Podcasts about Do Lectures

David Hieatt is the founder of Hiut Denim Co and The Do Lectures, an idea- sharing platform featuring some of the world’s most interesting thinkers. He has previously worked for some of the biggest advertising agencies in the world and was the founder of sportswear brand Howie’s. Hieatt didn’t have the most traditional path into his career. Despite not finishing his education, the thread that runs through his career is a commitment to learning. In this episode he tells Tom Edwards about how being open to continuous education has taken him on an incredible journey and why sometimes you take your lessons from the most unexpected places.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Miranda always loved books and stories as a child.But what Miranda didn't know then was this love of books would help her create her very own empire. Miranda worked in publishing for 20 years and ended up at Penguin Random House with the huge job of Editorial Director and then Senior Commissioning Editor too.But when a change came in Miranda's home life, she left the corporate world. It was when she was considering what to do next she came across the inspirational Do Lectures, she sent an email and everything changed. She founded the Do Book Company and these little pocket books are now inspiring people all around the world.I'll let Miranda explain everything but in this conversation we discuss:* What it really takes to create a best-selling book* How simple actions like sending an email can change your life* What to do when your life isn't working for you* Is it really a career change we need, or is it something else?This is a fascinating look at behind the scenes of the publishing world, but it's also an honest, fun and insightful story of how one woman created a life she loves all around her passion - which now suits her and her family.  To learn more about Miranda and the Do Books: https://thedolectures.com/speakers/miranda-west/To keep in touch with me (and to receive Free Chapters from my latest romance novel Do We Really Have To Do This? click here: https://www.elliebarkerwrites.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thenextchapterbyelliebarker.substack.com

Miranda always loved books and stories as a child. But what Miranda didn't know then was this love of books would help her create her very own empire. Miranda worked in publishing for 20 years and ended up at Penguin Random House with the huge job of Editorial Director and then Senior Commissioning Editor too. But when a change came in Miranda's home life, she left the corporate world. It was when she was considering what to do next she came across the inspirational Do Lectures, she sent an email and everything changed. She founded the Do Book Company and these little pocket books are now inspiring people all around the world. I'll let Miranda explain everything but in this conversation we discuss: What it really takes to create a best-selling book How simple actions like sending an email can change your life What to do when your life isn't working for you Is it really a career change we need, or is it something else? This is a fascinating look at behind the scenes of the publishing world, but it's also an honest, fun and insightful story of how one woman created a life she loves all around her passion - which now suits her and her family.   To learn more about Miranda and the Do Books: https://thedolectures.com/speakers/miranda-west/ To keep in touch with me (and to receive Free Chapters from my latest romance novel Do We Really Have To Do This? click here: https://www.elliebarkerwrites.com/

One day, when she was a teenager spending the summer in Ireland, Libby DeLana took the bus into Dublin and was awed by the Book of Kells. Little did she know that moment would change her professional trajectory. Fast forward to several years later, with an undergraduate degree in hand, Libby went to culinary school with a friend and discovered that as much as she enjoyed creating delicious food, she was far more enthralled with the layout of a beautiful menu. She listened to these whispers of what really lit her up and had a very successful career in advertising. Fast forward a bit more, and while everything seemed great on the surface, Libby realized something felt off in her life.  Once again, she listened to the whispers, laced up her shoes and went for a walk.  And she has kept walking, every day, for the past 12 years.  Libby has turned this walking practice into more than just being in nature.  She has a whole new chapter in her life, has written a book and hosts a great podcast. Listen in to hear Libby's perfectly imperfect journey.   Bio Libby DeLana is an Executive Creative Director, founder of This Morning Walk™ (thismorningwalk.com / @thismorningwalk / #thismorningwalk) and is co-host of the podcast This Morning Walk with Alex Elle. She spoke at The Do Lectures 2022 with Cheryl Strayed about the transformative power of a walk. Libby spent her career in advertising and was the Design Director at MullenLowe for 15 years, then went on to co-found Mechanica, a small boutique agency in Massachusetts. Libby's work has won many industry awards, has been featured in publications like PRINT Design Annual, Graphis Design & Logo, Fast Company, Communication Arts, and has been profiled by the BBC for the series called The Chain in which, “leading figures name the woman who's inspired their success for the next interview in this audio chain.”   Please feel free to join this walking community by following @thismorningwalk @parkhere on Instagram or for more info and resources thismorningwalk.com

“When you first see a new idea [for a book cover], don't judge it immediately. Instead,sleep on it and let it mull” “It really helps to trust great creatives - they  need the space to do their best work” “A real, printed book avoids information overload. It is a one-to-one connection with the author” Our guest this week is Miranda West, the visionary founder and publisher behind The Do Book Co., an independent publishing venture established in 2013 in partnership with The DO Lectures.The Do Book Co. stands out for its exceptional commitment to empowering creative entrepreneurs, makers, and Doers to work smarter and effect positive change.  With an impressive background in the industry, including a tenure at Penguin Random House, Miranda took the leap to establish The Do Book Co - a business that aligns with her vision of creating books that are tools for personal growth and societal transformation. Join us as we delve into Miranda's journey, her passion for the power of the printed word and the remarkable impact of The Do Books in catalysing positive change.  LINKS: Miranda West - Special Guests Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dobookco/ LinkedIn -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/miranda-west-6aa0b231/ Website - https://thedobook.co/ Paul Fairweather - Co-host https://www.paulfairweather.com Chris Meredith - Co-host https://www.chrismeredith.com.au Two Common Creatives https://www.twocommoncreatives.com/podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Work hard and deep focus are the most important things we can do” “You shouldn't try to be someone else - you have to be you” “I'm a stubborn mule” "The quest isn't becoming less, the quest is how to become more. How do we dial up the crazy shit more?” “Sometimes you're in a part of your life where you're at a crossroads and you have to turn left or right. You just don't know which one.” Welcome to the 100th episode of The Common Creative podcast!  To celebrate, we're delighted to welcome David Hieatt - a “Creative Jeanius” on a mission to use his entrepreneurial skills to make a positive impact.  After leaving ad agency Saatchi and Saatchi, he built Howies into one of the most influential active sports brands in recent years.  After selling it to Timberland, he co-founded The Do Lectures, voted one of the top ten ideas festivals in the world by The Guardian.  More recently, he started Hiut Denim in his home town of Cardigan in west Wales. A town that used to have Britain's biggest jeans factory. Its purpose is to get 400 people their jobs back.  David has a cult internet following, and has spoken at Apple, Google, Red Bull and many other top companies and conferences. David has written two Do Books, Do Purpose: Why brands with a purpose do better and matter more (2014) and Do Open: How a simple email newsletter can transform your business (and it can) (2017). David first self-published The Path of a Doer in 2010. Ten years on and still as relevant as ever, the book has been reissued by The Do Book Co. Tune in now for insights, inspiration, and a deep dive into the world of entrepreneurship, sustainability, and doing something positive in the world. LINKS: David Hieatt - Special Guest  LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/davidhieatt Twitter - hiutdenim Website -  https://hiutdenim.co.uk Paul Fairweather - Co-host https://www.paulfairweather.com Chris Meredith - Co-host https://www.chrismeredith.com.au Two Common Creatives https://www.twocommoncreatives.com/podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, we followed the HERDmeister to find and catch behavioural science buff, Mark Earls.  Dubbed by DO Lectures as “Britain's answer to Malcolm Gladwell…without the hair”, Mark is a prolific thinker, recovering account planner and best-selling writer.  We shoot the breeze on the intimidatingly smart Paul Feldwick, being public enemy no. 1 in the eyes of market research, why we're not individuals, copying, learning Welsh, what he's optimistic about in the industry and tons more. In fact, we had to stop and reload a few times to take aim at bollocks brain scans and infantilising the creative genius, before wrangling a stampede of listener questions. What an episode. ///// Find Mark on LinkedIn and Twitter   Check out HERD HQ Get your mitts on all Mark's books: Copy, Copy, Copy  Herd  Creative Superpowers  Welcome to the Creative Age  Here's Strands of Genius guest curated by Giles  And ISOLATED Talks  If that wasn't enough, keep an eye out for chances to catch Mark IRL at upcoming The Marketing Society events  Timestamps (01:48) - Quick fire questions (02:44) - First jobs, being a tour guide and working with Paul Feldwick    (08:38) - Becoming a behavioural science geek (aka becoming HERDmeister) (17:17) - Why we're wrong to think of ourselves as individuals  (22:00) - Stop overlooking the influence of culture   (36:32) - Copying and the value of creative triage  (48:13) - A shed load of listener questions  (53:50) - Why brain scans are bollocks  (1:07:07) - How being a lover of both language and languages helps him understand people, communication and culture (cc Lisl Macdonald)  (1:31:12) - 4 pertinent posers  Mark's book recommendations are:  Why the Germans Do it Better by John Kampfner The Invention of Tradition by Eric Hobsbawn  Hooligan by Geoffrey Pearson  Books by Jhumpa Lahiri  From the Diary of a Snail by Günter Grass /////

