Anecdotally Speaking
By Shawn Callahan & Mark Schenk
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Welcome to our podcast, Anecdotally Speaking. Each week we tell a business story, talk about why it works and discuss where you might tell it at work. Our aim is to help you build your story repertoire.
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204 – The Serve and Return Turning Point: Agassi, Becker and perseverance
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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203 – The resilience and persistence story of Penfolds Grange
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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202 – Efficiency versus cost cutting
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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201 – Governance and accountability lose their Barings
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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200 – Weber BBQ Australian Success
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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199 – Approach to the south poles apart – Amundsen Scott
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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198 – Mayor in the monkey suit – Stuart Drummond
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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197 – Atlanta Olympic swim 1996 – Kieren Perkins
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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196 – Better fire story – Michigan Uni
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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195 – Bullet train kingfisher nose – Eiji Nakatsu
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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194 – French reverse mortgage – Jeanne Calment
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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193 – Rolling Stones songwriting – Andrew Loog Oldham
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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192 – Americas Cup speed focus – Peter Blake
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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190 – Infancy of the newborn test – Virginia Apgar
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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189 – The last raiders of the lost ark – Harrison Ford – Gary Marshall
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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188 – Sydney Opera House – Jorn Utzon – Ove Arup
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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187-Privacy in the EU – Anastasia Dedyukhina – Consciously Digital
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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185 – VR headsets are coming – Ursula Llabres from Meta
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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186 – Never give up – Jack Ma
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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184 – Don’t push your bias onto others – Fiona Wood
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May 16, 2023 |
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183 – Show your work as much as possible – The Caillebotte Seven
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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182 – Listen to your customer – Anita Roddick
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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181 – It’s never too late – Judith Curphey
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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180 – Focus on your work – Christine Ha
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Replay 164 – You don’t need to be an expert – Lisa Blair
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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179 – There is no average
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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178 – Don’t lose sight of the collective impact of your decisions
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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177 – Create a space where ideas are shared – Ron Howard
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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176 – Connect your change to something known and familiar – Run-DMC and Aerosmith
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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175 – Don’t miss the big picture
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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174 – We have enough – Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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173 – Knowledge can come from any source with Maria Marenco
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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172 – Feedback doesn’t work
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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171 – Everybody matters
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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170 – One person can change the world
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Replay 136 – Experiences change minds
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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169 – Model beneficial behaviours
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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168 – It’s not about you
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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167 – Believe in your people
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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166 – Don’t let money be your purpose
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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165 – Well-managed diverse teams are more productive
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Replay 126 – Company values give confidence
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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164 – You don’t need to be an expert
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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163 – Understand the culture you’re operating in
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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162 – Use contrast to make an impact
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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161 – Plans often go astray
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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160 – Challenge your assumptions
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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159 – Try and try and try again
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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158 – Don’t argue, influence
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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157 – Take it one step at a time
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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156 – Adopt transparent systems
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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155 – Don’t ignore the Dottie in your life
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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154 – Less is more
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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153 – Focus on your goal
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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152 – Present a united front
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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151 – Balance performance and engagement
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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Anecdotally Speaking’s mid-year break
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May 30, 2022 |
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150 – In praise of small stories
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May 17, 2022 |
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Replay 112 – FedEx helicopter story absolutely positively flies
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May 09, 2022 |
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149 – Natural selection of the fittest story
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May 02, 2022 |
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148 – When sense takes flight
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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147 – The chemistry of hot and cold states
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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146 – The Assistant Director’s cut
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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145 – Dark mansions made of cubes and squares
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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144 – Science warms up to story
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Replay 107 – You just might do it if you don’t know you can’t
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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143 – Not exactly a man cave
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Replay 075 – Conflict is essential to collaboration
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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142 – Million-dollar bathroom basin
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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141 – Rocket science propelling librarians
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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140 – When you desperately need your plan B
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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139 – Contract bondage no good by George
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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138 – Scurvy sailors served sauerkraut
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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137 – Journeys of heroes and Beatles
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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136 – It’s like riding a new bike
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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135 – Noticing the cut versus feeling the pain
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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134 – Look for the good and trust in the work
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Replay 034 – When baggage really flies
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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133 – Potter spells initiative
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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132 – Wolves, cane toads and tubby ships
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Replay 023 – Industrial design with child’s play
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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131 – Did you have a nice Grand Slam, darling?
