Best Jude Jennison Podcasts (2025)

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114: Russell Harvey on resilience in uncertainty 34:34

25d ago34:34

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Send us a text Russell Harvey is The Resilience Coach, and he shares his expertise in human behaviour and organisational development. He emphasises that resilience is about thriving and learning from adversity, not just coping. Russell recounts personal challenges, including his wife's mental health struggles and his own job redundancies, to illust…

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113: Stuart McSkimming on IT leadership in charities including AI implementation 39:04

1M ago39:04

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Send us a text Stuart McSkimming is an IT consultant in the charity sector. He talks about IT implementation in a sector that needs to spend funds wisely, balancing investment with effective implementation so that the ROI is gained quickly. Stuart stresses the importance of understanding what you are trying to achieve with IT to avoid spending mone…

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112: Neil Jurd on foundations for leadership under pressure 35:47

1M ago35:47

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Send us a text Neil Jurd is an author and founder of Leader Connect, a leadership training business focusing on leadership in high-pressure situations. Neil draws on his deployment in Iraq sharing profound insights on leading soldiers under fire and how that relates to businesses today. He explains his foundations for leadership - preparation, clea…

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111: Graham Wilson on leadership, wellbeing and managing stress 34:22

2M ago34:22

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Send us a text Graham Wilson is the founder of Success Factory, a leadership and management development business leading people to experience an extraordinary life. Graham talks about organisations being "over-managed and under-led", and the need to have people who are skilful and knowledgeable enough to make decisions quickly. Graham draws on exam…

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110: Edward Grigg on communicating changes in business ownership 32:47

2M ago32:47

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Send us a text Edward Grigg is the former Managing Director of In Corporate Wear and Chairman of the Professional Clothing Industry Association Worldwide (PCI AW). Ed shares his journey from a part-time job in garment collection to leading a significant corporate clothing company. He discusses the industry's evolution, particularly with automation …

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109 : Jane Ferre on HR, talent and redundancy 42:22

2M ago42:22

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Send us a text Jane Ferre is a talent management expert and former HR professional at British Airways. She discusses her journey in HR and her work mentoring HR directors. She shares her experiences with redundancy, emphasising the importance of clear communication and managing emotions at times of change and uncertainty. Jane identifies retention …

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108: Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher on adaptability and challenges as the CEO of IOSH 36:26

2M ago36:26

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Send us a text Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher is the Chief Executive of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). Vanessa shares insights into IOSH's mission to promote global occupational safety and health standards, emphasizing the importance of proportionate risk management. But don’t let the topic of health and safety put you off. Pre…

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107: Donna O’Toole on a strategic approach to winning awards 36:16

11M ago36:16

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Send us a text Donna O'Toole is the Founder of August Recognition, a business dedicated to helping other businesses to win awards as part of their marketing strategy. Donna and her team advise on the strategic timing of award entries, leveraging past successes, and aligning award participation with business goals. Donna also talks about her own cha…

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106: Eman Al-Hillawi on piloting her way through business adversity and recovery 32:23

11M ago32:23

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Send us a text Eman Al-Hillawi is the CEO of Entec Si, a business change management cuonsultancy. Eman discusses the challenges her business faced during the pandemic, including the financial strain and the emotional impact of redundancies. She reflects on the importance of relationships and the need to balance business growth with nurturing the te…

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105: Chad E Foster on resilience and blind ambition 40:05

11M ago40:05

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Send us a text Chad Foster is a keynote speaker who became blind at the age of 21 due to an eye condition, retinitis pigmentosa. Chad had a dream as he was growing up to be in the medical field but had to change this due to his eyesight and ended up going to Harvard Business School and became the first executive to graduate from their leadership pr…

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#107: Donna O’Toole on a strategic approach to winning awards 36:16

11M ago36:16

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Donna O'Toole is the Founder of August Recognition, a business dedicated to helping other businesses to win awards as part of their marketing strategy. Donna and her team advise on the strategic timing of award entries, leveraging past successes, and aligning award participation with business goals. Donna also talks about her own challenges as a bu…

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#106: Eman Al-Hillawi on piloting her way through business adversity and recovery 32:23