Every top food and drink founder reads our Newsletter - why wouldn't you?https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/Watch the full shabang on Youtube -  https://www.youtube.com/@HungryFMCG/videosLet's link up on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/Stalk me on Insta- https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/If you ONLY do one thing next week. Do this.Scoff this conversation down your earlobesHANDS DOWN.One of the most important conversations I've EVER had.We dove deeper.deeper.deeperdeeper.Crossing the chasm from challenger “Thinking” to challenger “Being”.I've listened back 4 times.Scribbled copious scraggly notes.Still unearthing glistening pearls of pithy and profound wisdom.Totally honored to welcome David Hieatt to HUNGRY.David's career is challenger “Being”- worked at Saatchi & Saatchi and Saatchi, before founding howies in 1995 and selling to Timberland, a VF Company.- created The DO Lectures - voted one of the top 10 idea festivals in the world by The Guardian Over 150 million views online.- founded and building Hiut Denim Co.SO excited for you to listen to this.ON THE MENU:1. Why challenger brands must be a Speed boat not an Ocean liner - lean into being small, nimble, agile2. The way to the future is to get there before anybody else, Speedboats get there faster.3. Why scale kills magic - challenger brands must 10 x creativity vs. 10 x size.4. Why growth can be stressful - your company starts running YOU, don't climb the wrong mountain.5. Why "Busy, Shallow" is the most dangerous place for challenger brands - stay in the" Deep, Impact" zone.6. Why Creativity is NOT following - remember BIG ideas are often small7. Why challenger brands MUST find their voice, your voice is the difference between a blunt and sharp arrow.8. Fall in love with the dark days - people only ever remember the peaks9. Why your hope needs grit and don't turn your imagination into worry (this may be the best thing I've EVER heard)

Is loneliness the new smoking? A number of studies and polls have recently come out that indicate Americans of all ages, socioeconomic, and geographic locations are more isolated and alone that in any other time in recent history. Some postulate this has been spurred by people isolating themselves via increased screen time, alienating and divisive social media posts, remote working, and perhaps augmented by living in a post-Covid era.  Regardless of the causes, Nick Gray is wielding name tags and a harmonica, and rolling up his sleeves to remedy this new plague, which we'll be discussing in this episode. But first who is Nick Gray? Well, he is a bit of an underdog wunderkind. Let me explain. At age 14, Nick while in middle school, built websites and was making $70 per hour, which later on helped pay his tuition at Wake Forest University. After graduating, he helped build and grow the family business, which they sold and now Nick manages their family office. While living in New York and, based on his disdain for museums, but smitten on a date to The Met, he built and launched a multi-million dollar, Inc. 5000 company, called Museum Hack. He also did a TEDx talk about it (which has been watched by more than 75,000 people), and then sold the company, as many of us do. Along the way he also lived in India and produced a Bollywood music video. He's been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Newsweek, and New York Magazine. In addition to having been a featured speaker at TEDx, he's also presented at The DO Lectures and The Skift Conference, among many others. Needless to say, Nick is not your everyday entrepreneur, or person. His latest foray is that of author, and we'll do a deep dive into his new book, The 2-Hour Cocktail Party, a step-by-step handbook that teaches you how to build relationships by hosting small gatherings. Nick is the poster-boy for living your life in full, connecting with others and building community more so than an audience. Tune in to learn how he does it, and how you can, too.

Laurence has been a big fan of Tim Frenneaux's work since he first discovered Gather Outdoors, a blog and online store he launched back in 2015. He's still got a couple of their sweatshirts.Tim launched Gather shortly after he turned 40. Around this time he lost his dad and realised he wasn't living the adventurous life he dreamt of as a kid. More recently Gather has evolved to become Adventurous Ink, a book club for people who love the great outdoors. His blog is a wonderful source of ideas, resources and inspiration for anyone that wants to bring more nature connection to their lives.Like Laurence and Carlos, Tim believes that seeking the sublime and awe in nature can be the antidote to many of the problems we face as a society. From disconnection to ourselves, but also to each other and the planet.Tim talks about how nature can allow us to open up, and how Adventurous Ink grew from the Do Lectures.

**watch out - there's one tiny little swear at the end** Had to talk to you about a big wake up call I had last week. About how low, virtually-undetected levels of imposter syndrome can continue to hold us back. How thinking in small numbers mean we'll never hit the big ones. And how a day out a new view is always always always a good idea. In this note, I talk about the Hiut denim and Do Lectures founder David Hieatt click here to listen to him on The #JustBloodyPostIt Podcast. You can check out his book about email newsletters here: https://thedobook.co/products/do-open-how-a-simple-email-newsletter-can-transform-your-business-and-it-can. CONNECT I also mention my Instagram pals, follow them - we can all be friends. The artist Alice Sheridan: https://www.instagram.com/alicesheridanstudio/ Online shop mentor Jo McCarthy: https://www.instagram.com/jo_at_firain/ Thanks always for listening, support the show by subscribing and sharing.

This episode Penny is niching down with analogue film photographer Jim Marsden. Born In The Rossendale Valley, Lancashire Jim grew up with a love of the landscape and a curiosity for people. Clients range from The Do Lectures, Paynter Jackets to BMW, 'I always thought that I wanted to do something that was slightly different and to do it in a way that made me really happy. With a process that just felt right– that just made sense to me.' – Jim Marsden https://iamjim.co.uk/ SHOW NOTES: Millican video: https://vimeo.com/213643782embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=9983036 Irving Penn: https://irvingpenn.org/ Bruce Weber: http://www.bruceweber.com/ Richard Avedon: https://www.avedonfoundation.org/the-work Marilyn photograph: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/128614 Babs soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/album/7I93ZrmODMfvBsjuxPnsqs –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Find out how you can niche down on your business with Penny Lee https://thebranddirectoress.com/

"What you Dream is what you DO - so  Dream BIG!"Delighted to welcome for the 1st of the ALL NEW for 2023 "The Good Listening To Show:  Stories of Distinction & Genius" the wonderful, wise and inspiring serial entrepreneur and polymath David Hieatt.David writes wonderful copy on LinkedIn and Twitter and as co-founder of the global Community "The DO Lectures" - Curated gatherings that will inspire you to DO - he reaches an extremely large audience indeed:"DO exists to help you get from where you are now to where you could be. Our talks will help you make that journey. There is gold here. Stories with heart, ideas and insight. These talks can be your mentor. Some have been watched over 150 million times.The stories shared at DO always bear witness to what's happening in the world at large. They are told by some of the most progressive DOers and disruptors of our times. But even so they don't paint perfect pictures. They are raw, honest and vulnerable. Human. Like us all.And they are free. No advertising, no sponsorships, no hidden agendas. Just incredible, inspiring talks.The idea is a simple one. We gather together the world's great DOers, disruptors and changemakers, have them share their hearts and stories, and encourage others to go and DO amazing things too.It's been an incredible journey, and over the years many great mavericks and masters have stepped foot on the DO stage to tell their tales. From craftsmen to technologists, digital entrepreneurs to food champions. All are challengers of thought. Provokers of debate. Firestarters, risk-takers and gamechangers.But most of all they are human. And we challenge them as we challenge you. We ask them to give the talk of their lives. One they haven't done before. One that makes them open up and be vulnerable. That shares pain as well as progress. Heart and hope, as well as ideas and insight.So, not easy. But then, our speakers have never settled for easy"More about David in his own words: Bankrupt at 16. Thrown out of college at 18. Joined Saatchi and Saatchi at 21. Had a ball. Left advertising to go back to Wales. Started howies in 1995. Sold it to Timberland. Left. Started The DO Lectures, which was voted one of the top 10 ideas festivals in the world by the Guardian. And in 2012 started a company making jeans called The Hiut Denim Co. in his hometown of Cardigan. A town that used to have Britain's biggest jeans factory. Its purpose is to get 400 people their jobs back. As of today, it now employs 27 people.Tune in next week for more stories of 'Distinction & Genius' from The Good Listening To Show 'Clearing'. If you would like to be my Guest too then you can find out HOW via the different 'series strands' at 'The Good Listening To Show' website. Show Website: https://www.thegoodlisteningtoshow.com You can email me about the Show: chris@secondcurve.uk Twitter thatchrisgrimes LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-grimes-actor-broadcaster-facilitator-coach/ FaceBook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/842056403204860 Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW wherever you get your Podcasts :) Thanks for listening!

