99 episodes…wow! I’ve been blessed to be able to do this as long as I have and I’ve got to admit they’ve got better over time…I re-listened to the very first podcast I did a few years ago and my God! I sounded like a radio DJ on Wyvern FM…a bit like Tony Blackburn but missing the jingles and cheesy 80’s records!

SO to get to 99 episodes I didn’t think I’d get here still serving you, still helping you get the business that you’re hard work deserves..

OK this podcast comes with a warning. 

There is a race on, and this is the start of the second leg of a race that we in small business want to come last in.

This is the race where the only people that win are your customers and clients, but small business owners could become bust, skint, worn out and much worse ill.

It’s the race to the bottom…

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In this first part of a two part podcast I interview former Head of Communications at the Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Ken Schmidt. Ken was instrumental in one of the biggest turn-arounds in corporate history helping change the image and what was said and thought about the Harley-Davidson Motorbike. Ken has his own unique way of explaining things and in the first of a two part podcast, he'll explain to you how you and your business can 'Make Some Noise'.

Learning points from the episode:

• Why 'haters' are a good thing.

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Todd Henry teaches leaders and organizations how to establish practices that lead to everyday brilliance. 

He is the author of four books (The Accidental Creative, Die Empty, Louder Than Words, and Herding Tigers) which have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and he speaks and consults across dozens of industries on creativity, leadership, and passion for work.

One of those books, Die Empty was named by Amazon.com as one of the best books of 2013 and had a profound effect on me an my life in business.

Doing the work and leading the work are very different things. When you make the transition from maker to manager, you give ownership of things to your team even though you could do them yourself better and probably faster. 

You're juggling expectations from your customers, who wants consistent, predictable output from an inherently unpredictable creative process. 

And you're managing the pushback from your team of brilliant, headstrong, and possibly overqualified people.

Leading a team of talented, creative people requires a different skill set than the one most management books offer. 

As a consultant to creative companies, Todd Henry knows first hand what prevents creative leaders from guiding their teams to success, and in Herding Tigers he provides a bold new blueprint to help you be the leader your team needs. Learn to lead by influence instead of control. Discover how to create a stable culture that empowers your team to take bold creative risks. And learn how to fight to protect the time, energy, and resources they need to do their best work.

His latest book, Herding Tigers, is about how leaders can foster an environment in which creative people can thrive.

Full of stories and practical advice, Herding Tigers will give you the confidence and the skills to foster an environment where clients, management, and employees have a product they can be proud of and a process that works and it’s just one of the things we will be talking about today…

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Re-Released for Dr Who Day (23rd November!)

This year I’ve done several presentations about how Saturday morning TV has actually given us many small business lessons as kids. But to be fair we were probably bouncing off the walls with coco-pops way too much to notice. But I love to talk about my favourite TV programme, Dr Who.

It came back with a media and PR bang; quite simply because of the controversy surrounding it’s first female lead character. Let’s be fair those that got their backside in their hands about a woman taking the lead on this are probably the same people who get upset if they have a female boss, a female CEO and have forgotten that the whole thing is a made up story about a two hearted alien that regenerates and turns into different people. But that is a different story for another day and another podcast.

Originally airing on Saturday 23rd of November 1963, at 5.16pm, And I’ve released this podcast at exactly that time and date, to celebrate the fact. It was the brain child of Sydney Newman, a man bought on board by the BBC from ITV to do ‘something a little different’ with the drama department. And different it was. Designed as a 25 minute filler programme, it’s gone through it’s high’s and lows, like any business of any size, and is now one of the biggest money spinners that the publicly owned BBC have. So let’s talk about the lessons of business from exploring the Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker.

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Re-Released for Dr Who Day (23rd November!)

This year I’ve done several presentations about how Saturday morning TV has actually given us many small business lessons as kids. But to be fair we were probably bouncing off the walls with coco-pops way too much to notice. But I love to talk about my favourite TV programme, Dr Who.

It came back with a media and PR bang; quite simply because of the controversy surrounding it’s first female lead character. Let’s be fair those that got their backside in their hands about a woman taking the lead on this are probably the same people who get upset if they have a female boss, a female CEO and have forgotten that the whole thing is a made up story about a two hearted alien that regenerates and turns into different people. But that is a different story for another day and another podcast.

Originally airing on Saturday 23rd of November 1963, at 5.16pm, And I’ve released this podcast at exactly that time and date, to celebrate the fact. It was the brain child of Sydney Newman, a man bought on board by the BBC from ITV to do ‘something a little different’ with the drama department. And different it was. Designed as a 25 minute filler programme, it’s gone through it’s high’s and lows, like any business of any size, and is now one of the biggest money spinners that the publicly owned BBC have. So let’s talk about the lessons of business from exploring the second Doctor, Patrick Troughton.

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Re-Released for Dr Who Day (23rd November!)

This year I’ve done several presentations about how Saturday morning TV has actually given us many small business lessons as kids. But to be fair we were probably bouncing off the walls with coco-pops way too much to notice. But I love to talk about my favourite TV programme, Dr Who.

