Move The Needle by Ford Hastings

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Welcome to Moving The Needle by Ford Hastings. We talk to entrepreneurs, NEDs, business leaders and more. We dissect their careers, find out about their successes, failures, their habits, routines, tips and tricks and more. These shows are packed with practical wisdom and resources that you can apply to your business and life right away! Our aim is to positively impact businesses through effective Leadership and Business Strategy design and implementation.

  1. 02/04/2020

    #14 Diluk Dias - Discover, Inspire, Invest

    Diluk Dias is the Founder and MD of AEI Group, an independent music community, based in East London, that inspires and nurtures emerging talent.  AEI provide artists, managers, entrepreneurs and other talented individuals with an infrastructure and environment in which they can grow. Diluk works with some of the most impactful names in music including UKF and Subsoul A Philosophy graduate-turned-digital entrepreneur, before meeting Drum&BassArena founder James Cotterill Del developed his own boutique multimedia design agency creating flyers, visuals and album sleeves for independent record labels and websites.

    1h 20m

  2. 05/15/2019

    22. How To Unleash The Boom! Cultivating A Creative Environment  -  Scott Morrison

    www.fordhastings.com https://twitter.com/joethomsett linkedin.com/in/joethomsett https://www.linkedin.com/company/ford-hastings --- Scott Morrison is the founder and bringer of the Boom! and has worked with and at brands including Saatchi and Saatchi, Wieden and Kennedy, Nike, Levi’s, XBox, Activision and Diesel.  Scott believes wholeheartedly in unblocking old ways of thinking, unlocking new ways to join the creative and commercial dots and unleash the people and ideas in a business.  Or in short… bring the Boom!  Life long creative Scott is a speaker, movement starter, mentor, author, photographer, street wizard, former DJ and producer. We had a great time chatting with Scott and cant recommend enough his book Creative Superpowers You can learn more about unleashing the Boom at their website here  In This Episode, We Cover:  His book Creative Superpowers  The African art of ‘Akonuche’ — Everyone of us is creative  How to tap into your innate human need for creativity  Don’t rush for the gold be the one selling the pick axes  The start up mantra — Does pivot mean quit?  Why no one cares about your process  Using you own products makes them better  Kapil Gupta on performance  Creativity requires boundary conditions  The 3 pillars of an engineers mindset  Wim Hof and mental training the reptilian brain  Stealing Elegantly  Re-framing problems as puzzles  Unblock, unlock, unleash — Learn, unlearn relearn  Why you should be a Physicist with your ideas  Maker, Hacker, Teacher, Thief synopsis  And much more! Please enjoy this episode with Scott!

    1h 37m

  3. 05/08/2019

    21. The Original Rough Diamond  -  Nicole Yershon

    www.fordhastings.com https://twitter.com/joethomsett linkedin.com/in/joethomsett https://www.linkedin.com/company/ford-hastings --- Nicole Yershon is a maverick, inspiration and the original rough diamond. She is at once a consultant, speaker, judge, mentor, connector and Amazon #1 Best Selling author. She works on the front line of innovation — bringing organisations kicking and screaming into the 21st Century. In that sense she properly defines disruption. And when that’s done making it actually happen. She is rebellious and restless — a true entrepreneurial spirit. She can call on a vast International network of startups, entrepreneurs and bleeding edge businesses. Where most of us say ‘why not’ she will already be halfway through doing it. She brings an attitude based on hard earned experience to the way business now needs to think and work. Disruption presents many challenges and opportunities — Nicole turns both into advantages. She is not content unless her clients get impact and return on their investment. It’s always about delivering measurable value to the business. Nicole is the founder of The NYC and before that the Ogilvy Labs — the dedicated Innovation unit of Ogilvy & Mather Group. Part of WPP Group plc. Nicole’s Amazon Best Selling first book, ‘Rough Diamond: Turning Disruption into Advantage in Business and Life’, is available. As are the courses on how to be an Intrepreneur which you can join and start by clicking here. Just a few of the clients she has worked with over recent years. Danone, Disruption Magazine, Havas, Amex, IBM, BP, Great Western Railways (GWR), Go Compare/WeFlip™, Unilever, BA and Whitbread. In This Episode, We Cover In the episode, we cover: Intro to Nichole Making a REAL change in a large organisation How to cultivate truthfulness, self confidence and fearlessness Dealing with nepotism and people 20 years older than you How to cultivate emotional intelligence and what makes a great leader Nichole on her award winning idea to flood second life Attitude towards failure Self funding innovation through creating your own revenue streams Advice to a young entrepreneur What is on the horizon in tech And much, much more!!

