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CAREER-VIEW MIRROR offers career lessons from the experiences of senior leaders and rising stars in the exciting global automotive industry. Aquilae's Managing Director, Andy Follows, hosts candid conversations, reflecting on their career journeys to help you with yours.
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In this episode of CAREER-VIEW MIRROR, we’re celebrating the career to date of Richard Savoie. Richard is the co-founder and CEO of Adiona, which uses AI to power millions of efficient, lowest-carbon deliveries around the world for brands such as Coca-Cola and Amazon. He’s a sought-after speaker and thought leader on transport, mobility, and AI. His career has taken him from New Hampshire to Boston, and eventually to Sydney, Australia, through roles at EMC, Smiths Medical, and Medtronic. Alon...
In this Side Mirror episode, I’m joined by James Warren. James Warren is the Founder and CEO of Share More Stories, a human experience insights company. The company’s primary offering is the SEEQ Platform, which helps organizations and brands uncover the emotional drivers behind employee and customer experiences. James is a researcher, strategist, writer and facilitator who blends storytelling, AI, and insights to help companies better understand themselves, their customers, and their communi...
In this episode of CAREER-VIEW MIRROR, we’re celebrating the career to date of Daveena Saranna. Daveena is the EV Campaigns Manager at Green.TV Media, where she heads up Top Women in EV—making waves in both sustainability and media. With a career that includes Everything Electric, EZOO, Blenheim Palace, and the England Men’s & Mixed Netball Association, she’s mastered the art of blending content, sustainability, and being a 25-year-old woman with a big passion for what she does. In our co...
In these shorter Side Mirror episodes, I introduce concepts, tools, and experts to help you enable Fulfilling Performance for yourself and the people you lead and care about. Today I want to talk about humility, mistakes, and leadership — inspired by a remarkable brain surgeon and what we as leaders can learn from his journey. Listeners in the UK can watch Confessions of a Brain Surgeon on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002hfbw About Andy I’m a business leade...
In this episode of CAREER-VIEW MIRROR, we’re celebrating the career to date of Frank T. Ziede. Frank Ziede is a professional facilitator, corporate trainer, and keynote speaker whose work bridges the gap between leadership and genuine emotional engagement. His mission is simple: people matter most. From performing as a professional hip hop dancer with artists like Celine Dion, Ginuwine, and Usher, to becoming an award-winning filmmaker, Frank’s creative journey eventually led him to corporate...
No matter how bright and experienced we are, thankfully there are still exciting new developments that can surprise us with their potential. I am fortunate to have seen my belief in the power of Fulfilling Performance ignited in others. I’ve seen people pick up the framework, run with it, apply it in ways I hadn’t even thought of, and come back to share what they’d learned. When someone really gets it, they see the incredible range of situations it applies to, and it changes the way they thin...
In this episode of CAREER-VIEW MIRROR, we’re celebrating the career to date of Glen Dyer. Glen is currently Managing Director at Iveco Trucks Australia. His career started at NatWest Bank, and he went on to build experience across banking, finance, and the automotive sector—holding key leadership roles at companies including Mercedes-Benz Financial Services in both the UK and Australia. His journey has included everything from frontline sales roles to leading major organisational transformati...
In this Side Mirror, I compare two game-changing tools—one globally recognised, the other perhaps still flying under the radar. The smartphone redefined connection with the world; the Fulfilling Performance framework is redefining how we connect with ourselves and those we lead and care about. I explore what happens when we combine coaching, performance psychology, and real-world experience to activate human intelligence—with empathy—to enable high performance, growth, and fulfilment. About A...
In this episode of CAREER-VIEW MIRROR, we’re celebrating the career to date of Paul Ripley. Paul Ripley is one of the UK’s most experienced and decorated advanced driving coaches, with a 45-year career dedicated to helping people drive more skilfully, more safely—and with more enjoyment. Nicknamed “God’s Chauffeur” by The Daily Telegraph, Paul has worked with top global manufacturers including Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Porsche, and Rolls-Royce, and has appeared as the “Driving Doctor” on Channel 4’...
