Cutting Through with Natasha Plowman

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Cutting Through with Natasha Plowman spotlights the real power of communications in solving business problems. Through candid conversations with leaders across industries, we uncover the messy, the complex, and the unexpected moments where comms made a difference — or missed the mark. Truly honest, strategic and human. Cutting Through is produced by KleinerStudios.com powered by Spinning Red and sponsored by Antiquoted.com - where you can find real people, real voices, real experts for your events, podcasts and media. Breaking the cycle of the same voices, same panels, same perspectives.

  1. 3d ago

    Nimrod Vromen: Echo Chambers, Agents and Intuitive Empathy | Cutting Through

    Nimrod Vromen returns to Cutting Through, the show’s first repeat guest. This time he takes on AI, misinformation, the Middle East, and the one skill he believes humans can’t afford to lose. Nimrod spent nearly 20 years as a corporate lawyer, leading the startup practice at a major Israeli law firm. Since he was last on the show, he has left that career, built and lost an AI startup, and founded After the Flood. It’s a professional services firm run almost entirely by AI agents, and he manages them much as he once managed people. He is also the author of Prompting Happiness, about the pursuit of happiness in the age of AI, and teaches business management and AI at two Israeli universities. Natasha and Nimrod follow one red thread from AI to geopolitics. Misinformation and echo chambers turn complex issues into “good versus bad”, and that stops us from listening. Nimrod’s challenge: if you can’t argue the other side honestly, you aren’t ready for the conversation. In this episode: Why Nimrod manages AI agents the way he once managed people How AI may be removing the trial and error young people need to build their skills Why AI can’t take on accountability, and what that means for training future professionals Immersive simulation as the future of learning, from Roblox to an exam built around a live negotiation What it’s like to be Israeli in the world right now Fear as the root of hate, and why every debater should argue the other side for five minutes Intuitive empathy versus statistical empathy, and why Nimrod sees it as the last human advantage This is a long and provocative conversation. You won’t agree with all of it, and that’s the point. Cutting Through is produced by Kleiner Studios.

    Nimrod Vromen: Echo Chambers, Agents and Intuitive Empathy | Cutting Through

  2. Oct 22

    Monique Noel Brown: The Word Agency Leaders Keep Missing Is "Consideration" | Cutting Through

    Monique Noel Brown, client manager at Milk and Honey PR and a board member of the Taylor Bennett Foundation's Alumni programme, joins Natasha Plowman on Cutting Through to challenge the assumptions agency leaders make about young talent, neurodiversity, and diversity in the industry. Monique unpacks why being "digitally native" doesn't mean being an AI expert, why leading the individual rather than the org chart changes everything for neurodivergent employees, and the truth behind why people of colour leave the comms industry at far higher rates than their peers. She and Natasha land on the single word Monique believes could fix retention across the industry: consideration. ***** Cutting Through is powered by Spinning Red and produced by Kleiner Studios.

    Monique Noel Brown: The Word Agency Leaders Keep Missing Is "Consideration" | Cutting Through

  3. Oct 16

    Richard Mahoney on Tenacity, Belief, and Building a Football Club From Tier Nine

    Richard Mahoney, chairman and owner of Camden Town Women's Football Club, joins Natasha Plowman on Cutting Through. A former accountant who built and sold his own practice, Richard talks about walking away from finance to take on a football club at the bottom of the English pyramid — and the ten-to-twelve-year plan to take it to the top. They cover what twenty-five years of working with entrepreneurs and sports executives taught him about tenacity and consistency as the real markers of lasting leadership. The genuine overlap (and the real differences) between running a business and running a club, and the extraordinary growth story of English women's football since the FA's fifty-year ban was lifted. Plus: Wrexham, Ted Lasso, and a very close encounter with Jason Sudeikis. ***** Cutting Through is powered by Spinning Red and produced by Kleiner Studios

    Richard Mahoney on Tenacity, Belief, and Building a Football Club From Tier Nine

  4. Oct 8

    Lucy Newcomb: Strategy, Measurement and the Talent Pipeline Behind Corporate Affairs | Cutting Through

    Lucy Newcomb has spent 25 years recruiting corporate affairs leaders and building the next generation of talent in Australia. She joins Natasha Plowman on Cutting Through from Sydney to explore what it takes to build a corporate affairs function that lasts. They talk about why business strategy has to come first, how aligning comms to the operating model changes everything, and why measurement only matters when the numbers ladder up to what the business is trying to achieve, especially focusing on what AMEC is doing to move the industry beyond a focus on big, meaningless numbers. They also get practical about supporting junior talent: from needing leaders who listen to mentors outside your own function. The role long-term relationships with recruiters play in careers that aren't linear. Plus Lucy's view on ageism and the role of AI in recruitment. ****** Cutting Through is produced by Kleiner Studios for Spinning Red. Rate and review so more people find our conversations.