Mike Stevens is the author of The Direct To Consumer Playbook, consultant and entrepreneur. In this episode we discuss: Mike's career that ended up with him writing the book about DTC How DTC is evolving Products and if DTC has to be better than the alternatives Managing the rising customer acquisition costs that are hitting DTC margins Picking up the phone and why you never lose money talking to customers The over-reliance on data The impact of lowering barriers to entry on DTC brands When DTC should become retail and multichannel What role does community play in DTC brands and if they can exist without it? The importance of vertical integration and why some companies stay away from it Mike Stevens Mike Stevens has played key roles in two of the most iconic start-up challenger brands in recent years: innocent smoothies and Peppersmith confectionery. At innocent, he built and ran their supply chain for six years before becoming a country manager. In 2009 he co-founded Peppersmith. Peppersmith was set up to kick the confectionery industry into the 21st century. Mike was CEO and scaled the business before selling the company in 2018. In addition to writing The Direct To Consumer Playbook, Mike advises, mentors and consults for start-up and scale-up businesses. He is based in Poole, Dorset, UK. Find Mike on LinkedIn Other Links The Direct to Consumer Playbook: The Stories and Strategies of the Brands that Wrote the DTC Rules https://amzn.to/3AcQnWu Ritson on the Strategy Sessions with strong opinions on DTC https://eximomarketingstrategy.com/strategy-sessions-podcast-with-mark-ritson/ The DO Lectures https://thedolectures.com/ Andi Jarvis If you have any questions or want to talk about anything that was discussed in the show, the best place to get me is on Twitter or LinkedIn. If you don't get the podcast emailed to you (and a monthly newsletter) you can sign up for it on the Eximo Marketing website. Make sure you subscribe to get the podcast every fortnight and if you enjoyed the show, please give it a 5* rating. Andi Jarvis, Eximo Marketing.

Just like with this podcast and my own mental health journey, our own mental health challenges frequently inspire and motivate us to find ways to help others going through similar issues. My guest on this episode has done exactly that through the creation of a super simple app to track your mood each day, simply called Mood. Gareth Dauncey is a Welsh architect who used his passion for simple, clean design to create a highly visual way to track his own mood each day as he navigated his own mental health challenges. Through a series of serendipitous events including meeting his co-founder at the DO Lectures in Wales, Gareth's colorful paper based mood tracking tool morphed into an iPhone app which has been championed by Ruby Wax and her Frazzled Cafe organisation amongst others. Listen to hear more about Gareth's own story and how spending a few minutes each day tracking your mood can help manage your own mental health. You can download the app here. For every paid download, Mood will donate one free subscription to an organization that supports mental wellbeing.

Mandell has some serious friendships going on, let me tell you. His story blasted my preconceived notions right out of the water, and I absolutely love it when that happens! You see… I have it in my mind that men are ‘worse at friendships' than women. Laying down flat on my back, showing you my exposed neck, coming clean as a person with prejudices… I KNOW RIGHT?! What a horrible person I am. Or? Maybe just honest. (At least I know this about myself.) Anyway, what blew me out of the water, was to hear Mandell's story of his brotherhood of 15+ men, who've stuck together (at least) since high school, which in my estimate means somewhere between fifteen and twenty years (arghhh, am I putting my foot in it now Mandell? Again?!). And no no no – not a yearly get-together or anything like that. Intense connection, with a running daily chat-thread going AND meet-up's, more casual, as well as all-hands-on-deck for bachelor parties, weddings, baby showers and the like. “Through the years we have incredible history together. The places we've traveled, the things we've done. We've spent many, many hours, literally just sitting on the steps of one of my friends' houses. And that was the highlight of the day because we were doing it together, hanging out and laughing. So it's a unique relationship for sure.” ~ Mandell It absolutely thrills me to hear this, and to experience their shared love for each other, because it's apparent when he shares their story. We didn't start with the brotherhood coming together in Colombia though. We got there via my fiftieth birthday celebrations, because they have been (and will continue to be – and if that intrigues you, give us a listen and all shall be revealed!) equally good representations of friendships and coming together. “Life is better together.” ~ Helena Perhaps there's some tankespjärn for you there. In your friendships, your relationships? How do you give them the energy they need to ensure you live as rich a life as you wasn't to? Links: Find Mandell Conway through his website Giving is like or on LinkedIn David Grundelius, previous owner of my guitar Buddhas by the Roadside Fink different at Do Lectures with Graham Fink Range - WHY GENERALISTS TRIUMPH IN A SPECIALIZED WORLD by David Epstein The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist Process-oriented therapy with Dominic Bosman Venter Simone Seol on marketing Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Words of memory for my paternal grandmother (in Swedish) Does a mastermind-group on ‘The Inner Ethics Committee on Marketing' sound interesting to you? Contact me here!

Among the millions of other businesses on our planet, what makes one brand a cut above the rest? Is it the size of the business or the amount of money they have? No. In the words of Author and Nike's former Chief Marketing Officer, Greg Hoffman, it's that brand's ability to, “Go way beyond simple observations and assumptions”. And with a brand that connects as deeply as Nike has with millions of customers around the world, this is a rare opportunity to learn from the very best.  In just one conversation, you'll hear all the creative genius Greg knows about building a successful brand, and the three key documents he insists are crucial for a business to have when starting. You'll also hear someone with a phenomenal entrepreneurial spirit and the kind of awe-inspiring understanding of what makes human beings tick.  For over two decades, Greg was at the beating heart of every strategic and creative decision at Nike. He was instrumental in transforming it from being a shoe company to a brand that resonates on a truly global scale. As a young boy, Greg was the victim of racism, and threw himself into art and sports to escape from reality. Little did he know that these two passions would allow him to evolve from Nike's intern, to leading some of the most powerful marketing campaigns in history.  Holly talks to Greg about your responsibility as a founder to protect your brand story, and how powerful brands need to understand the importance and craft of storytelling. He also shares how to drive growth while connecting with your customer. This isn't just remarkable insight for founders to listen to, but for anyone who is creative or enjoys popular culture. You will gain a deeper understanding of the true power of brand when used well, and how it can not just engage us emotionally, but also change our behaviour and inspire us to join movements that evolve our whole society.  So are you ready to learn something fascinating? In the words of Nike's iconic strap line: Just do it.  If you enjoyed this conversation, you might also enjoy Holly's episode with David Hieatt, founder of Howies, The Do Lectures and Hiut Denim. This Conversations of Inspiration podcast episode is brought to you with support from Adobe Express. Enjoying listening to these unfiltered chats? Subscribe to Holly's weekly newsletters on our website, where she shares small business inspiration of all kinds, exclusive nuggets of wisdom from her and her guests, plus offers, creative ideas and topical, 'ungoogleable' business advice. 

