The Marketer's Debrief

Two years on since Sam Conniff created the Be More Pirate movement - sparking a community of rulebreakers and changemakers around the globe - Alex Barker is now at the helm, connecting the dots between community members, helping them write their own pirate codes and turning conversation into action.

How To: Be More Pirate, co-authored by Alex, is out now: https://ownit.london/shop/how-to-be-more-pirate/

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Shamil Thakrar is co-founder of Dishoom, the renowned group of restaurants paying homage to the Irani cafés of Bombay. His business philosophy is contrary to how most people drive growth. There is just one core principle: "Deepen. Don't dilute." -

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What do cancer treatments, artificial intelligence, space exploration and fusion energy all have in common? A tonne of hype and little understanding. Science and technology writer, Gemma Milne, is on a mission to change that...granting us a clearer view into the future.

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Smoke & Mirrors: How Hype Obscures the Future and How to See Past It: gemmamilne.co.uk/book

How can brands become more human?

In a world fraught with tension and accelerated by technology, that's the question many marketers are asking. Marisa Thomas is Head of Brand at Bloom & Wild, and the person leading their Thoughtful Marketing Movement, a growing community of top brands all committed to becoming more thoughtful, inclusive and human in their communications.

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Find out more about the Thoughtful Marketing Movement: https://www.bloomandwild.com/thoughtful-marketing

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Pip Jamieson is Founder & CEO of The Dots, a global network of creators, entrepreneurs and freelancers. Pip is on a mission to help underrepresented groups find great opportunities, but there is a social media goliath standing in her way...LinkedIn. The network she says "perpetuates everything that is wrong with corporations".

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Broadcaster, author and comedian, Viv Groskop, joins us for a masterclass in public speaking, building confidence and finding your voice. Viv's book and podcast, How To Own The Room; Women and the Art of Brilliant Speaking, is a must for anyone wanting to develop their communication skills.

This episode was recorded live as part of a Journey Further Book Club discussion.

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Surely we don't need to learn how to talk?

A small number of difficult conversations have a disproportionate effect on our lives, so why do we not train ourselves to conduct them effectively?

Tim Harkness is a leading psychologist, currently Head of Sports Science & Psychology at Chelsea FC, and the author of the new book 10 Rules For Talking; An Expert's Guide to Mastering Difficult Conversations. - Join the Journey Further Book Club: http://bit.ly/2r4fBWR

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What would your company look like if you built it today? What world would we create if we could press reset? Caught in a whirlwind of social media and startups, have we somehow forgotten how to think? Tom Goodwin believes it's time we all took a healthy dose of empathy to forge a path towards a more thoughtful and innovative future.

As Head of Futures & Insights at Publicis Groupe and author of Digital Darwinism: Survival of the Fittest in the Age of Business Disruption, Tom is opinionated and insightful in equal measure. - Join the Journey Further Book Club: http://bit.ly/2r4fBWR

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Your words matter more than you think.

In the current Journey Further Book Club read, Leadership is Language, former US Navy captain, David Marquet offers a new language playbook for the workplace.

Drawing on the tale of the tragic sinking of the SS El Faro, David shows us exactly how the words we use (and don't use) impact the people around us.

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If food waste was a country, it would be the third biggest emitter of greenhouse gases. ODDBOX is on a mission to solve that problem.

They rescue fresh, surplus fruit and veg directly from farms and deliver it to thousands of homes across London every week.

Co-founder Emilie Vanpoperinghe recently led ODDBOX through a £3million investment round as the startup gets ready to expand across the UK.

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