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Brand & TV Adverts – Episode 45

Ray and Jock discuss why you can’t control your own brand, and the power of TV advertising.

8 December 2021
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Putting The Work In – Episode 44

Ray and Jock discuss school systems that reward a desire to learn, and where that sense of entitlement comes from.

1 December 2021
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Communication and Autonomy – Episode 43

Ray and Jock discuss the challenges facing UK energy firms, and why autonomous teams can’t just do whatever they want.

24 November 2021
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Being Nice (When You Don’t Have To) – Episode 42

Ray and Jock discuss nice things, nice people and the art of being nice to others. All very nice.

17 November 2021
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Content Creators & Brand – Episode 41

Ray and Jock talk about influencers, content creators and the brands they create for themselves.

10 November 2021
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The Best Ideas Can’t Be Stolen – Episode 40

Ray and Jock discuss the Mom Test, why ‘it’s complicated’, how passion and purpose can elevate a so-so idea to a great one.

3 November 2021
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Lemonade – Episode 39

Ray and Jock talk about big and little ideas, influence for equity and why good brand names are hard.

27 October 2021
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Do MBAs Stifle Innovation? – Episode 38

Ray and Jock discuss the pros and cons of a MBA, and whether the approach taken in med school for training doctors is a useful analogy.

20 October 2021
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2 Scale-ups At Once with Janna Bastow – Episode 37

Ray and Jock are joined by Janna Bastow, CEO and co-founder of ProdPad and co-founder of Mind The Product. They discuss the unique challenges of running two rapidly-growing startups at the same time, the dangers of the agency trap, and support networks for entrepreneurs.

13 October 2021
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Convenience As A Service – Episode 36

Ray shares some big news about the book with Jock. They talk fast food and convenience store infrastructure as a service, and why Sainsbury’s and Deliveroo would be a merger made in heaven.

29 September 2021
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Which Investment Strategy Wins? – Episode 35

Ray and Jock talk about Warren Buffett’s $1m wager on a passive investment strategy, ethical funds and legendary car testing ground, the Nurburgring.

22 September 2021
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Building An Empire On TikTok with Max McCann – Episode 34

Ray and Jock are joined by TikTok sensation Max McCann for a revealing interview in which he shares the long, hard path to becoming an overnight success, and how he keeps his positive attitude when faced with trolling.

15 September 2021
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SpaceX Is Taking The Magic Out – Episode 33

Ray and Jock delve into Eric Ries’s long-term stock exchange and wonder whether the magic’s being taken out of space travel.

8 September 2021
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A Digital Way To Demean Me – Episode 32

Ray and Jock talk about David and Goliath stories from boxing, overestimating your competitors, and getting to the truth of why in user research.

1 September 2021
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Flying Cars Before Tesla Full Self-Driving – Episode 31

Ray and Jock discuss whether it’s right to exploit psychological biases to gain an advantage, and where the line is between aiming big and claiming you’ve already got there.

25 August 2021
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The Flying Pig Wrestlers – Episode 30

Ray and Jock discuss the good and bad types of fear and how we respond to them, why we’re uncomfortable with our own success, and making the risky, mundane.

18 August 2021
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More Work – Episode 29

Ray and Jock discuss Mark McCormack’s paradox of wanting more work, not less, Zoom fatigue, and knowing which tasks to say ‘yes’ to.

11 August 2021
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The Illusion of Choice with Stan Karpenko – Episode 28

Ray and Jock are joined by co-founder and CTO of GiveVision Stan Karpenko. They discuss the most valuable skill university can teach, what’s critical for a successful product, and the constraints on our freedom of choice.

4 August 2021
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SPACs and NFTs – Episode 27

Ray and Jock discuss the pros and cons of herd mentality in trading, uncover why NFTs are valuable, and reveal the downside of scratching your own itch.

28 July 2021
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Recovering From A Bad Decision – Episode 26

Ray and Jock discuss the best approach for pulling back from a bad decision and why sunk cost fallacy makes it so tricky, why the invention of the Post-It note was not serendipity, and how to measure true progress.

21 July 2021
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