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A Fly on the Boardroom Wall
Weekly, in-depth dialogues with industry titans and top executives. From FTSE and S&P CEOs to C-suite leaders of renowned institutions, ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕤 𝕋𝕒𝕝𝕜® offers "𝔸 𝔽𝕝𝕪 𝕆𝕟 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔹𝕠𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞 𝕎𝕒𝕝𝕝" insights into the pressing topics shaping today's business, finance, and technology landscape.
The Heads of the world's biggest corporations discuss current and future industry matters with ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕤 𝕋𝕒𝕝𝕜®, providing a unique perspective on the pulse of global commerce. 𝕎𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤!
Our distinguished guest list includes C-suite board executives from Alphabet Inc., AWS, Boeing, Deloitte & Touche, EY, Geely, GM, Google, HSBC, IBM, KPMG, McKinsey & Company, Microsoft, O2, Oracle, Pfizer, PwC, Roche, Salesforce, Shell, Siemens, Swiss Re, UBS, Verizon, Zurich Insurance, and many more industry giants.
Join us on this top 0.5% podcast in management & business, where conversations reign supreme.
𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐓𝐢𝐩: Tune in to our 100th episode for a sneak peek at the exceptional guests featured on the show.
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Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title: 🇳🇴Green Realpolitik in a Fatherless World🇳🇴 We continue the BRICS & Geopolitics Series on Heads Talk® with a former Norwegian Government Minister, now a renowned political commentator, green advocate, veteran Chief Negotiator and Diplomat to explore the world’s shifting balance of power. My guest, Erik Solheim, is a statesman who has shaped landmark en...
Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title:🇰🇪Money Has Moved In Africa🇰🇪 We’re kicking off this special Heads Talk series with a long-awaited conversation between two remarkable leaders. Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, CEO transforming payments in Kenya and across Africa, and Sanjiv Purushotham, CEO of Bridge Solutions and our 'Heads Talk Guest' Host for this series. What makes this episode truly special is the...
Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title: 🇺🇸Reshuffle: Navigating Shifting Goalposts in a Restacked World🇺🇸 This is the continuation of my conversation with Sangeet Paul Choudary, author of Reshuffle: Who Wins When AI Restacks the Knowledge Economy, on Heads Talk®. If you missed Part 1, you’ll find the link below. In Part 2, we address some of the philosophical dimensions of this change and look a...
Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title: 🇺🇸Reshuffle: Navigating Shifting Goalposts in a Restacked World🇺🇸 This week, Heads Talk pauses the BRICS & Geopolitics Series for a conversation that demanded its own stage, so much so it became a two-parter. Reshuffle. The episode echoes earlier chats with previous guests, where philosophical “hideouts” were intentional, not accidental. Here, we cover...
Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title: 🇮🇳India’s Green Hydrogen: From Energy to Diplomacy to New Regional Alliances🇮🇳 We continue the #HTBRICSSeries on Heads Talk with a business leader who is reshaping India’s clean energy future. Nishaanth Balashanmugam is the CEO and Founding Director of Green Hydrogen India (GH2 India), the country’s largest green hydrogen network. Under his leadershi...
Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title: 🇿🇦UBUNTU - Redefining Africa’s Sovereignty🇿🇦 We continue the #HTBRICSSeries on Heads Talk with a leader on a clear mission: To cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset among Africa’s youth while strategically integrating the continent’s creative industries, i.e. film, art, and cultural production, into its economic and geopolitical agenda. By align...
Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title: 🇨🇳China's Logic: BRICS+, Currencies and Tariffs🇨🇳 In this episode of Heads Talk - a collaboration with CGTN, we dive into the BRICS+ Alliance, China's position and my guests thoughts on the tariffs and thoughts on potential de-dollarisation; and diversification. This is the Part 2 of my conversation Zheng Junfeng, Senior Business News Anchor at CGT...
Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title: 🇿🇦African Women: Architect of Trade “A Miracle Built On Unity"🇮🇳 We continue the #HTBRICSSeries on Heads Talk with a formidable business leader whose influence spans construction, manufacturing, energy, and international trade. HRH Princess Lebogang Zulu is the Executive Chairperson of the BRICS Women’s Business Alliance South Africa and the Pr...
Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title:🏴Geopolitical Tortoise and Hare Race🏴 Another captivating episode in the BRICS & Geopolitics Series (#HTBRICSSeries) on Heads Talk where we explore the shifting landscape of money, trade, politics, conflict, and the technologies shaping the next global order. This week, I’m joined by David Sime, Chief Innovation Strategist at Invantage Ltd,...
Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title: 🇿🇦Capital Security to Capital Growth: Africa’s Bankable-to-Investable Journey🇿🇦 We continue the #HTBRICSSeries on Heads Talk with a dynamic C-suite leader, investor, and influential figure in Africa’s tech, finance, and impact investment Ecosystems. Dr. Frank Aswani is the CEO of the African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA), a pan-African n...
Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title: 🇨🇳Osmosis: The Unbroken Self🇳🇱 We rarely pause to see those caught in between the acceleration of AI and the shifting of Geopolitical lines - the living bridges silently carrying the weight of nations. Sometimes, a conversation about technology stops being about machines and progress and instead reveals the quiet, very real toll on a human holding 2 world...
Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title: 🇨🇳Made in China 2025: Digital Evolution & Global Tech Influence🇨🇳 We continue the #HTBRICSSeries on Heads Talk with a returning guest from three years ago, Ashley Dudarenok. Her first episode remains one of my personal favourites, and I’m delighted to have her back. This time, we reconnect to discuss how China’s fast-moving tech ecosystem has evo...
Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title:🇨🇭CFO Frameworks in an Uncertain World🇨🇭 We take a brief pause from the #HTBRICSSeries (BRICS & Geopolitics) this week on Heads Talk to spotlight a compelling release from the 💵 ℙ𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕦𝕝 𝕎𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕎𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕥 & 𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕪💵 series. In this timely and thought-provoking conversation, I’m joined by returning guest and Fortune 50 Executive Claudia Cordio...
Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title:🇶🇦Digital Sovereignty & The Gulf Tech Frontier🇶🇦 Another thought-provoking episode of Heads Talk this week as I sit down with an influential figure in the Gulf’s digital transformation space. Giorgio Torre, a leader in data, sustainability and technology advisory, KPMG, with a broad international remit, but a particular focus on the GCC region, i...
Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title:🇻🇳Common Prosperity🇰🇭 It’s always a little more special when a familiar face joins me on Heads Talk. This week’s guest is not only a globally respected transformation leader, but also a former colleague from our time together at KPMG in London. A lot has changed since then, but what hasn’t changed is his deep insight and global perspective. I’m joined by R...
Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title: 🇮🇹The Globetrotter That Got Away… Until Now! - Part 2 🇮🇹 In this second and final part of this special on Heads Talk, I wrap up my conversation with Paolo Sironi, Global Research Leader in Banking and Financial Markets at the IBM Institute for Business Value. If you missed Part 1, you can find the link here. Definitely worth a listen first. This episode is...
Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title:🇰🇪Explorer and Adopters of New Technology, By Nature🇰🇪 Another insightful episode of Heads Talk today. It was such a pleasure to speak with my guest today. I found her content incredibly thoughtful and walked away with a much deeper understanding of the fintech, finance, and growth landscape in East Africa, especially their sharp focus on strategic partner...
Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title: 🇮🇹The Globetrotter That Got Away… Until Now! - Part 1 🇮🇹 In this 2-part special on Heads Talk is a masterclass in all things fintech, regulation, and behavioural banking, brought to you by my brilliant guest. You know those rare moments when you hear someone speak and think, “If only they were my professor back in the day”? This is one of those momen...
Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title:🇨🇳The Thucydides Trap🇨🇳 An insightful and timely episode for the #HTBRICSSeries on Heads Talk exploring the realities and the risks of The Thucydides Trap: the historical pattern where a rising power threatens to displace an established one, often resulting in conflict. Dr Henry Huiyao Wang, Founder and President of the Centre for China and Globalisation (...
Let us know your thoughts. Send us a Text Message. Follow me to see #HeadsTalk Podcast Audiograms every Monday on LinkedIn Episode Title:🇻🇳Vietnam’s Bamboo Diplomacy & 20 Year Plan for High Income Status🇻🇳 Another insightful and timely episode of Heads Talk as part of the BRICS & Geopolitics series (#HTBRICSSeries). In a significant development, Brazil, Chair of BRICS 2025, officially announced on June 13 that Vietnam has been named one of 10 BRICS partner countries. This new partne...
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An informative podcast and the standard is 1st rate
Very good podcast for the business world
Great podcasts - interesting presenters and subject matter