Win Happy Podcast

When this curious mind, this lover of Pokemon and fantasy novels chose to study engineering in college it led her on a fascinating path.

Working with wireless sensor networks for her PhD in UCC, Fiona Edwards Murphy wanted to see how sensors could be used to monitor the health of bee hives.

It turns out that her work could solve a huge problem, which is a serious threat to one third of the world's food supply.

Dr. Fiona Edwards Murphy is now the CEO of her company ApisProtect, which has just announced a unique partnership with Inmarsat, the giant satellite communications company.

This partnership will allow the global roll-out of the sensor technology, which will revolutionise the performance of bee hives and help to protect our food supply.

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When this wild child had to make the biggest and most difficult decision of her life and give up her baby boy for adoption, a new life path was born.

In this episode, Greg chats with Emer Halpenny who after making this colossal decision, she discovered a passion for dramatics, which led to her opening her own drama school.

27 years later, she has closed the school and has a new career as the co-founder of Anu, a natural skincare and candle business.

Emer's story has been eventful, with lots of ups and downs and more than a challenge or two!

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Henrietta Chevalier could not turn her back on people whose lives were at risk during World War 2 in Rome.

She offered her home as a safe house, helping Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty as part of the Rome Escape Line, while her children met POWs and escorted them safely around the city and out of danger from the Nazis.

In this episode Greg chats with David Sands about his grandmother, Henrietta and his mother Gemma Sands about their incredible bravery at this perilous time.

We also talk about the deep scars that this time left with the family, including his father Kenneth Sands who was a stretcher bearer during the war.

At a time when values seem to be at an all time low around the world we need to remind ourselves what it means to put people in deep need ahead of our own.

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Greg chats with William and Claire Derry, two of the children of World War 2 hero, Sam Derry.

Sam Derry, a Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army was one of the key figures who along with Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty were part of the 'Rome Escape Line', which kept 6,500 POWs and civilians safe from the Nazis during WW2 in Rome.

Sam left his pregnant wife and the family business behind to embark on a fascinating period of his life, which included being captured by the Germans twice, two escapes, the death of a child he never had the chance to meet and working closely with an Irish priest and with Winston Churchill after the war.

They tell his incredible war story and the hero who came home, the adjustments to civilian life, the post war traumas and being honoured by his country and on the 'This Is Your Life' show.

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Greg chats with Doreen O'Mahony, former Fuzion Communications colleague and Digital Brand Manager with Laya Healthcare.

This West Cork gal grew up in a small farm appreciating nature, great food and the value of hard work.

She has had a number of roles including the HSE, Fuzion Communications, Guide Dogs for the Blind, Media Manager and now Laya.

We chat about the value of a diverse education, the evolving nature of digital marketing and the danger of "content shock".

Recently Doreen briefly jumped off the career treadmill for a six week spell volunteering in Uganda.

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Greg chats with DC Cahalane, founder of co-working space and entrepreneurial hub, Republic of Work in Cork city.

The boy from Dunmanway learnt a lot messing with his dad's computer at home and even more from extra curricular activities while studying at UCC.

From event management in Dublin and London, to vodka distribution, to catering and then taking up key roles in two of Ireland's big tech success stories, Trustev and Teamwork.

Itching to start his own venture again DC opened Republic Of Work over two years ago.

We talk about cycles of confidence, different ways of learning, the entrepreneur ecosystem and how a great woman can help you to Win Happy!

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Greg chats with former model maker and Sales Training expert, Peter Turley, CEO of Salestalk about rugby and the profession of selling.

You can increase your sales by working harder to increase your leads or you can be very clever and use his sales process to increase your sales by improving your conversion rate.

As Peter says it is all about "Making Yes Easy"

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Greg chats with Marketing guru Christopher Lochhead and podcasting legend 'Follow Your Different' who shares part two of his incredible success journey in Silicon Valley, which led to powerful game changing business insights.

These are captured in his first book 'Play Bigger' and his second book 'Niche Down', which is all about winning by focusing on the things you are great at!

In this episode Christopher does a "live" Niching Down case study with Fuzion Communications as the subject matter and we get very reflective about what real success in life looks like.

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Greg chats with marketing guru, great friend of Fuzion and author of inspirational books 'Play Bigger' and 'Niche Down' and host of the podcast 'Follow Your Different' Christopher Lochhead.

In part one, Christopher shares his incredible story, which took him from near bankruptcy at the age of 21 in Montreal to being a millionaire in Silicon Valley at 28.

A big part of his success is his ability to create and dominate new categories, which is the key topic of his book 'Play Bigger'.

So, hold on tight for this no messing, not for the delicate, straight between the eyes episode of the Win Happy podcast.

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We are always fascinated how experiences when we are young can influence your career and life's passions.

In this episode Greg chats with Food Historian with UCC, Regina Sexton who has just launched a post graduate diploma in Food Culture.

Author of the books 'A Little History of Irish Food' and 'Ireland's Traditional Foods', which led to a RTE documentary, Regina goes deep into the history of food and talks passionately about the jewel that is our food industry.

As a young girl she listened intently as her father, a baker gave out about the death of his industry - maybe this lit a fire in her?

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