Produced in partnership with British Business Bank, Diversity VC and British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA), this episode discusses a new report from all three of these organisations, commissioned by the UK’s HM Treasury, which highlights the fact that female start-up founders are missing out on billions of pounds of investment. The research identified specific barriers faced by female-led firms in accessing venture capital and its aim is to help inform ongoing governmen...
Feb 04, 2019•36 min
The latest FutureBrand Index highlighted how the most future proofed companies consistently align the totality of the experiences they create with their wider corporate purpose and that was the focus of Show 76, which was produced in partnership with FutureBrand. Joining Russell Goldsmith at the London offices of GSK, were Kerry O'Callaghan, VP for Global Brand at GSK, Jeremy Waite, Chief Strategy Officer at IBM, and Jon Tipple, FutureBrand’s Worldwide Chief Strategy Officer. To download a copy ...
Dec 03, 2018•1 hr 14 min
Produced in partnership with the UK's Ministry of Justice, to coincide with Social Mobility Live, a two week programme consisting of five events taking place around the UK, marking a year since the launch of the Ministry's inaugural social mobility action plan, the first social mobility plan of any government department that explores how the department, the civil service and external partners are helping individuals from all backgrounds achieve their potential. Russell Goldsmith was joined in th...
Nov 19, 2018•43 min
Recorded in partnership with CFA UK from their conference in London on the topic of ‘Behavioural Finance in the age of algorithms', we interviewed the five speakers from the event. Our guests were: 1. Markus Schuller, Founder and Managing partner of Panthera Solutions 2. Philippa Clough, Portfolio Manager at JP Morgan Asset Management International Equity Group 3. Kristina Vasileva, Senior Lecturer in Finance at Westminster Business School 4. Shweta Agarwal, a member of BlackRock's Risk & Qu...
Nov 08, 2018•47 min
Recorded at the World Travel Market, 2018, we partnered up with some of the exhibitors and delegates to get a flavour of what was being discussed at the event. Our guests included: 1. Mark McVay, Chairman, UKinbound 2. Dr. Kevin Ashbridge, VP for Global Travel & Leisure Solutions, SDL 3. Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica Tourist Board 4. Richard Fraiman, Chief Executive, Good Hotel Guide 5. José Luis Egas Ramirez, Undersecretary of Markets, Investments and International Rela...
Nov 07, 2018•53 min
Recorded at Mad World, Europe's only conference and exhibition putting mental health at the heart of a cross industry, cross functional agenda, and produced in partnership with Nuffield Health, Russell Goldsmith interviewed to a number of the speakers from the event. Our guests were Sir Ian Cheshire, Chair of Barclays UK and Campaign Chair of Heads Together; Professor Dame Carol Black, Principle of Newnham College, Cambridge and Expert Advisor on health and work to the Department of Health and P...
Oct 10, 2018•1 hr 3 min
Produced in partnership with the European PR agency Tyto, in this episode, we discuss Tyto's 2018 'State of the Nation report' on the Internet of Things (IoT), hearing from a number of experts who contributed to it. For the main part of the show, Russell Goldsmith speaks to Practical Futurist, Andrew Grill and Abraham Joseph, Founder of IOT insights, plus Stephanie Atkinson, CEO of Compass Intelligence also joins the discussion in the studio via Skype from her offices in San Antonio in Texas. We...
Sep 10, 2018•45 min
Produced in partnership with the Cabinet Office, in this episode we discussed how the work being carried by its Business Partnerships team, is building successful, long-term partnerships between business and government to deliver the voice of business into policy development and transformation, with the main aim of tackling the UK’s biggest social and economic challenges. Joining host Russell Goldsmith in the studio were Shevaun Haviland, Deputy Director for Business Partnerships at the Prime Mi...
Jul 04, 2018•36 min
The third, final and possibly most important of our three episodes recorded at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2018. In this show we focus on some of the campaigns for good that were being discussed at the event and our guests were: Josie Naughton, the Co-Founder of Help Refugees, talking about their #chooselove campaign that is helping the refugee crisis in Europe Pooran Isarsingh, an 86 year old terminally-ill patient and Praful Akali, Founder & MD of Medulla talking ...
Jun 23, 2018•38 min
This second of three episodes recorded at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2018. In this show we focus on some of the marketing trends being discussed at the event and our guests were: Steve Ackerman, Managing Director, Somethin'Else; Giuseppe De Cristofano, Director of Digital, BRIT Awards & Janine Smith, Head of Digital, ITV discuss how brands can succeed on social media by learning from how entertainment companies do it Melissa Waggener Zorkin, CEO, WE Communications ...
