As the world emerges from the shadows of a pandemic, we're all wondering what's next? Has our experience in lockdown altered the future we expected or has it simply accelerated ongoing change? What's in store for us over the next few years? Join Singapore-based hosts Suzy Goulding and Andrew Clark as they ask leaders across Asia working in media, marketing, communications and lifestyle one simple question: What's next?
On this edition of the podcast we chat to Paul Harris, Asia Pacific Director for Rolls-Royce Motorcars about his passion for automobiles from a young age, the importance of personalisation for luxury brands and the possibility of a fully electric Rolls Royce in the not too distant future. Unfortunately he wouldn't spill all the beans on some of the interesting and often bizarre customisation requests the company gets from its well-heeled clientele - much to mine and Andrew's disappointment!Find out more about PaulListen: Desert Island Discs (series)Listen: Kathy Burke on Desert Island DiscsRead: Bill Bryson, The Road To Little DribblingWatch: Afterlife on Netflix
We chat to Debra about the merging of media, retail and entertainment in the fashion industry, ‘squad shopping', the complexities of sustainability in the sector and Andrew tries to pitch his own fashion label!Find out more about DebraWatch: My Octopus TeacherRead: A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution, Jennifer A Doudna & Samuel H SternbergListen: Scott Galloway
Sarah CraggToday's chinwag is with the fabulous Sarah Cragg, where we talk about sustainability and why businesses have to be better, why everyone loves David Attenborough and we learn some insider facts about ice cream!Find out more about SarahLISTEN:The Angry Clean Energy Guy with Assad Razzoukhttps://theangrycleanenergyguy.com/WATCH:Anything with David Attenborough in it!https://www.bing.com/k/celebrities/david-attenborough/timelineREADThe Future We Choose: A Stubborn Optimist's Guide to the Climate Crisisby Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac https://www.amazon.co.uk/Future-We-Choose-Surviving-Climate/dp/1838770828/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2Q55EJXYT0GDK&dchild=1&keywords=the+future+we+choose&qid=1612064784&sprefix=The+future+we+choose%2Cinstant-video%2C298&sr=8-1
Tis the season to be jolly, and to mark all things festive we have a chinwag over wine, steaks and calvados with some of our favourite people – Hattie Trounce, Freddie Heygate and Luc Delauzun – about the hot topics of 2020. Expect chat about sex dolls, the Olympics, COVID hobbies, Carol Baskin and much more. Our Christmas gift to you!
Its a pre-election special!We have a pre-US election chinwag with BBC US West Coast correspondent and ‘our man in LA' David Willis about (inevitably) Trump and his crazy ways, how Americans are battening down the hatches in readiness for a post-election results kick-off and why one of America's most popular sitcoms cannot be mentioned on the Beeb….Find out more about DavidWatch: Schitts CreekRead: Fear by Bob WoodwardListen to: Aha, Take on Me (and watch the documentary about the making of the music video)
We share a few laughs with standup comedian Sam See, and hear how he's all in with Twitch, he enlightens us about the Singapore stand up scene, and tells us just how hard its been for him and comics like him to perform standup without a live audience.Find out more about SamWatch: Sam's Red Dot Wrestling showsRead: about the Pagliaci joke on WikipediaListen: Jim Jeffries I Don't Know About That podcastGet: Sam's hilarious standup comedy special, Coming out LoudSubscribe: to Sam's Twitch
We have a ramble with Asia M&A expert Hattie Marsden from SI Partners about the M&A activity in the creative sector, building a resilient businesses and the importance of great people and strong corporate culture as USPs if you're looking to sell. Find out more about HattieWatch: Million Dollar Beach HouseListen: Doughnut Economics audiobook by Kate RaworthRead: The Four by Scott GallowayFind out more about SI Partners
We chat to Liz (no not THAT Liz Taylor!) about how to best present yourself online, the benefits of getting your LinkedIn profile just right and receiving post (and a limo!) meant for her Hollywood namesake!Find out more about LizWatch: Line of DutyListen: Case File podcastRead: Tools of Titans by Tim Ferris
