In this episode of The Independent Minds Michael Millward meets Stuart Davis, joint founder of the comfortable and super sustainable children’s shoe brand Dubs Universe.

During lockdown Stuart became a stay-at-home Dad to his young daughter. He was struck by how rapidly she was growing both mentally and physically. Like every parent he also saw how quickly she grew out of clothes and shoes.

Stuart explains to Michael the steep learning curve he faced when he was inspired to create a new children’s shoe company. Everything from manufacturing techniques to biology!

Now Dubs Universe is operating successfully, so Stuart explains his plans for the future and the level of investment that will be required to achieve his goal.

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Have you got a will?

If you haven't you could be creating work for people like Ryan Gregory.

Ryan is the International Director at Finders International who are probate researchers. He spends his time at work tracing heirs to estates, property and assets.

His job made him a star of twelve series of the BBC TV programme Heir Hunters.

In this episode of The Independent Minds Ryan explains what it is like doing your profession when your office has become a TV studio.

How Ryan and his team had to adapt the way in which they worked to meet the requirements of daytime TV.

Ryan and Michael do agree that appearing on a hit daytime TV show like Heir Hunters which is shown on a prominent channel like BBC1 does raise the profile of a business.

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Next time you are involved in a buying process you might experience a different selling approach from the salesperson.

How that new approach will look is explained in SELLING IS SERVING: which author Nick Staab describes as a Master The Art Of Selling Ethically With Confidence And Conviction.

In this first episode of The Independent Minds with two guests, Nick explains to Michael Millward what serving means in the context of selling. They explore how the ethics that customers expect sales people to adhere to are changing and what this means for sales people.

Michael also talks to Suzanne Jenkins a graduate of Nick’s Elite Sales Academy training programme.

Suzanne describes the challenges of being a solo-entrepreneur life coach and her dread of having to sell to clients were overcome by what she learnt from attending the Elite Sales Academy.

Suzanne was so inspired that she joined the Elite Sales Academy coaching team, and contributed to the book

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There can not be a parent of a school age child who does not want their child to do better at school than they did.

Every parent wants to play an active role in supporting their child to do well in every aspect of their school life not just their academic attainment.

But our memories of what school was like are not always happy ones, and the way schools teach even the most basic aspects of English and Maths today seems very different from how things were in our day.

It is easy to understand why parents feel frustrated. It is not easy.

There is help – Caroline Hudson is a teacher who left the classroom and became the Kitchen Table Teacher.

In this episode of The Independent Minds Caroline explains how small group of parents join her around her physical or virtual kitchen as she demystifies what happens in schools and helps parents provide the support their children need.

The Independent Minds is made on Zencastr.

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Find out more about both Michael Millward and Caroline Hudson at Abeceder.co.uk

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Regardless of when someone leaves full time education, entering the world of employment is the real 21st Century rite of passage.

You can’t get a job without experience, and you can’t get experience without a job.

Only the biggest employers have the resources to provide training for people entering the workforce.

As a result, getting a foothold on the career ladder can feel like an impossible task, especially when you live in a country that does not provide the same sort of support as the UK.

Erefa Coker is based in Nigeria, a country that does not provide a structured transition from educatioon to employment.

Instead of seeing a problem Erefa saw an opportunity and set-up a company Imo Interns.

Imo Interns provides interns for smaller companies, and at the same time provides the support and training for those young interns that can be a challenge for smaller businesses to provide.

In this episode of The Independent Minds Erefa explains to host Michael Millward how Imo Interns works, the added value that the Nigerian-based interns have delivered for companies in Europe, North America and Australia.

The Independent Minds is made on Zencastr.

Zencastr is the all-in-one podcasting platform, on which you can create your podcast in one place and then distribute it to the major platforms like Spotify, Apple, and Google. It really does make creating content so easy.

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Heather Holmes is the founder and CEO of Publicity for Good, a North Carolina based PR consultancy that helps businesses achieve their corporate social responsibilities.

In the episode of The Independent Minds Heather explains to Michael how any organisation, regardless of size or type can help create a change in their society. It all depends says Heather on making sure that the activity not only supports the cause but is also in line with your own values.

It doesn’t have to be a cash donation. Many businesses provide their products or services or as Heather it may just be changing a policy so that more people are able to work for the your business.

