Many of us are trying to find our way, or our direction. Many of us want to make a difference, many of us want to make an impact, many of us want to feel like we are contributing. Well, in this episode you will hear from a man who in mind is doing all of these things. You will hear my conversation with Gus Worland, who I could describe as a presenter, radio host, a broadcaster on the Triple M radio station in Australia. I could say he is the Founder of the Mental Fitness Foundation Gotcha4lif...

Charlie Sampson is an Executive Coach, Co-Founder of several other leadership and development businesses, author of the business book 'Even Better If' and as you will hear, so much more. Charlie shares his thoughts and perspective on Leadership, Management, Coaching and Communication and where they overlap and where they differ. We explore how the lessons from his own background and experience, coupled with all his research and the working with others, has helped him to shape his passio...

Alan and Emily Braithwaite are the husband and wife, co- founder team behind Yellow Tuxedo, the Digital Visibility specialists. In this conversation with Al Fawcett they share the origin story behind the Yellow Tuxedo name, their guiding principles and how this applies to the business, the different skills and outlooks they bring to the party and how they communicate, collaborate and compliment one another. That and their love for watching Cobra Kai in their downtime. If you want to know m...

For the first episode of 2022, I am excited to complete another 'first' and host two guests on the podcast. Two remarkable people who have impacted my life in a variety of ways and I am now pleased to be able to call them friends. I first met Craig Hatkoff and Irwin Kula a number of years ago when I was invited to New York to visit them as they hosted the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards, an event they had Co-Founded. This event and the meeting certainly had a profound effect on me an...

Zak Brown is the CEO of McLaren Racing and of course this means that he is constantly focused on high performance and performance improvement. In this Slice of PIE, I go back to episode 36, in which I spoke with Zak about what it would take to turn things around at McLaren to see them achieving the results that their history and their fans expected. In this 5 minutes Zak summarises the power of getting things right when it comes to Leadership, Teamwork and Culture, and of course the i...

Welcome to another quick episode focusing on a key learning point from a conversation with one of the remarkable guests on the infinite pie thinking podcast with me, Al Fawcett. Today I go back to episode 33 with Emily Chang. Emily has more than 20 years experience, holding senior executive positions focused on customer experience, busies strategy, change management and brand building for organisations such as P&G, Apple, IHG, Starbucks and now the CEO China of McCann Worldgr...

Chris Brindley MBE joined me in episode 5 of the Infinite Pie Thinking podcast and shared his wealth of knowledge and experience on leadership, teamwork and culture. Chris worked in the banking industry for years, working his way up to senior leadership and Director roles, finishing as the Managing Director of Metro Bank and being voted Britain's Best Boss (amongst other awards). Chris now applies his skills and knowledge in the sports industry and is currently the Chairperson of the R...

Professor Damian Hughes specialises in creating high performing cultures within sports teams, businesses and organisations, is a best selling author and is the cohost of the very successful High Performing Podcast with Jake Humphrey. Damian is now also the first returning guest to the infinite pie thinking podcast. In our original conversation we explored a number of fascinating topics that relate to the mindset and mental side of performance improvement, so I was excited to get Damia...

Julian Dowe started his career as a professional footballer. As he was breaking junior goal scoring records in the Salford leagues he was playing in he became highly coveted by the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City and Leeds United. After a brief spell at United, he signed as schoolboy for Everton, then went onto Manchester City where he started training and playing with first team squad at 15. After a period playing for Wigan, he became the youngest British player to si...

So today I am speaking with Leidy Klotz, Professor at University of Virginia and author of the book Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less. Leidy focuses on removing barriers between design and behaviourial science and we dive into what that means and how we can apply these principles into our daily lives, both on a personal and professional basis. It is amazing to explore the research that shows how many of us do not include the option of subtraction into our decision making process and th...