When Muhammad Ali visited Dublin to fight Al Blue Lewis he famously asked where do all the black people hang out? He was told there weren’t any. Dave Hannigan has written a marvelous book about that week in Ireland. He talks to Dion Fanning about Ali’s time in Dublin and the people who made it happen.
The essential act of eating food isn't an area many would think ripe for disruption, but powdered food replacements have been lurking in the productivity-obsessed techie realms for more than a decade. Now Ireland is getting its own powdered iteration from Darren O'Reilly a former professional rugby player. He tells Rosanna Cooney about Whole Supp, his start-up that is trying to take on the big guys.
A financial advisory partner with the accountancy firm Deloitte, David Van Dessel has been tracking company failures for more than a decade, producing quarterly reports on how many companies are going out of business and what sectors of the economy are struggling most. Earlier this week, Van Dessel published the data for the first quarter of the year showing that corporate insolvencies in the Republic rose by 22 per cent in the first three months of the year compared with the same period last year. In this podcast, he talks to Ian Kehoe about whether the long-anticipated wave of liquidations is finally set to happen.
Newly minted President of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce Stephen O'Leary began his career as a journalist before founding social media analytics company, Olytico, which landed a Fortune 500 company as a client through hustle and luck. He talks to Rosanna Cooney about the vast applications of social listening and his plans for the presidency.
A new survey of veterinary practices by the accountancy firm HLB Ireland shows that up to one third of vets are planning to sell their business in the coming year, yet only 2 per cent of their employees are interested in owning their practice. The firm's managing director Mark Butler and vet Pete Wedderburn join Thomas Hubert to discuss an industry where work culture, business organisation and customers are changing fast, and hundreds of Irish businesses are increasingly looking towards a corporate ownership model.
As tensions rise between performance culture and employee self-care, David Barrett, a psychometrics specialist, sorts what works from what doesn't. He talks to Rosanna Cooney about what constitutes a good investment in employee wellness. The Talent Matters podcast series is in association with Talent Summit and sponsored by Employee Financial Wellness.
AJ Thomas is chief chaos officer with Google's secretive innovation lab: X, Moonshot Factory. She talks to Rosanna Cooney about setting personal moonshots and using simple certainties to chart a path through the unknown. Talent Matters is a podcast series digging into some of the biggest issues facing employers today. This series is in association with Talent Summit and sponsored by Employee Financial Wellness.
Billy Magra has led an extraordinary life. One of his gifts during a career in comedy, music and television was identifying the coming trends. Now he wants to be part of a third-act revolution.
April Jordan is the manager for astronaut selection at NASA Johnson Space Centre. In this podcast, she talks to Rosanna Cooney about the space agency's rigorous two-year selection process and how it tests candidates for temperament, team skills, and resilience.
Talent Matters is a podcast series digging into some of the biggest issues facing employers today. This series is in association with Talent Summit and sponsored by Employee Financial Wellness.
Eddie Wilson served as Ryanair's chief people officer for two decades before migrating to the airline's chief executive chair. He talks to Rosanna Cooney about flexing the boundaries of an HR role to make it indispensable to management and the naivety of workplace loyalty. Talent Matters is a new podcast series digging into some of the biggest issues facing employers today. This series is in association with Talent Summit and sponsored by Employee Financial Wellness.