It came back with a media and PR bang; quite simply because of the controversy surrounding it’s first female lead character. Let’s be fair those that got their backside in their hands about a woman taking the lead on this are probably the same people who get upset if they have a female boss, a female CEO and have forgotten that the whole thing is a made up story about a two hearted alien that regenerates and turns into different people. But that is a different story for another day and another podcast.

Originally airing on Saturday 23rd of November 1963, at 5.16pm, And I’ve released this podcast at exactly that time and date, to celebrate the fact. It was the brain child of Sydney Newman, a man bought on board by the BBC from ITV to do ‘something a little different’ with the drama department. And different it was. Designed as a 25 minute filler programme, it’s gone through it’s high’s and lows, like any business of any size, and is now one of the biggest money spinners that the publicly owned BBC have. So let’s talk about the lessons of business from exploring the first Doctor, William Hartnell.

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Re-Released for Dr Who Day (23rd November!)

This year I’ve done several presentations about how Saturday morning TV has actually given us many small business lessons as kids. But to be fair we were probably bouncing off the walls with coco-pops way too much to notice. But I love to talk about my favourite TV programme, Dr Who.

It came back with a media and PR bang; quite simply because of the controversy surrounding it’s first female lead character. Let’s be fair those that got their backside in their hands about a woman taking the lead on this are probably the same people who get upset if they have a female boss, a female CEO and have forgotten that the whole thing is a made up story about a two hearted alien that regenerates and turns into different people. But that is a different story for another day and another podcast.

Originally airing on Saturday 23rd of November 1963, at 5.16pm, And I’ve released this podcast at exactly that time and date, to celebrate the fact. It was the brain child of Sydney Newman, a man bought on board by the BBC from ITV to do ‘something a little different’ with the drama department. And different it was. Designed as a 25 minute filler programme, it’s gone through it’s high’s and lows, like any business of any size, and is now one of the biggest money spinners that the publicly owned BBC have. So let’s talk about the lessons of business from exploring the third Doctor, Jon Pertwee.

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Re-Released for Dr Who Day (23rd November!)

This year I’ve done several presentations about how Saturday morning TV has actually given us many small business lessons as kids. But to be fair we were probably bouncing off the walls with coco-pops way too much to notice. But I love to talk about my favourite TV programme, Dr Who.

It came back with a media and PR bang; quite simply because of the controversy surrounding it’s first female lead character. Let’s be fair those that got their backside in their hands about a woman taking the lead on this are probably the same people who get upset if they have a female boss, a female CEO and have forgotten that the whole thing is a made up story about a two hearted alien that regenerates and turns into different people. But that is a different story for another day and another podcast.

Originally airing on Saturday 23rd of November 1963, at 5.16pm, And I’ve released this podcast at exactly that time and date, to celebrate the fact. It was the brain child of Sydney Newman, a man bought on board by the BBC from ITV to do ‘something a little different’ with the drama department. And different it was. Designed as a 25 minute filler programme, it’s gone through it’s high’s and lows, like any business of any size, and is now one of the biggest money spinners that the publicly owned BBC have. So let’s talk about the lessons of business from exploring the fourth Doctor, Tom Baker.

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Re-Released for Dr Who Day (23rd November!)

This year I’ve done several presentations about how Saturday morning TV has actually given us many small business lessons as kids. But to be fair we were probably bouncing off the walls with coco-pops way too much to notice. But I love to talk about my favourite TV programme, Dr Who.

It came back with a media and PR bang; quite simply because of the controversy surrounding it’s first female lead character. Let’s be fair those that got their backside in their hands about a woman taking the lead on this are probably the same people who get upset if they have a female boss, a female CEO and have forgotten that the whole thing is a made up story about a two hearted alien that regenerates and turns into different people. But that is a different story for another day and another podcast.

Originally airing on Saturday 23rd of November 1963, at 5.16pm, And I’ve released this podcast at exactly that time and date, to celebrate the fact. It was the brain child of Sydney Newman, a man bought on board by the BBC from ITV to do ‘something a little different’ with the drama department. And different it was. Designed as a 25 minute filler programme, it’s gone through it’s high’s and lows, like any business of any size, and is now one of the biggest money spinners that the publicly owned BBC have. So let’s talk about the lessons of business from exploring the fifth Doctor, Peter Davison.

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In this podcast lets talk about the C word…yes THAT C word…CoVid…I’ve tried to avoid it as much as possible, but I can’t not mention it anymore because quite simply there is so much guff and confusion out there that we need to clear a few things up!

Let’s face it, 2020 is definitely not a year to write home about is it? Especially as we’ve spent roughly 6 months locked in our homes and not seeing anything other than a box set on Netflix or the short journey to work from the bedroom to a kitchen table.

But as things have gone down, gone on, worn on and been locked down more times than a bunch of prisoners in an American Drama series, there have been several myths, falsehoods and daft ideas that have crept into the small business eco system that have held back business owners like you from getting on and making the most of a bad job all round.

So here are 7 things that I’ve noticed that we really need to consign to the dustbin of history that may be holding you and your business back as we speak…

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