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One business. One lesson. Every episode.
Real businesses. Real stories. Real-time.
What One Thing? is the straight-talking bi-weekly podcast for growing UK businesses with a team who are on the move — building, scaling, and figuring it out as they go.
Join co-hosts Hayley Baxter (Corbar Accounting) and Phil Davenport (Affirm IT) as they chat with fellow business owners and share their own lessons from the journey — the things they wish they'd known, the wins, the wobbles, and the one thing that made the biggest difference.
Each episode is 15–25 minutes of real-world insight, a few laughs, and practical takeaways to help you grow a better business — without the fluff.
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👀 Also on YouTube — because yes, it’s filmed too.
📍 Based in Derbyshire, speaking to businesses across the UK.
New episodes fortnightly — follow to catch the next one.
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Stop Buying AI Tools: Solve the Problem First - Richard Geary & Scott Evans
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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We Tried a 30-Day Business Challenge… did we win or learn?
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May 20, 2026 |
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Be Real - Why Pretending Everything's Fine Is Hurting Your Business - Marc Johnson
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May 06, 2026 |
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Why Your Ideal Client Isn’t Who You Think - Diyar Abdullah
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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The One Thing That Stops You Doing Everything in Your Business - John Lamerton
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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How to Build a Consistent Pipeline: Our 30-Day Relationship Building Experiment
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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How To Use AI Without The Hype - Ian Lockwood
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Know Your Numbers - Debbie Porter
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Growth Without Freedom Isn’t Success – Bev Flanagan
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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You Built It… Now What?: When Success Misaligns – Lisa Johnson
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Lessons Learned Running a Business in 2025 (Honest Reflections from Two Founders)
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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What We’ve Learned From Running a Weekly Podcast as Business Owners| What One Thing
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Taking Radical Responsibility in Business: How Jo Simpson Survived the 2008 Crash
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Nice Won’t Scale. Or Will It? Culture as Strategy – Neil Shaw
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Stop Trusting Recruiters Blindly: The Hidden Model – Rebecca Morris
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Discounting Is Destroying You: Brutal Math – Stuart Mason
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Stop Trading Time for Money: Build Resilience – Angela Hodgson
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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You Are the Problem: Brutal Leadership Wake-Up – Steve Knowles
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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AI for SMEs: Your Processes Are Too Manual: Automate 60% Today – Neil Macdonald
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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You Are the Bottleneck: Why Your Team Can’t Grow – Dawn Baxter
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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You’re Hiding in Plain Sight: The Brand Truth – Jojo Smith
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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You’re Undercharging And Overdelivering – Meg Fenny
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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AI Won’t Save You: Discipline Will – Ewan Reid
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Perfectionism Is Costing You - Donna Hall
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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You’re Using Xero Wrong: The Hidden Cost – Ian Phillips Xero
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Your Brand Is Hiding You: Why You’re Invisible – Regina Martin
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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You’re Not Failing — You’re Quitting Too Early: Marginal Gains – Alastair Robertson
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Busy But Broke: The Pricing Wake-Up Call – Jade Hallam
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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From Operator to Owner: The Shift That Changes Everything – Kelly Shaw
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Stop Playing Small – Jo Wood & Zoe Whitman
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Stop Overthinking Sales: Just call people – Hazel Woodward
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Stop Charging By The Hour: You’re Undervaluing Yourself – Jenna Farmer
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Revenue Isn’t Success: The £1m business she shut down – Emma Hine
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Your Business Became A Prison: Escape the “monster” you built – Sophie Baldwin
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Outsourcing Isn’t Weakness — It’s Growth – Catherine Wenborn
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Why Confidence Matters More Than Qualifications in Business – Hayley Baxter
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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From Redundancy to Resilience Leaping into Business - Phil Davenport
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Jun 11, 2025 |