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Jennifer Vessels is a global business transformation expert with extensive experience helping organisations navigate change, embrace AI, and prepare for the future. As CEO of Next Step, a Silicon Valley-founded transformation firm, she has worked with leading global organisations including Adobe, Cisco, and Novartis, helping leaders adapt and thrive in an ever-changing world. She is also the creator of the P.E.A.C.E. framework and author of the forthcoming book Emergence: How Leaders Break Free from Outdated Thinking, which explores the role fear plays in holding leaders and organisations back. In this episode, we explore her leadership journey, the challenges of transformation, and what it really takes to become a future-ready leader in a rapidly changing world. Links: https://www.jennifervessels.com/ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1394439237 Waterstones: Emergence by Jennifer Vessels | Waterstones Barnes & Noble: Emergence: How Leaders Break Free From Outdated Thinking | Barnes & Noble® Norli  https://bit.ly/4hF5Bd5 Sweden:  Adlibris: https://www.adlibris.com/sv/bok/emergence-9781394439232 debbiewilliamspodcast.com Support the show

Thomas Anglero brings a fascinating perspective on artificial intelligence, technology, and the human side of work.  He has spent his career at the forefront of technology, from founding the IBM Watson AI Lab for Cancer in Oslo to serving as Chief Technology Officer for Cognizant across the Nordics. He has also spoken about AI to boardrooms, governments, and audiences across 30 countries.  But what makes his perspective particularly interesting is that he hasn't just talked about the future of AI, he has built a business around it, working alongside his own AI council and making real-world decisions about how technology can shape the workplace.  In this episode, we explore AI, the future of work, and perhaps most importantly, where people fit into a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence. Links: https://anglero.com debbiewilliamspodcast.com Support the show

Chris Gore is an entrepreneur and former military leader with a fascinating perspective on leadership, accountability, and the future of the workplace.  After a career in the military, where discipline, clear communication and responsibility were essential, he went on to found SPOR Group, a specialist AV integration business supporting more than 1,500 meeting rooms across the UK and Europe.    He is also the host of the Future Workplace podcast and author of the forthcoming book Work Isn't Working.  In this episode, we explore his leadership journey, the lessons he took from the military into business, and his thoughts on leadership and the future of the workplace. Links: https://www.wearespor.com/ debbiewilliamspodcast.com Support the show

Jim Carlough is a leadership expert with more than 30 years of experience transforming teams, organisations, and careers.  Known as a Leadership Identity Architect, he believes that leadership isn't simply about developing skills, it's about developing the identity and qualities needed to lead effectively. His work focuses on helping leaders build confidence, strengthen their teams, and create cultures where people can thrive.  As AI continues to change the workplace, his message is particularly relevant: there are human qualities that technology can never replace, including integrity, empathy, compassion, stability, and humour.  In this episode, we explore what it really means to become a leader and why who you are as a leader matters as much as what you know. Links: https://www.jimcarlough.com/ debbiewilliamspodcast.com Support the show

Philip Huthwaite is the CEO of 5app, a UK learning technology company, and has spent much of his career working in workplace learning, with a particular interest in what makes learning stick and leads to real changes in behaviour.  More recently, his focus has turned to how AI can help organisations understand the impact of learning and support people to develop through their everyday work.  In this episode, we explore AI, learning, and the future of workplace development. Links: Website: https://5app.com Helix: https://5app.com/helix Helix free trial: https://info.5app.com/free-leadership-skills-assessment 5app's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/5app-platform/ Philip's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philiphuthwaite/ debbiewilliamspodcast.com Support the show

Pastor Peter Nembhard is a senior pastor, speaker, and church leader at ARC Church with a passion for helping people discover their purpose and grow in their faith.  As the Senior Pastor of a thriving multicultural church in East London, he has led its growth into a vibrant congregation of more than 500 people while also planting churches across London and Birmingham and leading a wider network of churches. Alongside this, he is deeply committed to mentoring leaders, community outreach, and equipping others to make a lasting impact. In this episode, we explore his journey into ministry, the challenges and rewards of church leadership, and what it takes to lead a growing church with vision, faith, and purpose. Links: https://www.arc4u.org.uk/ debbiewilliamspodcast.com Support the show

Adam Ward is an executive coach and operational consultant with nearly two decades of experience helping leaders eliminate friction and optimize performance. With a foundational background in technical engineering at Honda R&D, he combines systematic, data-driven frameworks with real-world leadership strategy. He’s also an accomplished endurance athlete who has tackled 19 Ironman 70.3s, two World Championships, and an Ultraman.  Links: https://www.adammward.com/ debbiewilliamspodcast.com Support the show

