Following the trends in perpetuity. TyphoonTalks is a podcast that analyzes current and emerging business trends and themes. Hosted by Typhoon's staff, the podcasts share insights gained by the firm's consultants during client engagements in the Financial Services; Energy & Utilities; Health & Life Sciences; Telecommunications, Media and Technology; and Retail, Leisure & Transportation sectors. Typhoon's activities in the market identify trends that, when exploited, allow firms to create a s ...
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I am Bob Judson and I spent over 34 years in the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom as a fast-jet pilot and then eventually as a senior leader, retiring from the military in 2015 as an Air Vice-Marshal (2* General). I subsequently transitioned to the corporate world as a consultant at Deloitte, but in 2019 I stepped away from all that and co-founded Leading 4 Life. I am passionate about helping to develop the leadership skills of individuals and teams and that is what this podcast is all ...
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E55 - Personal Stories: Group Captain Typhoon!
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message So it was once again on to bigger and better things! This week's episode sees me move to the role of Group Captain Typhoon, a new job, in a new rank, in a new RAF Headquarters. I was now part of Number 1 Group, which was at that point located in "Bomber Harris' former headquarters build…
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E57 - Guests: Professor Michael Mainelli, Lord Mayor of London
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message It was a great privilege this week to have Professor Michael Mainelli, the 695th and current Lord Mayor of London, as my guest on Leading 4 Life "Stories". Michael has had the most fascinating career, with a host of executive and non-executive roles on his CV, as well as his journey thr…
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E56 - Guests: Rob Pepper, Principal of Art Academy London
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Leading 4 Life "Stories" makes a return to guest interviews this episode with a fascinating session with Rob Pepper, internationally renowned artist and Principal of Art Academy London, a leading higher education art school based in the heart of the city. Rob is the first guest I have h…
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Motivation is critical to success both for you personally and for any teams you may lead. In this thematic episode I share my thoughts on how I think about motivating myself and the teams I have been fortunate enough to lead. What works for you will probably be different to many around …
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E53 - Personal Stories: RAF Strike Command
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message This week’s episode covers the first part of my post squadron command journey and my first (and only!) tour at RAF Strike Command. Being the Head of Briefing & Coordination was a fascinating 18 months that gave me a huge amount of insight into the workings of the highest levels of the R…
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message At the start of the week in which this episode was recorded, the world suffered what was arguably one of the most serious and significant cyber failures yet seen, when a poor quality Crowdstrike software patch caused mayhem in a wide range of industries right across the globe. By pure c…
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E51 - Themes: Communicating with Impact!
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message In this shorter than normal thematic episode, I start a conversation about "Communicating with Impact". There will be further episodes on this topic in the future but, for now, what I wanted to do was highlight some of the key things to think about when you are communicating as a leader…
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E50 - Guests: Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier, Chair of the UK Civil Aviation Authority & Former Chief of the Air Staff
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest this week is Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier, the current Chairman of the UK Civil Aviation Authority, and a former Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Air Force. In another first for Leading 4 Life "Stories", this episode was recorded as an event for The Leaders' Club, w…
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Some recent personal issues have led me to produce this short episode on Family & Friends, largely because I think too many of us neglect these vitally important stakeholders in our lives. I know from my own experience that I could always do better at looking after my personal relations…
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E48 - Personal Stories: Squadron Command!
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message After more than 4 years on the ground, it was time to return to flying and this time as a Squadron Commander! Command of a front-line flying squadron is something that is pretty much at the top of the wish list for every career minded fighter pilot, and I was immensely privileged to tak…
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E47 - Guests: Ralph Arundell, former Army Officer & Henry Arundell, professional rugby player
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message This week's episode is a double first. It is the first time I have interviewed two guests at the same time, and those two guests happen to be father and son with two amazing life stories to share. Ralph Arundell is a former British Army officer with a distinguished career in the infantr…
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E46 - Lifelong Learning and Investing in Yourself
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message In a slight break from normal procedure, I've recorded this episode on video whilst I was on the road with Deloitte University this week. It's shorter than many of my episodes but the content will hopefully resonate with you as it is an important topic. Lifelong learning and taking the …
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E45 - Guests: Matt Lindley, Pilot, Company Founder, & Motivational Speaker
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message As the UK celebrates Pride month, my guest this week is Matt Lindley. Matt is a former RAF pilot who spent the majority of his military time on 32 (The Royal) Squadron at RAF Northolt near London, where he was an instructor pilot and captain on the HS125 VIP transport aircraft. In that …
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message In this episode, I return to my personal RAF journey and share my experience of living in the Saudi Arabian desert whilst commanding the RAF detachment on Operation Southern Watch (to mission to police the southern Iraqi no-fly zone) in 1998. Life in a tented encampment during the Saudi…
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E43 - Guests: Reuben Keith Green, US Navy (Retired)
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest this week is Reuben Keith Green, a former US Navy surface warfare officer and the published author of "Black Officer, White Navy". As the book title suggests, Keith's life in the US Navy was a challenging one and, since leaving the Navy in 1997, he has devoted the majority of h…
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E42 - Personal Stories: The Joy of Flying - Part 2!
