The G&T Sessions

Anna Faelten is a Partner at EY, and Head of TMT corporate finance team in the UK. Anna is originally from Sweden, but has spent a number of years working in and around the City of London with time in Academia at Cass Business School, but her real passion is data, tech and deals. She describes herself as a Tech Banker, and is a published Author Why Deals Fail and How to Rescue Them : M&A lessons for business success. Anna is also the #EY sponsoring partner for Diversity and Inclusion which involves leading how the organisation truly celebrates and supports the development of the gifts, talents and superpowers of all the people, internally as well as her clients. Very enjoyable episode and thank you to Anna. LinkedIn:  http://linkedin.com/in/anna-faelten Twitter: @annafaelten Why Deals Fail and How to Rescue Them: M&A lessons for business success https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781254532/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_6HCA07F1C194WTHY6BHX

Samuel P.N. Cook graduated from West Point in 2000. He went on to become a U.S. Armoured Cavalry Officer where he served as the Regimental Adjutant for Colonel H.R. McMaster in the Battle of Tal Afar in 2005-2006 that was cited by President Bush as a turning point in the war. With a front row seat to history, Sam was responsible for the media messaging and writing the history of this campaign. In 2007, Sam returned to Iraq as the commander of Crazyhorse Troop, 1st Squadron, 3d Armoured Cavalry Regiment where he was cited in the Washington Post and Tom Rick’s best-selling book on Iraq for his novel counterinsurgency strategy that combined tribal negotiations and police trained parole system for a mass surrender. When he returned from Iraq in 2008, Sam went on to get a Masters in Russian and Ukrainian history at New York University’s Jordan Center for Slavic Studies. He then went on to teach history at West Point from 2010-2013. Sam founded James Cook Media in 2013 after leaving the army. The company is a storytelling marketing agency that focuses on growing then brands of authors and experts around the world. Here he created the StoryMatters mini-course with over 100,000 subscribers as well as the StoryMatters Podcast. in 2019, he founded SanityDesk, a full-stack software solution for experts and small service businesses to launch and manage their business online. SanityDesk is funded by Angel investors and is rapidly becoming an innovative solution for savvy marketing professionals who help small business owners grow their brand online. Great episode with Sam and know you will enjoy! Learn more about Story Matters https://StoryMattersacademy.com/stda-sf-2 Learn about SanityDesk https://SanityDesk.com

Everyone is now starting to realise the implications of AI on our daily lives. Maria knows more than anyone, in her role as Responsible AI and AI for Good Lead at PwC. She is based in London, but working globally leading the implementation of ethics in AI for the firm while partnering with industry, academia, governments, NGO and civil society, to harness the power of AI in an ethical and responsible manner. Maria acknowledges the benefits and risks in many walks of life for organisations and citizens. She has played a crucial part in the development and set-up of PwC’s UK AI Center of Excellence, the firm’s AI strategy and most recently the development of PwC’s Responsible AI toolkit, firms methodology for embedding ethics in AI. Maria is a globally recognised AI ethics expert, a Advisory Board member of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on AI, member of BSI/ISO & IEEE AI standard groups, a Fellow of the RSA and an advocate for gender diversity, children and youth rights in the age of AI. Enjoy this journey into AI and hope you learn something that helps you. Thank you Maria for joining the show. Twitter https://twitter.com/maria_axente LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariaaxente/

Tendayi Viki is an author and corporate innovation expert. As Associate Partner at Strategyzer, he helps companies innovate for the future while managing their core business. He has written three books; Pirates In The Navy, The Corporate Startup and The Lean Product Lifecycle. He previously served as Director of Product Lifecycle at Pearson, where he co-developed an innovation framework that won the Best Innovation Program 2015 at the Corporate Entrepreneur Awards in New York. Tendayi has been shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Innovation Award and was named on the Thinkers50 2018 Radar List for emerging management thinkers to watch. He is also a regular contributor at Forbes. This was our first Episode from Africa as Tendayi is currently in Zimbabwe, and hope you enjoy !! Understanding more about Tendayi Website: https://tendayiviki.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tendayiviki/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tendayiviki

Ismail has decades of experience in helping Fortune 500 companies through his work with IBM, Accenture, Capco and Capita. Ismail is currently chief growth officer at Capita, a non exec board member for UK Sports and on the board of governors at the University of London. He recently released his first book..’from incremental to Exponential’. Ismail and I had a great time on this episode given our Northern roots and great to hear the journey and advice to help people on their journey. Enjoy ! Twitter @ismailamla Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/ismail-amla-b981891/ Link to Ismail's First Book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Incremental-Exponential-Vivek-Wadhwa/dp/1523089563/