12M ago32:23

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Eman Al-Hillawi is the CEO of Entec Si, a business change management consultancy. Eman discusses the challenges her business faced during the pandemic, including the financial strain and the emotional impact of redundancies. She reflects on the importance of relationships and the need to balance business growth with nurturing the team. The conversa…

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#105: Chad E Foster on resilience and blind ambition 40:05

12M ago40:05

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Chad Foster is a keynote speaker who became blind at the age of 21 due to an eye condition, retinitis pigmentosa. Chad had a dream as he was growing up to be in the medical field but had to change this due to his eyesight and ended up going to Harvard Business School and became the first executive to graduate from their leadership programme. I feel…

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#104: Fabrice Desmarescaux on How Retreats in Nature Help Leaders Navigate Uncertainty 38:51

1y ago38:51

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Send us a text Fabrice Desmarescaux is a Partner at McKinsey and works with CEO’s and their teams to increase in their performance and effectiveness. He also creates the next generation of leaders working with team members who are not yet on the executive committee. He talks about the benefits of retreats for his clients and how slowing down and be…

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#103 Daniel Astarita on overcoming adversity and innovation in retail 35:05

1y ago35:05

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Send us a text Daniel Astarita is the Managing Director of Kesslers, a business that he bought when it went into administration. He’s also MD of a London-based mannequin business, having bought the assets from another business that had also gone into liquidation. He explains how he took a risk to run the business in a different way. Instead of chas…

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#102: Wendy Dean on leading change without fear 35:57

1+ y ago35:57

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Wendy Dean is the CEO of Strategi Solutions, a business consultancy offering services around people, creative and marketing. She talks about the anxiety that comes when thrust into the uncertainty of major change and how she looks for opportunities and generates new ideas to turn uncertainty into certainty. Wendy reminds us that excitement and fear…

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#101: Todd on quitting alcohol and transforming his health 40:04

1+ y ago40:04

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Send us a text Graham Todd, Co-founder of Spaghetti Agency, a digital marketing company talks about his transformative journey from struggling with alcohol to adopting a healthier lifestyle. He explains the moment he realised how excessive his drinking habits were and how that realisation led him to quit alcohol. Todd explains the positive changes …

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#100: 100th episode of Leading through uncertainty podcast 35:17

1+ y ago35:17

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Show Notes Leading Through Uncertainty podcast celebrates its 100th episode and this time I’m talking about my journey with uncertainty and why we need different skills. I share stories of how I came to talk about uncertainty, how I have led through uncertainty, some of the challenges I’ve faced and how I’ve overcome them. I also share stories of t…

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#99: Julie Chakraverty on using HR tech for employee feedback 37:10

1+ y ago37:10

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Send us a text Julie Chakraverty is the founder of Runway, a platform that facilitates employee feedback in organisations. Julie explains how Runway allows employees to voice concerns either anonymously or openly, ensuring a safe space for dialogue. She explains that the platform is predominantly used by companies undergoing change, with common the…

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#98: Suzi Archer on creating a people-led culture using HR technology 33:36

2y ago33:36

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Send us a text Suzi Archer is the Staff Director at Huler.io, a fast-growing HRtech company. Suzi’s creative approach to HR policies and procedures has resulted in a more human interaction with employees at Huler. By ripping apart the employee handbook, she's created a culture where people can be themselves both inside and outside of work. Suzi sho…

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#97 Anne Shaw on West Midlands transport and leading change 37:15

2+ y ago37:15

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Send us a text Anne Shaw is the Executive Director for Transport For West Midlands. She talks about the challenge of managing a variety of stakeholder groups, from users to transport providers, the government, as well as her own team. She explains that change can be positive or negative for people by how well we engage and include them in the proce…

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#96 Ann Hiatt on failing to learn, insatiable curiosity and psychological safety 33:01

2+ y ago33:01

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Send us a text Ann Hiatt is a Leadership Strategy Consultant working with scale-up companies to create rapid growth. Ann talks about personal and professional change and the skills needed to navigate the uncertainty of change. She advocates a need for an “insatiable curiosity” and draws on her experience of working with Jeff Bezos at Amazon to demo…

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#95 Gillian Bailey from Maintel on hybrid working and stabilising change 38:10

