Performance People

John Amaechi is an organisational psychologist, best-selling author and founder of APS Intelligence, which helps businesses create high performance ethical workplace cultures. He was also the first Brit to play basketball in the NBA. One of the UK’s most influential intellectuals, John went from the school gym to the NBA in just nine years before shifting focus to psychology and business, while passionately advocating for some of society's underrepresented minorities.Alongside John is his best friend, long time collaborator and CEO of APS Intelligence, Peter Carroll. Peter is a qualified medical clinician turned business leader and now boss of the business which John founded. Together, they discuss the racism that John is regularly confronted with, why he can only lose if he chooses to fight back, tactics for how to subvert emotions to win in the long run, the need for a full time commitment to your principles and why it’s important to know the difference between feathers and bricks.This four way conversation was recorded on 9th August 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to a new series from Performance People where Ben + Georgie breakdown the conversations they’ve had and work out how to integrate some of the insights into their lives, and yours.This week they debate the five year plan versus a longer term business view, a debate kick-started by George Bamford, founder of Bamford Watch Department and his wife and My Baba founder Leo Bamford. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

George Bamford is the owner of Bamford Watch Department, Bamford London and one of the heirs to the JCB fortune. Encouraged to go it alone by his father, George had a backstage pass as parents, Anthony and Carole Bamford developed flourishing global businesses, while his watch customisation firm has been disrupting its own sector for 20 years.Alongside George is Leo Bamford, co-founder of, My Baba, a pregnancy and parenting website.Together, they discuss George’s quest to discover his own business path after being, ‘born into the lottery’, how they have both harnessed their neurodiversity as a superpower, why George has had to renounce ‘punk’ entrepreneurship and the one change he’d like to see at JCB. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to a new series from Performance People where Ben + Georgie breakdown the conversations they’ve had and work out how to integrate some of the insights into their lives, and yours.This week we’ve got Ex-England Captain Chris Robshaw and his wife, Camilla Kerslake, England's best selling soprano. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former Harlequins and England flanker Chris Robshaw has enjoyed the highs of a Six Nations grand slam and endured the lows of captaining England to their worst World Cup performance, winning 66 caps along the way, 43 as captain.Alongside Chris is classical singer, Camilla Kerslake. Nominated in 2010 for Classic Brit Awards Album of the Year, Camilla is England’s best selling soprano.Together, they talk about Chris’ comeback from the destructive impact of England’s early exit from the 2015 Rugby World Cup, how her early days in the music industry left Camilla broken and why she had to put a cap on Chris’ sulking time. This four way conversation was recorded on 24th August 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to a new series from Performance People where Ben + Georgie breakdown the conversations they’ve had and work out how to integrate some of the insights into their lives, and yours.This week we’ve got Hollywood superstar Stanley Tucci and his friend and personal trainer, Monique Eastwood.For the avoidance of doubt, this conversation was recorded before the writers and actors strikes began in America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First up for Season 3 of Performance People is a Hollywood movie star and his personal trainer. For the avoidance of doubt, this conversation was recorded before the writers and actors strikes began in America.Stanley Tucci is an actor, filmmaker, author and presenter. He has starred in blockbuster films such as The Devil Wears Prada and The Hunger Games. More recently, he’s gathered a huge following as a cocktail-making Instagram sensation and as a foodie through his TV series, Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy. Joining Stanley is Monique Eastwood, a U.K. based personal trainer. As well as Stanley, she has trained some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, including Anne Hathaway, Sam Rockwell and Emily Blunt.They talk about how they used exercise to help Stanley recover from illness, Stanley shares his solution to the ‘worst’ catered food on movie sets and we discover why we've all been getting Spaghetti Bolognese wrong.This four way conversation was recorded on 12th May 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What can you learn about performance in about 10 minutes from the best in sport, entertainment, business and politics?Performance Hacks gives you two great performance tips you can apply to everyday life from each of our Performance People podcast guests.In this episode, double Olympic gold medallist, Helen Glover shares a strategy to hack time itself and her wildlife TV presenter husband, Steve Backshall, explains how he fuels up for his epic expeditions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What can you learn about performance in about 10 minutes from the best in sport, entertainment, business and politics? Performance Hacks gives you two great performance tips you can apply to everyday life from each of our Performance People podcast guests. In this episode, Tony Blair’s former strategic advisor, Alastair Campbell, explains why it’s advantageous to ‘think in ink’ and journalist Fiona Millar highlights the psychological benefits of cold water swimming. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What can you learn about performance in about 10 minutes from the best in sport, entertainment, business and politics?Performance Hacks gives you two great performance tips you can apply to everyday life from each of our Performance People podcast guests.In this Episode, Olympic champion Michael Johnson explains how understanding yourself and your reasons for doing stuff help you through life and Clyde Hart, MJ's coach tells us how adjusting your focus a small amount can make a big difference. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.