Greg Hoffman turned up to Nike HQ in a borrowed van in 1992. Twenty seven years later, he left the building as a creative giant, having worked alongside the heroes of his youth at the highest level of sport. During his time as Global CMO, he led iconic campaigns across football, basketball, tennis and athletics, always looking outside himself, always listening and always trying to do better for himself and his team. His book Emotion By Design , distills that experience into an accessible manual ...
May 27, 2022•17 min•Season 4Ep. 84
Hepzhi Pemberton has her work cut out: With a clear mission to prove that business (and society) does better when it embraces diversity, she's up against a self-harming system that starts at the top. For instance, in March 2021 there were more FTSE 100 CEO’s called "Andy" or "Steve" than there were female CEO's and CEO's from ethnic minorities combined. But it's not just race and gender bias that can get in the way of progress. Socio-economic barriers built up over decades still persist today. F...
Feb 09, 2022•21 min•Season 3Ep. 83
This week Richard Kilgarriff shares OMI with two brilliant minds: England Rugby World Cup champion, Sky broadcaster and club coach Will Greenwood and his friend of 30 years Ben Fennell, whose stellar career in advertising taught him how to learn, lead and grow at an elite level. Together, Will and Ben have produced a book for leaders who want to blend their own personal development with the growth of the people around them. In WORLD CLASS HOW TO LEAD, LEARN AND GROW LIKE A CHAMPION They celebrat...
Dec 14, 2021•42 min•Season 3Ep. 82
In Wonderworks – Literary Invention and The Science of Stories – dual trained neuroscientist and doctor of literature Angus Fletcher explains how mankind's most enduring technology makes our past, present and future worth living. From Aristotle Poetic’s to Mario Puzo’s Godfather, he explores why such inventions were needed, how they work on the human brain and helpfully, where you can find them to make your own life better and more meaningful. Get a copy of Wonderworks from an indie bookseller w...
Nov 29, 2021•37 min•Season 3Ep. 81
As the founder of Bookomi - the UK's leading independent connector of authors to audiences in clubs and companies - I've met some of the world's most wanted minds in new non-fiction. Bookomi celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2022, and its longest running event series - Books for Breakfast at Soho House in London - was one of the first to introduce Yuval Harari and Sapiens. Since then we've connected hundreds of other brilliant minds in great companies : From tech titans like Peter Thiel to mul...
Nov 29, 2021•3 min
This week's Bookomi title is recommended by YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, who says it will help you see risk in an "entirely new way." In Choose Possibility, Sukhinder Singh Cassidy debunks the "myth of the single choice," (the belief that big decisions rule our future) in favour of making many incremental decisions which move our career (and our life) forward every day. Get your copy of the book HERE Join Bookomi HERE...
Oct 02, 2021•30 min•Season 3Ep. 80
This week we’re sharing OMI with the award-winning anti-racism activist, educator, entrepreneur, TED speaker, media commentator and author Nova Reid. It’s high time, she says, for white people to confront the “ugliness of anti-blackness” in Britain’s colonial history, to own their shame and move towards a future of “mutual transformation” and “collective healing” Get your copy of THE GOOD ALLY from Primrose Hill Books HERE...
Sep 24, 2021•37 min•Season 3Ep. 79
Between 2005 and 2019 Lionel Barber led the digital transformation of the most important business newspaper in the world – The Financial Times - taking it from the stands to the screen with over one million paying subscribers. The Powerful and The Damned (buy your copy from Primrose Hill Books HERE ) opens up the pages of his private diaries during that turbulent time, exposing off the record chats with the men and women who make and break economies around the world. In this intimate conversatio...
Aug 14, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 78
Power Play was picked by Publicis UK CEO Annette King, get your copy today from our indie bookshop partner Primrose Hill Books . Elon Musk's impossible dream - to make a desirable, sustainable, mass market electric car - has become a multibillion dollar reality in Tesla - the most valuable automative company in the world. Today, with a market valuation of $630 billion, Tesla's shares are worth more than Toyota, Volkswagen, Daimler, and General Motors combined. To many he embodies the “contempora...
Jul 29, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 77
What type of leader are you? Are you an Alpha or a Lover even? Top city journalist James Ashton has met hundreds of CEO's and has come up with nine, distinct, types that classify the species in an original, memorable and insightful way. In this episode we hear about tycoon Richard Desmond's transition from cigars to bananas and why people don't necessarily want the leader of the country to be the same type as the leader of their company. Get your copy of NINE TYPES OF LEADER HERE Join Bookomi HE...