2+ y ago38:10

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Send us a text Gillian Bailey is the Operations Director for Maintel, a technology organisation. We talk about the backdrop of the pandemic, as well as economic and political uncertainty and how all of these impact employees as well as business. Gillian explains how Maintel is handling hybrid working and the challenge of balancing the needs of a bu…

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#94 Tony Langham on reputation management and changing behaviour 36:40

3y ago36:40

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Send us a text Tony Langham is the Executive Chair and co-founder of Lansons, a reputation management and public relations firm based in London and New York. We discuss the importance of approaching reputation management as the way people perceive each other and companies. With an increased focus on ESG, Tony explains how companies need to change t…

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#93 Tara Rule on curiosity, coaching and positive mindset 30:50

3y ago30:50

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Tara Rule is the Senior Director of Commercial Strategy Go to Market and Operations at Adobe, responsible for looking at how Adobe make smart commercial decisions. Tara manages to juggle her full-time role as a director in a fast-paced global business with launching a leadership programme, being a working mum as well as a professional coach. She ta…

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#92 Dr Mersha Aftab on design management and emotional intelligence 40:05

3y ago40:05

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Dr Mersha Aftab is the co-host director for MA Design Management courses at Birmingham City University. She specialises in design leadership within large organisations, exploring how designers design and lead strategically in business. We discuss how designers have a voice and a platform to give them the agency to lead even though they don't have t…

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24: Josh Winfield on technology, talent and innovation 36:31

3y ago36:31

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Josh Winfield is Head of Talent Visa for Tech Nation. Josh works closely with the government and tech businesses to support the immigration of tech talent to drive growth in UK tech businesses. I know Josh from a few years ago when he coached me on the Natwest Entrepreneur Accelerator programme. Josh is smart, forward-thinking and innovative and he…

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23: Jane Fallon on human centred design 32:02

3y ago32:02

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Jane Fallon is Head of Digital for the Midlands for a consultancy firm called Methods that creates human-centred design for the public and private sectors. She talks about the need to start with understanding the needs of the user in order to create digital services that work for humans. Our use of digital is growing exponentially so it’s great to …

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22: Roland Emmans on the uncertainty of disruptive change 36:29

3y ago36:29

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Roland Emmans is the UK Tech Sector Head for HSBC. Roland talks about the uncertainty of disruptive change. He explains that humans are evolving and developing new skills to lead in a digital age, without being technologists themselves. Roland shares his three key skills for the future of leadership and explains the importance of being able to coll…

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#91 Phill Elston on inspiring teamwork, collaboration and radical change 42:39

3y ago42:39

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Phill Elston is Operations Director of Brompton Bicycle and is responsible for leading the manufacturing organisation in the production of the famous Brompton bicycles. Phill joined the company because his values were aligned, and he felt able to express himself. He talks about the importance of being driven not being at the expense of having joy a…

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#90 Sarah Foster on confidence and the environment 33:24

3y ago33:24

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Sarah Foster is the Managing Director of Comply Direct, an environmental consultancy and compliance business. She is also the author of Yabba Dabba Do It, a book on self-confidence. Sarah shares her three steps to self-confidence – Prepare, Do and Review. We also talk about the environment, of course, Sarah’s business is based on it but we also dis…

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21: Chris Blackwell on leadership, technology and the pace of change 38:11

3y ago38:11

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Chris Blackwell is the Founder and CEO of Purpose Led Performance, a consultancy business that works with medium-sized businesses on leadership, growth, performance and sustainability. He is also the co-lead for a tech accelerator, helping technology startups scale and grow as part of Birmingham Tech. Chris is honest about not being a tech native b…

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#89 Rich Horth on the great resignation and recruitment 33:31

3+ y ago33:31

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Rich Horth is Operations Director for Adecco, a large recruitment agency with 80 offices throughout the UK. Rich talks about the great resignation, how that creates a candidate-led market and what that means for employers. With the highest number of vacancies ever seen, Rich talks about the importance for organisations to look after their employees…

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20: Mike Bristow on technology disrupting the property investment market 38:25

3+ y ago38:25

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Mike Bristow is CEO of Crowdproperty, a company using technology to disrupt the property investment market. Mike and his two co-founders were frustrated with how long it took to get investment for property development projects so they created a technology solution to resolve the problem. He explains how they are using technology to drive disruptive…

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