Steve Vear MBE JP is someone whose life has been shaped by resilience, service, and an unwavering determination to succeed.  Born with cerebral palsy, he's never let it define him. He enjoyed a successful career in senior operational leadership, including leading production and logistics at one of the UK's largest examination boards, before taking on a new challenge during the COVID lockdowns by studying law. He was called to the Bar in 2025 and is now beginning the next chapter of his career as a pupil barrister.  Alongside his professional achievements, he has dedicated decades to public service as a Magistrate, Samaritan, School Governor, Chairman of the Southern Premier Cricket League, and Trustee of the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance. And in 2018 His commitment to volunteering was recognised with an MBE. Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevevear/ debbiewilliamspodcast.com Support the show

Maria Greenwood is a wills and trusts specialist who is passionate about helping people protect what matters most and plan confidently for the future. After a successful 22-year senior career in the design and manufacturing industry, she followed her passion for helping others by moving into estate planning. Today, she works with individuals and families, providing expert guidance on wills, trusts, lasting powers of attorney, and probate support, always making the process as straightforward and reassuring as possible. She believes estate planning is about more than paperwork—it's about protecting loved ones and giving families lasting peace of mind. Links: Email: [email protected] https://www.squiggleconsult.co.uk/ debbiewilliamspodcast.com Support the show

Bayo Igoh is a business coach who turned an extraordinary and unconventional upbringing into a powerful foundation for helping others succeed. With leadership experience across the public, private, and voluntary sectors, they founded Bigoh Coaching to show that success doesn't have to come at the cost of burnout.  Links: https://bigohcoaching.com/ debbiewilliamspodcast.com Support the show

Jennifer Fraser is an author of five books, award-winning educator, and international presenter on the neuroscience of abuse cultures and how we can transform them. She writes a series for Psychology Today called "The Bullied Brain" and works with organizations to create brain-healthy, happy, high-performing cultures.  Links: https://bulliedbrain.com/ https://www.brainhq.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Gaslit-Brain-Gaslighting-Institutional-Complicity/dp/1493090925 debbiewilliamspodcast.com Support the show

Patrick Oluyide is someone who believes sustainable growth isn’t built on ambition alone, it’s built through the leadership, systems, and habits that help people and organisations scale. He helps organisations and individuals strengthen leadership capability, build better habits, and create the systems needed to turn growth into consistent delivery. His belief is that growth is not a personality trait, it’s a set of practices: clear priorities, repeatable routines, honest feedback loops, and a culture that turns learning into action. He works in the space where strategy often breaks down helping people and organisations translate intention into execution through stronger leadership, better decisions, and effective operating habits. Because when those foundations are in place, people don’t just perform, they compound. Links: https://patrickoluyide.com/ debbiewilliamspodcast.com Support the show

Sophie Preston Hall is a remarkable entrepreneur who built a successful hospitality recruitment business from the ground up with just £300, no business experience, and a determination to succeed. Leaving school at 16 with no GCSEs and severe dyslexia, she worked her way up through hospitality before taking the leap to start her own business as a single mum. Twenty-five years later, that business has become a respected agency built on relationships, hard work, and a genuine commitment to helping people. Today, she's also serving her community as an Essex County Councillor for Rochford North, championing local businesses and working people. On the podcast, she shares her journey of overcoming adversity, raising a family, building a business, and proving that where you start in life doesn't determine where you can end up. Links: https://cateringelite.co.uk/ debbiewilliamspodcast.com Support the show

Peter J. Novak is a world-class communications expert working at the intersection of leadership, clarity, and storytelling.  As the founder of The Strictly Speaking Group, he has coached thousands of professionals, from emerging leaders to Fortune 50 executives, to communicate confidently in high-stakes situations.  A top-rated LinkedIn Learning instructor, his course on clear speech for global professionals has reached more than 250,000 learners and has been translated into six languages. Known for his work with multilingual leaders, he blends linguistics, cultural intelligence, and inclusive communication to ensure every voice is heard.  With a doctorate in Dramaturgy from Yale and a career rooted in both academia and performance, he brings a unique combination of rigour and creativity to the world of business communication.  In this episode, he shares what it truly means to communicate with clarity, authenticity, and impact. Links: https://www.strictlyspeakinggroup.com/ LinkedIn Learning Course debbiewilliamspodcast.com Support the show

Mimi Bland is a world-class thought leader helping high achievers unlock their greatest potential from the inside out.  She works privately with founders, visionaries, and leaders who are seeking a deeper sense of alignment, fulfilment, authenticity, and inner peace as they create lives of genuine meaning and impact. Her work bridges emotional intelligence, energetic recalibration, and neuroscience-backed transformation, guiding her clients to master the art of fulfilment from within.  Through her signature process, The Authentic Self Mastery Method, she helps individuals dissolve patterns of survival, return to inner clarity, and create lives led by truth rather than conditioning. In this episode, she shares what it truly means to live in alignment with who we are, and how to create from a place of inner truth rather than external expectation. Links: https://mimibland.london/ debbiewilliamspodcast.com Support the show