Jul 16, 2021•44 min•Season 2Ep. 76
Neuroscientist, musician, educator and best-selling author ( Your Brain on Music, The Organised Mind, The Changing Mind ) Daniel Levitin picks a book by young British activist and entrepreneur Jeremiah Emmanuel. Daniel wants to know more about Jeremiah's story: growing up in Brixton, often homeless but always hopeful that life can get better, he ends up joining the UK youth parliament rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous and being awarded a British Empire Medal before he's 21. Can we find ...
Jun 25, 2021•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 75
Richard Kilgarriff shares OMI with President Barack Obama's Ambassador to the UK (2013-18). Picked (and published) by Simon Sinek, this is a fascinating insight into the nexus of human relationships at the highest level of government and business, revealing a new way of managing power at a time when we seem more divided than together at home and abroad. Join Bookomi HERE - https://bit.ly/MOSTWANTEDsignup Get your copy of Matthew's book from Primrose Hill Books....
Jun 17, 2021•44 min•Season 2Ep. 74
Alan Jope, the man in charge of leading Unilever's 149,000 employees picks a book packed with Original Memorable Insights for anyone dealing with constant digital disruption at work. Learn why the term "CEO" originally stood for "Chief Electricity Officer", how Netflix turned themselves upside down to deliver the future and what Disney boss Bob Iger did to get 100 million subscribers in the space in just over one year. You can get a copy of Nigel Vaz's book here - http://bit.ly/DBTinBookomiShop ...
Jun 08, 2021•50 min•Season 2Ep. 73
FRAMERS takes the psychological concept of the “Framing Effect," whereby our decisions are influenced by the way information is presented to us – and applies it to a new mental model which will improve our lives as individuals, organisations and the world at large. Picked by Pearson Plc CEO (and Richard's former boss) Andy Bird for Bookomi club members. JOIN TODAY....
May 14, 2021•38 min•Season 2Ep. 72
Richard Kilgarriff shares OMI with Professor Robin Dunbar (famous for creating The "Dunbar Number" of 150 - the maximum number of relationships the human brain can maintain at any one time). Professor Dunbar leads the social and evolutionary neuroscience research group at Oxford University and has dedicated his career to exploring and explaining the Human Social World, possibly, he says, “the most complex phenomenon in the observed universe." His new book FRIENDS goes deeper into the digital age...
May 09, 2021•37 min•Season 2Ep. 71
You might want the power that comes with the top job, but would you want to be Prime Minister today? A role which, since 1945, has always started OK and ended badly. In this episode Richard Kilgarriff shares OMI with the world's leading authority on the people who have inhabited No.10 Downing Street for the last 300 years. How does Boris Johnson compare to his predecessors in terms of intelligence and conviction? What can we learn about ourselves through the lens of the highest office in the lan...
Apr 30, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 70
In this short episode of the Bookomicast for Leaders Who Are Readers, Christian Gladwell, Global Chief Executive of M&C Saatchi Performance picks Tarzan Economics by Will Page . To become a Bookomi member and get our free weekly email CLICK HERE Meanwhile, if you'd like to go deeper into Will's OMI, you can get your own copy of the book from the Bookomi section of our independent bookshop partner HERE....
Apr 18, 2021•57 min•Season 2Ep. 69
Kicking off Series 2 with a new format and a new Bookomi Club for Leaders Who Are Readers , Anne Limb (UK Scouts Association/UK Innovation) and James Devine (NHS Medway Trust) pick Clive Lewis's guide to detoxifying the poison of pressure and uncertainty at work. You can get a copy of Clive's book, with free P&P in the Bookomi section of Primrose Hill Books HERE . To hear the full conversation and find out more about the benefits of membership, visit THE BOOKOMI CLUB...
Apr 08, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 68
For years the BBC has lost battles with right wing lobbyists, free market economists and competitors who frame the corporation as biased, bloated, elite and out of touch with the people who pay for it to exist. In The War Against The BBC , London Business School Professor and "critical friend" of the corporation Patrick Barwise traces a line of anti-auntie gunpowder back to a surprisingly small but powerful and determined cabal of lobbyists and politicians linked to media and business interests ...