Today we're joined by David Hieatt, founder of Hiut Denim Co., and The Do Lectures.What we covered in this episode: How to pronounce Hiut and its origins What inspired David to start a jeans company Pitching a business aged 14 Raised by wolves at Saatchi and Saatchi Setting up their first business Howies Surviving without pay for 6 years How it feels to sell your business The impact of having a dad in the merchant navy The importance of making people feel something Having a purpose and bringing your values to work How to find your purpose Why saving Britains biggest jeans factory inspired David to create Hiut Coping with 6 months orders in one month Why a newsletter is your most important communiction tool Getting geeky about newsletter stats Trying to beat your best newsletter Writing a book in 30mins a day Learning from Paul Arden The importance of choosing your boss carefully Focussing on being the most influential 30 person jeans company Being better today than yesterday Saving the planet with the No Wash Club Coping with 3 years of repairs in 3 months after offering free repairs for life The 88 hours it takes to win business The inspiration behind the DO lectures and the irony of 'doing one thing well' Don't just stand there, do something. Making change happen. Selling tickets to Do lectures out in an hour Talks from a cowshed in west wales

Books! Who knew me and Mandell Conway, conversation-partner number two for this third season of meandering conversations, would spend a whole episode talking abouts books. (Well. More or less. Not 100% perhaps. But a lot. And as I am a book buff I was pleasantly surprised to find a book buff-friend in Mandell). You see, I know Mandell more for the stories he writes, as we met up in end November 2020 for The Storyskills Workshop. Luckily for me, Mandell started a blog in the first months of 2022, publishing writings he somewhat irregularly shares on LinkedIn too, which is where they caught my eye. In that way, he kind of made his way into my mind as I started to ponder who I wanted to spend season three with. It's fascinating how easy it is to set up rules for reading, rules that might or might not serve you (or your reading habit). '… as I began to learn and like to read and fall down these rabbit holes of self-development, I wouldn't buy books unless I was reading them. And then if I read a book, I would finish them. Then I read somewhere that it's okay to have a bunch of books in your house that you haven't read. Just look at it as if you have all this wisdom accessible to you at any moment.' ~ Mandell I did the same thing as Mandell, punished myself by judging me a failure if I started to read a book without finishing it. Today I've so let that belief go, as there are way to many books out there for me to spend my time reading books I am not getting something of value from, regardless what that ‘value' might be. I've also imposed a no-book-buying-ban on myself, having ten years or so when I'd only read library books. I've relaxed a lot around that issue too, buying books that I know I want to marginalia in. (No. That's not an actual verb. But in my vocabulary it is.) So when I learned about tsundoku (having books piled everywhere) in an article by Austin Kleon, I laughed because this is so me. He also quotes Edward Tufte: “The important books in my library are the unread books.” Perhaps this is true for tankespjärn as well? The important thing is to be in a setting where the potential for coming across one (or two, or…) is high. Such as when you join me and Mandell in this our first conversation. Enjoy! Links: Find Mandell Conway through his website Giving is like or on LinkedIn The Storyskills Workshop Stöld av Ann-Helén Laestadius Do Open: How a simple email newsletter can transform your business by David Hieatt, the denim guy of Hiut Denim Keyboard CEO course over on Do Lectures, with Mike Coulter (whose name slipped my mind…) The Creative's Workshop The altMBA Wim Hof Fundamentals Pop the cat

Living in a consumerist society, we are surrounded by so many businesses and brands, yet why do we so rarely feel emotionally connected to one? In this week's clip, Holly shares why her conversation with David Hieatt, founder of Howies, The Do Lectures and Hiut Denim, sparked such a lightbulb moment for her when it comes to connecting with customers and how many brands fail at doing so.  Recalling her own brand journeys with notonthehighstreet and now Holly and Co, Holly shares why following your gut to connect with your customers is so crucial — something that she learned the hard way. Also in this exclusive moment, Holly shares her philosophy of why having a business fuelled by all the greatest emotions, is the key to building a lifelong brand.  You'd also think that large corporates would have the upper hand here wouldn't you? But listen to find out why small businesses have a superpower that large companies just can't match…  This is just a short snippet from an incredibly powerful conversation that Holly had with David Hieatt who found himself totally obsessed with brands, and the lifelong effect the smallest of emotional gestures could have on a customer. He has since built a life doing what he loves — and has founded three incredible businesses with emotion at their hearts.  Listen to David Hieatt's episode here.  Enjoying listening to these unfiltered chats? It's worth following Holly Tucker MBE and Holly & Co on Instagram, and subscribing to our weekly newsletter on our website, where Holly downloads her thoughts, and exclusively shares small business finds and topical, 'ungoogleable' business advice.

I'm very happy to share this conversation. I met Laurie over 10 years ago at the Do Lectures in California … How and when she learned to meditate really illustrates the way meditation supports people in tuning into their intuition and gaining clarity when making big life changes. For Laurie a significant example of this was when she came with us to India on a retreat and the resulting clarity and trust that emerged before some major life transitions.She also goes into how her practice helped her to shift patterns in her relationships and find a partner who is now her husband. In the interview, she's pregnant and talks about the feeling of meditating with a baby inside.Laurie is a real inspiration, and she's found a way to make meditation a part of her life and inspire others to learn (though she's careful to wait until they are interested!)So Speaking of Meditation, here's Laurie. Enjoy.

Psst, have you subscribed to the bookmark newsletter? If you're enjoying this, you might like my twice-monthly email with book reviews and ideas of what you should be reading, and listening to, next. Click here to subscribe. About the book How do you grow your business when you don't have a marketing budget? How do you stand out in a busy world? And what if the answer is right in front of you? ‘For me, the newsletter is the most important tool I have in building a global denim brand. Second only to the sewing machine.' So writes entrepreneur David Hieatt who has based his entire marketing strategy around a simple email newsletter. And it's worked. His company has grown into a creative global jeans business with a fiercely loyal community. Now, David shares his insight, strategy and methodology so you can do the same. In Do Open you will discover: Why giving is your secret to success How to get people's attention when time is your biggest competitor Why creating beats sharing How a small team can win Build community. Build your brand. Build long-term growth. Discover why the humble newsletter is pure and utter gold. Source: https://thedobook.co/products/do-open-how-a-simple-email-newsletter-can-transform-your-business-and-it-can About the author David Hieatt is not a theorist. He has built brands from nothing, with next to nothing, just by understanding a few basic rules. The Scrapbook Chronicles newsletter has become a cult offering from his company, the Hiut Denim Co. Its open rate exceeds almost any industry standard and it is one of those rare emails that people actually look forward to receiving. And it has delivered results. It has grown the company by 25 per cent each year for the last three years. And each year for the last three years, the company has turned a profit. David is co-founder of The Do Lectures and has spoken at Apple, Google and Red Bull, amongst others. In 2010 he self-published The Path of a Doer and in 2014 he published Do Purpose: Why brands with a purpose do better and matter more (Do Books). Source: https://thedobook.co/products/do-open-how-a-simple-email-newsletter-can-transform-your-business-and-it-can Big idea #1 — Be excellent You know your audience are busy people, so the best way of respecting their time is sending them something excellent, and most importantly, interesting. If you've not got anything interesting to say, you're probably going to struggle to keep your audience very engaged.  This point of being interesting and being excellent really does underpin the whole book. You can build your excellence and interest by putting in the deep work required to think carefully about what to send your audience. This requires putting the time aside to think, because the best ideas are going to come from that thinking time. You don't necessarily need to be running a business for this to be relevant. You can absolutely use these ideas and techniques to write better emails or comms within the company you work for, in your projects, or to write better social media posts. Whatever it is, if you want it to be great, spend more time on. David says that a good newsletter shares how you think about the world, therefore you need to put the time aside to think in order to then share those thoughts. David has the equation of Maintenance + Momentum = Strategic use of time.  Maintenance is your BAU, it's the stuff you've got to do in order to keep going for things to keep making money or keep operating. But momentum is where you get the movement, the traction, and the growth. So that's where you need to prioritise spending time. He encourages us to think long term; what if this was a 10-year relationship/activity? Not just a newsletter for a transaction to get some short-term sales. And if you're a a small business, this will be to your advantage if you use it well; you can act fast and you can likely bring a lot more personality into your newsletters, which helps build that personal relationship with your readers. Big idea #2 — Be generous, but sell You need to give before you ask. David uses the Gary Vee jab, jab, jab, right hook idea in this concept of give and take. But you don't want to just talk about yourself. Think about talking about your customers, the people around your business, or other topics your audience might be interested in. But, when you're selling, sell. Don't leave people wondering whether you're trying to sell something or not, and don't make it hard for them — make it really clear that you are selling something when you're selling something. David suggests actually having two different formats or different newsletters for different purposes, which is not something that you see in a lot of other content around this topic. The Hiut Denim Company have two different newsletters; the Scrapbook Chronicles which contains 14 things: 12 pockets of inspiration and two company updates, which is their community building newsletter. They've also got the second newsletter; Factory Talk which contains three things and ends with their latest offer. It's much shorter and is very much a sales newsletter.  Whilst generosity is important, David reminds us not to be too generous; a lot of unsubscribes come from people receiving too many emails. Don't drown people in your generosity. In order to be interesting and generous in your newsletters, you should curate your own inputs to make sure that you are getting different and interesting inputs in the things that you are reading, because that's where you're going to find things to curate and share with your audience. There is a balance between curation which is more your maintenance type content, and creation, which is the momentum content as it's original thought that's often a bit more personal. There's a role for both, but think about where you need to be investing the time in creation because that's where you get your momentum. Big idea #3 — Build a community Your list is not a list, it's people, it's a community. You can use them to help you be more interesting, because if you understand them you can better connect with them and can share more relevant things with them that they'll find interesting.  David encourages you to think about who the minority are that you're talking to, who is that small group of people or what is the intersect of that venn diagram that where three or four things overlap? This is why unsubscribes for the right reason can be good, as the wrong people filter themselves out. so in  Use your newsletter to instigate a conversation with your community and allow a two way conversation to emerge. Make it really easy for people to comment, share, reply or come back to you with a response.  In the book he talks about the fact that a community wants three things; connection, meaning, and change. How can you bring those three elements into your your brand, your tone of voice, the design of your newsletter, the things you share, and the way people can interact with you.  Finally, you need to show people that you care. If you show people that you care about the work you're doing, about your process, your products or service, about your message, and about them, they will let you lead. If you're not very interesting or you're a bit soulless and don't have much of a voice, people aren't going to trust you as much. If you put out good ideas by spending the time thinking about them, you build a community that trusts you and appreciates your generosity.   Let's connect LinkedIn Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast, I interview Mark Shayler, owner at Ape. He's a  Thinker / Doer / Creator / Speaker / Author,  who helps companies grow sustainably by developing people, strategies and brand - whilst reducing impact. (Mark has saved his clients in excess of £120,000,000).He's also  author of the excellent books "Do Disrupt" and "Do Present".  In the interview, we discuss his highly specialised knowledge of sustainability, in which he has many years experience of advising and working with an array of clients, from major corporates to leading-edge startups. Along the way, he outlines his strategic thinking and practical approach to problems facing companies today and tomorrow. Mark also talks about the renowned Do Lectures, which have gained a stellar reputation over the years since he was  a founding partner, and with whom he continues to play a crucial role.  

