Are you unmotivated? Procrastinating? Drained from giving to much of yourself to work? Unsure how to continue to lead employees who are working from home?

If so, listen in... Kevin Duncan’s new book The Intelligent Work Book: A visual guide to sorting out life and work, covers how to spot the signs of demotivation happening to yourself or to your team. We were lucky enough to have him on the podcast to give us some more detail on these, as well as some sneak peaks into some exciting future projects.

As we have become comfortably uncomfortable with the amount of change in the world, and as we move into a volatile, uncertain, and ambiguous 'new normal', the only thing that seems certain - is change itself.

Thankfully, our guest today Neil Usher is here to help us deal with living with uncertainty with his new book, Elemental Change: Making stuff happen when nothing stands still. We talk to Neil about how leaders can deal with change, to achieve the best outcomes for the future.

Stefano Maifreni is passionate about transforming small B2B businesses and helping them to expand, through his own business Eggcelerate. In this episode, Stefano shares his top tips on how to know if it is the right time to fulfil your dream of starting your own business. He also outlines his secrets for successful innovation and discusses the key trends he sees as being important for the future of business.

Ahead of the launch of her first book, Sheree Atcheson, Global Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Peakon, and Advisory Board Member for Women Who Code, came on the podcast to speak about how organisations' diversity and inclusion initiatives should account for intersectionality, be data driven, and work for everyone in the organisation. Sheree also talked about how we need to move from a ‘cancel culture’ to an ‘accountability culture’.

We were joined by Jens Schadendorf, author of GaYme Changer: How the LGBT+ Community and Their Allies Are Changing the Global Economy, to learn more about why it is imperative for the economy and society, that organisations embrace inclusivity and diversity initiatives. Jens shared some helpful insights into how individuals, organisations and even cities can become allies, and how no matter who you are – you can be a ‘GaYme changer’ in your organisation.

During times of strain and economic set back, the marketing budget can often be cut first by organisations. Dan White, author of The Smart Marketing Book: The Definitive Guide to Effective Marketing Strategies, explains why this may work in the short term but in the long term be damaging to both brand and business. Dan gives us a masterclass in marketing and brand building, with some tips on how to pivot for success in times of change.

Does the winner really take it all? Or does our ‘eye on the prize’ culture create harmful mentalities for employees? From Olympian; to diplomat; to speaker, coach, consultant and – most recently – author, Dr Cath Bishop has undoubtably experienced success in several areas. But what does success mean to her now? We discuss with Cath how organisations should redefine their definition of winning and success, to achieve better outcomes, as well as other themes from her book, The Long Win: The search for a Better Way to Succeed?

For this episode, we were joined by CEO and co-founder of AQai, Ross Thornley. Using AI, his company can measure individuals and team’s adaptability quotients, and use this to enhance the ability to deal with change. Ross shared his insight into how organisations could use this to tackle the ever-increasing problem of employee burnout, and how people can become more resilient in the face of change. He also shared some details about his new book, Moonshot Innovation: How you can positively impact a billion people.

We were joined by Matt Phelan, Global Head of Happiness and co-founder of the happiness index to talk about – you've guessed it – happiness.

Last year Matt wrote a book, Freedom to be Happy: The Business case for Happiness, and we were able to find out more about that during this episode. Matt also shared his stance on both the psychological and philosophical aspects of happiness; and how being happy can make a difference to one’s own self-worth, business success, and society in general.

Has working from home increased the amount of time you spend standing in front of the open fridge looking for a snack? Don’t worry you're not alone.

Snackcess is here to help. Snackcess sends personalised healthy snacks for companies to support employee wellbeing. We caught up with Sonny Drinkwater, co-founder of Snackcess, to hear about what it’s like starting up a business in the middle of a pandemic and why healthy snacks are the way forward, for the individual and the organisation.