The Next Round: A business innovation podcast

By AAR Group

The Next Round: Transforming UK heritage brands from the inside

Each episode is a conversation with a leader sharing their experience; their views on what disruption they’re facing in the

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November 24, 2020 Co-op's Fight featuring Alison Jones, Customer Director
In this episode, Robin has the pleasure of speaking with Alison Jones, Customer Director at Coop. A cornerstone of our high street since 1844, the Coop has encountered, and crucially survived, many challenges over the years, largely thanks to its clearly defined brand purpose and values. Hear how those values helped support both colleagues and communities during the pandemic, how they’re actively taking the brand to a younger, health conscious, socially aware market and how the pioneering Coop Live Arena project in East Manchester ties innovation with those core Coop values around ethics, community member value and benefits.
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26min
November 17, 2020 Centrica's Fight featuring Margaret Jobling, CMO
In those heady days before lockdown, Robin spent some quality time with “girl crush” Margaret Jobling talking about the challenges of ‘turning the oil tanker’ that is British Gas ‘into a speed boat’ in her then role as CMO of Centrica (she’s now CMO of NatWest). How do you keep a 200-year-old institution as market leader in a sector disrupted by nimble, tech-lead innovative brands? How does a product first organisation pivot to become customer first? And how do you change the culture of such a large, complex business to embrace their ‘Here to solve’ mantra? All this and critical advice on paw-renting two very different dogs in this week’s episode.

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27min
November 10, 2020 Vodafone's Fight featuring Pamela Brown, CMO of Smart Tech
In this episode, Robin talks with CMO of Smart Tech at Vodafone Pamela Brown about the challenge of launching a brand new product in a pandemic; her hatred of the term “Internet of Things”; the fight to keep a heritage business relevant in a hugely competitive market and her vision for the future of telcos and smart devices. Pamela also shares why keeping calm, staying grounded and having fun are vital, especially in these difficult times.
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26min
November 03, 2020 Barclays Fight featuring Alex Naylor, MD of Communications
With over 300 years of legacy proving both a blessing and a curse, Alex Naylor, MD of Communications at Barclays, is fighting on many fronts: with neo banks around CX; with other big retail banks for their very survival and with the threat of financial services aggregators transforming customer relationships forever. In this episode, Alex talks about the power of ideas, how creativity is about joining the dots in unexpected ways and how COVID has reinforced his belief in the art of the possible and the triumph of human endeavour in the hardest of times.
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27min
October 27, 2020 Blending consumer expectation with digital: The new secret recipe at KFC
In this episode, Robin gets to chat with someone from her home town! Robin and Ira Dubinsky, Director of Innovation and Customer Experience at KFC, have a fun and very warm chat about food from home, where his inspiration comes from, the importance of a true founders story, what modern customer experience should be and how to start a movement to get poutine on the menu at KFCs in the UK.
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26min
October 14, 2020 The Next Round Series 2 Preview
Get ready for Series 2 of The Next Round (formerly Fightback) with fascinating stories from marketing, innovation and business leaders at WPP, KFC, Barclays, Vodafone, Centrica and Co-op.
First episode drops 20 October!

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November 25, 2019 Creating Future Brands at Sainsbury’s
In this week’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking to Rachel Eyre of Sainsbury’s. As Head of Future Brands, Rachel and her team are bringing the best of startup food and drinks products to their 27 million weekly customers. We talk crickets to kombucha, and how Sainsbury’s scale and depth of marketing experience is one of their greatest assets. We also hear who’s keeping her up at night and why being able to lead change might well be the most important skill for any innovator.
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26min
November 18, 2019 Innovating the model of innovation at Avios
In this episode, Robin speaks with Stephen Scott (Scottie), Chief Digital Officer at Avios. They cover off a whirlwind of topics including how the loyalty sector is evolving, why Avios is moving to a product led organisation, where Agile and Design thinking fit into their evolving target operation model and why it’s better to go through people than around them to drive change. Oh and how Scottie is not quite ready to trust in electric aircraft for a safe landing!
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29min
November 11, 2019 Beyond pills, potions and lotions - the story of what GSK does next
In this episode we meet Nick Tate, Head of Next at GSK. We talk about finding meaning in your job, how large corporates such as GSK have a responsibility to impact the world around them in a positive way, and how being nosey is a foundational skill for success in innovation.
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25min
November 04, 2019 How to disrupt yourself from the shed in the car park – the story of Homeserve’s LeakBot
In this week’s episode, Robin speaks with Craig Foster of Homeserve where we find out what happens when you have an ambitious CEO, a curious new MD and a marketing guy that moves to the shed in the car park. We talk about the importance of being clear on what business you are truly in, and the failure that can come with ignoring the changing market around you as well as ways to overcome the sucking sound of the core.
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30min

FAQs about The Next Round: A business innovation podcast:

How many episodes does The Next Round: A business innovation podcast have?

The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.