Battling with Business
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In this podcast, Gareth Tennant, a former Royal Marines Officer, and Chris Kitchener, a veteran of the software development world, explore ideas and concepts around teams and teamwork, leaders and leadership, and all things in between. It’s a discussion between a former military commander and a business manager, comparing and contrasting their experiences as they attempt to work out what makes teams, leaders, and businesses tick.
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Episode 174 - Influencer #30 - Xi Xingping Part 2 : Power, Strategy and the Cost of Control
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Episode 173 - Influencer #30 - Xi Jinping Part 1 - Power, Strategy and the Making of Modern China
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May 28, 2026 |
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Episode 172 - Potholes, Politics and Broken Businesses : The Beginners Guide To Systems Thinking
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May 21, 2026 |
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Episode 171 - The Leadership Revolution and the Death of Empathy
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May 14, 2026 |
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Episode 170 - When Your Boss Is the Problem : Navigating Bad Leadership Without Breaking Your Career
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May 06, 2026 |
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Episode 169 - Influencer #29 - Shackleton : The Leader Who Redefined Failure
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Episode 168 - The Second in Command : The Leader Behind the Leader Part 2
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Episode 167 - The Second in Command : The Leader Behind the Leader Part 1
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Episode 166 - Tactics Are Not Strategy : Lessons from Iran
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Episode 165 - When Ordinary People Do Extraordinary Things - With Felicty Ashley Atlantic Rower, Cancer Survivor and Everest Marathon Runner
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Episode 164 - Influencers #28 - Malcom McClean and The Box That Built the World
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Episode 163 - The UK Government's Top Secret War Book : The Idiot's Guide For What To Do In Case Of Apocalypse - Part 2
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Episode 162 - The UK Government's Top Secret War Book : The Idiot's Guide For What To Do In Case Of Apocalypse - Part 1
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Episode 161 - Pressure Is the Point : What UK Special Forces Can Teach Leaders About Performance with Simon Jeffries
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Episode 160 - BHAGs and 3HAGs Re-Release : Turning Vision into Action
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Episode 159 - Influencers #15 Re-Release - Niccolò Machiavelli - Power and Principle in an Age of Strongmen
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Episode 158 - Leadership and Management in an AI Powered World - Part 3
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Episode 157 - Leadership and Management in an AI Powered World - Part 2
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Episode 156 - Leadership and Management in an AI Powered World - Part 1
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Episode 155 - Influencers #27 - Elizabeth Holmes - How Selling the Dream Became Selling Bullshit
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Episode 154 - A Semi Emergency Podcast on Venezuela, Leadership, Culture and the Future of NATO!
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Episode 153 - Royal Marine, Yeoman Warder and Arctic Explorer : Baz Gray The Most Interesting Man In The World - Part 2
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Episode 152 - Royal Marine, Yeoman Warder and Arctic Explorer : Baz Gray The Most Interesting Man In The World - Part 1
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Episode 151 - Influencer #7 Re-Release - Charles De Gaulle Loyal Only to France - Part 2
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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Episode 150 - Influencer #7 Re-Release - Charles De Gaulle: Loyal Only to France - Part 1
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Episode 149 - War in the Smartphone Age : Why Leaders Must Rethink Everything They Think They Know
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Episode 148 - Iterate or Lose : Innovation Lessons from NATO’s Front Line
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Episode 147 - Inside The War Game : Red Teaming A Crisis
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Episode 146 - Influencer #26 - The Nelson Touch : Leadership, Myth, and Mastery
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Episode 145 - Re-Release of Episode 126, Leading with Pride – LGBT+ Inclusion in the Armed Forces with Commander Roly Woods RN
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Episode 144 - The Leader’s Equation : Data vs Intuition
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Episode 143 - Shifting Ground: Finding Purpose and Leadership in Times of Change
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Episode 142 - Rerelease of Episode 8 - Adaptive teams and Pirates
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Episode 141 - Influencers #25 - Richard Branson - The Cult of Cool and How He Made Business Fun
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Episode 140 - Red Teaming : Stress Testing Leadership and Strategy
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Episode 139 - The Military Planning Combat Estimate - 7 questions that will change your business - Part 2
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Episode 138 - The Military Planning Combat Estimate - 7 questions that will change your business - Part 1
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Episode 137 - Influencers #24 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Episode 136 - Rerelease of episode 6 - What are Command, Leadership & Management?
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Episode 135 - The Philosophy of Leadership with Professor Damian O'Doherty: Lounges, Bureaucracy, and the Myth of the Hero
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Episode 134 - Rerelease of Episode 7 - What is Strategy?