Predictable Success® was founded and is managed by international keynote speaker and bestselling author Les McKeown.Les has over 25 years of global business experience, including starting 42 companies in his own right. He was the founding partner of an incubation consulting company that launched hundreds of businesses with thousands of employees.A native of Ireland, Les was awarded the Samuel Smyth Memorial Prize as a Chartered Accountant (CPA) in the UK and was, at that time, the youngest qualified Chartered Accountant in the UK. After a brief period with Price Waterhouse (now PwC), Les became Ireland's youngest ever accounting firm partner.After a long career in advising individuals and organizations on growth and development, Les started his own training and development business; when he sold his share in that practice to his business partner in 1998, it had grown to a 13-office, worldwide training and consulting business. In 1999, Les relocated to the US, from where he writes, teaches and consults in high-performance organizational development.Les' clients include Harvard University, US Army, Pella, Chiron Corporation, Microsoft, United Technologies, Overture Services (a Yahoo! company), Canadian Defence Department, MI-SWACO, St Vincent Health, Verisign American Express, and many others.Les is an internationally-renowned keynote speaker, with experience speaking to groups at Google, DO Lectures and numerous Fortune 500 companies. He is the author of national best-seller 'Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization on the Growth Track, and Keeping It There', 'The Synergist: Leading Your Team to Predictable Success', and 'Do Lead: Share your vision. Inspire others. Work towards a common goal.' His next book, ‘Do Scale' will be released in Spring 2019.https://predictablesuccess.com/

David Hieatt is the co-founder of, well lots of things tbh, but maybe most famously Hiut Denim and The DO Lectures. He's a big deal in my world for writing a brilliant little business book, about emails. We both love them for all their unsexy effectiveness!   So in this episode we chat about,  writing decent content (a rare and still compelling thing) why he prioritises emails over Instagram being scrappy (hurrah) Click here to get my really useful weekly email The Switch - it's for people marketing their small biz on the internet. And this is the link to buy David's book Do Open: How a simple email newsletter can transform your business (and it can). Thanks always for listening, subscribe, review and tell your friends - it'll help more people find us. 

David Hieatt explains the importance of telling stories in brand building and how he applied the skills he learned in advertising to build globally recognised brands. His life is so unusual that it's hard to be sure what our listeners will take away, but he is clearly grounded in what he is doing now, recognised as successful in the eyes of his peers, and has built a brand, business and events that have impact and meaning for him, and others and his local community in Wales. He co-founded Howies which was acquired by Timberland, later The Hiut Denim Co, whose mission was and is to bring jeans making back to his hometown in Wales, and a popular & unique event called "The Do Lectures" which attendees say is better than TED and/or Burning Man. While taking us through some of the big moments in his life, he shares how his interest in brands got him into advertising, how he managed to position himself as an expert in marketing sports brands to young consumers at the age of 13, and to lose half his father's savings when he was 16. We hear about the power of persistence, doing things that other people don't do, and counter intuitive episodes in his life. We hear how half the people in his company were happy when he sold Howies to Timberland because he drove things too hard, and the exit made him unhappy. How he showed up with his friend for job interviews and was rejected 150 times and moved from living on "beans on toast" to a senior position in a global advertising agency through working all hours, studying hard, and taking the jobs that nobody else wanted. We get some insights into the "Mad Men" alcohol fuelled culture of "chaos with bright people". He asks an important question for any entrepreneur "Why would you sell something you love for money?". We learn how a good entrepreneur who wants to build a brand needs to have two factories: one producing the product, the other producing the stories. If you listen to this episode you may learn where you should never ever underestimate the power of a sticker. We hear about the challenges of success associated with the Do lectures event which, despite being expensive, sell out, and from which amazing people have to be turned away. Perhaps in 2022 they will have randomised selection. About David Hieatt and other links Read interviews with David life here and here David's Linkedin The Do Lectures "The idea is a simple one: To gather together the world's DOers, disruptors and change makers, experts and pioneers, to share their stories, and encourage others to go and DO." The Hiiutt Denim Company "We make jeans. Nothing else. No distractions. No bobble caps. No perfumes. We focus on doing one thing well." To compare Do Lectures events with TEDx- check the global TEDx or look at articles about how TEDxKazimierz is organised by Richard Lucas Getting a ticket to TEDxKazimierz , Getting to speak at TEDxKazimierz and How to build community at events About Kimon Fountoukidis Twitter Linkedin Kimon is the founder of both Argos Multilingual and PMR Both companies were founded in the mid 90s with zero capital and both have gone on to become market leaders in their respective sectors. Kimon was born in New York and moved to Krakow, Poland in 1993. Listen to his story here About Richard Lucas Twitter Linkedin Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded or invested in more than 30 businesses, including investments in Argos Multilingual, PMR https://www.pmrmarketexperts.com/en and, in 2020, the New Books Network. Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre- to business schools. Richard was born in Oxford and moved to Poland in 1991. Read more here. Listen to his story in an autobiographical TEDx talk here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/entrepreneurship-and-leadership