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Back in Episode 33 I started giving a full description of some of the aspects of military flying that dominated the flying part of my RAF career. As I got into the episode I realised that I had rather more to say about this than I originally thought and so I didn't get through all the t…
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Trigger Warning! Whilst it doesn't go into detail, this episodes touches on the death of work colleagues and family members including children. With this, my first thematic episode in a while, I address the difficult topic of "Dealing with Adversity!" Whether personal or professional, r…
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest this week is Mary Walter, a TV and radio broadcast personality, and a podcast host, based in New Jersey, USA. Mary and I have known each other for many years and I was really keen to tap into her Talk Radio experience to get some new perspectives not only on her own career and …
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message In some respects ground tours or "flying a desk" are the things that aircrew are conditioned to dislike the most; however, as you will hear in this episode, that wasn't really the case for me and, although I always loved flying, I also thoroughly enjoyed my time on the ground. This epis…
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E38 - Guests: Juliet Kennedy, Former Operations Director at National Air Traffic Services
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message I am delighted to be joined this week by Juliet Kennedy. Juliet very recently completed more than 8 years as the Operations Director at National Air Traffic Services, the capstone of an entire 43 year career within the world of Air Traffic Control. Juliet speaks very candidly about her …
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E37 - Guests: Nick Anderson, Former RAF pilot and Senior Captain with Virgin Atlantic
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest this week is Nick Anderson. Nick is one of my original flying instructors from my own time in the Royal Air Force's flying training system, and spent his whole working life in the world of aviation. He spent 19 years in the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot and advanced flying…
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E36 - Guests: Liz McConaghy, the "Chinook Crew Chick"!
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message It was an absolute pleasure to interview the effervescent and award winning Liz McConaghy for this week's episode. Author of the outstanding autobiographical book "Chinook Crew Chick", Liz is the longest serving female Chinook crewman, and during her 17 year RAF career, she completed an…
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E35 - Guests: Bishop Graham James, Former Bishop of Norwich
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message This episode is being published on Easter Sunday 2024 so an interview with a senior figure in the Church of England seemed highly appropriate, and I am delighted that my guest for this episode is Bishop Graham James, the former Bishop of Norwich. Bishop Graham and I first met back in 20…
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E34 - Guests: John Volanthen GM, Cave Explorer and Cave Rescue Expert
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message I feel immensely privileged to have had the opportunity to interview John Volanthen for Leading 4 Life "Stories". His name might not be immediately familiar to you but I am sure that the cave rescue of the 12 children and their football coach from a flooded cave in Northern Thailand in …
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E33 - Personal Stories: The Joy of Flying - Part 1!
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Flying has been a huge part of my life and career and in this personal stories episode I do my best bring some elements of that to life for those that have never had the good fortune to experience military flying in any form. It's very much my personal recollections of what I have flown…
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E32 - Guests: Mandy Hickson, RAF Tornado Pilot, Author, Keynote Speaker
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message This week's episode was a real joy for me as it is an interview with fellow fast-jet pilot and former RAF Officer, Mandy Hickson. Mandy was one of the very first women to go through RAF flying training and was the second female Tornado GR4 pilot. She had an extremely active 17 year RAF …
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message In this thematic episode I address the vitally important topic of "Hearts & Minds"! This is such a crucial element of leadership, as without the support of, and proper engagement with your team, you will always struggle to succeed as a leader. I cover a wide range of topics that I belie…
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E30 - Personal Stories: Operations Over Iraq!
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message During both my first command tour as a flight commander on Number 54 (Fighter) Squadron (covered in Episode 27), and subsequently during my squadron command tour as the Officer Commanding Number 6 Squadron, I spent a good deal of time flying on operational reconnaissance missions in the…
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E29 - Guests: Steven Moore, Former US Congressional Chief of Staff and President of the Ukraine Freedom Project
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message This week, Leading 4 Life Stories goes international and my guest is Steven Moore, a former US Congressional Chief of Staff, and now President of the Ukraine Freedom Project. Steven is a highly experienced political strategist, international social entrepreneur and public opinion resear…
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E28 - Guests: Chief Constable Jo Shiner, Chief Constable of Sussex Police
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest this week is Chief Constable Jo Shiner, the ninth Chief Constable of Sussex Police and the first female officer to hold the role. Jo is a career police officer having served for over 30 years initially in Norfolk and Kent before moving to Sussex as the Deputy Chief Constable in…
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Having returned to the RAF after my exchange tour with the German Air Force, this personal stories episode reflects on some of the aspects of my first command tour as a Flight Commander on Number 54 (Fighter) Squadron at RAF Coltishall. Returning to the Jaguar in this more senior role w…
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E26 - Themes: Teamwork - Trust, Empowerment & Delegation!
