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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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27:47

Using Data to Build a Business – a conversation with...

The Independent Minds ·

2026/01/06

What can how successful businesses deal with data and money teach us about building a business?Anwin Mbah is a strategic profit advisor for time-strapped CEOs, and the founder of Wealth Fluency which helps small business owners to boost profits by eliminating the hassle of endless spreadsheets and analytics.In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds Anwin and host Michael Millward explore what makes successful business people different from those who just get by.They discuss how

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29:28

Competing or Collaborating – a conversation with Jon...

The Independent Minds ·

2026/01/01

Which approach delivers the most sustainable business success?Jon Goehring is a radio personality, university professor and founder of Trust Media an audio media production company, based in Rochester New York.In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds Jon and host Michael Millward explore the development of Jon’s business and how moving from a competitive strategy to a more collaborative approach resulted in the business succeeding.Their discussion covers The importance of

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26:03

Comparing Performance Management in Business and...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/12/30

What can business people learn about performance management from the techniques used by the managers and coaches of elite sports teams and athletes?Kevin Pickard is an elite sports coach, a director at AP Race and host of the Rogue Monkey podcast.In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds Kevin and host Michael Millward compare the different approaches to performance management used in elite sport and business environments.Their discussion covers sports working towards a very

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5:07

12 Months of Independent Thinking – Michael Millward

The Independent Minds ·

2025/12/25

Looking back on twelve months of independent thinking on The Independent MindsMichael Millward the founder and managing director of Abeceder marks the first year as and host of the Abeceder change management podcast The Independent Minds.Find out more about Michael Millward at Abeceder.co.uk.Audience Offers - listings include links that may create a small commission for The Independent MindsThe Independent Minds is made on Zencastr the all-in-one podcasting platform. Zencastr really does make

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29:14

Winning in Local Search – a conversation with...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/12/23

How can small businesses compete when on-line search is dominated by the big players ?Tobin Brogunier is the founder and at the time of recording in 2023 was the CEO of Virtual Store Fronts.Virtual Store Fronts is a localised search engine and marketing service.In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds Tobin explains to host Michael Millward the problems that small businesses in rural communities face in competing in online searches and how Virtual Store Fronts levels the playing

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26:56

Balancing Business and Employee Needs – a...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/12/18

What are the commercial benefits of looking after your employees as well as you look after your clients?Emma Sansom is the founder and CEO at Flamingo Marketing Strategies.In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds Emma and host Michael Millward discuss their shared approach to employee management.They discuss every stage of the employer employee relationship, from hiring to retiring Recruitment and Selection Objective setting Performance management Training and Development

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28:46

Knock-out Customer Attraction – a conversation with...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/12/16

Stop giving discounts and start offering incentives.John Dwyer is the founder and driving force of the Institute of WOW, a marketing agency that specialises in creating knock-out customer attraction strategies.In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds John explains to host Michael Millward how to create knock-out marketing campaigns using incentives and competitions.During their conversation Michael and John discuss: What makes a good marketing incentive? How to identify the

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29:02

Stop Selling and Start Serving – a conversation with...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/12/11

No one wants to be sold to, but we all like to be served. So, what will help you grow your business?That is the question that St John Craner answers in what host Michael Millward describes as a fascinating episode of The Independent Minds.St John is an Englishman who emigrated to New Zealand, a country with famously more sheep than people, and became an expert in selling to that agricultural community.Notoriously difficult to sell to St John realised that he would be more successful if he stopped

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28:41

Growth by focusing on Smaller Resellers – a...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/12/09

Kate Assaraf explains how she has grown DIP Sustainable by focusing on small shops and avoiding the costs of big channelsKate Assaraf is the founder of Dip Sustainable which aims to playfully educate people about the environment while encouraging them to buy better beauty care products, which means that can buy less of them, but to do their buying from small retailers.Offering great products got Kate noticed by the beauty media with features in Allure, Cosmopolitan Magazine, BYRDIE. Going against

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27:02

BrandJitsu™ – a conversation with author Michael Dargie

The Independent Minds ·

2025/12/04

Michael Dargie explains how to move your brand from 'meh' to memorable.Michael Dargie is equal parts creative rebel and strategic thinker, the author of "BrandJitsu™: Move Your Brand From 'Meh' To Memorable", host of the Rebel Rebel podcast and founder of Make More Creative, a Calgary-based Creative Intelligence Agency specializing in brand development, strategy, and storytelling using the BrandJitsu™ methodology he created.In this episode of The Independent Minds Michael explains the BrandJitsu

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27:02

Arise Firebird – a conversation with filmmaker Jimi...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/12/02

