Business Without Bullsh-t

Welcome to this week's episode of BWB Extra where we continue our conversation with Ben Thompson, CEO and Co-Founder of Employment Hero. We take a deeper look at how and why Ben started Employment Hero, the journey he's been on to build it into a billion dollar company and the vision he has for both its future and his own. We also discuss his views on the adoption of a fully remote working practice and why he believes it's going to lead the charge with revolutionising employment on a global scale.Welcome to Becoming A Hero.Powered by Oury Clark.

Our returning guest this week is Ben Thompson , CEO and Co-Founder of Employment Hero.A Bachelor of Economics and Law, Ben spent several years working in the banking & finance industry in Sydney before he moved to London at the peak of the dot com boom, and it was there that he realised his true passion was in combining business and technology to create innovative new companies.Ben returned to Australia in 2002 to start an employment law firm and since then has grown his business into an international group of companies that share a common goal, “To permanently improve the way employment is managed by making it easier and more rewarding for everyone.” These companies include Employment Innovations, Power2Motivate, Global Reward Solutions, Keypay and Employment Hero.Check out Ben Thompson's recommendations:All In Podcast"Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton“The Dream” by Alt-J Powered by Oury Clark.

We continue our conversation with Author and Mentor Jerry Hyde and dig deeper into the roots of Jerry's recent documentary "Make Me A Man" where members of Jerry's male therapy groups are interviewed to show what conscious masculinity looks like. We also hear about how Jerry's approach to therapy practice differs between male and female clients and discuss the much broader topic of gender stereotypes, their place in society and whether they're still valid in today's world. Powered by Oury Clark

Jerry Hyde, dubbed as “the most dangerous therapist in the world” joins us this week on BWB.With 25 years clinical experience, Jerry rejects many of the conventionally held views of mainstream psychotherapy. An outspoken advocate of shamanic plant medicines, he believes for some people, a combination of deep psychotherapeutic work and psychedelic entheogens is the best way to bring real, lasting and positive transformation to their lives.Jerry works with couples and individuals, leads the largest men’s group practice in the UK, is a best-selling author, podcaster and has recently co-made his first film “Make Me A Man” - a documentary which aims to inspire men to be open with their emotions and share their story.Check out Jerry Hyde's recommendations:Joe Rogan PodcastFear and Loathing in Las Vegas Exile on Mainstreet Powered by Oury Clark.

**Zoom quality guest audio in this episode**Our guest this week is Vijay Pravin Maharajan, Founder & CEO of bitsCrunch, a Blockchain Analytics company based in Munich focusing on securing the NFT ecosystem. Vijay’s previous experiences include working at Siemens, Volkswagen and Telefónica in Germany, and is also the first Indian to be a 3 times TedX speaker in Germany.He’s been awarded as ‘Top 40 Data Scientists under 40’ in India and nominated as “20+ Inspiring Data Scientists to follow” by AI Time Journal USA, all of which has been fuelled by a passion for Blockchain, NFT, Data Analytics, Data Science, Machine Learning and AI.All things NFT this week. Strap in and press play.BWB is powered by Oury Clark.

**Zoom quality guest audio in this episode**We continue our conversation with Andy Hawkins CPO of Business On Purpose who breaks down what it takes to become a B Corp. He unpacks the mission and process and explains the 5 metrics used to measure a business's quality of activity, as well as giving some surprising cases in point. What types of businesses should consider becoming B Corp? Do you need the full certification to be recognised as one? Where do you go and how do you start?Welcome to Mission: B Corp.Powered by Oury Clark.

We continue to our mission to demystify the complex world of Sustainability in conversation with Andy Hawkins, founder and Chief Purpose Officer of Business on Purpose whose aim is to empower people to do more business on purpose, as a force for good, for people, planet and profit.Andy’s been working with companies and clients for more than 20 years helping them transform the way they work using technology. He also spent 5 years working on community development in Africa and a further 5 years in environmental services too, experiences which equipped him to help clients assess and improve their Environmental, Social and Governance culture aka ESG. Get your green cape on, strap in and press play."Let My People Go Surfing" by Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia"The Fourth Bottom Line: Flourishing in the era of compassionate leadership" by Paul Hargreaves of Cotswold Fayre"Start with Why" by Simon SinekPowered by Oury Clark.

How do you know if a product has been sustainably produced? How do you even measure it? How do we approach affecting this change globally? we continue our conversation with Austin Simms, Co-Founder and COO of Dayrize who are on a mission to create a new approach to sustainable shopping online. Welcome to Scoring Sustainability.Powered by Oury Clark.

Up next as part of our Sustainability Special series is Austin Simms, Co-Founder and COO at Dayrize - a new approach to sustainable shopping online making it easy and enjoyable to buy goods that do good.After 20+ years spent working in senior marketing positions at major corporations around the world, Austin had a desire to use his skills to address climate change. With a strong marketing background, he believed that putting the power in consumer's hands was important to make real change and recognized that the first point of call was to change consumer access to information in order to make better decisions, which is why he co-founded Dayrize in 2021 and developed the Dayrize Score tool.Austin believes commerce and sustainability are linked, and ultimately, business needs to be a major catalyst for addressing climate change.Pull up a chair and don't forget your notepad.Check out Austin Simms' recommendations:Rich Roll podcastThe Economist podcastHumankind: A hopeful historyPowered by Oury Clark.

Welcome to this week’s special episode of BWB where we’re joined by Kyrre Haugan, General Manager of the NBCC.We were lucky enough to recently attend their marvellous 115th Anniversary event where we managed to persuade Kyrre to let us record a special version of Business vs. Bullsh*t, on the ground, with guests who were attending the event, which, let’s say, became more and more colourful as the night progressed. In this episode we shall be playing the night’s recordings alongside hearing from Kyrre him about all things NBCC and find out how much Andy ended up paying for his charity auction bid!Loads of fun in this one, all for a good cause. Pull up a chair and press play.BWB is powered by Oury Clark.