    Lucy Newcomb: Strategy, Measurement and the Talent Pipeline Behind Corporate Affairs | Cutting Through

  5. Oct 2

    Gary George: When Communication Breaks Down the Bigger a Business Gets

    Gary George is a technology and operations director with over 36 years leading teams through two major scale-ups into the billions. He joins Natasha Plowman on Cutting Through to unpack why leadership that works at 60 people falls apart at 6,000. They trace how top-down messages get lost in translation as companies grow. How the "Chinese whispers" effect and siloed departments who chase their own bonuses make employees feel like "a cell on a spreadsheet." Gary shares the story of a managing director who put a number on a whiteboard to make an entire leadership team understand the true cost of a meeting, and why policies, from travel class to performance monitoring, shape whether people trust their leaders. They close on why fear is blocking AI adoption, and why leaders need to name it head-on rather than let the chatter around it grow. *** Cutting Through is produced by Kleiner Studios for Spinning Red. Like, follow and subscribe to hear new episodes as they drop.

    Gary George: When Communication Breaks Down the Bigger a Business Gets

  6. Sep 25

    Lorna Cobbett: The Talent System Is Broken — Here's What Responsible Leadership Looks Like

    Lorna Cobbett, founder and CEO of Blue John and creator of the AI platform GREY, joins Natasha Plowman to make the case that the talent system is broken, and that fixing it starts with responsible leadership. In this episode: why the label "high performer" no longer means what it used to, how the UK's Employment Rights Act is forcing a rethink of hiring and probation, why culture is built bottom-up not top-down, and Lorna's push for a Youth Possibility Programme to open real opportunity to young people locked out by nepotism and CV-driven hiring. This is Cutting Through — the show that treats communication as the lever for solving leadership's messiest problems, produced by Kleiner Studios.

    Lorna Cobbett: The Talent System Is Broken — Here's What Responsible Leadership Looks Like

  7. Season 4, Episode 4 Trailer

    Lorna Cobbett on trust - trailer

    Lorna Cobbett, founder and CEO of Blue John and creator of the AI platform GREY, joins Natasha Plowman to make the case that the talent system is broken — and that fixing it starts with responsible leadership. Full episode out 25.9.2026

    Lorna Cobbett on trust - trailer

  8. Sep 18

    Alan Newton: Leadership, Fear, and the Founder's Tipping Point

    This season of Cutting Through is all about leadership — what it means, who gets to claim it, and why there's no single definition that fits everyone. Host Natasha Plowman is joined by Alan Newton, a former founder of 11 years in B2B tech and 14 years in senior events industry roles, now coaching and advising founders and entrepreneurs. Alan and Natasha explore what leadership looks like when no one's watching, why age and experience are underrated in leadership conversations, the tipping point founders hit as their businesses scale, and how fear and ego shape the way we lead. They also dig into gender and leadership, the overused idea of "toxic" leadership, and why calling emotional intelligence a "soft skill" undersells how hard that work really is. Guest: Alan Newton, founder of Newton Squared, coach and advisor to founders and entrepreneurs. Alan spent 11 years co-founding and scaling a B2B software business from zero to £5M+ revenue across the UK, US and Canada—built on 14 years of SME leadership before that. He now works as a fractional COO, strategic adviser and executive coach, helping founders and leaders blend mindset, discipline and practical skills to grow without burning themselves—or their teams—out. He also runs Men Under Pressure, a private, practical coaching offer for men carrying significant pressure at work, at home or in the decisions they cannot keep postponing. Alan is currently writing a book and building a coaching framework on fear, decision-making and what really holds ambitious people back when they try to build something bigger than themselves. Links: www.newtonsquared.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanrnewton/ https://www.tiktok.com/@alanrnewton77

    Alan Newton: Leadership, Fear, and the Founder's Tipping Point
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Cutting Through with Natasha Plowman spotlights the real power of communications in solving business problems. Through candid conversations with leaders across industries, we uncover the messy, the complex, and the unexpected moments where comms made a difference — or missed the mark. Truly honest, strategic and human. Cutting Through is produced by KleinerStudios.com powered by Spinning Red and sponsored by Antiquoted.com - where you can find real people, real voices, real experts for your events, podcasts and media. Breaking the cycle of the same voices, same panels, same perspectives.

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