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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130 – Superwoman with x-ray vision
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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129 – The unexpected supporter
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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128 – Collaboration and diversity is how you make progress
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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127 – The mould that broke the staph
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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126 – Shattering decision on pet food quality
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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125 – Lending a hose to neighbours on fire
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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124 – When the stakes are sky high
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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123 – Tragic consequences of standing by
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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122 – Grumpy maestros and all that jazz
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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121 – Charitable causes for problematic pilgrims
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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120 – How to love a maths problem
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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119 – Don’t do your block buster
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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118 – The grass is greener for the second mouse
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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117 – How a story illuminates an insight
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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116 – The client hero story in your sales example
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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115 – Less support gives more liberation
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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114 – Tails with the Raj of mice and men
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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113 – Low vaulting horse raises the bar
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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112 – FedEx helicopter story absolutely positively flies
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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111 – Apple devours Blackberry pie slice
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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110 – Foreign ideas triggering the cultural immune system
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Replay 007 – Saving the Citicorp skyscraper
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May 31, 2021 |
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109 – New corn idea falls on deaf ears
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May 24, 2021 |
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108 – Jobs fit for a condor
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May 17, 2021 |
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107 – You just might do it if you don’t know you can’t
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May 10, 2021 |
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106 – Canoes across the Rockies
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May 03, 2021 |
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105 – A rose by any other clinical name
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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104 – Quarterback payback
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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103 – Cut glass shatters jeweller
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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102 – Hidden Figures the prequel
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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101 – Transmitting without a receiver
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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100 – A tonne of revered stories
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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099 – CEO becomes late chairman
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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098 – Gender biased snow job really hurts
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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097 – Beware your inner thespian
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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096 – Boarders stories and smoking guns
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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095 – Wolf stories in sheep’s clothing
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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094 – Building bridges to thaw the frozen
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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093 – Green team schemes screen fiends
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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092 – Seg no way
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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091 – Fire chief’s great instincts before bingo bango
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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090 – Corporate Storytelling—Job applications and interviews
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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089 – Corporate Storytelling—Sales communication with Mike Adams and Paul Ichilcik
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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088 – Corporate Storytelling—Strategy development and communication with Melodie Potts Rosevear
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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087 – Corporate Storytelling—Culture change and change management with Tully Cashman
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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086 – Corporate Storytelling—Innovation with Paul Chapman
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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085 – Corporate Storytelling—Narrative insight with Bernard and Tracey Swanepoel
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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084 – Corporate Storytelling—Values communication with Indranil Chakraborty
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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083 – Corporate Storytelling—Brand communication with Darren Woolley
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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082 – Corporate Storytelling—Leadership communication with Hannah Davies
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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081 – Hungry public gobbles up MSG tale
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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080 – Crummy early adoption for first bread slicer
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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079 – Halen down on Eddie’s rogue m&m
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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078 – Tetanus icky not so sticky
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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077 – Benjamin’s book borrowing turns rival to friend
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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076 – Dome making not an egg-xact science
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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075 – Conflict is essential to collaboration
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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074 – It’s not how good you say you are
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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073 – Stradi various settings impact value
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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072 – All about the strategy story
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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071 – Never say Di finally escapes Cuba
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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070 – Prof. Christensen gets the job done
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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069 – How a reason can clarify your why
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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068 – How to animate Disney executive characters
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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067 – Born to run and still running
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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066 – Atari hero transforms extraterrestrial into subterranean