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Episode 133 - Influencers #23 - Mary Parker Follett : The Forgotten Founder of Modern Leadership:
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Episode 130 - The power and value of board games with Lt Col Mike Harvey
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Episode 132 - Rerelease of episode 2 - Mission, Purpose, Vision & Goals
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Episode 131 - Inside High Performing Teams - Lisa Lloyd on the Psychology of Great Leadership
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Episode 129 - Influencers #23 - Arthur Tedder – The Quiet Architect of Victory
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Episode 128 - Developing Leaders in the Royal Air Force with the Tedder Leadership Academy - Part 2
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Episode 127 - Developing Leaders in the Royal Air Force with the Tedder Leadership Academy - Part 1
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Episode 126 - Leading with Pride – LGBT+ Inclusion in the Armed Forces with Commander Roly Woods
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Episode 125 - Influencers #21 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Episode 124 - Lessons in systems thinking from the Battle of the Bulge
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Episode 123 - The Jeep Show, keeping up morale in the Battle of the Bulge
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Episode 122 - Power, Politics and Strategy: Navigating Leadership in a Shifting Landscape
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May 29, 2025 |
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Episode 121 - Beyond the Water Cooler: Military Mindsets, Mission Command and Managing Uncertainty - Interview with psychologist Dr Lisa Lloyd
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May 22, 2025 |
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Episode 120 - Influencers 21 - Stalin: Influence, Leadership and Legacy Part 2
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May 15, 2025 |
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Episode 119 - Influencers 21 - Stalin: Influence, Leadership, and Legacy Part 1
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May 08, 2025 |
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Episode 118 - What comes next? Transitioning from the military with Oliver Lee
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May 01, 2025 |
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Episode 117 - The True Virtues - Integrity and Moral Courage with Col Oliver Lee - Part I
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Episode 116 - Clipboard Heroes and Villains - The power and tyranny of Bureaucracy
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Episode 115 - Influencers #20 President Donald J Trump part II
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Episode 114 - Influencers #20 - President Donald J Trump
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Episode 110 - Influencers #19 - The Polish Resistance fighter known as Zo
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Episode 113 - What can we learn about optimising teams from a Royal Marines Commando Sniper part 2
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Episode 112 - What can we learn about optimising teams from a Royal Marines Commando Sniper part 1
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Episode 111 - Trump, NATO, and the Future of Global Leadership
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Episode 109 - Just stop trying to be better
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Episode 108 - Influencers#18 - Amelia Earhart
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Episode 107 - Crisis Management part 2 - Dealing with a Crisis in the moment
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Episode 106 - Crisis Management Part 1 - Preparing for the Unknown
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Episode 105 How to say no and when to say no more
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Episode 103 - The Wisdom of the Bullfrog - Leadership Insights from Admiral Bill McRaven
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Episode 102 - Influencers #17 Winston Churchill Part 2
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Episode 101 - Inflencers #17 Winston Chruchill
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Episode 100 - Organisational Maturity, Business Growth Challenges, and Navigating Change
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Episode 99 - Do you need to be more like a start-up? The organisational Life Cycle Episode 1
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Episode 98 - Ends, Ways & Means - a framework for working out what to do
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Episode 97 - What is focus and how do we do it?
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Episode 96 - Influencers #16 Gene Kranz & Jim Lovell, leading Apollo 13
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Episode 95 - Halloween special part II - Frankenstein's monster continues
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Episode 94 - Halloween Special - building Dr Frankensteins leadership monster - Part 1
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Episode 93 - A chat with Royal Marine turned actor, Tip Cullen
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Episode 92 - Influencers #15 - Niccolò Machiavelli, good or bad?
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Episode 91 - Setting good habits - Reflective practice and building resilience with Keith Reesby
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Episode 89 - Leaders and stress management - act now before it too late!
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Episode 90 - Measurement and risk management with Doug Hubbard
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Episode 88 - Complexity, OODA Loops and Large Language Models with Ben Ford at Mission Ctrl
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Episode 87 - Influencers 14 - Margaret Thatcher
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Episode 86 - Leadership and stress management
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Episode 85 - Building Effective Teams - Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Episode 84 - Rerelease of Personal Narratives; what they are and why you need to own yours
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Episode 83 - Rerelease of Influencers #2 Leonard Cheshire
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Episode 82 - Rerelease of Why people do bad things with Waitman Beorn
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Episode 81 - Rerelease of How to be a fighter Pilot with Paul Tremelling
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Episode 80 - Exploring Colditz Castle, Leadership and Culture in unusual circumstances
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Episode 79 - General Election Special - Political Leadership
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Episode 78 - Operation Crossbow, V2 rockets and, a road trip to Peenemunde
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Episode 77 - Influencers #13 - Mahatma Gandhi
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Episode 76 - Leadership philosophies, what are they and why might you need one.
