In this Own the Build Question Time episode, Paul is joined once again by Chris Barber, COO and Co-Founder of C-Link, to tackle four real-world commercial dilemmas faced by Quantity Surveyors and Commercial Managers. First up: would you pay £100,000 more for a subcontractor you already know and trust? Paul and Chris debate the value of certainty, relationships and proven performance against the very real pressure to protect project margin. They explore how work references, site visits, supply...

Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title: 🇬🇧Within Reason🇬🇧 300 episodes of Heads Talk®! I’m not quite sure how we got here, but here we are. And what better way to mark the milestone than with a conversation that became, quite unexpectedly, a little battle of wills. Festus Akinbusoye is the former Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner, and currently a Westminster councillor. He is also an

1900 Milliarden Dollar Zahlungsvolumen im Jahr – das entspricht rund 1,6 Prozent des weltweiten Bruttoinlandsprodukts. Stripe ist längst nicht nur ein Zahlungsdienstleister, sondern das digitale Rückgrat für Millionen von Unternehmen weltweit – von globalen Schwergewichten wie Amazon und BMW bis hin zu 88 Prozent der TOP 50 AI-Start-ups wie OpenAI oder Anthropic.In dieser Folge von »Digitale Vorreiter:innen« spricht Christoph Burseg mit Julius Danek, Head of Global Expansion bei Stripe. Julius

Während die deutschen Autobauer aktuell mit gravierenden Strukturanpassungen zu kämpfen haben, macht sich ein junger Player aus China auf den Weg, den hiesigen Automarkt mit einem neuen Verständnis von Premium-Mobilität aufzumischen. Die Geely-Tochter Zeekr will sich nicht unbedingt über einen niedrigen Preis definieren, sondern über klassische Premium-Wert wie Technologie, Performance und Kundenerlebnis – und will dabei wie ein agiles Software-Unternehmen agieren. In dieser Folge sprechen Pascal

How much is AI actually going to cost your organisation?As Microsoft moves further towards usage-based billing, answering that question is becoming increasingly difficult. Copilot credits, consumption charges, different agent harnesses and costs associated with building, testing and running AI all mean organisations need to think differently about how they budget for Microsoft technology.In this episode of Mastering Mondays, Matt and David welcome back Rich Gibbons, the first returning guest to the

本集節目由《經理人》總編輯齊立文專訪《90%高級主管出身業務，B2B聖經》作者吳育宏，分享AI 時代下 B2B 業務的核心技能。當 AI 已能秒速完成報價與產業分析，B2B 業務的生存關鍵為何？從基層起步、歷經 1800 次拒絕一路晉升至跨國企業高管的吳育宏指出，未來業務的價值不在於口才或單純的資訊傳遞，而是處理衝突、建立信任等「讀現場」的能力。本集節目將直擊 B2B 銷售痛點：破解客戶「嫌貴」背後的真實動機，並定義什麼才是有效的高質量人脈。無論你是第一線銷售或企業管理者，都能從中獲得業務升級的思考和實戰指南。🌟 本集重點精華1. 頂尖業務的特質：企圖心。吳育宏分享菜鳥時期熬過 3.5 個月零業績、被拒絕 1800 次的經歷。這段腳踏實地的低谷期，鍛鍊出他面對陌生開發的強大韌性，而「企圖心」與「偏執的努力」更是業務向金字塔頂端攀升的驅動力。2. 破解「價格太貴」的假議題。客戶嫌貴，一半是為了提早結束對話的「藉口」，另一半則是未看見產品的完整價值。優秀的業務必須引導客戶攤開整個「顧客旅程（Customer

In this extra episode of Leaders in Finance, Jeroen Broekema speaks with Ralph Hamers, former CEO of ING and UBS, about his book Do Your Thing: Lessons from Banking’s Biggest Digital Transformation. Recorded live at the Dutch Banking Association in Amsterdam.Ralph wanted to turn ING into a tech company with a banking licence. It took seven years, plenty of persistence and saying no to promising business opportunities. He shares what worked, what went wrong and why, as CEO, he even got involved in

🔥 Reicht eine normgerechte Planung wirklich immer aus, damit ein Rauchmelder im Ernstfall zuverlässig anspricht?Gerade in großen Industriegebäuden ist die Antwort nicht immer so einfach. Denn neben der Raumhöhe können auch Luftbewegungen, Temperatur, Lüftungssysteme, Regale, Transportanlagen oder andere Einbauten entscheidend beeinflussen, ob Rauch den Melder überhaupt ungehindert erreicht. In der neuen Folge von „Brandschutz To Go“ spricht Stephan Wenzel mit Rüdiger Wörner darüber, wann die