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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065 – It’s just like riding a bike 1200km
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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064 – Small cogs make a pretty fly wheel
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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063 – Don’t give up on your dirty laundry
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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062 – Leading horses to water and lending hoses to fires
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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061 – New Behring’s for trains off the rails
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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060 – Sleepy racers run towards Cliff
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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059 – Turning point between The Rock and a hard place
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May 25, 2020 |
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058 – Pedalling like hell he can
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May 18, 2020 |
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057 – Kissinger repeatedly lords it over Secretary
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May 11, 2020 |
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056 – No flies on Golding mock trial
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May 04, 2020 |
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055 – Not all twigs turn out to be snakes
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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054 – Looking upstream for causes of downstream problems
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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053 – Andy habits build rapport
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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052 – Pepsi and Apple in new containers
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Dec 15, 2019 |
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051 – Miners find gold in data mullock
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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050 – Risky flight to the city of angels
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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049 – Second best thing to having the actual experience
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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048 – Healthcare PhDs road test strategy risk
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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047 – Blinded by beliefs
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Oct 16, 2019 |
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046 – Work the plan and work with the people
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Aug 25, 2019 |
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045 – Old oak forester beams
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Aug 18, 2019 |
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044 – Navigating like clockwork
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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043 – Show amazing grace to your audience
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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042 – Seasoned speed skaters savvy strategy
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May 22, 2019 |
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041 – Icing breakers and presentation matters
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May 12, 2019 |
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040 – Moving forward on a backwards bike
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Mar 25, 2019 |
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039 – Reply all and touch many
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Mar 17, 2019 |
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038 – Dolphin kicks out number one
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Feb 17, 2019 |
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037 – Fortran reveals Hidden Figures
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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036 – The way to a rioter’s heart
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Dec 04, 2018 |
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035 – Spotify bugs bite back
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Nov 26, 2018 |
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034 – When baggage really flies
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Nov 21, 2018 |
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033 – Nixon on the poverty line
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Nov 12, 2018 |
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032 – Dyson innovation really sucks
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Oct 30, 2018 |
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031 – Charles Masefield on humility and productivity
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Oct 24, 2018 |
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030 – Damit Samit, what a great idea
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Oct 07, 2018 |
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029 – Paul revered while Dawes knocked
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Sep 03, 2018 |
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028 – Hot Brazilians futsal weapon
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Aug 15, 2018 |
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027 – John Snow versus the Miasma
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Jul 25, 2018 |
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026 – Henry Ford did that?
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Jul 17, 2018 |
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025 – How to tap into your audience
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Jul 04, 2018 |
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024 – U2 can protect your tribe
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Jun 29, 2018 |
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023 – Industrial design with child’s play
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Jun 17, 2018 |
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022 – Saving Rubles with mutual Mars
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Jun 12, 2018 |
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021 – Rolling stones to hidden gems
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Jun 03, 2018 |
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020 – Twists and turns of a flying fortress
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May 29, 2018 |
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019 – Three feet away from the gold seam
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May 24, 2018 |
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018 – Are you married?
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May 14, 2018 |
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017 – All about apocryphal stories
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May 02, 2018 |
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016 – Tips for strawberry flavour
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Apr 22, 2018 |
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015 – Empty bunks in tall ships
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Apr 17, 2018 |
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014 – It ain’t what you do
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Apr 10, 2018 |
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013 – Travel connections
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Apr 03, 2018 |
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012 – Harley Davidson promise
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Mar 25, 2018 |
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011 – High viz role modelling
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Mar 18, 2018 |
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010 – Bright spots
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Mar 11, 2018 |
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009 – Jackie Stewart in the pits
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Mar 04, 2018 |
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008 – Gillian is a dancer
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Feb 25, 2018 |
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007 – Saving the Citicorp skyscraper
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Feb 18, 2018 |
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006 – Accidentally winding up a bank
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Feb 11, 2018 |
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005 – The street corner experiment
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Feb 04, 2018 |
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004 – Can’t see the bathroom from the grout
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Jan 28, 2018 |
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003 – Pick one great strategy
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Jan 21, 2018 |
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002 – World’s worst first day on the job
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Jan 19, 2018 |
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001 – An unexpected visitor from Mars
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Jan 17, 2018 |