David Hieatt explains the importance of telling stories in brand building and how he applied the skills he learned in advertising to build globally recognised brands. His life is so unusual that it's hard to be sure what our listeners will take away, but he is clearly grounded in what he is doing now, recognised as successful in the eyes of his peers, and has built a brand, business and events that have impact and meaning for him, and others and his local community in Wales. He co-founded Howies which was acquired by Timberland, later The Hiut Denim Co, whose mission was and is to bring jeans making back to his hometown in Wales, and a popular & unique event called "The Do Lectures" which attendees say is better than TED and/or Burning Man. While taking us through some of the big moments in his life, he shares how his interest in brands got him into advertising, how he managed to position himself as an expert in marketing sports brands to young consumers at the age of 13, and to lose half his father's savings when he was 16. We hear about the power of persistence, doing things that other people don't do, and counter intuitive episodes in his life. We hear how half the people in his company were happy when he sold Howies to Timberland because he drove things too hard, and the exit made him unhappy. How he showed up with his friend for job interviews and was rejected 150 times and moved from living on "beans on toast" to a senior position in a global advertising agency through working all hours, studying hard, and taking the jobs that nobody else wanted. We get some insights into the "Mad Men" alcohol fuelled culture of "chaos with bright people". He asks an important question for any entrepreneur "Why would you sell something you love for money?". We learn how a good entrepreneur who wants to build a brand needs to have two factories: one producing the product, the other producing the stories. If you listen to this episode you may learn where you should never ever underestimate the power of a sticker. We hear about the challenges of success associated with the Do lectures event which, despite being expensive, sell out, and from which amazing people have to be turned away. Perhaps in 2022 they will have randomised selection. About David Hieatt and other links Read interviews with David life here and here David's Linkedin The Do Lectures "The idea is a simple one: To gather together the world's DOers, disruptors and change makers, experts and pioneers, to share their stories, and encourage others to go and DO." The Hiiutt Denim Company "We make jeans. Nothing else. No distractions. No bobble caps. No perfumes. We focus on doing one thing well." To compare Do Lectures events with TEDx- check the global TEDx or look at articles about how TEDxKazimierz is organised by Richard Lucas Getting a ticket to TEDxKazimierz , Getting to speak at TEDxKazimierz and How to build community at events About Kimon Fountoukidis Twitter Linkedin Kimon is the founder of both Argos Multilingual and PMR Both companies were founded in the mid 90s with zero capital and both have gone on to become market leaders in their respective sectors. Kimon was born in New York and moved to Krakow, Poland in 1993. Listen to his story here About Richard Lucas Twitter Linkedin Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded or invested in more than 30 businesses, including investments in Argos Multilingual, PMR https://www.pmrmarketexperts.com/en and, in 2020, the New Books Network. Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre- to business schools. Richard was born in Oxford and moved to Poland in 1991. Read more here. Listen to his story in an autobiographical TEDx talk here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The DO Lectures is an ideas sharing event started in 2007 and run out of an old cowshed in Cardigan Bay, Wales. In Season 3 of the DO podcasts, entitled 'Dot Dot Dot', Gav Thompson chats to old DO Lectures speakers about how their story has changed or grown and evolved since they gave their original DO Lecture. In the fifth episode of 'Dot Dot Dot' Gav talks to Anna Jones. Anna's life changed when she applied for, and won, a place at Jamie Oliver's prestigious Fifteen Restaurant & Training Academy. She went on to work very close with Jamie for 7 years, where she helped him with his cookbooks and his campaigns. Since then she has branched out on her own, and has 4 amazing award-winning cookery books to her name. She also has a food column in The Guardian. Her latest book, One - Pot, Pan, Planet makes a very strong case for why eating super-tasty veg based meals can not only help you make extremely delicious healthy meals, but also help save the planet. She is a fantastic guest with a very powerful message. Please have a listen and please do leave a review, rating and subscribe. Thank you. Learn more about Anna at www.annajones.co.uk

The DO Lectures is an ideas sharing event started in 2007 and run out of an old cowshed in Cardigan Bay, Wales. In Season 3 of the DO podcasts, entitled 'Dot Dot Dot', Gav Thompson chats to old DO Lectures speakers about how their story has changed or grown and evolved since they gave their original DO Lecture. In the fourth episode of 'Dot Dot Dot' Gav talks to Kasim Ali. Kasim used to be a pharmacist. And then one day he decided to take over a recently closed community butcher's shop and turn it into a Teahouse. And within a year, this teahouse had won the award for being the best cafe in the UK. Not long after, Kasim set up Waterloo Tea. They now have 5 teahouses in the UK and are wholesalers for some of the best tea in the world. Kasim chats to Gav about his philosophy, which is tea-centred and focuses on being tailored, individual and exceptional. He has an amazing story about running a business being humble, clear and local. Please have a listen and please do leave a review, rating and subscribe. Thank you. Learn more about Waterloo Tea at www.waterlootea.com

The DO Lectures is an ideas sharing event started in 2007 and run out of an old cowshed in Cardigan Bay, Wales. In Season 3 of the DO podcasts, entitled 'Dot Dot Dot', Gav Thompson chats to old DO Lectures speakers about how their story has changed or grown and evolved since they gave their original DO Lecture. In the third episode of 'Dot Dot Dot' Gav talks to Claire Elsdon. Claire was a stockbroker in London. And then one day she packed it all in, climbed on her motorbike and started riding from London to Cape Town. On her own. Along the way she had many adventures, but also saw first hand some of the problems, and opportunities, of motorbikes in Africa. She ended up setting up her own social enterprise in Tanzania, Pikilily, which trains women how to safely ride and maintain motorbikes, thus opening up a whole range of possibilities for the women and their communities. Please have a listen and please do leave a review, rating and subscribe. Thank you. Learn more about Pikilily at www.pikilily.com

The DO Lectures is an ideas sharing event started in 2007 and run out of an old cowshed in Cardigan Bay, Wales. In Season 3 of the DO podcasts, entitled 'Dot Dot Dot', Gav Thompson chats to old DO Lectures speakers about how their story has changed or grown and evolved since they gave their original DO Lecture. In the second episode of 'Dot Dot Dot' Gav talks to CJ Bowry, the founder of the charity Sal's Shoes. CJ literally stumbled across the idea to find new feet to wear her son's old shoes that he had outgrown but not outworn. Sal's Shoes now collects outgrown children's shoes and matches them up with children around the world who may not have access to their own pair of shoes - and in most countries, having no shoes means you aren't allowed to go to school. To date they have found new feet for over 2.5 million pairs of shoes in 49 countries around the world. It is a really powerful story of how one mum has made a massive difference to the world. Please have a listen and please do leave a review, rating and subscribe. Thank you. Learn more about Sal's Shoes at www.salsshoes.com

The DO Lectures is an ideas sharing event started in 2007 and run out of an old cowshed in Cardigan Bay, Wales. In Season 3 of the DO podcasts, entitled 'Dot Dot Dot', Gav Thompson chats to old DO Lectures speakers about how their story has changed or grown and evolved since they gave their original DO Lecture. In this first episode of 'Dot Dot Dot' Gav talks to Tessa Clarke, the co-founder of the UK's largest sharing app OLIO. Tessa and her partner Saasha Celestial-One have taken it upon themselves to try and help eradicate food waste by promoting neighbourly sharing via their app OLIO. Food waste is a HUGE problem facing all of us and is having a very negative effect on the planet. For example. over 1/3 of all food produced globally goes to waste. An area larger than China is used to grow food every year that is never eaten. Over 25% of the world's fresh water supply is used to grown food that is never eaten. Tessa is on a mission to change all this and you can help. Please have a listen and please do leave a review, rating and subscribe. Thank you. Learn more about OLIO at https://olioex.com

David and long-time DO Lectures friend, Duke Stump, caught up on why they think business needs to be done differently. They talk teams, soul and trust - and how the importance of these inspired Duke's unique philosophy on creating more human brands; Bonfire With Soul.

The DO Lectures is an ideas sharing event run out of an old cowshed in Cardigan Bay, Wales. In this series of DO podcasts, Gav Thompson chats to people about how they have achieved their amazing levels of success, as well as uncovering some of the despites that they have had to overcome to get there. In Episode 13 of Being Amazing Despite...Gav chats to Chris Lovett. Chris is a minimalist. He had a busy life, full of stuff and stress. And then one day he started getting rid of his stuff and noticed his stress levels decreasing and his happiness levels increasing in proportion to his lack of clutter and possessions. These days he has pretty much got rid of all his stuff and lives a much happier nomadic life owning very few possessions. Given Gav is a fully signed up 'maximalist', they have an interesting debate on Gav's need to own and collect unnecessary possessions and why he fills his life with clutter. Chris has a new book out on this fascinating subject "Discovery of Less". Please do leave a review, rating and subscribe. Thank you.

