Milk & Honey - one of Europe's fastest growing PR Agencies.

What is the role of Ikigai in business?  If there is one, what does it tangibly mean?  Join me and Masami Soto, co-founding CEO of B1G1 as we discuss the connections between Ikigai and the world of conscious capitalism.

How can business' rebuild lives?  Find out as I speak to Michelle Cirocco about how Televerde has transformed the lives of over 3000 women prisoner families and in doing so, have reduced the prisoner re-offending rate by over 90% and generated over $1.3Bn new sales for their corporate clients!  It's a wonderful example of how customers, staff and shareholders can all succeed in the same business operating model.

Should you, and how do you provide low earners financial dignity, security & saving in a way that is simple, sustainable and effective?  Join me as I speak to the CEO of PayActiv, Safwan Shah on his personal motivation for liberating the lowest paid workers and his perspective on the role of business in making the world a better place ... one employee at a time.

How can a company save ocean life from plastic waste, make a quality carbon neutral product from that waste, help reduce bio-diversity loss, reduce green-house emissions and along the way, create thriving coastal communities with better paid and more secure incomes?  Find out how Ocean Bottle is doing all this and more as I speak to its inspiring CEO Will Pearson.

Can an Asset Manager be a force for good when their key measures of success are financial?  Find out what CEO Matt Patsky thinks and learn about the unique ways in which Trillium Asset Management track their investments.  A method they have been using and advocating since 1982, way before the rest of the world got "woke" to what is now termed Stakeholder Capitalism.