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message In this thematic episode I tackle a set of topics that crop up a lot when I do leadership development training with groups and individuals. Using some examples of what I have learnt along my own journey, I provide a range of thoughts, tips and techniques that should help leaders to deve…
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E25 - Guests: Steve Brown, Futurist, AI Expert, Entrepreneur and Author
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message This week is a little different to normal as I combine a thematic issue with a guest interview and discuss the whole topic of Artificial Intelligence with Steve Brown. Steve is a leading expert on generative AI, autonomous AI assistants, digital transformation, the future of work, and h…
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E24 - Guests: Jonathan Bowman-Perks, Podcast Host and Executive Coach
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message This week's guest is Jonathan Bowman-Perks, a fellow podcast host and coach with a long and extremely successful track record in both. Jonathan is a former Army officer who had a long and distinguished career before moving to the private sector. Since he made that jump, his career has g…
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message With this first episode of Season 2 of the podcast, I return to the personal stories and give an account of my time on an exchange posting flying the RF4E Phantom with the German Air Force, the Luftwaffe. It was a fascinating time not least because of the political changes that occurred…
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message Given that I strongly suspect you will have better things to do than listen to me on New Year's Eve when this podcast becomes available, I have made it a reasonably short episode and focused on providing a review of 2023 and this first season of Leading 4 Life "Stories". The episode pro…
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E21 - Themes: Gratitude & Keeping In Touch
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message As this episode goes live on Christmas Eve 2023, I thought I would keep it very short and to the point. I have had a good deal of time to personally reflect over the past couple of weeks and that thinking time has allowed me to focus on some things that are hugely important at this time…
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E20 - Guests: General Sir Richard Barrons, Former Commander of UK Joint Forces Command
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message This week's guest is General Sir Richard Barrons, the former Commander of Joint Forces Command (one of the 6 UK Chiefs of Staff) and now the Co-Chairman of Universal Defence & Security Solutions, alongside a portfolio of other private sector roles. Richard commanded at every level in th…
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message This might just be the most important episode of this podcast I have released to date because it tackles the vitally important topic of "work / life balance". In my experience this is something that is very regularly talked about, especially by very busy people but also much too often e…
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E18 - Personal Stories: Reconnaissance
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message At the conclusion of a short first operational flying tour at RAF Brüggen in Germany, this episode discusses my move to RAF Laarbruch, another Germany base, and my transition to the reconnaissance role. As a now "experienced" Jaguar pilot, this was a pivotal point in my career since rec…
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E17 - Guests: Komeil Alibai, Founder & CEO of MYKA Holdings
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest this week is Komeil Alibai, founder and CEO of MYKA Holdings, a private equity and venture capital business focusing on clients from a variety of industries. Komeil has a fascinating personal and business background and shares some terrific insights during the interview. He and…
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E16 - Guests: Howard Wheeldon, Commentator, Broadcaster and Analyst
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest this week is Howard Wheeldon, who is best known as a political / defence commentator and analyst in recent years, but who had a fascinating and long career prior to moving into that realm. It was a really interesting and wide ranging discussion, which highlights Howards extreme…
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E15 - Guests: Baroness Dido Harding, Former Executive Chair of NHS Test & Trace, & Chief Executive of Talk Talk Telecom Group
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest this week is Baroness Dido Harding, who is probably best known for her role as the Executive Chair of NHS Test & Trace during the Covid-19 pandemic, and for her role as the CEO of Talk Talk when they went through a significant cyber attack. However, there is much more to Dido t…
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message I am conscious that in last week's episode I covered a lot of ground and didn't always provide a lot of detail. As such, in this episode I blend some personal flying stories with the theme of "Attention to Detail". I talk through the challenge of mastering the detail required to safely …
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message With this episode I continue the personal story of my flying career and discuss the completion of my training on the Jaguar Operational Conversion Unit and the move to the RAF front-line on 17(F) and then 14 Squadron at RAF Brüggen in Germany. As you will hear, this was a really pivotal…
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E12 - Guests: Lord Mark Sedwill, Former Cabinet Secretary, Head of the UK Civil Service & National Security Advisor
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest this week is Lord Mark Sedwill, former Cabinet Secretary, Head of the UK Civil Service and National Security Advisor. Mark had an amazing public sector career in the UK Diplomatic and Civil Service and is now on his next chapter with a portfolio of big private sector roles. His…
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E11 - Guests: Rear Admiral James Morse, President & CEO of the Rabdan Academy, United Arab Emirates
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest for this episode is Rear Admiral James Morse RN(Retd), the President and CEO of the Rabdan Academy in the United Arab Emirates. James and I know each other well from our military days having been at the Royal College of Defence Studies together back in 2007. He subsequently com…
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest for this episode is Jenna Littler, former Senior Vice President at Burberry and now an independent consultant and advisor to the fashion, beauty and luxury goods industries. Jenna has had already had an amazingly diverse and highly successful career and, by the time she left Bu…
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E9 - Guests: Interview with Philipp Nattermann, Senior Partner & CFO at McKinsey & Company
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message My guest for this episode is Philipp Nattermann, a Senior Partner and CFO at McKinsey & Company. Having originally been born in East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Philipp started his working life as an academic in the USA, Philipp joined McKinsey in 1999 and has been there…
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E8 - Themes: Personal Resilience & Self Care
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I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text Message With this episode I return to thematic issues and focus on personal resilience and self care. I chose to cover this theme now partly because of the recent World Suicide Prevention Day, but also because I recently delivered a workshop on this topic to a client and it landed really well, …
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