We are both proud Brits and Canadians – this is a no-nonsense weekly podcast about behaviour, people, life, leadership, managing and all sorts of stuff, from a corporate and non-corporate perspective.
We don’t always agree...
Employed Or Self-Employed, who gets the better deal?
Send us Fan Mail Employed or self-employed, who really gets the better deal? We dig into the answer with zero fluff, because the truth depends less on your job title and more on what you can tolerate day after day: uncertainty, responsibility, routine, politics, risk, or boredom. From the outside, self-employment can look like total freedom, but we talk honestly about the missing safety net, the pressure to find the next client, and the feast-or-famine cashflow that comes with running your ow...
27 Oct 2026
Who are you without your job title?
Send us Fan Mail If your job disappeared tomorrow, what would be left of you? We start there and follow the thread all the way through work identity, job titles, and the sneaky way a career can swallow your personality if you let it. We’ve both seen how quickly “what I do” turns into “who I am”, especially as retirement gets closer and the old routines start to look less permanent. Sharon shares a story from moving to Canada and watching a search for the “right” role turn into years of...
20 Oct 2026
If your life had a soundtrack, what would be on it?
Send us Fan Mail What song would you pick as the soundtrack to your life, and what would that choice reveal about you? We take that question seriously, then let it pull us through the moments where music locks itself to memory: reconnecting after years apart, sending clips back and forth, and realising you both love the same deep cuts. Along the way we land on Steely Dan, beloved albums, and the oddly intimate feeling of finding someone who hears a track the way you do. From there we g...
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