Business Leader’s team of top journalists – Graham Ruddick, Sarah Vizard, Josh Dornbrack and Dougal Shaw – take a second look at stories of success and failure, provide masterclasses from world-leading experts and guide you through what matters in the business world.
Recent Episodes
How to fix UK plc
The UK economy is stagnating, productivity is falling and fewer than one in 20 promising businesses goes on to become a large company. So how do we fix this?
Grind’s CEO on how he built a coffee empire
LinkedIn is the leading social network for businesses around the world. Now it wants a stake in real-life interactions too.
LinkedIn gets physical
LinkedIn is the leading social network for businesses around the world. Now it wants a stake in real-life interactions too.
The story behind Gousto recipe boxes
Founder Timo Boldt explains how AI tech is embedded in Gousto and how coaching and mentorship have transformed him as a leader
Quantum and AI: What the future holds for British business
IBM UK chair Nicola Hodson discusses how businesses can implement artificial intelligence, the state of Quantum computing and much more
How Justin King rescued Sainsbury’s
We talk to former Sainsbury's CEO Justin King about its turnaround, his rivalry with Tesco and chief executive Sir Terry Leahy and more
How Disney is creative
Ever feel like you’re stuck in a loop, doing the same things but hoping for different results? In this episode of the Business Leader Podcast, Josh Dornbrack sits down with Duncan Wardle, former head of innovation and creativity at Disney, to explore how breaking the mould can transform a business. From his humble beginnings as…
Beauty Pie founder: From facials with Madonna to consumer hits at Boots
Serial entrepreneur Marcia Kilgore shares how to develop original consumer products, hire the right people and much more.
The working from home vs office debate
It’s the biggest debate in the modern business world: working from home versus working in the office. But do you know all the sides to the argument and the latest developments? In this special episode of the Business Leader Podcast, Graham Ruddick, Sarah Vizard, Dougal Shaw and Josh Dornbrack get together to discuss the history…
Melanie Smith on running the UK’s biggest events, Ocado/M&S and the benefits of walking hundreds of miles
NEC Group CEO Melanie Smith talks about why she has the best job in Britain, why private equity ownership is better than being listed on the stock market and more