Marketing can be seen as a dirty word in the sales world, but we’re about to uncover an essential principle that brings the right people into the funnel. After reading ‘Obviously Awesome’ by market positioning expert April Dunford, we had to bring her to the show as she holds some key questions we all need … Continue reading Product fit: who cares the most? With April Dunford, Founder of Ambient Strategy →

When is it the right time to take a business to new territories? Scott Pugh, APAC Director at Mixpanel, shares how he opened the LinkedIn business in Hong Kong. Now based in Singapore, he’s learnt how much local players are needed to truly expand. In this episode we discuss Learning from people who fail to … Continue reading Expanding to new communities with Scott Pugh, APAC Director at Mixpanel →

Today’s guest, Ken Way, has worked with coaches and players of many elite sports teams including Leicester City, the English Premier League 2015/16 Champions; and has discovered some key characteristics of approaches that contribute to excellence in team performance. Today, his company, VisionSports, specialises in working with individuals and teams at the top of their … Continue reading What can Sales Leaders learn from Sports Psychology? Ken Way Founder of VisionSports shares his thoughts →

This week we’re joined by Kathleen Saxton, Founder of the Lighthouse Company, a headhunting firm focussed exclusively on board level and executive leadership roles across the globe. She’s also Founder of Pysched – a series of development programmes designed to help individuals, boards and senior executive teams operate at peak performance. From working closely with … Continue reading Vulnerability in sales environments with Kathleen Saxton, Founder & CEO of the Lighthouse Company →

Welcome to Inspired Ocean! Our guest today has a career spanning across Twitter, YouTube, Google and Emap – he’s seen how work culture directly affects the success of a business. Bruce Daisley joins us to uncover how to motivate a team properly, getting ideas from switching off, and what he’s learnt through writing his book … Continue reading The science behind great work culture with Bruce Daisley, European Vice-President at Twitter →

This week we catch up with Sean Grant, Chief Recruitment Officer at Shorelight, an international student recruitment firm that help students thrive and create a new generation of successful, globally minded alumni. We hear Sean’s experience of relocating abroad with his family, digging deeper into people’s motivations, and why ultimately “everybody wants to be successful”. … Continue reading Leading global teams with Sean Grant, Chief Recruitment Officer at Shorelight →

This week ITV’s Group Commercial Director, Simon Dalglish, joins Inspired Ocean to discuss how business strategies will only succeed if the culture is strong. With a career spanning across Channel 4, Global, Fox, as well as ITV, Simon has seen what are some of the best examples you should set to your staff. From having … Continue reading Driving company culture with Simon Daglish, Group Commercial Director at ITV →

This week, Nick Hewat, Commercial Director at the Guardian, joins the show to share his insights into instilling purpose. During his 6 month gardening leave in 2013 after working for the Telegraph Media Group, Nick took on the challenge to read in depth 25 business books that he could put into practice. Fast forward 6 … Continue reading Creating purpose to drive change with Nick Hewat, Commercial Director at the Guardian →

Welcome to the first episode of the Inspired Ocean, hosted by ourselves Paul Kenny, Founder of Ocean Learning, and Gavin Presman, Founder of Inspire. Together we have decades of experience in training sales, leadership and growing businesses. We work with fascinating people – and so we decided to capture these conversations and dig deeper through … Continue reading Welcome to the Inspired Ocean Podcast! →