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The Independent Minds

Michael Millward

On the Independent Minds, podcast, you will meet independent thought leaders and learn about the ideas they have developed to help employers and their employees address the challenges that organisations of any type or size, in any location have must address if they are to achieve their business objectives and attain sustainable growth.You will be able to read more about all of the independent minds thought leaders on the Work Place Learning Centre blog.The independent minds thought leaders will be

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All Episodes

26:32

Being an Angel Investor – a conversation with Fiona...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/08/26

Fiona Hudson-Kelly has successfully built and exited several businesses and now invests her own money in start-up and scale-up businesses as an Angel Investor.In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, Fiona discusses her book Grow and Sell Your Start-Up with host Michael Millward.Their discussion covers a wide range of questions that entrepreneurs on the lookout for investment will want to know the answers to.Fiona explains what she looks for in a company that she is potentially

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24:21

Understanding Back Links – a conversation with...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/08/21

Brandon Liebowitz is the founder of SEO Optimizers.com a Los Angeles, California SEO consultancy.Brandon is proud of his track record of assisting small and medium-sized businesses to achieve top rankings on Google. He uses combinations of search engine optimization (SEO) tactics, social media strategies, and paid ads to generate traffic and enhance your online presence.In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, Brandon explains to host Michael Millward· How SEO tools can deliver

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29:18

Understanding Succession Planning – a conversation...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/08/19

At the time of recording Darryl Bates-Brownsword was the managing partner at Succession Plus UK. He is now Chief Growth Officer at Fabric, a consultancy that specialises in helping founders maximising the value of their business on exit.In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, Darryl explains to host Michael Millward that we cannot expect employees to spend their entire career in our business. People leave work for all sorts of reasons.Darryl describes how important it is for

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24:24

The Intentional Leadership Inventory– a conversation...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/08/14

Dene Stuart is the founder of the Exceptional Leadership Academy, and the creator of the Intentional Leadership Inventory.Looking back on his 30 years in business, firstly in management roles in corporations and then in his own businesses, Dene lamented on the numerous mistakes he had made when trying to provide leadership to his team.After accepting that these mistakes were the result of a lack of training he embarked on his own learning journey.In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The

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28:51

Creating Safe Places for Performance Management – a...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/08/12

Tobey Wyatt is the founder of Motherlode, a CEO advisory company, based in Chicago, USA.Tobey had a career as a HR generalist becoming a CEO adviser.In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, host Michael Millward how the role of CEO adviser involves focusing on one aspect of the role of HR professionals within organisations.Tobey and Michael discuss the challenges of being a business founder or a CEO and the problems that employees face when their CEO fairs to successfully

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28:24

Understanding Currency Movements – a conversation...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/08/07

Tony Redondo has worked in international currency markets for over 35 years. He has seen how the introduction of technology, FinTech, into the banking industry has radically changed the way in which banks and their customers interact with each other.These changes have says Tony had a detrimental impact on the banking industry. Putting his money where his mouth is Tony has established Cosmos Currency Exchange.Investments can go down as well as upThis episode of The Independent Minds includes a

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28:20

Understanding Gallstones - a conversation with...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/08/06

Chen Profesorsky is a Naturopath, and a Practitioner of Chinese and Shamanic medicine,While Chen was studying natural health care doctors identified the presence of gallstones in his gallbladder. Instead of having surgery Chen decided to use his knowledge of Chinese and Shamanic medicine to successfully treat himself.Nowadays, Chen runs Chen and Shanni's home of Cure, and is building the Gallstone Tribe, a community on Skool that provides a source of information about Gall Bladder care and support

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28:04

Spirituality in the Workplace – a conversation with...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/08/05

Kelle Sparta is a Spiritual Coach and Transformational Shaman, author of The Over-Achiever’s Guide to Spiritual Awakening. and host of the Spirit Sherpa podcast.Host Michael Millward explains at the start of this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, that he has no knowledge of spirituality but is approaching his conversation with Kelle with an open mind.Using examples from her consulting experience Kelle explains how an understanding of spirituality can help businesses create more

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28:53

Work You Can Love – a conversation with Dr. Benjamin...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/07/31

Dr Benjamin Ritter, founder of Live for Yourself (LFY) an Austin and Chicago based leadership, career, & executive coaching and consulting business. Benjamin is also the author of the Becoming Fearless: 65 Strategies to Journey from Self-Doubt to Self-Mastery.On the outside Benjamin had a successful career, but he didn’t feel successful. He noticed that other people looked like they felt the same way.In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, Benjamin explains to host Michael

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28:27

Using Product Staircases in Marketing – a...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/07/29

