Ultra Running & Business

Our latest podcast is taken from a recent meeting I had with Jan Rindbo, CEO since 2015 of international shipping company, NORDEN. We had discussed how NORDEN is disrupting the old-school image of the shipping industry, establishing itself as an employer that welcomes a diverse talent pool and forward-thinking employees. We tackle people questions such as:

• Who’s responsible for building the culture.
• Feel the values. Not just something on the wall.
• Unlocking value inside the teams
• War for talent in the global shipping arena.

Diversity is not just a LinkedIn post. It's an active strategy.  This episode is from a recent interview I carried out with Jan Voetmann, Head of Analytics at Orsted. I had originally interviewed Jan just as he had walked in the door at his new employer. Now, a year later, I wanted to pick up with him and see among other things how those plans of diversity hiring were shaping up and where psychometric testing can help both with hiring and retaining talent

This is about running. If that's not your thing then maybe give this episode a miss. My guest is Polar/Team GB Endurance Coach Nick Anderson. The session is based on a LinkedIn live event we had recently where we covered a whole host of topics such as 

• Performance optimisation
• Forming habits
• Concrete techniques on how to sustain a good thing (ie running)
• Self motivation
• Goal setting and mindset
• Return on investment
• Performance and Recovery
• Data from your wrist watch and how to benefit from it.

Addressing the

In this second helping of a recent get together with Henrik Lind and Dion Sorensen we get into the role and place of feedback in a performance culture. 

We also cover a somewhat provocative take on the value in business of the MBA and how do you know when it's time to hand the reins of your business over to a new CEO? 

For those who like to listen on the run – our massively popular series of interviews with Danske Commodities founder, Henrik Lind, and business psychologist, Dion Sorensen has been converted into an air pod-friendly podcast.  In this, the first part of the two-part series, they share their ideas on how cultures and visions are formed and what defines good leadership. They also give their honest view on the challenges of creating a diverse workforce

What are the gains and pitfalls of leading a company full of entrepreneurs? MFT Energy’s CEO, Torben Nordal Clausen, gave me some of his time to share some insights from his company that runs a shareholder model based on the belief that a sense of ownership brings out the best in people.

In this episode, 33Fuel CEO and Founder, Warren Pole, talks to Jakob Bloch about running, balancing ultras with his business life, as well as using running as an antidote to jet lag, for energy management, creativity, and for processing complex challenges. And yes, then there is the concept of the ‘stopover ultra’. Grab a 33Fuel bar, go for your favourite run, fire up the treadmill or simply settle back to listen to these gents talk running for about an hour.

In the latest podcast of the series, I speak with the authors of the recent bestseller, ‘The World For Sale’, about their drivers for writing this tour de force of a book and their views on all sorts of topics, having now had the privilege of speaking to a huge number of commodity traders as part of their research.  Many thanks to Javier Blas and Jack Farchy who, despite being the talk of the town at the moment, found time to sit down with me as part of our Linkedin Live session, the highlights of which you can listen to here.