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Episode 75 - Toxic Leadership and the dark triad
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Episode 74 - Coalitions & Partnerships
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Episode 73 - Influencers #12 - Admiral Jackie Fisher
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Episode 72 - Harnessing emergence Part 2
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May 30, 2024 |
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Episode 71 - Harnessing the power of emergence
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May 21, 2024 |
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Episode 8 - Adaptive Teams and Pirates
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May 19, 2024 |
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Episode 70 - The problem with miltary procurement
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May 16, 2024 |
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Episode 69 - Influencers #11 - Brigadier Billy Mitchell
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May 09, 2024 |
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Episode 68 - Political Leadership and innovation with Rob Murray
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May 02, 2024 |
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Episode 67 - Strategy part II - Why strategy goes wrong!
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Episode 66 - Getting strategy right- Strategy Part I - Getting strategy right ?
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Episode 65 - Influencers #10 - Taylor Swift
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Episode 64 - How to be a fighter pilot with Paul Tremeling
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Episode 63 - The Value of sales and sales training with Tom Mallens
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Episode 62 - The five dysfunctions of management books
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Episode 61 - Influencers #9 - Carl von Clausewitz
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode #3 - TBD Tech Conference Speech - Why I'm a Cynical Optimist
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Episode 60 - We've read 'The Five Dysfunctions of a Team' so you don't have to
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Episode 59 - Small team Leadership with Waitman Beorn Part II
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Episode 58 - Leadership lessons from a tank commander with Waitman Beorn
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Episode 57 - Influencers #7 - Elon Musk
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Episode 56 - A Deep Dive into Measuring Performance and Effect
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Episode 55 - How do you learn to lead? Insights from the Centre for Army Leadership Centre with Lt Col Dean Canham OBE
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Episode 54 - Dilemmas and moral hazard
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Episode 53 - Influencers #7 - Charles de Gaulle - Part2
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Episode 52 - Influencers #7 - Charles de Gaulle - Part 1
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Episode 51 - New Years Special - A year of Battling with Business
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Episode 50 - The Christmas Special - Chris and Gareth’s personal journeys that led them to the Podcast
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Episode 49 - OODA with Mark McGrath
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Episode 48 - Influencers #6 - David Sterling & Paddy Mayne - The founders the SAS
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Episode 47- The Gardener of Lashkar Gar - with Defence Editor of The Times, Larisa Brown
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Episode 46 - The Starfish & The Spider and the power of decentralised networks
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Episode 45 - Lessons in stress management from Bomber Command with Mary Brazier
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Episode 44 - Influencers #5 - Dolly Parton
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Episode 43 - Why people do bad things: Exploring the systemic and institutional failures that led to the Holocaust with Dr. Waitman Beorn
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Episode 42 - How to get people dancing; first followers and loyal dissent
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Episode 41 - The Loneliness of Command
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Episode 40 - The Influencers #4 - Erwin Rommel, ’The Desert Fox’ - Part 2
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Episode 39 - The Influencers #4 - Erwin Rommel, ’The Desert Fox’ - Part 1
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Episode 38 - Battling with VUCA. Making sense of Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Episode 37 - Do you want to play a game?
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Episode 36 - Leading teams through transformation and the power of external perspectives with Pia Wendell
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Episode 35 - The Influencers #3 - John Boyd, the greatest strategist since Sun Tzu
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Episode 34 - Lie, damned lies, and Deception!
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Episode 33 - Decision making lessons from J Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Episode 32 - The Leadership role of Chaplains with Ian Pegg
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode 2 - Human Machine Teaming and the future of military collaboration
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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Episode 31 - Influencers #2 - Leonard Cheshire
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Episode 30 - Why teams don’t work - Hubris and humility with Douglas Waterfall
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Episode 29 - Why teams work - cross functional communications with Douglas Waterfall
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Episode 28 - Resilience, stress and adaptive organisations
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Episode 27 - Influencers #1 - Steve Jobs
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Episode 26 - The influencers, hero’s and the Sandhurst Capbadge
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Episode 25 - Are the robots coming? Artificial Intelligence with Rich Seale and creatively challenged
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Episode 24 - Being creatively challenged with Rich Seale
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Episode 23 - The power and value of diversity with Theo Bigby
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Episode 22 - What’s the point in meetings? - How to make a meeting not suck!
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Episode 21 - 10 reasons your project may not be on track
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Episode 20 - Why being creative is important to your business? With Natalia Talkowska
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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Episode 19 - Operational Art Part 2
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May 25, 2023 |
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Episode 18 - Operational Art Part 1
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May 18, 2023 |
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Episode 17 - Exploring the future with Paul Armstrong
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May 11, 2023 |
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Episode 16 - Decision Making part 2
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May 04, 2023 |
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Episode 15 - Decision Making part 1
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Episode 14 - BHAGs and 3HAGs creating a route map for your business
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Apr 20, 2023 |