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The Art of Speaking Up: A Gen Z's Journey From Shy to Stage

The Art of Speaking Up: A Gen Z's Journey From Shy to Stage

Episode 39 · · 36:21

Alastair sits down with Danny Wang, a 23-year-old Gen Z IT sales professional who transformed himself from a shy, introverted teenager into a national-level public speaking champion ...

Cultural Intelligence Across Generations: How to Lead Across the Divide

Cultural Intelligence Across Generations: How to Lead Across the Divide

Episode 38 · · 33:48

Alastair welcomes Victoria Rennoldson, a multi-award-winning global leadership coach, international speaker, bestselling author, and podcast host specialising in strategic communicat...

School Superhead on Why Today’s Students Question More

School Superhead on Why Today’s Students Question More

Episode 37 · · 33:09

Former school “superhead” Nick Bowen reflects on 20 years leading large secondary schools and turning around failing institutions.Nick explores how education has evolved, from low ac...

Millennials, Sport, and the Sandwich Generation

Millennials, Sport, and the Sandwich Generation

Episode 36 · · 32:47

Alastair is joined by International archer and Civic Engagement Manager Lizzy Rees who reflects on growing up in a household of five millennials, competing at elite level sport, and ...

Gen Z, Digital Wellbeing and Entering the Workplace

Gen Z, Digital Wellbeing and Entering the Workplace

Episode 35 · · 35:19

21-year-old mental health and digital wellbeing campaigner Paddy Crump shares what it’s really like entering the workplace as Gen Z.From struggling with OCD and school anxiety to cam...

Gen X Raising Gen Z: Anxiety, Schools and Smartphones

Gen X Raising Gen Z: Anxiety, Schools and Smartphones

Episode 34 · · 39:11

In this episode Emma Clark joins Alastair live from Australia to explore rising anxiety inschools, generational differences in parenting, and the reality behind Australia’s under-16s...

The Practical Side of Self-Aware Leadership and its impact across generations

The Practical Side of Self-Aware Leadership and its impact across generations

Episode 33 · · 30:50

Natasha Wallace joins Alastair to unpack conscious leadership. This is a science-backed approach to building high-trust, high-performance cultures without burning people out.Drawing ...

Anxiety, Humour, and Raising Kids in a Smartphone World

Anxiety, Humour, and Raising Kids in a Smartphone World

Episode 32 · · 36:06

Joe Rowntree; comedian, presenter, and founder of Anxiety Uncovered joins Alastair to explore anxiety, parenting, and growing up in a permanently connected world.They discuss the “xe...

Gen Z, Graduates, and Getting Ready for the Real World

Gen Z, Graduates, and Getting Ready for the Real World

Episode 31 · · 30:59

Alastair speaks with higher education professional Charlotte Marshall about what student life and employability really look like right now. From supporting “hard to reach” students t...

From Hype to Workflow: Making AI Actually Useful

From Hype to Workflow: Making AI Actually Useful

Episode 30 · · 32:42

George Cairns, founder of Get AI Powers, joins Alastair to cut through the noise around AI and explain what “agentic” systems really are: tools that can carry out computer-based work...

Networking, Isolation, and Creating the Connection

Networking, Isolation, and Creating the Connection

Episode 29 · · 37:02

Val Corbett brings decades of experience to a deceptively simple question: how do we get people talking again?From prison reform to professional networking, Val argues that isolation...

Gen Z at Work, Retention, Engagement, and the Real Cost of Ignoring It

Gen Z at Work, Retention, Engagement, and the Real Cost of Ignoring It

Episode 28 · · 33:39

Patrick Quinton-Smith joins Alastair to dismantle myths about Gen Z at work and focus on what actually improves retention, performance, and engagement.They explore coaching as a high...

Neuroscience, Curiosity, and Removing Workplace Drama

Neuroscience, Curiosity, and Removing Workplace Drama

Episode 27 · · 27:44

Neuroscience-informed coach Alison Blackler joins Alastair to explain why generational friction may feel personal, but why it usually isn’t.In this fascinating episode she helps us u...

Why Mental Health Sounds Different To Every Generation - Tyler Thompson

Why Mental Health Sounds Different To Every Generation - Tyler Thompson

Episode 26 · · 29:15

In this podcast Tyler Thompson, (award-winning speaker and youth communication coach), shares how his split upbringing of local roots and private-school opportunities, led him into p...

Gen Z, Grades & Giving Back - Ruby Woodward

Gen Z, Grades & Giving Back - Ruby Woodward

Episode 25 · · 30:17

At just 17, Ruby juggles A-Levels, fashion-design ambitions and a record-breaking hospice-fundraiser. She credits her school’s “competitive compassion” culture for normalising charit...

Freddie Miller - A Gen Z Take on Rural Revival

Freddie Miller - A Gen Z Take on Rural Revival

Episode 24 · · 30:32

Freddie Miller shares his journey from urban London to a rural career in river management. He breaks common Gen Z stereotypes with his passion, work ethic and ability to connect acro...

Dr Stacy Moore - The Psychology of Generations: Resilience, Risk & Reward

Dr Stacy Moore - The Psychology of Generations: Resilience, Risk & Reward

Episode 23 · · 32:29

Alastair sits down with consultant-psychologist Dr Stacy Moore to explore how our “formative years” lay the tracks for the rest of our lives. From high parental expectations in immig...

Steve Haynes - Negotiation, differences and cutting through generational assumptions

Steve Haynes - Negotiation, differences and cutting through generational assumptions

Episode 22 · · 32:14

Steve Haynes (negotiator, mediator and trustee at the Reach charity) talks to Alastair about how his lived experience shaped his approach to negotiation. He discusses how growing up ...

Henry Farr - What Gen Z Wants at Work and Why It Matters

Henry Farr - What Gen Z Wants at Work and Why It Matters

Episode 21 · · 37:58

Alastair sits down with Henry Farr, a young entrepreneur navigating the generational expectations that come with running his own business. In this episode, Henry offers a grounded, s...

Kate Heathcote – Engineering, Parenthood & Life on the Generational Cusp

Kate Heathcote – Engineering, Parenthood & Life on the Generational Cusp

Episode 20 · · 33:36

In this episode, Alastair speaks with Kate Heathcote, a solutions architect, engineer, musician, and mother navigating life at the intersection of Gen X independence and Millennial c...