The Career Climb: Recent Episodes
Jamie Dru
The Career Climb is a unique interview series with inspirational leaders and business owners from around the world who have transformed their careers.
The conversations are honest and raw, and they expose the realities of making big sacrifices and changes.
I hope it will educate, entertain, and inspire you, as you progress on your own career journey.
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In this episode, I’m joined by Weerada Sucharitkul, an international entrepreneur and the Founder & CEO of FilmDoo, a platform using innovative technologies to bridge film content with edtech.
Having lived in 11 countries across 5 continents, Weerada launched FilmDoo to bring together her three greatest passions: films, languages and technology.
Today, FilmDoo is a global media company helping people to discover and watch great films, including hard-to-find award-winning shorts and documentaries.
Find out more about Weerada Sucharitkul at:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sucharitkul/
Authority Magazine: https://medium.com/authority-magazine/female-founders-weerada-sucharitkul-of-filmdoo-on-why-we-need-more-women-founders-and-the-five-9fd0be60f60a
Tech Collective SEA: https://techcollectivesea.com/2021/08/17/5-questions-with-weerada-sucharitkul-filmdoo/
Check out FilmDoo movie-streaming and edutainment platforms at:
FilmDoo: www.filmdoo.com
Language Learning: www.languagelearning.film
FilmDoo Academy: www.filmdoo.academy
DooDiversity: www.doodiversity.com
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In this episode, I’m joined by Robbie Swale, a leadership coach, author and podcaster whose work focuses on creativity, leading with honour and the craft of coaching.
Alongside his direct client work, he has run coaching, training and facilitation for organisations including Moonpig, the Royal Opera House, Deutsche Bank and the University of Edinburgh.
Robbie is the host of The Coach’s Journey Podcast and the author of The 12-Minute Method series of books, including How to Start When You’re Stuck and How to Keep Going When You Want to Give Up.
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In this episode, I’m joined by Charlie Rosier, Co-founder & CEO of Babbu - the UK’s first online nursery™; designed to support, reassure and empower parents and their children in the first critical few years. Prior to Babbu, Charlie owned and managed Cuckooz Nest – a totally flexible, PAYG nursery with onsite workspace, designed to make childcare more affordable for freelance/self-employed parents whilst also allowing them to be present during those important first 1,001 days of their child’s life. A mother of one and advocate for change within the Early Years sector, Charlie regularly contributes to the media and speaks on the topic of affordability, working parents, child development and how technology can help close the attainment gap. Learn more about Babbu : * www.babbu.co.uk * @my.babbu
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In this episode, I'm joined by Ben Collins, the founder of Collins Analytics, an education business that helps individuals and businesses better understand their data and work more efficiently with Google Workspace tools.
Over 50,000 professionals from 1,000+ companies have enrolled in his training courses, including employees from PwC, Netflix, Verizon, Google, Capital One, and other Fortune 500 companies.
Google recognized Ben as a Google Developer Expert for Google Workspace Technology in 2019, one of only a handful worldwide.
Ben works primarily with Google Sheets and Apps Script and also has extensive experience with Google Data Studio, Microsoft Excel, SQL, and Tableau. He previously taught data courses and workshops for General Assembly in Washington, D.C.
When not crunching data, Ben loves to spend time with his wife and two sons, preferably outdoors, hiking, climbing, cycling, or paddleboarding.
Learn more about Ben here: www.benlcollins.com
In Episode 05 of The Career Climb, I’m joined by Arti Kashyap-Aynsley. Arti started her career as a Chartered Accountant, whilst also embarking on a 15+ year journey in the Professional Services Sector. She has worked between audit, tax and advisory services, spending the largest chunk of her career as a Management Consulting, focusing on large-scale Finance Transformation programmes. Working and travelling the globe opened Arti's eyes to the impacts of what our working lives can have on our overall wellbeing. Therefore, with the experience she gained in her career, she decided to pivot into wellbeing, where she first worked with Deloitte Consulting in the UK, to design, develop and deliver a comprehensive wellbeing strategy. By being able to create positive change, Arti was inspired to continue to grow in this field and is now the Global Wellbeing Leader for Ocado Group. Outside of her day-to-day working life, Arti is a qualified life coach, as well as an Advisor and Director to various organisations from both a strategic and responsible business standpoint. Learn more about Arti and her work here: * LinkedIn * Instagram @arti_kashyap_aynsley
In Episode 04 of The Career Climb, I’m joined by Katie George, the founder of Being Human Well where she speaks on the topic of empathy and compassion and the positive impact these values have on well-being and productivity in the workplace. She is a Certified Meditation Teacher and uses meditation as a tool for the cultivation of empathy, compassion and self-inclusion in personal and professional spaces. Katie is also the founder of Cheeky Mantwa, a stationery brand with a sister publishing imprint focusing on inclusive children’s books. The books aim to instill pride and belonging in mixed heritage children and to educate all children about the beauty of diversity. Katie’s own South African and British heritage has inspired her writing and purpose. Earlier in her career, Katie led Early Career Talent teams across multiple industries and locations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Learn more about Katie and her work here: * https://www.katiemantwageorge.com/ * https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-mantwa-george/
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In this episode, I’m joined by Alistair Judge who is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of AliKats, which provides sustainable luxury mountain holidays. He is also the Co-Founder of Cafés Vorlaz, a speciality coffee roastery in the Alps With climate change warming the Alps twice as fast as the global average, he helped launch the charity Montagne Verte, a brand new concept for leading environmental change funded by the community it serves. He tries to keep his desk time down to 25 hours/week and fill the rest of his time by skiing, biking, parenting his 3 kids, and tending to his garden and animals. Learn more about Alistair and his work here: * https://www.linkedin.com/in/al-judge-9828aa9/ * https://alikats.eu * https://cafesvorlaz.com * https://www.montagnevertemorzine.com/
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In this episode, I’m joined by Greg Burgoyne who is on a mission to help unlock the best of the world's expertise and create transformative courses for those who need them most.
Greg has gained a double degree in law and commerce, been admitted to the bar, worked in project management, thought leadership writing, and marketing, and done 10 years in ministry.
The convergence of technology, people and purpose drew him into the Online Course Creation space. Bringing together all the skills he gained over the last 15 years to work with highly competent professionals and create learning experiences that people love.
He has worked with coaches and consultants from a wide range of fields to help create their courses. From turning books into courses to keys to starting a business to social media mastery.
Greg has a passion for the outdoors, entrepreneurship and helping others make an impact.
Learn more about him here: www.gregburgoyne.com.
In this episode, I'm joined by Zahra Zakariya Abdulkareem who is a Business Strategist, Social Entrepreneur & Community Leader.
She leads ZZS&M Social Sector Strategy & Management, a boutique consulting practice which creates and manages sustainable social impact projects for Philanthropists, NGOs and socially-conscious Entrepreneurs in Nigeria and across the globe.
She is also the Founder & Chief Cultivator of The Umm Fariha Network (@the.ummfariha.network), an NGO & Social Enterprise which aims to build resilient and economically empowered women.
Zahra is a multifaceted speaker, writer, facilitator and advocate for topics related to African Philanthropy, Social Change & Impact, Womens' Mental Health, Resilient Leadership, Living in Alignment and Rewiring our Collective and Personal Potential through Faith & Spirituality.
Learn more about Zahra here:
www.zahrazakariya.com
@zahra.zakariya
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