Warren Miles Pickup is a marketing expert working independently from British Columbia, Canada.Since this episode of The Independent Minds was recorded Warren has rebranded his business as Marketing Motivators.Warren left a successful career in financial services marketing to launch his independent business. His aim was to focus on using human psychology, and cognitive biases, to create marketing activities that influence how potential customers interact with the organisation, online.Understanding

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29:58

Right Now Leadership – a conversation with author...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/07/24

Kyle Gillette created the Blue Shirt Leadership Framework, which he explained in his book Right Now Leadership.Right Now Leadership is based on the 4-part B.L.U.E. Leadership framework that provides today's leaders with the core tenets to inspire other people to follow them.In this episode of the Abecederpodcast The Independent Minds, Kyle explains to host Michael Millwardthe experiences he had in unconventional leadership situations that led him to create the B.L.U.E. Leadership framework.Kyle

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28:57

AI Powered Customer Journey Optimization – a...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/07/22

Pete Romano is the founder of Segwik.com, an AI powered customer journey optimization platform that helps businesses turn every customer interaction into a meaningful, memorable relationship.Before becoming a tech, entrepreneur Pete was a composer of advertising jingles like the Budweiser frogs.In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, Pete explains to host Michael Millward how his musical education and experience contributed to his entrepreneurial success.Michael and Pete

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30:35

Leadership Opportunities for Working Mothers – a...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/07/17

Rebecca Olson is a working mom, who is using her experience of motherhood to help other working mothers to balance motherhood with achieving career objectives.In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, Rebecca explains to host Michael Millward a few of the issues that mothers face when returning to work after maternity leave and highlights the high number of women who change their jobs within 18-moths of their return to work.Rebecca discusses the identity crisis that many mothers

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27:55

Creating uRoutine – a conversation with co-founder Ed...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/07/15

uRoutine is the productive social network.uRoutine helps users to build routines that help them to achieve their objectives.The social network aspect of uRoutine enables users to support, and hold each other accountable to each others routines.In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, uRoutine co-founder Ed Johnson explains to host Michael Millward how valuable having a routine is to achieving a work focused objective or fulfilling a life style aspiration.Ed explains what make

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29:21

AI is Your Business Brain – a conversation with...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/07/10

Philip Milne built his IT expertise working at the sharp end of business as he endeavoured to use technology in all its forms to make his business more efficient and more profitable.Now as the founder of Intelidat Philip helps other business owners make better use of their investment in IT and the data that that IT helps to generate.In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, Philip explains to host Michael Millward the big mistake that business owners make when it comes to

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29:57

Do Good While Doing Well – a conversation with angel...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/07/08

Marcia Darwood is an Angel Investor, and the host of the Angel Next Door podcast.Marcia is also the author of Do Good Whie Doing Well a book in which she explains what angel investors do and how ordinary people can become angel investors.It is important to remember that angel investors make investments in companies and that these investments are not always successful. If this episode of The Independent Minds inspires you to get involved in angel investing, please consult a qualified financial

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25:16

Slicing the Equity Pie – a conversation with author...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/07/03

Mike Moyer is a serial entrepreneur and the fonder of Slicing Pie the world’s only fair start-up equity calculator.Now Mike has written a book, the Slicing Pie Handbook.In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, mike shares with host Michael Millward how the SaaS behind Slicing Pie works and how the entrepreneurs can use both Slicing Pie and the Slicing Pie Handbook.During their discussion, Mike and Michael discuss how setting up a business can be like playing a game of black

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29:22

How to Lead Without Just Managing – a conversation...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/07/01

William Davis is the creator of The Leadership Blueprint which aims to address the global crisis in corporate leadership.He is also the author of How to Lead Without Just Managing.In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, William shares with host Michael Millward his view on why and how the crisis in leadership developed.William and Michael discuss the special role of leadership and the difference between being a leader, a manager and a boss.They discuss the importance of

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28:06

Successful online paid advertising – a conversation...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/06/24

Yaron Been is the founder of EcomXFactor, and other ecommerce related businesses.Yaron was encouraged to set-up an on-line store by a friend who had been successful. He ran this store, with his wife as a side gig to his day job for two years. After two years that business was successful enough for both Yaron and his wife to focus on ecommerce full time and adopt a digital nomad approach to working.Yaron now focuses his business activities on sharing what he has learnt about digital advertising.In

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30:19

The Commercial Advantages of Neurodiverse Employees -...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/06/19

Paul Hargreaves is the founder of certified B-Corp food wholesaler Cotswold Fayre, and restaurant Flourish.He is also an award-winning business author of two books The Fourth Bottom Line and Forces for Good.When Paul established Cotswold Fayre, and later his restaurant Flourish he committed to creating an inclusive employer that would welcome people to the team who might face challenges finding work.In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, Paul shares with host Michael Millward

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