isme|&|conversation: Recent Episodes
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The isme|&|conversation podcasts are all about advice for growing businesses in the UK. Featuring expert guests bringing practical, implementable tips and advice for business leaders.Our brilliant host Ed will also be asking each guest for the best pieces of advice they’ve ever received, as well as the worst.
Dual Qualified Patent & Trademark Attorney Jerry Bridge-Butler at Baron Warren Redfern talks to host Ed Palmer about the many ways you can protect the Intellectual Property in your business.
Jerry explains the differences between Patents (inventions/ideas), Trademarks (any sign which can act as designator of origin), Designs (protecting the outward appearance of product) and Copyright - (an automatic protection right in the creative industries).
He also shares the two best pieces of advice he's ever received as well as the worst!
isme|&|co's mission is to enable independent businesses to do better business together. If you're interested in joining the isme|&|co Community you can register here.
Perfect Client Founders Andrea Moulding & Patrick McLoughlin talk to Ed Palmer about how to position your business. So that you don't sound like your competition and actually stand out . And so you attract the kinds of high value clients you want to work with. Your perfect clients.
isme|&|co's mission is to enable independent businesses to do better business together. If you're interested in joining the isme|&|co Community you can register here.
Here's a sample of the great business advice shared by our guests over the last year.
This includes: advice on training managers so they can manage, business strategy need to know, digital marketing do's and don'ts, the starting point for data protection, and how your values and culture can enhance recruitment.
isme|&|co's mission is to enable independent businesses to do better business together. If you're interested in joining the isme|&|co Community you can register here.
Ed is joined by Davide Sola, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship. Davide is also the Founder of Strategy in Action an accessible digital platform to improve the success rate of your business strategy. This engaging conversation digs in to exactly what a business strategy is (and what it isn't), the best way to development one and what the key ingredients to successfully implementation are.
You'll also be treated to the best and worst pieces of advice Davide has ever received!
isme|&|co's mission is to enable independent businesses to do better business together. If you're interested in joining the isme|&|co Community you can register here.
Dave talks to Ed about what compelled him to leave a secure and successful career in the City Financial Markets to start his own business. And on the way his brilliant business case for 'just doing the right thing..' It's this approach and Dave's tenacity that sets Lucid Financial Markets apart as a genuinely contemporary, in-touch and well positioned proposition.
You'll also be treated to the two best pieces of advice Dave has ever received as well as the worst.
isme|&|co's mission is to enable independent businesses to do better business together. If you're interested in joining the isme|&|co Community you can register here.
Lindsey is a Senior Director at Xcina Consulting a specialist, organisational resilience consultancy. In this episode Ed Palmer and Lindsey discuss where businesses can start when it comes to information security, risk and compliance and what the basic building blocks are for businesses of all sizes.
As always you be treated to the two best pieces of advice Lindsey has every received as well as the worse.
isme|&|co's mission is to enable independent businesses to do better business together. If you're interested in joining the isme|&|co Community you can register here.
Ed Palmer interviews the inspiring Melissa Danks. Hear about how Melissa backed herself against the odds and refused to acknowledge biases to first become a Lawyer and then go on to set up 43Legal. A law firm, which you'll hear is markedly different from other commercial firms.
As usual, you'll also hear about the best pieces of advice Melissa has ever received as well as the worse.
isme|&|co's mission is to enable independent businesses to do better business together. If you're interested in joining the isme|&|co Community you can register here.
Ed interviews Donna Banfield of Ezek Consultingand digs into Leadership Development, Career Coaching, and Assessments. Plus what all businesses need to consider when it comes to Employee Retention and Cohesion.
And if that wasn't enough you'll also hear about the two best pieces of advice Donna has ever received as well as the worst!
isme|&|co's mission is to enable independent businesses to do better business together. If you're interested in joining the isme|&|co Community you can register here.
Ed talks to John Stanton from Map Your Process about the systems all businesses (regardless of size) need to have in place, and how to improve them. What a Process Map looks like practically and the most effective ways of implementing them to ensure buy-in from your team or organisation.
Ed Palmer talks with Vanessa about the pressing need for increased Cyber Security for businesses of all sizes from sole-traders to large businesses and everything in between. Hear about the best pieces of advice Vanessa has ever received and how her experience as a police officer is transferable to running a business.
Ed's guest on episode 8 is Louise Holloway, Director of The People Partner HR & Training. Not only does Louise address the sometimes negative reputation HR has head on she also shares her expert advice on HR best practice for small and medium sized business. Oh and be sure not to miss her plumbing advice too!
Erika Clegg talks to Ed Palmer about her experience of transforming her own company culture through establishing bespoke values. And how that led her to set up Larkenby where she now advises business owners and leaders about transforming culture through values. You'll also hear about the best and worst advice Erika's ever received.
Host Ed Palmer talks to Laura about the first steps every business should take in digital marketing, the common mistakes and pitfalls and what can be learned from how big business approaches digital marketing... Laura also shares the best pieces of advice she's ever been given and the worse...
Introducing Kirstie Penk a Director at The Legal Director Ltd. Hear about how TLDs progressive business model is transforming how businesses access legal services. As well as some excellent advice about always trying to say yes but when you say no, mean it.
Listen to Peter Filitz, from IT experts CMI, talking about the Modern Workplace and the future of work from a Tech & IT perspective. Learn about making the right business decisions when it comes to Cyber Security and Digital Transformation. Peter also shares the best pieces of advice he's ever received and the cringeworthy worst!
Sam Russell, Creative Lead at Reed Words, talks to isme|&|conversation host Ed Palmer about how to make businesses and brands stronger through language. You'll also hear about the best pieces of advice Sam has ever received, as well as the worst!
In this episode host Ed Palmer talks to Alistair Stewart, Partner at Loney Stewart Holland, about the mistakes businesses make at every stage of development from a legal perspective. Alistair reveals the pitfalls to watch out for, the practical solutions to these problems and best of all how to avoid them.
Host Ed Palmer talks to Rhona Morrell a regenerative consultant and much more besides. In this episode she discusses the challenges and opportunities in the sustainability arena for growing businesses.