The Independent Minds
On the Independent Minds, podcast, you will meet independent thought leaders and learn about the ideas they have developed to help employers and their employees address the challenges that organisations of any type or size, in any location have must address if they are to achieve their business objectives and attain sustainable growth.
You will be able to read more about all of the independent minds thought leaders on the Work Place Learning Centre blog.
The independent minds thought leaders will be based all over the world. Some will discuss a new way of doing, whilst others will be discussing new ways of thinking. Each will have a practical solution which you will be able to access at Work Place Learning Centre.co.uk.
Independent minds solutions are also available as part of Abeceder H2R the comprehensive employee management solution that covers every aspect of every stage of the employer employee relationship from hiring to retiring.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 106
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
The Power of Remote – a conversation with author Shane Spraggs
The Independent Minds is the podcast where we don’t tell you what to think, but we do hope to make you think!
The Power of Remote
The world wants to work remotely, but not many employers, of any type o…
Assessing Teams like a Venture Capitalist a conversation with Hutton Henry of Beyond M&A
Hutton Henry is the man who can increase the sale value of your technology, digital or creative business.
He provides venture capitalists and angel investors with assessments of the invest-ability of…
Introducing the Paskpartnership People Leadership RADAR®
PASKpartnership invited more than 100 senior HR professionals, including Michael Millward to contribute to research, conducted by occupational psychologists into what a competency framework solely de…
Day Trading and Stock Dilution a conversation with Alex Naslund
It was a fascination for patterns that attracted Alex Naslund to day trading stocks and shares. Aged 17 without using real money he learnt how stock markets work. At 18 he started day trading on the …
The Lazy Marketing Method a conversation with creator Al Tepper
A sales director once told me that the fastest way to get something done is to motivate the laziest person you know to do it. Why is that I asked? Because explained the sales director, they will want…
Understanding Public Relations
Chris Norton is the founder and managing director of one of the largest PR consultancies in the North of England, Prohibition PR.
In this conversation with Michael Millward of Abeceder Chris explains…
Throttle Up: How to Accelerate the Impact of 21st Century Leadership
In his book Throttle UP: How to Accelerate the Impact of 21st Century Leadership John Dentico asserts that leadership in the 21st Century is different to leadership in the past.
Traditionally leaders…
The Superpower of Story Telling
Storytelling is much more than a buzzword, it's a true superpower especially in the social network era.
Tovit Neizer of Yellow Bricks Consulting specialises in helping companies that sell to other com…
The Psychology of the Work Space
How the space in which we work is designed will impact the way in which we work in that space.
It may seem obvious that elements like heating, and lighting will impact how we feel about being in a spa…
Clarifying and Simplifying the Law
The law exists to protect people and help them to achieve justice when they have been wronged by the actions of another person or an organisation.
Billy Smith of a law firm headquartered in Glasgow wh…
Regulating the Electrical Profession
It is reassuring to know that anyone who arrives at my home to work on a gas appliance, boiler, cooker, or fire has been trained and has passed exams. That is because gas engineer is a regulated prof…
40 Years of Successfully Providing Professional Education
In 1983 Elias van den Akker, popularly known as Al founded Ideal Schools in Glasgow.
To celebrate forty years of successfully delivering professional education to the financial community, and his reti…
Flexible Working in Law
In professional services, like legal, financial services, management consultancy, the client always comes first. It is the sort of commitment that means professionals must often work long hours. Fami…
We don't tell you what to think, but we will make you think
Michael Millward the founder of Abeceder and the host of The Independent Minds introduces the podcast.
MIchael explains the reasons why he wanted to have a podcast about independent out of the box thi…
Interim Management Insights
Anthony Lewis a director of Tile Hill, a recruitment company and provider of interim management services explains to The Independent Minds host and managing director of Abeceder, Michael Millward wha…
AI in Recruitment and Selection
Everyone who is frustrated by the way recruitment and selection works should listen to this episode of The Independent Minds.
Michael Millward founder of Abeceder meets Brandon Stevens the founder and…
The Human Aspects of Leadership
In this episode of The Independent Minds, Michael Millward meets John McLachlan, co-author of ‘Real Leaders: a practical guide to the essential qualities of effective leadership’ looking at the three…
Exploring Burnout
It is very easy to drop in to every day conversations words and phrases that have specific medical definitions. In some ways this might make us feel more comfortable, after all we have a word that so…
Finding candidates who will enjoy working with you
Most people have jobs that pay around average earnings, no surprise there!
In this episode of The Independent Minds, host Michael Millward hears from Anthony Silver of Talent Recognition why so many p…
Conquering Imposter Syndrome
Have you got it? You are not alone!
Find out how to conquer Imposter Syndrome: in this episode of The Independent Minds.
Michael Millward meets Ian Child to find out how to conquer Imposter Syndrome.
I…