Dec 10, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Grace Campbell takes you on a whirlwind tour of childhood, adolescence and young adulthood, growing up in a playground of political celebrity, idiot boys and brilliant girlfriends. This is a must-listen episode for all young women and parents of daughters navigating the passion and pitfalls of teenaged life. Get your copy of Grace's book HERE.
Nov 10, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Guy Raz has distilled hundreds of fascinating business stories into a single book HOW I BUILT THIS - The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World's Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs , named after his massively popular NPR podcast series in the US.
Nov 07, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Richard Kilgarriff meets two media industry luminaries: Sue Unerman, Chief Transformation Officer at MediaCom and Kathryn Jacob OBE, Chief Executive Officer of Pearl and Dean. Together with journalist Mark Edwards they’ve written Belonging – The Key to Transforming and Maintaining Diversity, Inclusion and Equality at Work .
Nov 06, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Richard Kilgarriff shares OMI with George Zarkadakis. George works at the intersection of arts, science and technology to imagine new organisations and governments in the upcoming Fourth Industrial Age. His new book CYBER REPUBLIC, RE-INVENTING DEMOCRACY IN THE AGE OF INTELLIGENT MACHINES is a playbook for anyone who has lost some faith in the current system, but who sees new technology as an opportunity to change the status quo....
Nov 05, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Thomas Erikson is the Swedish Behavioural expert whose book Surrounded By Idiots sold 2.5 million copies worldwide. In it he described four types of personality – Red, Yellow, Green and Blue - to explain why and how we see ourselves and other people. In SURROUNDED BY PSYCHOPATHS he brings first hand experience to the science of spotting and dealing with the psychopaths in your life and work. The good news is you can tell who they are. The bad news is they cannot be beaten, only avoided....
Nov 01, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Rachel Schofield shares OMI with Tech entrepreneur Tabitha Goldstaub, whose new book HOW TO TALK TO ROBOTS: A GIRL'S GUIDE TO A FUTURE DOMINATED BY Ai aims to break down the so-called "Tech Bro" barriers, demystify Artificial Intelligence and make sure it works for the benefit of everyone.
Oct 28, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 61
From the dismal dereliction of the Sex Pistols to peak-eighties gloss with Wham, coloured throughout by Margaret Thatcher’s politics of self-improvement, 1979-1985 was a moment in history that made UK culture what it is today. Join Richard Kilgarriff as he shares OMI with Dylan Jones, top magazine editor (British GQ) and author of Sweet Dreams - The Story of The New Romantics . Even if you don't want to remember the music, the keyboards and the make-up, you will no doubt appreciate the transitio...
Oct 27, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Rachel Schofield shares OMI with retired Superintendent Leroy Logan MBE, founder member of the Black Police Association: His 30 year career in the Metropolitan Police makes him perfectly placed to reflect on what has and hasn't changed in race relations over recent decades. In CLOSING RANKS, MY LIFE AS A COP , we hear what made a gifted scientist become a police recruit, despite the huge reservations of his Jamaican father and the mistrust of the police within his North London community....
Oct 26, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Richard Kilgarriff shares OMI with Johan Norberg, the Swedish historian of ideas and a senior fellow at libertarian think tank The Cato Institute. Johan wants you to open your mind, your business and your borders to celebrate and build upon the progress we’ve made as human beings to date. OPEN - THE STORY OF HUMAN PROGRESS describes how we are the nicest and the nastiest of species, each and every one of us a trader and a tribalist, globalist and nationalist; capable of both open, creative colla...
Oct 21, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 58
'Eye-opening, important and utterly enjoyable. Come for the humour, stay for the insights.' That's what Arianna Huffington says of HUMOUR SERIOUSLY, WHY HUMOUR IS A SUPERPOWER AT WORK AND IN LIFE, the new book by Stanford lecturer / stand-up comic Naomi Bagdonas and Stanford behavioural psychologist Jennifer Aaker. Together they investigate what it means to have a laugh without losing respect in the office (or on Zoom) and why we stop having fun (at our peril) as we get older....
Oct 19, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Abiola Ogunbiyi shares OMI with Max Dickins, the man behind Hoopla - the UK's first improvisation training school - Max teaches people how to use whatever they’ve got to get wherever they want in life and work. Get of Copy of Max's book HERE
Oct 13, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 56