    1h 29m

  4. 05/01/2019

    20. Jazz Rose - Artistic Leadership

    www.fordhastings.com https://twitter.com/joethomsett linkedin.com/in/joethomsett https://www.linkedin.com/company/ford-hastings --- Jazz Rose is the Founder and CEO of J&C Education, a company that provides specialist primary school teaching across a number of subjects which serves to improve confidence, independence and cognitive understanding, developing children, improving schools and enriching communities. Jazz is a hugely engaging speaker who explains to us his theories of artistic leadership.  Along the way we have heard from various business leaders, their views on leadership, business culture and much more.  Jazz approaches these subjects from a very original and well thought out position and provides some great life hacks on how to keep teams optimised. Download our 5 Leadership Hire Secrets for Free now...

    1h 42m

  5. 04/25/2019

    Burnout mini series - P10

    www.fordhastings.com https://twitter.com/joethomsett linkedin.com/in/joethomsett https://www.linkedin.com/company/ford-hastings --- In the last episode of the Burnout mini series we are talking about, well… poop. It might not be everyone's anyone’s favorite subject, however, it is a very honest measure of how much stress your body is under. If you would like to contact Katie directly please follow this link: https://www.katiemaycock.com/get-in-touch

    5 min

  6. 04/24/2019

    Burnout mini series - P9 - Anxiety and burnout prevention specialist

    www.fordhastings.com https://twitter.com/joethomsett linkedin.com/in/joethomsett https://www.linkedin.com/company/ford-hastings --- Today's episode of the Burnout mini series we are talking about getting tangible coaching, for you and your team, on all of the things we have discussed in this mini series. If you would like to contact Katie directly please follow this link: https://www.katiemaycock.com/get-in-touch Welcome to the Burnout miniseries!   After the success of her first podcast we decided to bring Katie back for a rapid fire break down of the mythical world of Burnout.  Over the course of 10 short episodes, brought to you over the next 10 days, we discuss what exactly is Burnout? The different symptoms and stages of Burnout and ways to keep yourself healthy.   You may be surprised to find out some of the symptoms of Burnout and how common they can be…  We found these fast insights really interesting and fun to record. I hope you will enjoy a few rapid fire podcasts over the next few days as much as our longer form episodes which will continue as normal next week.

    6 min

  7. 04/18/2019

    Burnout mini series - P8 - Burnout and Balance

    www.fordhastings.com https://twitter.com/joethomsett linkedin.com/in/joethomsett https://www.linkedin.com/company/ford-hastings --- The Burnout miniseries with Katie Maycock (part 8)     Today's episode of the Burnout mini series we are talking about balance. Balance is something we all seek in our life from our families to work to our diets. But are we really balanced?  Find out from Katie when it’s time to tap the breaks, when to know to push yourself forward and how important it is to create boundaries with the dreaded ‘fun snatchers’. Welcome to the Burnout miniseries!   After the success of her first podcast we decided to bring Katie back for a rapid fire break down of the mythical world of Burnout.  Over the course of 10 short episodes, brought to you over the next 10 days, we discuss what exactly is Burnout? The different symptoms and stages of Burnout and ways to keep yourself healthy.   You may be surprised to find out some of the symptoms of Burnout and how common they can be…  We found these fast insights really interesting and fun to record. I hope you will enjoy a few rapid fire podcasts over the next few days as much as our longer form episodes which will continue as normal next week.

    12 min

  8. 04/17/2019

    Burnout mini series - P7 - Burnout and Apathy

    www.fordhastings.com https://twitter.com/joethomsett linkedin.com/in/joethomsett https://www.linkedin.com/company/ford-hastings --- Today's episode of the Burnout mini series we are talking about anxiety and apathy. Why do we get apathetic on the burnout cycle? Do you feel like you can't turn out as much work as you used to? Are you falling out of love for your job or hobby? Welcome to the Burnout miniseries!   After the success of her first podcast we decided to bring Katie back for a rapid fire break down of the mythical world of Burnout.  Over the course of 10 short episodes, brought to you over the next 10 days, we discuss what exactly is Burnout? The different symptoms and stages of Burnout and ways to keep yourself healthy.   You may be surprised to find out some of the symptoms of Burnout and how common they can be…  We found these fast insights really interesting and fun to record. I hope you will enjoy a few rapid fire podcasts over the next few days as much as our longer form episodes which will continue as normal next week.

    7 min
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Welcome to Moving The Needle by Ford Hastings. We talk to entrepreneurs, NEDs, business leaders and more. We dissect their careers, find out about their successes, failures, their habits, routines, tips and tricks and more. These shows are packed with practical wisdom and resources that you can apply to your business and life right away! Our aim is to positively impact businesses through effective Leadership and Business Strategy design and implementation.

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