the business simplicity podcast

Laurent Silvestri shares his winning approach to creating long-term, empathetic, partnerships based on his 20+ years of being a successful entrepreneur.

Laurent Silvestri has been an entrepreneur in the telecom industry for the last 25 years. He has founded multiple companies, surfing on the different waves since the deregulation of the French telecom industry. In 2005, he founded a French telecom service provider called OpenIP...

Bob Smith shares his insights in how to use OKR’s (Objectives & Key Results) to create the ‘Countability Culture’ instead of a culture of frustration based on accountability.  

Bob’s passion is helping companies scale the implementation of OKRs for fast growth.  He uses Objectives and Key Results to keep the company and teams inspired, focused and aligned on great outcomes.  He is an expert in demonstrating the relevance and va...

Michael Smits shares how a global community of inspired doers has created the Purpose Manifesto and how this can inspire everyday actions to make the world a better place.  

We talk about the Purpose Manifesto. Why 50+ authors and 100+ collaborators from around the world felt the need to come together now from all corners of the world to write the guidelines to inspire everyday actions for a better future for all.  

Born an...

Jen Dumitrescu shares some tactics on how to simplify your life for self-employed people and real-estate agents in particular.  

After 15 years of experience as a real estate agent, she wanted to simplify the process for other agents. We all got into business with a dream to work less. Be your own boss and make unlimited sums of money. For most, the reality has been different, but there’s no time like the present to change the dire...

Nick McRoberts shares how choosing what not to do has enabled him to succeed throughout his life as a composer and coach.  

Nick studied piano, composition and conducting at the Melbourne Conservatory, the Victorian College of Arts, the CNSM in Paris and the Ecole Normale. He studied conducting with Robert Rosen, Jorma Panula and Dejan Savić. Today he is based in France. His works include operas, symphonies, ballets, voice, piano a...

Karim Benammar shares his insights about how investigating and challenging our assumptions can enable us to think and act differently.  This can greatly simplify our life, give us more control over it, and make it a lot more fun.  

Karim is a philosopher specialising in transformative thinking - thinking that makes people do things differently. He gives lectures and workshops for companies and organisations on how to think differen...

Kristjan Knigge shares his insights about how preparation is the key to success.

Kristjan believes that a great strategy to create simplicity is thorough preparation. Being well prepared allows for mental and creative freedom by providing a solid foundation for any endeavour.

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Everyday Entrepreneur Everywhere conversation with Sonia Lewis, the Anti-racist Impact Strategist from the United States.

Sonia shares her journey from observing racial inequity as a child through to her starting an educational consultancy to ensure, “the future is anti-racist.” Her company, Ascribe Educational Consulting, works with leaders in education and corporate organisations around the world. She shares her vision on how eq...

Everyday Entrepreneur Everywhere conversation with Martin de Roode, the IT Supply Manager from the Netherlands, sharing his experience with the recent Sustainability Sprint.

Martin shared his journey recently from being inspired as the IT Supply Manager to organise a Sustainability Sprint with many of his colleagues.  He shares where his interest and passion in sustainability comes from, and how Van Oord is taking this challenge v...

Everyday Entrepreneur Everywhere conversation with Jessica van Beek, Simon Brod, Wim Lubberson and Chris Parker, speaking about the Sustainability Sprint.

They share their experience of conceiving, preparing and delivering the first Sustainability Sprint. This enterprise service is a five-half-day experience that uses the power of the Simplicity Scan to enable management teams to achieve clarity, confidence and control about their ...

Everyday Entrepreneur Everywhere conversation with Ajit Vahadene, the Founder of Bloodyfast, from India.

Ajit shares his journey from running various businesses to working closely with his brother to save lives in India. Their solution – Bloody Fast – is an app with over ten thousand downloads that connects people with blood donors and other life-saving support. They focus on bringing help to your fingertips within 15 minutes of a...

Everyday Entrepreneur Everywhere conversation with Mischa Muntinga, the Strategic Change  Consultant, from the Netherlands.

Mischa shares his journey from a tax expert to a strategic change consultant with financial institutions. We have a fascinating discussion based on his experience directing change projects with large, complex and often siloed organisations.  He shared the four perspectives of change used by Equitem on these s...

Everyday Entrepreneur Everywhere conversation with Saskia Vos, the Coach and HR Professional, from the Netherlands.

Saskia shares her journey which has enabled her to help people as a coach and HR professional. We have a fun conversation about how she has a unique perspective coaching people in career transition while also helping the HR teams which employ these people. Having met each other almost 20 years ago, Saskia connects di...

Everyday Entrepreneur Everywhere conversation with Juriaan Kamer, the author of Formula X, from the Netherlands.

Jurriaan shares his journey from working in IT, and being frustrated with what he experienced, through discovering how Formula 1 continuously improves their performance and ultimately working with The Ready to help organisations embrace brave new ways of working. Jurriaan is the author of the book ‘Formula X: How to Rea...

Everyday Entrepreneur Everywhere conversation with Menno Valkenburg, the Project Pilot from the Netherlands.

Menno shares his journey of discovering his true power as he has travelled throughout the world. He discovered that his power was being a pilot for large, complex projects.  He tells the story of what a ‘project pilot’ is during the conversation. We have fun talking about why projects fail and what executives can do to mana...

Everyday Entrepreneur Everywhere conversation with Miguel Angel Rojas, the Transformation Architect from Spain.

Miguel shares his journey from software developer to an award-winning public speaker. We discuss how travelling throughout the world has provided him a truly global perspective. He is working with both corporates and startups and is passionate about helping these people clarify their mission and communicate their story. ...

Everyday Entrepreneur Everywhere conversation with Andre Wiringa, the Chief Reverse Engineer from the Netherlands.

Andre shared his journey over almost three decades of helping businesses improve their performance to his recently re-focused start-up: Start Reverse. His team helps the top companies in the world avoid becoming a commodity and “give soul to their brands.” We have a fun discussion about how some leaders simply don’t un...