In these shorter Side Mirror episodes, I introduce concepts, tools, and experts to help you enable Fulfilling Performance for yourself and the people you lead and care about. In this Side Mirror, I reflect on what happened when a friend taught me a new card game and how it reminded me of the importance of effective strategies when we want to win. I explore how the Fulfilling Performance framework functions in much the same way—giving individuals and teams a shared understanding of what it tak...
In this episode of CAREER-VIEW MIRROR, we’re celebrating the career to date of Arron Oliver. Arron is the founder of Even Financial, a finance broking business based in Melbourne, Australia. He supports business and personal clients with tailored finance solutions and brings a wealth of industry experience to the table, having spent over 20 years in automotive financial services. His career has taken him from Australia to China and Germany in various roles with BMW Financial Services, includi...
In these shorter Side Mirror episodes, I introduce concepts, tools, and experts to help you enable Fulfilling Performance for yourself and the people you lead and care about. In this Side Mirror I do my best to explain what it is about Fulfilling Performance that means I've chosen to make enabling it my purpose. The idea for this episode was prompted by a recent workshop I ran and specifically an insightful piece of feedback from a participant. I'll be honest, listening to this is not g...
In these shorter Side Mirror episodes, I introduce concepts, tools, and experts to help you enable Fulfilling Performance for yourself and the people you lead and care about. Learn more about Fulfilling Performance Check out Release the handbrake! The Fulfilling Performance Hub. In this Side Mirror, I want to do something a little different. Over the last few years, we’ve built an incredible archive of long-form interviews with guests from all over the world. Many of them are women who’ve ha...
In these shorter Side Mirror episodes, I introduce concepts, tools, and experts that help you enable Fulfilling Performance for yourself and the people you lead and care about. In this Side Mirror, I’m talking about something I see often after we run a Fulfilling Performance session—leaders hesitating to use the framework with their teams. I share why that hesitation is normal, why it matters, and why stepping into the role of coach—even before you feel like an expert—might be the most powerf...
In these shorter Side Mirror episodes, I introduce concepts, tools, and experts that help you enable Fulfilling Performance for yourself and the people you lead and care about. In this episode, I share a recent shift in how I communicate about Fulfilling Performance—and why I now say, with confidence, that it drives employee engagement. You’ll hear why that matters, what changed my mind, and how this perspective can help you turn passive measurement into proactive progress. Gallup’s State of ...
In this Side Mirror episode, I’m joined by Kay Korsh. Kay has spent 20 years as a professional stylist — dressing celebrities, working with luxury brands, and helping business leaders use their image as a strategic advantage. Her work helps clients look credible, feel confident, and secure more business opportunities. Kay believes — and I now agree — that style is a form of communication. In our conversation, we explore how what we wear affects how credible we appear, how confident we feel, a...
In these shorter Side Mirror episodes, I introduce concepts, tools, and experts that help you enable Fulfilling Performance for yourself and the people you lead and care about. To enable Fulfilling Performance we need healthy quantities of what we call the Four Fundamentals. One of those Fundamentals is Purpose. For episode 191, back in October 2024, I had the pleasure to interview Amy Rowlinson who was about to publish her book, Focus on Why - Create a purposeful way of life. As Purpos...
In this Side Mirror episode, I’m joined by Antonia Dixey to explore how we can better engage Gen Z and Gen Alpha in the workplace. Antonia is championing youth voices for a better future. She is the visionary founder and CEO of Participation People, a trailblazing organization dedicated to empowering young people and amplifying their voices on issues that matter. With over 20 years of experience in youth engagement, Antonia has transformed how organisations and young people collaborate to co-...
Alexandra is currently Head of Corporate Accounts at Angle Auto Finance, the largest independent auto financier in Australia. She manages strategic partnerships with some of the country’s biggest dealer groups and plays a key role in the company’s growth journey. Before joining Angle, Alexandra built her automotive career with BMW Group Australia, where she rose to the role of Area Manager. Interestingly, her professional journey began not in business but in music—she studied classical bassoo...
In these shorter Side Mirror episodes, I introduce concepts, tools, and experts that help you enable Fulfilling Performance for yourself and the people you lead and care about. This Side Mirror explores what might be holding you back from bringing your full value to the role you already have. Inspired by a deliberately provocative question I once asked from the stage—“Are you earning more than you’re worth?”—I reflect on how fear, organisational structure, and even our own unconscious biases ...
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