Practical Leadership

Productivity

Productivity: Techniques and tools for improving efficiency, focus, and time management to achieve better outcomes and drive organisational success.

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15 June 2026

Most of the AI conversation is happening at the wrong level. We’re debating tools, prompts and productivity hacks when the real question is much older and much harder: what does it mean to be human?...

6 April 2026

Most marketing isn’t broken because people aren’t trying hard enough. It’s broken because nobody actually understands what marketing is supposed to do. This conversation with Gee Ranasinha is a proper teardown of the nonsense. Too...

8 December 2025

We’re all using ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude… but let’s be honest — most of what’s coming out of these tools is rubbish. Generic, unfunny, over-formal slurry. M-dashes everywhere. Worse still, it’s killing brands and cluttering our...

19 May 2025

In this episode, I sit down with Garrett Delph, CEO of Clarity OPS, who’s spent 25 years streamlining global businesses, turning chaos into clarity, and building systems that empower people to thrive. Garrett shares his...

22 December 2022

"Measure twice, cut once" said Tom Lavery's old design & tech teacher, Dr Knapp. He's CEO over at Jiminny (Tom, not Dr. Knapp...). Talking about first aid for new managers - we spoke about How...

9 November 2022

Martin has vast experience in getting things done with technology teams. In this conversation he shares what he has learned from his background at Klarna and H&M and more. We talk about the steps to...

31 October 2022

Technologist to banker to founder, crypto trader to venture studio MD, Osmin Callis has managed to chart a course through her career to walk the red thread of technology that has interested her from an...

25 October 2022

When will we next meet on this topic, and what will you have done by then? The great question that Varun advises new managers to live by. Tracking milestones not activity. He also talks about...

18 October 2022

Three essentials of good leadership Never forget your experiences of bad management. Wear the other person's shoes - how would it make them react / feel Manage upwards to create the space for your team...
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