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The Virgin Disruptors Podcast is a melting pot for disruptive thinking, designed to inspire, provoke and activate change in the world of business and beyond. Presented by Holly Ransom, the show features a series of talks from influential entrepreneurs, who like Richard Branson, share a ‘screw it, le…

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    • Jul 13, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 21m AVG DURATION
    • 11 EPISODES


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    Trailer: Future Visions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2017 1:29


    Natalie Campbell introduces Future Visions – a brand new podcast series from Virgin that explores the surreal world of tomorrow through the finest minds of today. Just seach 'Future Visions' to subscribe now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Teamwork with Dom Price

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2017 32:40


    Holly Ransom introduces Dom Price, a senior member of one of the world's most successful tech companies, Atlasssian. As a self styled ‘work futurist' Dom has been instrumental in fostering growth, enabling innovation and supporting the start-up ecosystem – and here he shares tips on getting the most from your team, as well setting challenges to help rephrase the way you think. To access the ‘playbook' referred to in this podcast, head to http://www.atlassian.com/team-playbook See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Equality with Sara Kahn (Inspire)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2016 21:12


    Holly Ransom introduces the final episode in this series of the Virgin Disruptors podcast featuring human rights activist and founder of Inspire, Sara Kahn. In this moving talk Sara explains how we can foster a more inclusive world by challenging extremism and the politics of fear to protect equality, human rights and the freedom of expression. To find out more about Virgin Disruptors and for more inspirational articles and podcasts head to Virgin.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    BONUS: Backstage with Richard Branson, Solly Solomou, Emma Sinclair and Peter Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2016 10:19


    Before the final episode in this series of Virgin Disruptors Podcast, we’ve a few backstage extras from Richard Branson, Solly Solomou (TheLADbible), Emma Sinclair (Enterprise Jungle) and Peter Smith (Blockchain) who ponder what disruption means to them – with thoughts on overcoming failure and their all time favourite disruptors. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Performance with Andy Walshe (Red Bull)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2016 18:54


    One of the most popular talks at Virgin Disruptors 2016 came from Red Bull’s Head of Performance, Dr Andy Walshe. In his day job Andy helps extreme athletes and creatives push the boundaries in eliminating fear and maximising performance. Whilst he's commonly found working on record breaking projects such Felix Baumgartner's free fall jump from the stratosphere to Earth, here he explains how we can harness these techniques in our own day-to-day lives. As Andy says “it’s not always about a box of snakes…” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Diversity with Chuck Stephens (Google)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2016 19:00


    Google EMEA’s Head of Diversity and Inclusion Chuck Stephens explains the importance of understanding your team and adapting practises to meet needs of different people. Drawing on his own personal story Chuck gives advice on how to apply these ideas in your own workplace, harnessing diversity to positive effect. For more about the re:Work programme Chuck refers to in this podcast, please head to https://rework.withgoogle.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Augmented Reality with Daniel Cheetham (Happy Finish)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2016 15:16


    How will virtual and augmented reality disrupt life as we know it? Holly Ransom introduces a talk by Daniel Cheetham, CIO at content company Happy Finish, who explores the power of this software and how it can be harnessed to problem solve real-world issues. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Environment with Cyrill Gutsch (Parley for the Oceans)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2016 25:23


    Holly Ransom introduces Cyrill Gutsch – designer and founder of Parley for the Oceans. Claiming that a new future is possible if we all do our part, Cyrill has developed a platform where the creative industries can get together and act to protect our life-sustaining ecosystem. His initiative is for the industry to adopt a new business culture and disrupt for the good of the planet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Unconsumption with Nisreen Shocair (Virgin Megastore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2016 17:36


    One of the most celebrated entrepreneurs in the Arab world, Nisreen Shocair, has grown Virgin Megastore MENA to be one of the most well respected customer-centric brands in the region. In this podcast Nisreen explains how she needed to disrupt both the brand and her customers’ thinking to get there, which has included promoting unconsumption – the somewhat controversial move of telling customers to consume less. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Behaviour change with Matt Wallaert (Microsoft/Get Raised)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2016 21:55


    Holly Ransom introduces Matt Wallaert, director of Microsoft Startup Partners, who explains the psychology behind behaviour change – and how you can identify factors that are holding you back. Matt is also a prominent campaigner for gender equality and through Get Raised has helped women across the world to earn pay rises collectively worth over 2.3 billion dollars. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Purpose with Richard Branson, Emma Sinclair, The LADbible and Blockchain

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2016 52:04


    Host Holly Ransom chairs a discussion with Richard Branson and three influential entrepreneurs, asking the question, 'Is a disruptor born, or are they made?’ They are joined by Emma Sinclair, the co-founder of Enterprise Jungle and the youngest ever person to float a company on the London stock exchange. ‘Content King’ Solly Solomou from The LADbible brings his fresh take from the world of media, and fintech disruptor Peter Smith draws on his experience as founder of Blockchain – the world’s most popular Bitcoin wallet. The panel passionately discuss their motives to disrupt and whilst they don’t always agree, they are decidedly all driven by an deep sense of purpose. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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