We chat to Hattie Trounce, from social media agency Digital Business Lab, about the impact of COVID-19 on our use of social media, the Discovery Generation and the crazy online purchase we've all been making out of boredom during lockdown. Find out more about HattieWatch: Breaking Bad, Homeland, Somebody Feed PhilRead: Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur GoldenListen: Table Manners podcast
We chat to Unmish Parthasarathi about digital disruption, the explosion of gaming, and keeping up with constant innovation at the crossroads where content, media, technology and sport meet.Find out more about UnmishWatch: Succession; Indian MatchmakingRead: Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley by Antonio Garcia MartinezListen: Test Match Special podcast Watch Hattie Trounce in the Optimising Social Media Marketing Britcham Virtual Event: https://www.britcham.org.sg/webinars/optimising-social-media-marketing
We talk to PR veteran and fellow podcaster Jim James about how he runs his global PR agency from an eco-lodge (aka garden shed) in Somerset, how he's harnessing digital technology to grow his business and what he listens to when he's cooking mac and cheese...Find out more about JimRead: Park Howell, Brand BewitcheryListen: Ultravox • Spandau Ballet • The Buggles • A Flock of SeagullsListen to Jim's SPEAK|pr Podcast on iTunes
We have a chat with communications veteran, epic side hustler and Bangkok resident Whitney Foard Small about lockdown in Maine, East / West communication nuances, the intriguing practice of Emergenetics and Darlie toothpaste...Find out more about WhitneyEmergeneticsWatch: Be Foreigners and AnvilRead: The End of October, by Laurence Wright and How the South Won the Civil War, by Heather Cox RichardsonListen: Raphael Saadiq and Jason Isbell
We talk to Nadia Woodhouse, a Jakarta-based video producer, editor and writer about working under lock-down, the need for foresight as well as insight to navigate the future of video production, the impact of the pandemic on client creativity and a much-welcomed growth in the use of local production talent. We also broach the subject of the dreaded WEBINAR – can someone please come up with another name for it?Find our more about NadiaNadia's recommendations:Listen: Ten Percent Happier PodcastWatch: Trigger Warning with Killer MikeRead: Brit(ish) On Race, Identity and Belonging, by Afua Hirsch
We talk to Jason De La Pena, Fox Sports presenter, ex professional cricketer, fellow podcaster and self-declared motormouth about life in lockdown, the importance of routine for athletes and sex dolls at a football match! Find out more about JasonListen to Jason's podcast Jason's recommendations:Watch The Last DanceRead: Open by Andre Agassi Vikas MalkaniListen: House of Rugby podcast
We're joined by Kathryn Woof, founder and Managing Director of 33Talent, a coaching, recruitment and HR consultancy based in Singapore. We talk about disruption in the recruitment sector, the HR lifecycle, the power of coaching and weirdly, swings, roundabouts and playgrounds! Find out more about KathrynFind out more about 33TalentKath's recommendations:Watch: The SpyRead: Drive by Daniel PinkListen: Lord Huron
We got bored in lockdown so we decided to record a podcast series. Just like everyone else. But give us a listen if, like us, you work in Marketing, Communications or the Lifestyle industries, and are keen to know WHAT'S NEXT for us after the COVID 19 crappiness. We've kept it short and snappy, future-focused and a bit irreverent, together with some ace ‘listen / watch / read' recommendations from our weekly guests to keep you entertained if you're still a bit nervous about emerging from your pandemic bunker.
What's Next?A weekly podcast asking one simple question... Hosted by Suzy Goulding & Andrew ClarkAs the world emerges from the shadows of a pandemic, we're all wondering what's next? Has our experience in lockdown altered the future we expected or has it simply accelerated ongoing change?What's in store for us over the next few years? Join Singapore-based hosts Suzy Goulding and Andrew Clark every week as they ask leaders iacross Asia working in marketing, communications and lifestyle one simple question: What's next?twLMCuIIVz3zeh9HNc9f