The DO Lectures is an ideas sharing event run out of an old cowshed in Cardigan Bay, Wales. In this series of DO podcasts, Gav Thompson chats to people about how they have achieved their amazing levels of success, as well as uncovering some of the despites that they have had to overcome to get there. In Episode 12 of Being Amazing Despite... Gav chats to Roz Savage. Roz is the only woman to have ever rowed single-handedly "around the world". On her own she has rowed 15,000 miles across the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Indian Oceans, earning herself 4 Guinness World Records in the process. She is now an accomplished speaker, writer and environmental campaigner and is an ambassador for the new SEEDS financial ecosystem. This story is about how Roz actually became to be one of the most accomplished ocean rowers in the world. She claims to have only ever been quite good at sport and she says she is by no means a natural rower. Roz's story is one of amazing accomplishment, courage and resilience and how she found happiness and meaning being alone on the oceans. As the world comes out of lockdown, Roz has an interesting perspective on being alone and on solitude. Please do leave a review, rating and subscribe. Thank you. www.rozsavage.com www.joinseeds.com

The DO Lectures is an ideas sharing event run out of an old cowshed in Cardigan Bay, Wales. In this series of DO podcasts, Gav Thompson chats to people about how they have achieved their amazing levels of success, as well as uncovering some of the despites that they have had to overcome to get there. Dan Brown is the founder of The Positive Transformation Initiative. He has set himself the (not insignificant) challenge of positively influencing 1 billion peoples' lives. Dan believes that DOING GOOD IS GOOD BUSINESS. However Dan's life started off very differently. Dan and Gav have a searingly honest chat about Dan's upbringing and early life. Dan was surrounded by drugs, alcohol and gangsters. His life nearly came off the rails on a number of occasions. Gritty, brave and truly inspirational. (Warning - Men cried during the making of this podcast) Please have a listen, enjoy, subscribe and review. Thank you

This episode's conversation is with Richard Huntington, who is Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer at advertising firm Saatchi and Saatchi. Richard is evangelical about how singing can help you find focus and flow in everyday life. Having been a self-confessed ‘non singer' for most of his adult life, we discuss how rediscovering his voice at a singing workshop at the Do Lectures in 2018 had a profound impact on his personal life.   We talk about: -our relationship with songs as a listener and as a singer (and how these differ) -Richard's musical background and why he was ‘agnostic' about singing -exploring the relationship between masculinity and singing -how singing helps us to be fully present and in the moment -how singing creates the potential for flow -bringing singing into the workplace for joy and connection -how singing relates to Cal Newport's idea of ‘deep work' -the age of distraction and how singing can help us focus -the joy of the collective experience when singing with others         James's talk at the Do Lectures: https://vimeo.com/291831003 ‘Sweetest Kick In The Heart' from the Do Lectures workshop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDBv6qLgl_E   Richard's blog post ‘Singing Eats Strategy for Breakfast' http://www.adliterate.com/2019/03/singing-eats-strategy-for-breakfast/  James's website: www.james-sills.com  

The DO Lectures is an ideas sharing event run out of an old cowshed in Cardigan Bay, Wales. In this series of DO podcasts, Gav Thompson chats to people about how they have achieved their amazing levels of success, as well as uncovering some of the despites that they have had to overcome to get there. In this episode, Gav chats to Tom McGillycuddy & Matt Latham, the founders of tickr. tickr is an impact investing app that allows novice investors to easily invest in businesses that are going to change the world for good, particularly those which will have a positive impact on social and environmental change. Gav talks to Tom and Matt about how they were both outsiders who broke into the world of investing and how they quickly realised that together they believed there was a better way to both help anyone become an investor and using those investments to make the world a better place. Despite both of them only being in their twenties, they quit their jobs in the established investment world and set about building a new way to invest. Please do have a listen, leave a review, rating and subscribe. Thank you. More info at www.tickr.co.uk

The DO Lectures is an ideas sharing event run out of an old cowshed in Cardigan Bay, Wales. In this series of DO podcasts, Gav Thompson chats to people about how they have achieved their amazing levels of success, as well as uncovering some of the despites that they have had to overcome to get there. In this episode, Gav chats to Penny Mallory, the first woman to ever compete in the World Rally Championship, despite claiming she was only a mediocre driver. As a child she saw alcoholism and mental illness destroy her family. Fleeing home at 14, homeless and fending for herself on London streets, her life couldn't have been more dangerous or bleak, yet somehow she turned things around, became a champion rally driver and went on to have a very successful career as a TV presenter, stunt driver, author and speaker. Penny is a qualified Coach, a licensed and accredited Mental Toughness Coach and Trainer, and Master Practitioner in CBT. She now helps people and companies with Mental Toughness. Please do have a listen, leave a review, rating and subscribe. Thank you.

The DO Lectures is an ideas sharing event run out of an old cowshed in Cardigan Bay, Wales. In this series of DO podcasts, Gav Thompson chats to people about how they have achieved their amazing levels of success, as well as uncovering some of the despites that they have had to overcome to get there. In this episode, Chris Moon MBE talks to Gav about his unbelievable life story. After leaving the army, David worked for the Halo Trust clearing land mines. In 1993 whilst working in Cambodia, he was kidnapped by the Khmer Rouge (one of the most brutal terror groups in history), but somehow he managed to survive. Two years later, whilst clearing mines in Mozambique, he trod on a mine, blew himself up and ended up losing his right leg and arm. Amazingly, less than a year after this terrible accident, Chris ran the London marathon with a prosthetic leg and arm, and less than a year after that he became an Ultra-marathon runner and completed the notorious 156 mile Marathon Des Sables in the Sahara Desert, in doing so he became the first amputee ultra-runner. Chris sums up the spirit of "Being Amazing Despite...". He has an amazing story and incredible resilience. I found chatting to him truly inspirational. Please do have a listen, leave a review, rating and subscribe. Thank you.

The DO Lectures is an ideas sharing event run out of an old cowshed in Cardigan Bay, Wales. In this series of DO podcasts, Gav Thompson chats to people about how they have achieved their amazing levels of success, as well as uncovering some of the despites that they have had to overcome to get there. In this episode, the co-founder of The DO Lectures, David Hieatt, chats to Gav about his road to becoming amazing (David's, not Gav's). David started his career in advertising, whilst being somewhat distracted by his obsession with sports brands. This obsession turned into his own skateboarding and biking brand, Howies. David and his wife, Clare, built Howies into a very successful and uber cool brand that they eventually sold. David talks about his regret at selling Howies at the wrong time to the wrong people and how that "despite" actually fed and led to the phenomenal growth and success of both The DO Lectures and his and Clare's brilliant Made in Wales jeans company, Hiut Denim Co. Dave is the reason that this podcast exists and the reason that I am hosting it. He has an unbelievable amount of creativity, wisdom and warmth, which I hope the listeners get the chance to tune into here. Please do leave a review, rating and subscribe. Thank you.

The DO Lectures is an ideas sharing event run out of an old cowshed in Cardigan Bay, Wales. In this series of DO podcasts, Gav Thompson chats to people about how they have achieved their amazing levels of success, as well as uncovering some of the despites that they have had to overcome to get there. In Episode 6 of Being Amazing Despite..., Gav chats to Philippa White. In 2004 Philippa left a career "flogging shit" in advertising in London to set up a social enterprise, The International Exchange (TIE), in Brazil. A leadership program where business leaders from the developed world can help tackle some of the bigger problems in the developing world The story of TIE is a major amazing achievement that Philippa is rightfully proud. TIE was doing very well and growing nicely. And then Covid struck, and the idea of business people travelling across the world to help developing charities on the ground became impossible. Facing the potential end of her life's work with TIE, Philippa managed to swiftly pivot the organisation and rebirth TIE as something new and brave (and potentially bigger). Please do leave a review, rating and subscribe. Thank you. Learn more about TIE at www.theinternationalexchange.co.uk

The DO Lectures is an ideas sharing event run out of an old cowshed in Cardigan Bay, Wales. In this series of DO podcasts, Gav Thompson chats to people about how they have achieved their amazing levels of success, as well as uncovering some of the despites that they have had to overcome to get there. In Episode 5 of Being Amazing Despite..., Gav chats to Caspar Craven. Caspar was running an unsuccessful business and was close to divorce when he had the genius idea to pack it all in and sail around the world for 2 years in a small yacht with his wife, who hated sailing and suffered from seasickness, and his 3 little children, aged 9, 7 and 2. This in itself is a very interesting, if slightly bonkers, story. But the amazingness of Caspar's story is actually how he managed to achieve such a monumental adventure and his learnings along the way, including overcoming himself and his habit of stuffing things up. Please do leave a review, rating and subscribe. Thank you.

