The Evolving Leader

This week on the Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Scott Allender and Jean Gomes talk to Sam Gilbert, expert in data-driven marketing, entrepreneur and researcher. Sam was employee number one and Chief Marketing Officer at Bought By Many, the multi-award winning fintech ranked No. 13 in The Sunday Times TechTrack100 and prior to that held the position of Head of Strategy and Development at Experian. Aged 39, Sam changed course and returned to university to rethink the role of data in our future. Sam is author of ‘Good Data: An Optimist’s Guide to Our Digital Future’ (Welbeck, 2021). Social:Instagram           @evolvingleaderLinkedIn             The Evolving Leader PodcastTwitter               @Evolving_LeaderSend a message to The Evolving Leader team

This week on the Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender talk to transformation consultant, keynote speaker, author, host of the Innovation Show and retired internal rugby player Aidan McCullen about how he transformed himself from unpromising athlete into successful international rugby player, and then into a digital business leader and thought leader.Undisruptable: A Mindset of Permanent Reinvention for Individuals, Organisations and Life (Wiley, 2021)Social:Instagram           @evolvingleaderLinkedIn             The Evolving Leader PodcastTwitter               @Evolving_LeaderSend a message to The Evolving Leader team

If you could, would you want to live to 200?This week our co-hosts Scott Allender and Jean Gomes talk to longevity investor, author and visionary Sergey Young whose lifelong mission is to ‘help people live long, healthy and happy lives’. Sergey Young is the founder of the $100M Longevity Vision fund and also innovation board member at the XPRIZE foundation. His book ‘The Science and Technology of Growing Young’ is published in August 2021 by BenBella Books. Social:Instagram           @evolvingleaderLinkedIn             The Evolving Leader PodcastTwitter               @Evolving_LeaderSend a message to The Evolving Leader team

Sit back and listen as hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender talk to Jonas Ridderstråle, one of the world’s most exciting business thinkers, speaker and author. Hear his reflections on Covid and how leaders can avoid being paralyzed by data as things change – how to combine decisive action with emotional conviction. Social:Instagram           @evolvingleaderLinkedIn             The Evolving Leader PodcastTwitter               @Evolving_LeaderSend a message to The Evolving Leader team

This week our guest on the Evolving Leader is multi-award winning global diversity, equity and inclusion leader, keynote speaker and author Sheree Atcheson. Working in organisations across the globe, Sheree Atcheson helps leaders create accountability driven inclusive cultures and is also the author of the best seller Demanding More (Kogan Page).Social:Instagram           @evolvingleaderLinkedIn             The Evolving Leader PodcastTwitter               @Evolving_LeaderSend a message to The Evolving Leader team

Robert Swan is a polar environmentalist, author and founder of 2041, a company that is dedicated to the preservation of Antarctica. The year 2041 is hugely important as it marks the end of a 50 year treaty that was signed by almost every nation designating Antarctica as ‘a natural reserve land for science and peace’ as well as placing a ban on mining and mineral exploration for that period. Each year, Robert takes groups of climate scientists, business leaders and students to see first hand the effects of climate change on the region. Sit back and listen as Robert shares what he has learnt about leadership, and his mission to increase awareness and create a community of leaders willing to take action. https://2041foundation.org/Social:Instagram           @evolvingleaderLinkedIn             The Evolving Leader PodcastTwitter               @Evolving_LeaderSend a message to The Evolving Leader team

This week, Evolving Leader hosts Scott Allender and Jean Gomes speak to Eric Berger, space journalist and author of Lift Off (HarperCollins, 2021). Eric Berger has had exclusive access to many of the past and present members of the SpaceX team, so sit back and listen as he gives us a thrilling account of how Elon Musk took SpaceX from shaky start-up in 2002 into the world's leading space company in 2021. Social:Instagram           @evolvingleaderLinkedIn             The Evolving Leader PodcastTwitter               @Evolving_LeaderSend a message to The Evolving Leader team

In this episode of the Evolving Leader, co-hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender talk to John Kay, one of the world’s leading economists, whose life’s work is focused on the relationship between economics and businesses.  Together with Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank of England, he wrote Radical Uncertainty about the impoverished approach many economists and business strategists take regarding risk in the face of uncertainty.  In this conversation we get a wealth of insight about the judgement challenges facing leaders today and into the future. "Radical Uncertainty: Decision-making for an unknowable future", John Kay and Mervyn King (2020)Social:Instagram           @evolvingleaderLinkedIn             The Evolving Leader PodcastTwitter               @Evolving_LeaderSend a message to The Evolving Leader team

During this bonus episode of the Evolving Leader podcast, guest Emma Sinclair talks to Jean Gomes about her current focus, understanding how teams work (and don't work) and her goal which is to help teams thrive. During this study, Emma has identified several core components that are required for effective teaming, and describes active listening as being foundational for human connection and productive interactions. So why then is it so difficult for most people?  Social:Instagram           @evolvingleaderLinkedIn             The Evolving Leader PodcastTwitter               @Evolving_LeaderSend a message to The Evolving Leader team

This week we talk to performance advisor, author and researcher Don Schmincke who believes that most management ideas fail because of human biology. Listen as Don shares the findings from his research and his belief that while many well respected books, theories and tools that leaders take into their organisations may well have a positive impact on the bottom line, the way to deliver the greatest impact is to alter human belief.    Social:Instagram           @evolvingleaderLinkedIn             The Evolving Leader PodcastTwitter               @Evolving_LeaderSend a message to The Evolving Leader team