Jun 22, 2018•37 min
This first of three episodes recorded at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2018. In this show we focus on some of the marketing technologies being discussed on the stage and our guests were: Chris Duffey, Strategic Development Manager, Adobe & Doug Gould, Partner Executive Global Experience Innovation, Microsoft on the topic ', ‘Human + Machine: Stronger Together in the Age of Co-Creation’ Adrian Leu, CEO, Inition & Graeme Cox, CEO & Founder, Emteq discuss 'Biomet...
Jun 22, 2018•32 min
Produced in partnership with CFA Society of the UK and recorded at their Professionalism Conference, this is another packed episode featuring some great interviews: Pt.1 - Dame Helena Morrissey, Head of Personal Investing at Legal & General Investment Management on Trust and Diversity Pt.2 - Jeremy White, Executive Editor of Wired, on AI, Blockchain and Facebook Pt.3 - Ben Page, Chief Executive of Ipsos MORI on ‘Trust and the State of Britain in 2018’ Pt.4 - Gary Baker, CFA Institute’s Manag...
May 02, 2018•50 min
An extended episode but trust us, you'll want to listen to it all! Sponsored by Nuffield Health and recorded at the Endeavour Search & Selection Wellbeing Seminar that took place at the offices of Berwin Leighton & Paisner Law firm in London Bridge, Russell Goldsmith spoke with a number of the morning's presenters. Our guests were: 1. Geoff McDonald, former Global VP for HR at Unilever and now a regular industry speaker and consultant on the topics of depression & anxiety. Geoff talk...
Mar 22, 2018•1 hr 12 min
Russell Goldsmith is joined by Martin Hill-Wilson, Founder of Brainfood Consulting, Alistair Burton, an expert in Interaction Analytics at Genesys, and Sharon O’Dea, Co-founder of Lithos Partners to discuss the topic of Customer Experience within the Insurance Industry. This episode was produced in partnership with Genesys.
Mar 21, 2018•37 min
Russell Goldsmith speaks to some of the winners from Communicate Magazines’s 2018 Corporate Content Awards. In the studio were Amaris Cole, Digital Communications and Content Manager at the Church of England, Tim Turner, Content Director at content marketing agency, Wardour and Andrew Thomas, Founder of Cravenhill Publishing, the publishers of Communicate magazine and the organisers of the Corporate Content Awards. We also hear from Nathanael Moyers, Head of UK Corporate Communications at Arcadi...
Mar 09, 2018•33 min
Russell Goldsmith welcomes back to the show James Erskine, Managing Director of The Big Shot, to discuss the findings of his agency's latest research into consumer attitudes to branded content. They were joined by Hannah Bourne, Marketing Director Children's at Penguin Random House UK.
Jan 27, 2018•31 min
Produced in partnership with the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants and on the topic of ‘Readying business for the big data revolution’, Russell Goldsmith was joined by the Association's, Associate Technical Director, Peter Simons and Simon Jeffery, Group Manager for Technology & Management Information Systems at Siem Car Carriers. For more information, visit https://www.cgma.org/
Dec 12, 2017•22 min
Recorded in partnership with Global Front Room, Show 60 discusses how to prepare for an investment pitch to successfully raise money in the UK. Russell Goldsmith was joined by the Global Front Room's CEO, Laura Mercurio and three successful entrepreneurs: Ben Corrigan, Co-Founder and Marketing Director of Pouch, who have developed an extension for your browser to automatically source the best available voucher codes for you. Ben also took his business onto Dragons’ Den and was only the third per...
Dec 06, 2017•46 min
Recorded in partnership with Tyto to discuss the launch of their 'Tyto Tech 500 Power List', which consists of the top 500 Technology influencers in the UK. Russell Goldsmith was joined by the co-founders of Tyto, Ellen Raphael, their Head of Insight together with Managing Partner, Brendon Craigie. Also in the studio were two of the top 10 technology influencers from the Power list, Dr Sue Black OBE, a Technology Evangelist and UK Government Advisor on Digital Services and Jeremy Waite, IBM’s Gl...
Nov 28, 2017•1 hr
Recorded in partnership with the UK Ministry of Justice to coincide with their Social Mobility Live Week, marking the launch of the Ministry’s Social Mobility Action Plan, which aims to ensure that everyone has a fair chance at overcoming barriers to reach their full potential irrespective of background. Our guests were Matthew Coats CB, Chief Operating Officer at the Ministry of Justice, Dr Louise Ashley, Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at the Royal Hol...
Nov 20, 2017•29 min
Show 57 was recorded at the 2017 World Travel Market at ExCeL and features interviews with Richard Young, Sales and Distribution Manager at Heathrow Express; Pilar Carbonell, General Director of Tourism for the Balearic Islands Government; David Cochrane, General Manager of Philippine Airlines; Colin Stewart, Chairman of the Latin American Travel Association (LATA)and Wendy Pedder, Marketing Manager of VisitGuerney. With thanks to Lotus for setting up the interviews and to the support provided b...