What is it like to go to work everyday feeling like your hair in on fire? Jimi Okubanjo explains the purpose of her film Arise Firebird.Jimi Okubanjo has designed, led, and executed major transformations across engineering, energy, and financial-services sectors, delivering over $250m in realised value across 18 countries.Then Jimi decided to launch a career as a maker of films that help to explain what it feels like to be in the minority, so that the people with the power to create change can

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27:01

The Bizzics Way – a conversation with author Chip...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/11/27

Discover how to use the principles of physics to power your small business to maximum momentumChip Higgins is lifelong banker. When he heard business owners talk about wanting their business to have some momentum, he wondered why the entrepreneurs had decided to use momentum to describe their business objectives.Whilst listening to a scientist friend who he had asked to explain the scientific meaning of the word momentum Chip recognised that his legacy would be a book which explained how to apply

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28:39

Growing by Franchising – a conversation with Carson...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/11/25

Reflections on the process of using franchising to grow a businessCarson Wagner was a teenager when she founded Lifetime of Love Nannies. Just six years later she is using franchising to expand her business across all fifty states in the USA.Lifetime of Love Nannies provides a range of home best care services for children, the elderly and pets that are available 24/7.In an episode of The Independent Minds Carson discusses with host Michael Millward how she has developed her franchise model so that

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28:54

Serenity in Leadership – a conversation with Thom Dennis

The Independent Minds ·

2025/11/20

Leadership the calm, peaceful and untroubled way creating time to absorb a situation and think.Thom Dennis is a former Royal Marines officer who became a cultural change consultant and executive coach.Thom developed Serenity in Leadership, an approach to leadership that aims to provide leaders with a greater understanding of themselves and free them from the constraints of conventional approaches so they can lead in a more authentic and engaging way.In an episode of The Independent Minds recorded

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28:44

Leadership Is Not Enough– a conversation with author...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/11/18

An Operator’s Guide to a Performance CultureDr James Chitwood is an Army Veteran, former university president, and sales operations expert who helps organizations build systems that drive measurable performance.In this episode of The Independent Minds James Chitwood and host Michael Millward explore the role of leadership in organisations.They discuss How leadership and employee development is different in the military and the civilian environments. The dynamic between leadership and management

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28:54

Beyond Busy – a conversation with Ann Carden

The Independent Minds ·

2025/11/13

Exploring the secret to effective time managementAnn Carden was a happy but cash-strapped stay-home mom who became a successful serial entrepreneur, author and business coach.Ann has successfully built and sold at several businesses, that were built around her passions and now spends time supporting other entrepreneurs.In this episode of The Independent Minds Ann and host Michael Millward explore what Ann has identified as the best ways for entrepreneurs and business managers to manage time and work

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26:43

Motivation Matters – a conversation with Stephen Walker

The Independent Minds ·

2025/11/11

Explore the connection between transformational leadership and the motivation of employeesStephen Walker is an engineer who became frustrated when people failed to share his enthusiasm for the work tools he created. That frustration became a fascination for discovering what motivates people at work to engage in new activities and the role of leaders in maximising that motivation.Stephen is the founder of Motivation Matters a consultancy that specialises in helping organisations improve the

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26:55

Sales: the Job Nobody Dreams of – a conversation with...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/11/06

Inside the greatest career you didn't know about that can help you fulfil your lifestyle aspirations like no other career.Bill Becker is a career sales person who advocates for the professionalisation of careers in sales.In this episode of The Independent Minds Bill explains to host Michael Millward how misunderstandings about the role of sales leads to negative perceptions of sales people amongst none sales people (customers).Bill explains what makes a sales person a professional and how following

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28:04

From Electrification to Cloudification – a...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/11/04

Visionaries, Rebels and Machines, the story of humanity's extraordinary journey from electrification to cloudification.Jamie Dobson is a member of the founding team of Container Solutions, where he helps all sorts of organisations move to cloud-native ways of working.He is also the author of Visionaries, Rebels and Machines, the story of humanity's extraordinary journey from electrification to cloudification, and co-author of The Cloud Native Attitude.In this episode of The Independent Minds Jamie

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28:57

Placement Partnership Marketing – a conversation with...

The Independent Minds ·

2025/10/30

Jane Ubell-Meyer increases brand awareness and sales by placing products in the right locationsJane Ubell Meyer is the founder of Bedside Reading, a company that increases brand awareness and sales by placing products in the right places.A seasoned media professional with experience as a producer on Good Morning America and Entertainment Tonight, Jane is responsible for launching the gift bags that are now an established aspect of the entertainment award season around the world.In this episode of

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