On The Pulse is where product, technology, and go-to-market leaders share what it really takes to build.
Hosted by Ricky Burns and Tony Mulcock, founders of Pulse Group, the show features Directors, CPOs, CTOs, and senior product leaders in candid conversations about roadmaps, technical challenges, career milestones, and leadership lessons.
Some episodes highlight individuals and the stories that shaped them.
Others are deep dives into how teams solve real market problems, what’s working, what isn’t, and what’s next.
Mastercard CTO Justin Adams on Career Pivots, Hard Conversations and Putting Family First
Justin Adams is Chief Technology Officer at Mastercard. His route there began after an oceanography degree, on British Airways' technology graduate scheme in the late 1990s, and ran through a decade in consultancy, Royal and Sun Alliance, nearly seven years at British American Tobacco and a CTO role at Close Brothers. Ricky Burns talks to Justin about planning a career two steps ahead, the difficult conversation he left three months too long, and taking time out of work to support his f...
24 Sept 2026
From Psychology Degree to CPTO at World of Books Group With Louis Badcock
Louis Badcock, Chief Product & Technology Officer at World of Books Group, joins On The Pulse to trace an unconventional route into product and technology: from an experimental psychology degree, through John Lewis and Tesco, to the fast-scaling used-car marketplace Cazoo. The conversation covers what actually makes a strong product manager, why the “mini CEO” comparison gets overused, how World of Books keeps its teams close to the customer, and why Louis believes AI is about to reshape ...
20 Aug 2026
How AI Is Reshaping Engineering Leadership With Matt Whetton
What does the future of software engineering actually look like? In this episode, Richard Burns is joined by Matt Whetton, Chief Technology Officer at Acquired.com, to explore how AI is transforming engineering teams, leadership, and the skills needed to stay ahead. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience, Matt shares why he stepped away from the venture-backed world, what he's learned from leading engineering teams through periods of rapid growth, and why smaller, highly effective teams ...
16 Jul 2026
From Agency to Startup, Brand Advocacy, and Building Faster in the Age of AI with Blake Moseley
In this episode of On The Pulse, Tony sits down with Blake Moseley, VP of Product at JUUL, to talk about the career journey that's taken him from agency life in Australia to leading product teams in one of the UK's fastest-growing tech businesses. Blake shares how working in agencies shaped the way he thinks about leadership, problem-solving and innovation, why agency talent is thriving in startups, and what it really takes to build high-performing product teams. The conversation also explore...
1 Jul 2026
Early Internet Pioneer to Product & Tech Leadership at Imperial College London with Kavita Kapoor
Kavita Kapoor joins On the Pulse to share her non-linear journey from building one of the earliest web pages in the mid-’90s and working in Silicon Valley to leading product and technology across organizations including the BBC, Channel 4, Just Eat, micro:bit, and now Imperial College London. She discusses early experiences with bro culture and being told how to dress, the persistence that landed her a life-changing role at London 2012, and how securing a product manager title helped propel h...
27 May 2026
Health Tech Product Leadership, Confidence & Building AI-Native Teams with Brigitte West
In this episode of On the Pulse, Tony Mulcock (Pulse Group) sits down with Brigitte West, a senior product leader in health tech, to unpack her journey from studying medical sciences and founding an early beauty tech company to leading product, design, engineering, and clinical teams at executive level. Brigitte shares why she’s stayed focused on healthcare impact, how shipping real products (from early breastfeeding support tools to systems used in millions of NHS appointments) shaped her ca...
14 May 2026
The Product Evolution: Navigating Retail, Leadership, and the AI Revolution with Fabrice Khullar
In the debut episode of On The Pulse, host Ricky Burns sits down with Fabrice Khullar, a product leader who has spent over two decades at the forefront of digital transformation for some of the UK’s most iconic brands. Currently the Director of Product, UX, and Optimisation at Boots UK, Fabrice’s career journey spans senior roles at Sky, Sainsbury’s, and Selfridges, offering a unique perspective on how product management shifts between pure tech and large scale retail. Fabrice pulls bac...
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