Nov 07, 2017•37 min
The final episode of this special series that we recorded in partnership with Microsoft from their Future Decoded event in ExCeL, London. Looking at Technology and Innovation Trends, our guests include Scott Allen, Microsoft UK CMO; Edd Atcheson, Adobe EMEA's Lead Digital Strategist; Michael Wignall, Microsoft CTO; Chris Bishop, Laboratory Director at Microsoft Research Cambridge; Peter Deane, Vice President, VISR; Angela Evans, Microsoft's Office Business Group Lead UK and Praveen Maloo, Produc...
Nov 03, 2017•45 min
The second of three special episodes recorded in partnership with Microsoft from their Future Decoded event in ExCeL, London. Focusing on Technology for Good, this show features Haiyan Zhang, Innovation Director at Microsoft Research Cambridge; Former Manchester United & England Footballer and now Founder of UA92, Gary Neville; Craig Parker, Microsoft's Education Partner Lead; Aaron Powell, Chief Digital Director at NHS Blood and Transplant; Hector Minto, Microsoft's Accessibility Evangelist...
Nov 03, 2017•45 min
The first of three special episodes recorded in partnership with Microsoft from their Future Decoded event in ExCeL, London. This first show features Clare Barclay, COO Microsoft UK, Ian McLaren, Finance and Contracts Director at London Midland, Hector Minto, Microsoft's Accessibility Evangelist for EMEA, Andrew Cook, Microsoft's Senior Product Marketing Manager for Firstline and Patience Wootton of Dentsu Aegis Network.
Nov 03, 2017•53 min
Recorded on location at The Tate Modern, Show 53 was produced in partnership with A Blueprint for Better Business as part of their 10 Steps to Fulfilment at Work series, with the aim of helping listeners seek inspiration for their business by stepping out of their comfort zones and visiting places unrelated to their line of work. Russell Goldsmith's guests were Blueprint's CEO Charles Wookey, their Senior Advisor, Norman Pickavance and Jo Alexander, the charity's On Purpose Associate. They were ...
Oct 02, 2017•54 min
Russell Goldsmith was joined by the PRCA’s Director General, Francis Ingham, Mark Borkowksi, CEO of Borkowski and Claire Walker, CEO of Firefly Communications to discsuss the fallout of the PRCA's decision to expel Bell Pottinger from its membership and the news that the agency has been put into administration. With thanks to markettiers for hosting and recording this episode and to global media intelligence provider www.CARMA.com for supporting the show.
Sep 15, 2017•49 min
Show 51 discussed Gender, LGBT+ and BAME Diversity within communications and business in general. Russell Goldsmith's guests in the studio were Iain Anderson, Executive Chairman of Cicero Group and newly announced Ambassador for Stonewall; Sarah Stimson, Chief Executive at the Taylor Bennett Foundation (at the time of recording) and one of the Foundation's alumni, Toni Adeola, who is now an Executive at Brunswick Group. They were also joined on the line from Toronto in Canada by Lisa Kimmel, Pre...
Aug 25, 2017•48 min
Our 50th episode was produced in partnership with FleishmanHillard Fishburn where we discussed the latest release of their Authenticity Gap Report, which aims to help companies understand and proactively manage the gap between audiences’ expectations and actual experiences with a company or industry. In Part One, Russell Goldsmith spoke with FHF's CEO for UK & Middle East, Jim Donaldson and in the second part of the show, he was joined by their EMEA Reputation Management Lead, Nick Andrews, ...
Jul 25, 2017•58 min
In the final episode of our series of shows produced at Cannes Lions 2017, Russell Goldsmith spoke in the first part of the show with Chris Clarke of DigitasLBi and Dr Heather Knight about Robotics. In part 2 he interviewed Catherine Balsam Schwabar, Chief Content Officer at Mattel on the topic of Branded Content and all things Barbie! For the final part of the podcast, Russell met with Pablo Walker, President of McCann Worldgroup Europe for a chat about the culture differences between Latin Ame...
Jun 21, 2017•33 min
In the third of our series of shows being produced at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2017 Russell Goldsmith spoke with Scott Allen of Microsoft UK and Vikki Chowney from H+K Strategies about Data & Creativity. He then met with the three judges of the Young Lions PR Competition, Blair Metcalfe from MSLGroup, Candace Kuss of H+K Strategies and James Hacking from BlueCurrent, plus he spoke with Bronze winners of the award, Estefani Solorzano and Christian Gomez. In the final ...
Jun 21, 2017•35 min