The DO Lectures is an ideas sharing event run out of an old cowshed in Cardigan Bay, Wales. In this series of DO podcasts, Gav Thompson chats to people about how they have achieved their amazing levels of success, as well as uncovering some of the despites that they have had to overcome to get there. In Episode 4 of Being Amazing Despite..., Gav chats to James Shone. James was a successful teacher who in 2012 had just landed his dream job as a headmaster. Then, during a routine medical examination, doctors discovered James had a huge brain tumour. After 27 hours of surgery, James' brain tumour had gone, but so had his eyesight. He woke up after the operation to discover he was blind. Shortly after this, he also lost his job This story is about how James went from rock bottom to doing amazing things through setting up a charity, 'I can and I am', to inspire children and teenagers to a life of confidence and potential, despite being blind and unemployed. Please do leave a review, rating and subscribe. Thank you. https://www.icanandiam.com.

The DO Lectures is an ideas sharing event run out of an old cowshed in Cardigan Bay, Wales. In this series of DO podcasts, Gav Thompson chats to people about how they have achieved their amazing levels of success, as well as uncovering some of the despites that they have had to overcome to get there. Sue Perkins is one the the UK's best loved comedians, performers and TV presenters. She chats to Gav about her time as President of the Cambridge Footlights, about starting out in the industry with her best friend Mel Giedroyc and the road that led to her becoming the queen of the baked goods light entertainment juggernaut, Bake Off. They talk about her very honest and refreshingly human approach to travel shows and debate when one becomes a National Treasure. They also have a very revealing conversation about some of Sue's despites, such as her brain tumour and anxiety, as well as compare Dad dying stories. Please have a listen, enjoy, subscribe and review.

In this second episode of Season 2 of "Being Amazing Despite...", Gav chats to Eleanor Tweddell about being amazing despite losing your job. Eleanor talks to Gav about her new (rather timely) book 'Why losing your job could be the best thing that ever happened to you' (a subject very close to Gav's heart) and offers some tips and advice for anyone going through something similar. Eleanor founded Another Door, a club supporting people who have been made redundant or lost their job, when she was made redundant and had a feeling she wanted to do something other than corporate life. She has worked for organisations such as Costa Coffee, Virgin Atlantic, Vodafone - but it felt like it was time to change. Feeling a little lost, she went to The Do Lectures, and she says we were the catalyst for her making the big leap into the unknown and starting Another Door. Eleanor's book is here https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0241458978/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_VWSTFbN9EWQQH and Another Door is here https://www.anotherdoor.co.uk Please listen, enjoy, review and subscribe. Show produced by George McDonagh. Music by James Morton

The image in the logo of the Mojo Podcast is a vibrant butterfly - I love the image and the symbolism for a podcast about how we deal with, learn from and grow from change in our lives. And this week's episode is right on the money in this area. My guest this week is Mark Shayler and he talks to me about his own development and growth - his path to transcendence . Mark very openly and honestly points out the moments of deep introspection when he realised change wasn't just possible but vital to him. He describes himself as 'an introvert who hides in the spotlight'. We talk about big shifts in life, such as grieving potential, losing friends, building community, creating new things, his daily Qi Gong class on Instagram. We spend plenty of time talking about how he helps people present better (and he is a great presenter) when they are truly themselves up there on that scary stage. He says “don't be a character, be yourself - you can't forget your lines when you talk about your life” Other great quotes to look out for: "Comparison is the thief of happiness" "What is not transformed is transferred" Mark's consultancy, Ape, helps big companies think like small ones and small companies think like big ones. He works on innovation of products, services and business models; he works on sustainability and company purpose; and he coaches businesses and individuals. He has worked for Nike, Coca-Cola, Seedlip, Unilever, Hotpoint, Samsung, John Lewis, Fenwick, Bacardi, Diageo, Mars, Thorntons, 3M, Amazon, Panasonic and hundreds of funky little businesses like Propercorn, Teapigs, Hiut Denim, and Ugly Drinks. He is a Founding Partner of the Do Lectures and author of the books Do Distrupt: Change the status quo or become it (Do Books) and Do Present: How to give talk and be heard (Do Books).  He is a Founding partner of feel-good lockdown project www.reasonstobecheerful.co.uk Be sure to check out his Instagram for those daily Qi Gong classes @markshayler Do subscribe for new episodes, please leave a 5 star rating AND help the Mojo Podcast grow by leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts Thank you Richard x The Mojo Podcast Hosted by executive and business coach Richard Stokes from Ibiza @mojorichard on Instagram www.mojodevelopment.co.uk richard@mojodevelopment.co.uk #beyourself #beyou #identity #purpose #mission #presenting #qigong #markshayler #mojo #community #reasonstobecheerful 

The DO Lectures have a new podcast series entitled "DO Podcast with Gav Thompson". The first season is all about The Person behind The Story and The Story behind the Person and this is the second episode, entitled "Uncommon Conviction" with Johnnie Boden. Johnnie Boden is one of Britain's most successful entrepreneurs. He has built his fashion brand, Boden, to be one of the largest privately-owned clothing businesses in the UK. Boden is currently the 3rd biggest selling British fashion brand in the US. Johnnie talks with real honesty and authenticity to Gav about his uncommon conviction and how, as an untrained designer, he managed to believe in himself and his vision and build up his empire from very raw beginnings in 1991 selling menswear to his friends to becoming the huge womenswear and childrenswear empire that it is today. Johnnie talks about becoming the next Gok Wan and his uncanny similarities to his old schoolmate, Boris Johnson. Please listen, enjoy, review and subscribe. Show produced by George McDonagh. Music by James Morton.

The DO Lectures have a new podcast series entitled "DO Podcast with Gav Thompson". We have been releasing The DO Lectures in Podcast format recently, but we thought it was time to actually start making some podcasts that were, well, you know, actual podcasts. We have asked our old friend, Gav Thompson, to host these. Gav worked with David back in the 90's, has been a friend of the DO for ages and gave his own DO lecture in 2012. The first season is all about The Person behind The Story and The Story behind the Person and this is the very first episode, entitled "Self-Belief" with Tom Goodwin. Tom Goodwin is currently something of a marketing guru within the US, with over 750,000 followers on social media. He has recently pivoted from talking about the future of marketing to having some very outspoken views on Covid and the way the media reports on it. This has created a little bit of a stir, not least because some of his views are seen by a few as controversial (or contrarian...), which culminated in him getting very publicly fired a few weeks ago from a high profile job in New York. Gav explores the route of Tom's self-belief and tries to probe a little deeper behind both what happened and why Tom feels this way. Please listen, enjoy, review and subscribe. Show produced by George McDonagh. Music by James Morton.

Mara is a social innovator and entrepreneur. Her latest venture, The Flow Collective, is a multifaceted platform redefining the culture of entrepreneurship. It includes a design and tech academy that gives people the tools to solve real-world challenges, and a global incubator promoting mindfulness, diversity, and human-centred design. She has led historic incubators and innovation workshops as far away as Cuba and Myanmar, as well as at home in Portland, OR.Previously, Mara served as Global Partnerships Manager for Nike Foundation's Innovation team, working on breakthrough approaches to serving adolescent girls living in poverty. Mara was first introduced to the Nike Foundation during the inaugural Do Lectures USA, where she was a Bloomberg Businessweek Innovation Fellow. At the time she was working to train and support citizen journalists and young filmmakers in conflict, post-conflict, and underreported regions. The DO Lectures inspired her to make her next bold moves, and she is thrilled to share her story in this full-circle moment in the company of brilliant do-ers.—Recorded live at the global event in California, USA in 2016.Watch Mara's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/mara-abrams-go-with-the-flow