This week, Jay is joined by his mentor and close friend Billie Major, Corporate Vice President at Capgemini, where they discuss the topic of “How to overcome barriers in business”. 

In this episode, Billie explains why it’s so important to look after the people in her team, the communities they serve and the environment. She also passionately believes that “anything that stops people developing their talent or prevents them from contributing in any way can be a barrier in business” today. 

They also explore the topic of mental health and wellbeing in the workplace and Billie highlights the appreciation we must all pay to the fact that “people bring their whole selves to work” so it’s important for leaders to “really spend the time understanding their people”. Billie concludes with some inspirational advice for all young, aspiring entrepreneurs that it’s important to never give up and always show resilience in the face of adversity. 

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In this special episode of RogueCast, Jay connects with Stuart Haire, CEO of HSBC UK Wealth & Personal Bank, to discuss "How to successfully lead an organisation".

During this podcast, Stuart outlines some of the drivers for pursuing his career path, the key one being the aim to "renew his purpose" and "change the level of trust and customer service in financial services" today. He also explains his belief why "having a sense of purpose can have a liberating effect" on your life and can provide the fuel for your career ambitions should you wish to pursue this route.

Stuart goes on to express that as a business leader, "you only really exist to serve customers and you need to become obsessed with customer service" in order to drive beneficial outcomes for your customers, colleagues and shareholders.

Jay concludes this week's podcast by asking Stuart to provide some words of advice to the University of Birmingham students taking part in the upcoming Innovation Challenge with Rogue Monkey (8-19th June 2020), focused on coming up with a creative digital solution to solve the problem of limited access to knowledge, funding and a network to develop their business ideas".

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In our second episode of RogueCast, Jay speaks to Jibran (Jibs) Ahmed, Executive Director at Capco, where they explore the topic of "How to understand your target market".

During this podcast, Jibs explains that innovation should be the "responsibility of the whole organisation" and should be actively rewarded and promoted by the firm's leadership. He also goes on to discuss that "Research & Development (R&D) isn't just about technology [feasibility]". You should also consider "customer needs [desirability] and the surrounding business model [viability]" to develop a holistic approach to product development.

Jibs also believes that you should "do what you're passionate about", and inspires us all to recognise that whilst there are a lot of business ideas already in the market, this shouldn't stop us from disrupting the status quo by developing our own ideas, or improving existing ones.

The finale of the podcast gives insight into whether Jibs would, in theory, feel comfortable sharing his million dollar business ideas with other people.

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This week, Jay is joined by Rajesh Dash, Director of Innovation at ING Bank, where he discusses “How to be innovative during the COVID-19 crisis”. 

In this episode, Rajesh explains that his purpose is “to amplify peoples’ true selves” by empowering them with innovation. He goes on to explain that innovation is about “solving real problems by connecting existing or new dots, in a unique manner”. 

The COVID-19 crisis presents a challenging time for everyone, but Rajesh believes that it’s important to “never let a crisis go to waste” and provides some top tips for aspiring entrepreneurs.

The finale of the podcast gives insight into why Rajesh is not a full time entrepreneur, despite advocating the mindset. 

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