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Welcome to episode 93 of The Human CEO Podcast!
In this episode, we are speaking with David Batch, CEO of Premier Education, the UK's largest children's coaching and physical activity company, successfully delivering more than 25,000 sport and physical activity sessions every month. David formed the company in 1999 to improve the health and wellbeing of children through active learning.
David is a successful business owner in the sector and has taken the franchise model to national coverage over the last 20 years, David joins us to share his insight as a leader on the Human CEO.
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Welcome to episode 92 of The Human CEO Podcast!
In this episode, we are speaking with Sheila Hogan, Founder and CEO of Biscuit Tin, a digital legacy business providing a secure vault to hold all the threads of your life in one place. In 2016 Sheila was inspired to start Biscuit Tin following the death of her parents. As the idea formed, Sheila built a strong team around her and gained early interest from investors and the media alike.
In February 2022, Sheila faced the Dragons on BBC Dragon’s Den. With a strong mission to transform the way people manage their end of life planning and life closedown, Sheila joins us to share her insight as a leader and Human CEO.
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Welcome to episode 91 of The Human CEO Podcast!
In this episode, we are speaking with Ulrike Just. Having begun her career in Consulting, Ulrike is now the Managing Director of KION ITS UK & Ireland and Linde Material Handling UK & Ireland, one of the world's leading suppliers of industrial trucks and supply chain solutions.
Ulrike joins us to share her insight as a leader on The Human CEO.
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Welcome to episode 90 of The Human CEO Podcast!
In this episode, we are speaking with Edd Lees, Co-founder of Wildfarmed, a flour manufacturing company. Wildfarmed was founded in 2018 by Andy Cato, George Lamb and Edd Lees with the aim of “fixing the planet by fixing food”. Their methods prioritise soil health, leaving it rich for future harvests.
Edd joins us to share his insight as a leader on The Human CEO.
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Welcome to episode 89 of The Human CEO Podcast!
In this episode, we are speaking with Neil Armstrong, Founder and CEO at Carbon Visibility, a company dedicated to decarbonising the global supply chain and reaching Carbon Zero. Neil is a forward-thinking entrepreneur with a passion for making a difference. Over the years he has developed a varied portfolio of businesses and possesses a wealth of experience in leadership roles and consultancy within some of the largest construction, engineering and utility companies in the UK.
With a wealth of experience and a proven track record in leadership roles and consultancy, Neil joins us to share his insight as a leader and Human CEO.
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Welcome to episode 88 of The Human CEO Podcast!
In this episode, we are speaking with Jonathan Breeze, CEO of Symplectic, a research management company that helps universities, institutions and funding organisations achieve their research goals. Jonathan joined Symplectic in January 2012 as VP Development and after only a year he has become the CEO.
He is a successful IT professional with over 15 years of experience leading the delivery of research management software solutions to many of the world’s top research institutions.
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Welcome to episode 87 of The Human CEO Podcast!
In this episode, we are speaking with Gary Brotman, CEO of Secondmind, a business dedicated to help automotive innovators design better cars, and achieve greater sustainability through machine learning. Gary is a passionate leader who joined the company in 2019 as the VP of Product & Marketing, later becoming the Chief Product Officer and ultimately in 2021 became the Chief Executive Officer.
With over 20 years of leadership experience building and commercialising products and service lines for Fortune 500 companies, Gary joins us to share his insight as a leader and Human CEO.
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Welcome to episode 86 The Human CEO Podcast!
In this episode, we are speaking with Kerry Jackson, CEO of St Gemma’s Hospice, a Leeds-based charity providing expert care and support for local people with terminal or life-limiting illnesses. Kerry took up the post of Chief Executive of St Gemma’s Hospice in 2010 and since then she has been responsible for the strategic leadership of St Gemma’s, with a focus on delivering the highest quality palliative and end of life care, education and research.
With an outstanding reputation of success in multiple leadership roles within various healthcare organisations, Kerry joins us to share her insight as a leader and Human CEO.
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Welcome to episode 85 of The Human CEO Podcast!
In this episode, we are speaking with Dave Dalton, CEO of British Glass, the UK glass industry’s representative company. Dave is a Research Chemist by discipline, having started his career in the Analytical laboratories at the glass research centre BGIRA.
He is a passionate advocate of ‘glass as the material at the very centre of our future circular economy’ and he strives to improve the general understanding of glass as a material to meet many of society’s future needs.
Dave joins us to share his insight as a leader and Human CEO.
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Welcome to episode 84 of The Human CEO Podcast!
In this episode, we are speaking with Roger Kilburn, Senior VP & Head of Candidate Development at Quotient Sciences and former CEO of Arcinova, a contract pharmaceutical development and manufacturing company based in the UK. After Quotient Sciences acquired Arcinova, Roger remained within the business with a great passion to develop high performing teams.
Roger has over 25 years of experience working in the Chemical and Pharmaceutical industries, in roles covering global business leadership, general management, consultancy, marketing, sales, trading, manufacturing, projects and engineering.
Roger joins us to share his insight as a leader and Human CEO.
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Welcome to The Human CEO — the podcast about building organisations that work, on purpose.
Culture happens either way. Culture architecture makes it intentional.
To us, culture isn't one thing, it's built from seven interlocking architectures: Leadership, Talent, Capability, Communication, Reward, Performance and Experience. When you get these right you get sustainable behaviour: people who make strong decisions without being told to, over and over, without you in the room. Get them wrong, and no amount of values-on-the-wall will fix it.
Each episode, we talk to CEOs and business leaders about how they've actually built their organisational culture: the decisions, trade-offs and systems behind teams that perform consistently, not just occasionally.
These are working conversations for people building something real, not theory for people who like talking about culture.
Subscribe for insight into how the best leaders architect performance, one system at a time.