The WABChats Podcast is all about hearing and learning from those who, like us, are doing things differently.
From pioneers, innovators and masters of craft to cultural trailblazers, academics and professional sportspeople – we believe there are lessons, solutions and perspectives, transferable to your context, to be found in all sorts of places.
We hope that these conversations will provide transferable insight into the different challenges, questions and opportunities that businesses are facing today, inspiring you to embrace transformation in your own organisation and keep doing things differently.
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In this episode, Andrew Steele, former Team GB Olympic bronze medallist, shares his journey from the traumatic experiences of missing the home games of London 2012 to an unexpected leap in entrepreneurship. He offers an inside line into a journey beyond sport and talks on reinvention, resilience and carving a unique path to entrepreneurial success.
Andrew speaks about his incredible story, the celebrations and challenges of competing for Team GB and how a single audacious email launched him as the co-founder of DNA Fit, a successful DNA testing company. He discusses the pressure and purpose of leading the Premier Leagues COVID testing programme to now building his own health optimisation company – Stride. With the belief that societal health will improve from the bottom up, Andrew explains how Stride will offer in-house health tests, tailored interventions and expert support to tackle chronic diseases at a consumer level.
From having no work experience or higher education, to currently bridging the gap between free and private healthcare, this conversation explores the ‘permission to try’, the resilience that is not often learned and the opportunities that arise navigating unexpected detours.
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12 Jun 2025
Rhodri Darch - Powering the Past, Driving the Future
Co-CEO Rhodri Darch discusses Everrati Cars' unique approach to electrifying classic cars, blending heritage with zero-emissions technology to create bespoke electric vehicles in this interview.
22 May 2025
Michelle Niziol - Empowering Growth & Strategies for Women in Business
In this episode of WABChats, we speak with Michelle Niziol, a serial entrepreneur and a leading voice for women in business.
Michelle shares her remarkable journey, starting her first business at 18 and building a suite of seven complementary companies, including her highly successful mortgage brokerage, IMS Property (https://imspropertygroup.co.uk/). She explains the strategic evolution of her businesses, focusing on recurring revenue models and how diversification, like her lettings agency, provided crucial resilience during challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Michelle also unpacks some of the unique challenges faced by female entrepreneurs, particularly around access to funding and the pervasive issue of impostor syndrome. Drawing from her own experiences, she offers powerful advice on building confidence, leveraging supportive networks, and transforming adversity into motivation. She discusses what it took to be "10 times tougher" as a woman navigating a male-dominated industry in her early career, and how she balances assertive leadership with her authentic self.
Listen now to discover Michelle's drive, her approach to managing multiple successful ventures, and her passionate work with The Empowering Entrepreneur to mentor and support other women in business.
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Andrew Steele - Calculated Risks, Lasting Value
Published 8 Jul 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So we're building this full stack health optimization company. What I'm really doing, the problem we're solving is that I really fundamentally believe in that you are only going to change health on a sort of societal level from the bottom up as opposed to the top gap. Now why do I mean by that? So you can change a policy around the chest intervention or NHS care, that's great. I don't think that's going to affect true health span and what I mean by that is reducing the incidence of chronic disease. So chronic disease is responsible for three and four deaths worldwide. It's a remarkable figure. […]
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