In this episode, I’m very pleased to welcome Jo Farmer and Richard Miskella, Joint Managing Partners of law firm Lewis Silkin. They describe how the firm developed a fiercely different culture that allows them to deliver distinctively high-quality work for clients. They also discuss the underlying logic of the strategic choices they’ve made. 

Sara Bailey shares her path to find the real reason Trowers and Hamlins needed to grow.  It wasn’t just for the money…

Does doing the right thing environmentally have to be a tradeoff or can it create financially sustainable investments? Andrew Wordsworth thinks it can.  He’s the Managing Partner of Sustainable Ventures, a business that’s based on this idea.  Hear how they navigate the issues of purpose and strategy, while developing sustainability clusters across the UK.

In this episode, I’m very pleased to welcome Claire Clarke, Managing Partner of Mills & Reeve. She shares how they moved beyond focusing on what they do to get at the why – and the new challenges that brings. 

How does the oldest UK law firm in operation make change happen? Sarah Henwood, Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Snell & Passmore, shares their approach to ensuring their strategy doesn’t end up being just a document on a shelf.

In this episode, I’m very pleased to welcome David Frise, CEO of BESA, the Building Engineering Services Association.  David describes how they’ve made their strategy more purposeful, as well as outlining a vision of how construction could become faster, safer, and greener, and less disruptive.

In this episode, I’m very pleased to welcome back David Hall, CEO of Peritum Group, which is the holding company of Totalkare, where he was CEO when we last spoke. David describes how they have been able to maintain their culture and the high level of customer service their strategy is based on, while growing at almost 50% annually. 

In this episode, I’m very pleased to welcome Adrian Bettridge, Managing Partner of Baringa.  Adrian shares how Baringa has grown to become a global consulting business and the leading energy, climate change, net zero consulting firm in the world, while also being a top 10 Great Place to Work for the last 15 years – and recently becoming a B Corp.  Please join me for this rich, insightful, and inspiring episode.