The Next Stage podcast by Web Summit

In this week’s episode of The Next Stage podcast by Web Summit, we discuss the most divisive and talked about man on the planet - US President Donald Trump

In November of this year, The people of the United States will cast their vote and decide on their next president, with the polls getting their prediction so wrong last time out.

Dubbed by many as the election which will define a generation, this panel will explore what data, gut and trends are telling us, and who we are likely to see enter the Oval Office for the next four years. 

The panel consists of political strategist Joe Pounder, author Neal Katyal, Tim Alberta of politico and former head of business strategy at Cambridge Analytica and star of the Netflix documentary The Great Hack, Brittany Kaiser.

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The WWE has embraced female sport like no other organisation and the Chief Brand Officer of the WWE, Stephanie McMahon, sat down with Kurt Wagner at Centre Stage of Web Summit 2018 to tell us how this initiative continues to remain a priority for the organisation.

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In this week’s episode we hear from the director general of Ajax, giving his opinion on how to market the biggest sport on earth - football. 

Edwin has had the task of marketing one of the most illustrious teams in any sport, the Man United and Dutch footballing great took to the stage at Web Summit 2015 alongside BBC broadcaster Ben Smith to discuss his role at Ajax and the global football community.

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From air hostessing for Aer Lingus to faking stunts for the hit TV show Vikings, this week’s episode has quite a story to tell.

From Centre Stage of Web Summit 2019, Becky Lynch, the WWE superstar, talks about her route to the top of the wrestling world and the challenges she had to overcome. 

Becky also goes through the thought process behind the personal branding masterclass that brought about her persona as “The Man”.

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We all have a universal understanding that visuals such as red denotes danger, a green man on a traffic light means it’s safe to cross, and a skeleton skull on a bottle of unknown liquid means poison. 

When it comes to design, communication is immediate; it’s easy and transcendent. But other than simply being consumers of design, Canva CEO and co-founder Melanie Perkins poses a question - can we empower everyone to create?

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In this week's episode we’ll be hearing from entrepreneur and founding CEO of digital banking startup Revolut, Nikolay Storonsky.

Nikolay took  to the stage at Web Summit 2019 to discuss finance in all it’s forms, the future for digital banking and the what the future holds for Revolut it’s competitors.

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This week we wrestle with the topic of cyber security. 

From Web Summit 2018, Meet the defender of the Democratic party in the cyber war against hackers, Raffi Krikorian as he and Sam Biddle of the intercept ask the question: “ How can we defend democracy against cyber attacks?” 

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In today’s episode we focus on the rise of the celebrity activist. 

Why do big names and brands lend their support to a cause and ultimately does their involvement make a difference?

In conversation with Matthew Garrahan of Financial Times, Studio One Eighty Nine’s Rosario Dawson discusses this from Centre Stage of Web Summit 2017

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In this week’s episode we hear from a french footballing icon. 

From Centre Stage Web Summit 2019, the Global Ambassador for Common Goal Eric Cantona alongside CEO Jürgen Griesbeck discuss the 1% that can change the world and highlights how helping a little can actually help a lot. 

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With the recent global spread of COVID-19 organisations around the world have started to adopt working from home policies. Is this a functional long term strategy for both employer and employee?

Stephen Cummins talks remote as a Service and the rise of the 100% remote worker companies. Will working remotely help disrupt on-premise people in traditional shared offices too?

Can 100% remote companies, with great culture and cutting-edge remote methodologies, produce optimal levels of employee and customer success?

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