Following his time in the music business with the 80s band Scritti Politti Tom has developed a truly artistic way of living where every experience leads him to the humorous uncovering of some universal truth. He turns his disasters and successes into stand-up comedy for conference audiences. 40 years onstage, first behind a drum kit then being the multi-talented front man for whole troupes of performers earned him the name ‘The Rockstar Activator’. Instant Teamwork is both Tom’s speciality and the name of his company. Teambuilding, be it drumming or harmony singing is all very energising on the day but how do you make that bonded feeling sustainable. Tom has devoted the last 20 years to answering that question and he turns up with a customised set of tools he is passionate about sharing. Fascinated by the creative process Tom is passionate about sharing what he’s learned about art, rhythm and harmony over the past 65 years. From playing kit drums with the Art School band Scritti Politti in his 20s, through songwriting in his 30s, to studying psychology and facilitation in his 40s, Tom eventually set up Instant Teamwork International in his 50s. Equally at home challenging a global board of directors as he is when inspiring a local charity group, Tom has an experienced and humorous approach, which puts people at ease immediately. His down-to-earth belief that people can achieve great things when they overcome their natural fears, has empowered thousands of individuals to work together effectively. Tom’s style, developed working with teams as small as five to groups of five thousand during the last decade, ignites people’s curiosity. His own enjoyment of the creative process is an irresistible invitation for us to leave our comfort zones for a while and join him on his journey. And, of course, we expand our horizons on the way. This was a very entertaining episode and hope you enjoy listening and watching on your favourite platform. Enjoy! https://twitter.com/TomMorley https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommorleyrockstar/ https://www.instagram.com/_tommorley_/ https://www.facebook.com/tommorleyspeaker/ https://tommorley.com/

We are joined by Ravi, son of 2 Indian immigrants, raised in #EastLondon, a graduate of #KingsCollegeLondon & @CASSBusiness and Co-Founder & CEO of #FourPointsConsulting. Having worked as an employee, a supplier & an advisor to over 30 organisations, Ravi has a fascination with businesses that show up with Conscience and Purpose and he’s now on a mission to spread the word that businesses are, and can be a #ForceForGood. Our conversation meanders around topics such as the good and bad sides of tech, on being #Stoic, the immense power of #GEculture & finding #Ikigai. Linked-In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raviraifourpoints/ Twitter: @ravifpc Podcast: www.goodbusinesstalking.com E-mail: ravi@fourpoints.net Ravi’s favourite links to finding out more about conscious businesses:  https://www.instituteforcorporatetransformation.com/ https://www.consciouscapitalism.org/ https://bcorporation.net/ https://fortune.com/topic/leadership-next/

We are joined by Denis Tudor, CEO & Co-Founder of Swisspod Technologies and based in #lausanne #switzerland the lucky man. Denis has had a very interesting journey already from his origins in #Romania to #SiliconValley, entering a competition by forming a "project team" over Reddit, Inc. then winning multiple awards for his team's work that have contributed significantly to moving the #Hyperloop phenomenon for efficient, safe travel to a new level. He's even been hanging out with a certain Mr. Musk, whoever he is? ;) Denis and his Swisspod Technologies team are on an amazing mission and journey and this was a very enjoyable episode with a very inspiring CEO who knows what he wants and you get the distinct impression he will get there very soon. Enjoy! www.swisspod.ch

Bill is an economist at heart, who now consults, speaks, writes and has a strong point of view about how to connect the dots between the economy and business. He charted his own course to being an #Economist from an early age and after his Ph.D. at Duke University went into business with First Interstate. He writes for Forbes besides is an author of The Flexible Stance, Thriving in a Boom/Bust Economy [link below]. Bill and I met last year after one of his posts in Forbes about forecasting the future struck me with its impact and thought. So pleased to spend time with Bill on this episode and if you listen to the end he makes some great predictions about 1, 5, 10, and 25 years out from today. Enjoy! Website: www.ConerlyConsulting.com Forbes: blogs.Forbes.com/BillConerly Book: www.TheFlexibleStance.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/businomics

Daniel Marcos is the co-founder and CEO of Growth Institute, the leading online executive education company for C-level executives at fast-growing firms. He is a keynote speaker and a CEO Coach, with a mission to help 1 million entrepreneurs scale their impact and reduce drama in the process. He is a member of YPO and EO and is a certified coach in the Scaling Up methodology. He is a graduate of EO’s premiere CEO program, the “Birthing of Giants”, and he holds a BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering from ITESM (Monterrey Tech) and an MBA from Babson College.  Daniel was an early entrepreneur. He started a t-shirt business at the age of eight and then partnered with a car detailing franchise to provide cleaning services throughout his high school years. In the year 2000, he built an online trading business that was acquired within six months by what was Argentina's largest financial player at the time. Daniel’s next business launched just before the untimely crash of the financial markets in 2008. His business was shut down and Daniel took on $1 million in debt. Despite the recent setback, Daniel had an abundance of experience and successes under his belt and had recently been recognised in Expansion Magazine's “30 under 30”. As a serial entrepreneur, Daniel quickly realised that CEOs are often the bottleneck of the company. In the same way that you can’t solve a problem without first elevating your mindset, a business can’t evolve beyond what the CEO can handle.  Daniel partnered with Verne Harnish in 2012 to bring executive training to the masses. What was once reserved for a small niche of wealthy companies is now available to all CEOs and their executive teams. In less than a decade, Growth Institute has been recognised among the top 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the USA, with over 40,000 members across 64 countries. Great episode with Daniel, and look forward to the trip to South America in 2022 along with Alejandro Canonero. Enjoy! Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/danielmarcos/ Website: danielmarcos.co/  Daniel's Impact X methodology on how to build a personal CEO system mentioned during the Episode https://hubs.ly/H0F7Kl60