Interviews

Biggest fuck up? My main regret is not stepping out of my 'comfort zone' sooner. I allowed my preconceptions of the working world and the paradigms...

I spent too long ensuring that the captains of the industry got free rein, encouraging toxic cultures.

The constant frustration that I wasn’t offered the tasks I felt best suited to. Despite being in the company for years, I felt like I was on the outside.

At the age of 39 after developing severe depression, I realised I had been aiming for the wrong career goal.

I was summoned to London to see the sales director. I knew I hadn’t royally screwed up, but when you’re dealing with a hairdryer of a human, you never know.

If you're no good with people, read How To Win Friends And Influence People. If you are good with people, read it anyhow. It's dated but pure gold in content.

My biggest mistake was getting sucked into the social media, thinking that you simply build a budget website, put a few products together, and money would flow in.

Biggest fuck up? In summer of 2016, we were all looking forward to a shiny new analytics tool, not just my own team but teams...

He wanted me to be in the office every day because of his apparent insecurity and need to be overly controlling.

I had no lack of faith in the design team, but something in me just couldn’t commit to completely relinquishing control.

Five years have been lost due to not having high enough targets or realising what could be achieved.

Redemption came in the form of getting the sack from one of those jobs that don't suit anyone's personality.

That moment marked the end of my innocence in the corporate world. It marked the end of loyalty, the end of trust, and the end of my youth.

Far too often, I hear people measuring company success by virtue of the number of people they employ.

This weeks interviewee is Matt Tomkin, founder, and MD of Tao Digital Marketing, a digital marketing consultancy based in Bolton, Manchester. Working with SME's to help build...

This weeks interviewee is Allie Johns, a part-time senior lecturer in digital marketing at Manchester Metropolitan University who also freelances in digital strategy and research....

This weeks interviewee is Mike Dee, the commercial innovations manager at DC Thomson, a private company and one of the leading publishing houses in...

Tracy Macey is a contact center/customer service consultant offering real, practical answers to age old problems of disengaged teams, inefficient processes and poor contact...

This weeks interviewee is Simon Wade, who is the  Business Development manager at Opia, promoting cinema vouchers to businesses as employee/client incentives. I grew up with...

We don’t think about this stuff because it’s bloody scary. It’s hard. It’s embarrassing. It’s a bit hippy, it makes us feel vulnerable.