Culture de-cooded
Charlie Coode
A collaboration between Coode and Culture15, intended to highlight the best in thought leadership and effective implementation on the topic of organisational culture.
Culture de-cooded is a series of interviews where prominent leaders, culture practioners and thinkers from a range of fields are asked to reflect on their personal journeys and that of their organisations.
Whether you are starting a business, leading a team or organistation, or you are just interested in how organisations succeed or fail, there's something here for you - we hope you enjoy listening.
Culture de-cooded is a series of interviews where prominent leaders, culture practioners and thinkers from a range of fields are asked to reflect on their personal journeys and that of their organisations.
Whether you are starting a business, leading a team or organistation, or you are just interested in how organisations succeed or fail, there's something here for you - we hope you enjoy listening.
Episodes
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Feb 5, 2024 • 42min
Chris Jones, CEO at BMJ
In this episode, Charlie speaks with Chris Jones, CEO at BMJ.Chris talks about his experience of joining BMJ in lockdown, BMJ's role in the pandemic and the role Purpose plays in guiding decision-making and priorities. Chris also frankly shares his lessons from his own leadership journey.https://www.bmj.com/company/Chapters00:00:00-Welcome to Episode 200:01:42-Chris's role and background 00:03:19-Becoming CEO during covid 00:10:16-The evolution of BMJ 00:15:11-The impact of purpose & balancing commercial goals00:18:15-Implementing an impact framework to evidence the work of BMJ00:23:03-Cultural transformation at BMJ & the role of leadership00:29:30-If BMJ was an animal, which would it be? 00:31:31-The role of a CEO in shaping culture00:40:33-Chris's personal leadership journey in a song DISCLAIMER - we apologise for the poor quality of this audio and assure you that all future episodes will be better!A collaboration between Coode and Culture15, intended to highlight the best in thought leadership and effective implementation on the topic of organisational culture.
Jan 10, 2024 • 1h 12min
Sam Galsworthy, Co-Founder of Sipsmith Gin
In this first episode of The Culture de-cooded podcast, Charlie talks with Sam Galsworthy, founder of Sipsmith Gin.Sam talks about his journey as an entrepreneur, the founding story of Sipsmith and the development of the business and its culture through the early stages, rapid growth and acquisition by Beam Suntory.Throughout, Sam is candid and personal in his reflections on leadership, culture and growing a market-defining business.https://sipsmith.com/Chapters00:00:00-Welcome to Episode 100:01:37-Introduction to Sam's Career & the drinks industry00:07:50-The idea of Sipsmith Gin 00:10:10-Taking the plunge, starting a business & changing the law00:16:38-The roots of Culture 00:27:23-The evolution of Sipsmith, growth & tension 00:33:35-Successful chaos & the development of culture through language & behaviour00:42:00-Acquisition by Beam Suntory, the reduction of chaos & culture shift00:48:00-Reflection on the journey, experiences in lockdown & the ministry of fun 00:57:07-Becoming a B-Corp & looking to the future01:09:10-Sam's leadership journey in a song A collaboration between Coode and Culture15, intended to highlight the best in thought leadership and effective implementation on the topic of organisational culture.