You might not need more traffic. You might just need to stop losing the customers already visiting your website. In this episode of Make It Happen, we sit down with Nakita Tugaga, founder of e-commerce agency Lenny Rocks, to break down how to turn more website visitors into paying customers. We get into why people browse but don’t buy, the biggest mistakes hurting your conversion rate, what actually builds trust online, and how to increase your average order value without spending more on ads

It seems like New Zealand's fallen out of love with the property-market hype - the pre-election economic and fiscal update last week basically confirmed it. So where should we start looking when it comes to investing, and saving up? You've heard about people doing the age-old method of buying antique collectibles, luxury watches, gold, and art-pieces - and you've heard about the newer investment crazes like crypto, NFTs, and even trading cards - and you just think... this has to be a bubble that's

On the One Roof Radio Show, Aspire Property Management Director Mike Atkinson joins Tim Beveridge to talk about getting into the landlord game. And if you're already in it, what’s keeping you in the game? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If the house is in your name, is it yours? If you keep separate accounts, are your finances really separate? And what happens when an inheritance goes towards the mortgage? On The Prosperity Project, lawyer and founder of Succession NZ Holly Egerton unpacks common misconceptions about relationship property in New Zealand, including homes, businesses, trusts and debt. Drawing on a decade in the field and her own lengthy separation, she explains why verbal promises can leave people exposed, what

Send us Fan Mail In episode 88, Gerda introduces you to one of the simplest yet most powerful tools she uses in her own psychology practices: The Objection List. When enquiries aren’t converting into bookings, most practice owners make one of two assumptions: we need more marketing or our admin team needs to get better at converting. But without the right data, both are just guesses - and potentially expensive ones at that. An Objection List captures the real reasons prospective clients choos...

Workplace bullying is extensively examined not merely as an issue of isolated bad actors, but as a systemic failure driven by toxic organizational infrastructure. Rather than focusing solely on removing individual perpetrators, the text argues that companies must address structural conditions such as unchecked power imbalances, institutional silence, and poor complaint-response mechanisms. Research demonstrates that mistreatment severely damages mental health and organizational performance, leading

Workplace bullying is extensively examined not merely as an issue of isolated bad actors, but as a systemic failure driven by toxic organizational infrastructure. Rather than focusing solely on removing individual perpetrators, the text argues that companies must address structural conditions such as unchecked power imbalances, institutional silence, and poor complaint-response mechanisms. Research demonstrates that mistreatment severely damages mental health and organizational performance, leading

Send us Fan Mail Problem solving the challenge of finding Lean strength and depth in your organisation. What traits should we be looking for and what should set the alarm bells? Does LinkedIn and Zoom help or hinder in making the right decision? These are some of the questions we take from our subscribers and followers. In this episode we try to tackle these and ask a few more: Develop from within or recruit? What balance is to be made of theory v application? People centric or shiny new ma...

We explore how understanding human group behavior might inform AI safety — and how that might also make us better stewards of human groups. Show notes: How Minds Change by David McRaneyThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtThe One and the Ninety-nine by Luke BurgisWanting by Luke Burgis

What if the second half of your life could actually be better than the first?In this episode of Deep Leadership, I sit down with Dr. Kenneth Ro, a double board-certified physician with more than 35 years of experience on the front lines of medicine and the author of Prime: How to Win in the Second Half of Life. After treating more than 170,000 patients, Dr. Ro noticed a troubling pattern: successful men were quietly struggling with declining energy, burnout, changing health, and a loss of

On this episode, former Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger joins Inside Housing Vermont to discuss Vermont’s housing shortage and his work with Let’s Build Homes. He breaks down the barriers slowing housing development, recent policy changes including CHIP and Act 181, and the coalition’s push for simpler, more predictable zoning. Weinberger also shares what Vermont needs to do to increase housing production while preserving the character of its communities.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Hedaux, Hogg & The Machines, Ed & Simon dive into seven chaotic weeks of AI developments and what they mean for the retail and hospitality sectors. From debunking extreme AI safety headlines to examining how autonomous agents are making purchases on behalf of consumers, this discussion breaks down the practical realities behind the hype. Key Topics Covered: Who Owns the Customer? The complex privacy, security, and margin-sharing challenge...