Andy Bass: Start With What Works: Recent Episodes

Andy Bass

Start With What Works provides a faster way to grow your business and your career. Instead of pursuing fads and magic bullets, tap further into the resources, people and customers you already have at hand. In this podcast, Andy chats with CEO's, founders and thought leaders about the keys to releasing this overlooked potential. From reimagining business as usual to making giant career leaps - you can benefit from what's already working - starting today.

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In this episode, Andy talks with Atlanta-based strategy expert Amanda Setili. Amanda has extensive experience working with Fortune 500 leaders, and is the author of two excellent books: “The Agility Advantage” and “Fearless Growth”.

Andy and Amanda discuss:

07:50 Scenarios as a simple way to capitalise on uncertainty

09:40 “No matter what” actions, and placing multiple small bets

11:50 How change creates not just problems, but opportunities

14:00 The dangers of being too efficient

17:50 “Leaving the moonshots until later”

20:00 Understanding your under-utilised assets – “Start with what works!”

21:30 Partnering and modular growth

23:20 When is an egg not an egg? Remembering that value resides in the mind of the customer 

Start With What Works provides a faster way to grow your business and your career. Instead of pursuing fads and magic bullets, tap further into the resources, people and customers you already have at hand. In this podcast series, Andy chats with CEO’s, founders and thought leaders about the keys to releasing this overlooked potential. From reimagining business as usual to making giant career leaps - you can benefit from what’s already working - starting today.

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In this episode, Andy chats with differentiation and positioning expert, magician and writer - Mark Levy.  Mark talks about the importance of boldness for businesses looking to differentiate themselves, what he's learned from magic that he applies to business and his open-kitchen concept that allows businesses to stand out based on their unique ways of doing things. 

Start With What Works provides a faster way to grow your business and your career. Instead of pursuing fads and magic bullets, tap further into the resources, people and customers you already have at hand. In this podcast, Andy chats with CEO's, founders and thought leaders about the keys to releasing this overlooked potential. From reimagining business as usual to making giant career leaps - you can benefit from what's already working - starting today.

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In this episode, Andy chats with Fiona Allen - creative director and CEO of the Birmingham Hippodrome. When your business depends on bringing in thousands of people into an enclosed space every evening, how do you adapt to a global pandemic?

Start With What Works provides a faster way to grow your business and your career. Instead of pursuing fads and magic bullets, tap further into the resources, people and customers you already have at hand. In this podcast, Andy chats with CEO's, founders and thought leaders about the keys to releasing this overlooked potential. From reimagining business as usual to making giant career leaps - you can benefit from what's already working - starting today.