The Active Digital Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The Active Digital podcast is brought to you by your co-hosts, Jo Wimble-Groves and Simon Reynolds. Jo is a tech entrepreneur, author, and the co-owner of Active Digital communications. Simon is a formula one driver performance coach and worked for McLaren for over a decade. In each episode we interview business leaders, entrepreneurs, and elite athletes. Our guests share insight on business, sport, wellbeing, the mistakes, the successes, and everything in-between. We learn what lessons we can take away to help make our work and our home lives more balanced, enriched and successful.
In this episode, we speak to Ant Morse, Head of Digital Solutions & Innovation - at Virgin Media O2. Ant Morse has a wealth of experience in the telecoms industry spanning over twenty years. We speak to Ant about the digital transformation journey and why customers need to put cloud and digital services at the heart of their organisation. We discuss how businesses can accelerate field based workers using technologies that will support efficiencies, productivity and wellbeing. Such interesting conversations to be had in this episode on how the CIO may have just become the most important person in the entire organisation.
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In this episode, we discuss navigating conversations around mental health and wellbeing in the workplace with trailblazing positive psychology expert and founder of CHAMPS, Ruth Cooper-Dickson. Ruth shares her business story - from breakdown to CEO. Ruth shares her words of wisdom along with lessons learnt in this brilliant episode. We hope you enjoy this episode and if you do, please remember to follow and subscribe.
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In part two of our podcast with award winning designer Frank Stephenson, we discuss more on Frank’s car designs, and how he has used nature to shape his design process. We also hear his predictions for the future of the automotive industry and he shares his top tips for success. Frank of the world’s most renowned and influential designers of today. He has designed some incredible cars for Ferrari, Maserati and McLaren as well as designing a modern version of the iconic Fiat 500. Also joining this episode is Active Digital’s Managing Director, Richard Groves. He joins the conversation as Richard shares an equal passion for car design and the history of the automobile industry. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we do.
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This week on the podcast we have a very special guest, award winning designer Frank Stephenson. Frank of the world’s most renowned and influential designers of today. After graduating from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California he began his career in 1986 with Ford Motor Company. He then moved to the BMW Group where he designed the X5 and the award winning New MINI. From there, he has designed some incredible cars for Ferrari, Maserati and McLaren as well as designing a modern version of the iconic Fiat 500. The interview with Frank was so interesting and valuable that we have divided the conversation into two parts. Part 1 focuses on Frank’s life and his passion for design before getting into more detail on his passion for cars in part 2 as well as sharing the secrets of his success.
There are some fantastic business insights, words of wisdom and takeaways in this conversation with Frank Stephenson you won’t want to miss.
Also joining this episode is Active Digital’s Managing Director, Richard Groves. He joins the conversation as Richard shares an equal passion for car design and the history of the automobile industry. No-one wanted to be left in in spending time speaking to such an incredible guest!
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In this week’s episode, we speak to Charlie Martin who is real game changer in motorsport. Charlie shares with us her inspiring story and her passion for racing, surfing and finding tranquillity by the oceans. She started hillclimbing at club level in a Peugeot 205 (in 2004). Since then she has been breaking class records and working her way through various championships. She is now embarking on the ambition of a lifetime to make history as the first transgender driver to compete at the 24hrs of Le Mans, the greatest race in the World.
In June 2021, as part of Vogue’s Forces for Change initiative, in partnership with BMW. Charlie was featured in British Vogue as one of four individuals to share their story about being themselves in their jobs and how being authentic has resulted in them delivering some of their best work. Charlie has fought continuously to overcome adversity throughout her life, having lost both her parents at a young age. As a transgender woman in motorsport, she occupies a unique role within her sport and the LGBTQ+ community and it is our pleasure to chat to her on the Active Digital podcast.
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In this episode, we speak to Premiership rugby’s record appearance holder and six-time league champion, Richard Wigglesworth. Not only is he an outstanding rugby player, he also works with Active Digital as one of our company ambassadors, alongside Steve Backley OBE. After making his professional debut for Sale Sharks in 2002, he went on to play for Saracens before recently moving to Leicester Tigers during the close season in 2020. By the end of 2019/20, he stood on 288 games, winning six league titles and a European Cup, plus 33 caps for England including selection for back to back Rugby World Cup campaigns in 2011 and 2015. An impressive sporting CV! We talk to Richard about his family, his long standing passion for rugby and how we can all learn to adapt to enjoy a good level of fitness at every age.
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In this episode, we are delighted to be joined by Alex Wallace, founder of The Mintridge Foundation. A charity which works with young people of all ages to help them develop their confidence and show them the importance of wellbeing through the power of sport. Alex wanted to use her experiences, both positive and negative, to promote an active lifestyle and positive mental health for children and young people and to harness the power of sporting role models to help and influence young people. In 2018, Alex was awarded the Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year in the Grassroots Category, making her inspiring guest to talk to.
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With the Tokyo Summer Olympics just around the corner, now is the perfect time for us to chat to another inspiring Olympian. Javelin thrower, Steve Backley OBE won nine gold medals at some of the world’s most renowned athletics events. He won silver at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games as well as Olympic medals in the 1992 and 2000 games where he won a silver and bronze. This makes him the only British track and field competitor to win medals at three different Olympic Games.
Steve has proudly been an Active Digital company ambassador for some twenty years, helping us to transfer Olympic performance into the workplace. In this episode, we learn from Steve on what it takes to deliver a high performance in business and why we should all never underestimate the importance of gaining clarity.
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In this episode, we enjoy an insightful conversation with Rosie Brown, co-CEO of COOK, an award-winning organisation with a company turnover in excess of £70 million. COOK use the tagline, We Cook, We Freeze, You Heat and enjoy. Homecooked recipes and gourmet food hand prepared and frozen by COOK. Rosie describes the leadership skills she used to support her employees during the height of the pandemic who explains how her Wellbeing Warriors are making a difference and working together to help employees feel happier and healthier. We hope you enjoy this episode and if you do, please subscribe, leave us rating and a review.
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In this episode, we speak to GB Taekwondo athlete, Lutalo Muhammad who represented Great Britain in the 2012 Summer Olympics winning bronze and the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal. Lutalo began practicing taekwondo at the age of three with his father Wayne Muhammad, who has more than four decades of experience in martial arts. In our conversation, Lutalo talks so passionately about how his parents were his first role models and how they helped shaped the person he has become. We talk to Lutalo about his Olympic journey and what means when you win, but what we can all learn when we lose.
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The Active Digital podcast is brought to you by your co-hosts, Jo Wimble-Groves and Simon Reynolds. Jo is a tech entrepreneur, author, and the co-owner of Active Digital communications. Simon is a formula one driver performance coach and worked for McLaren for over a decade. In each episode we interview business leaders, entrepreneurs, and elite athletes. Our guests share valuable insight on business, sport, wellbeing, the mistakes, the successes, the highs, the lows and everything in-between. We learn what lessons we can take away to help make our work and our home lives more balanced, enriched and successful.