The Independent Minds is made on Zencastr.

Zencastr is the all-in-one podcasting platform, on which you can create your podcast in one place and then distribute it to the major platforms like Spotify, Apple, and Google. It really does make creating content so easy.

If you would like to try podcasting using Zencastr visit zencastr.com/pricing and use our offer code ABECEDER.

Find out more about both Michael Millward and Heather Holmes at Abeceder.co.uk

Travel

Heather Holmes is based in North Carolina, USA.

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Matchmaker.fm

Thank you to the team at Matchmaker.fm the introduction to Heather.

If you are a podcaster looking for interesting guests or if like Heather, you have something very interesting to say Matchmaker.fm is where matches of great hosts and great guests are made. Use our offer code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

Three the network

If you are listening to The Independent Minds on your smart phone, you may like to know that Three has the UK’s Fastest 5G Network with Unlimited Data, so listening on Three means you can wave goodbye to buffering.

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Christina Inge is a Technologist for Good. Christina is the founder of Thoughtlight a Digital Agency, in Boston Massachusetts; the author of two bestselling books a b and a and an Instructor, in Professional & Executive Development, for Harvard University Division of Continuing Education.

In this interesting episode, of the Independent Minds Christina explains to host Michael Millward why marketers need to listen to the data.

We have never had as much information about how our customers and potential customers interact with us as their suppliers. Christina explains the different types of data that marketers must have access to and how understanding the different types of data helps marketers to map the customer journey with confidence.

The Independent Minds is made on Zencastr.

Zencastr is the all-in-one podcasting platform, on which you can create your podcast in one place and then distribute it to the major platforms like Spotify, Apple, and Google. It really does make creating content so easy.

If you would like to try podcasting using Zencastr visit zencastr.com/pricing and use our offer code ABECEDER.

Find out more about both Michael Millward and Christina Inge at Abeceder.co.uk

Travel

Christina Inge is based in Boston Massachusetts, USA.

If you would like to travel the worlds the best place to make your travel arrangements is The Ultimate Travel Club, which is where you can access trade prices for flights, hotels and holidays. Use my offer code ABEC79 to receive a discount on your membership fee.

Matchmaker.fm

Thank you to the team at Matchmaker.fm the introduction to Christina.

If you are a podcaster looking for interesting guests or if like John, you have something very interesting to say Matchmaker.fm is where matches of great hosts and great guests are made. Use our offer code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

Three the network

If you are listening to The Independent Minds on your smart phone, you may like to know that Three has the UK’s Fastest 5G Network with Unlimited Data, so listening on Three means you can wave goodbye to buffering.

Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote my referral code WPFNUQHU.

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In this episode of the Independent Minds host Michael Millward is captivated as Juan Campoo explains inner acceleration model and his book The Mind Canvas.

The most important possession of any human being, says Juan is their mind, yet very few understand how it works and how to manage its different moods.

Juan explains to Michael how by learning how to ask the right questions anyone can manage their mind and improve their performance at work and at home, as well as enhancing their mental health.

The Independent Minds is made on Zencastr.

Zencastr is the all-in-one podcasting platform, on which you can create your podcast in one place and then distribute it to the major platforms like Spotify, Apple, and Google. It really does make creating content so easy.

If you would like to try podcasting using Zencastr visit zencastr.com/pricing and use our offer code ABECEDER.

Find out more about both Michael Millward and John Couper at Abeceder.co.uk

Travel

Juan is originally from Argentina, but now lives in the Netherlands.

If you would like to visit either Argentina, or the Netherlands the best place to make your travel arrangements is The Ultimate Travel Club, which is where you can access trade prices for flights, hotels and holidays. Use my offer code ABEC79 to receive a discount on your membership fee.

Matchmaker.fm

Thank you to the team at Matchmaker.fm the introduction to John.

If you are a podcaster looking for interesting guests or if like John, you have something very interesting to say Matchmaker.fm is where matches of great hosts and great guests are made. Use our offer code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

Three the network

If you are listening to The Independent Minds on your smart phone, you may like to know that Three has the UK’s Fastest 5G Network with Unlimited Data, so listening on Three means you can wave goodbye to buffering.

Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote my referral code WPFNUQHU.

Being a Guest

If you would like to be a guest on Fit For My Age, please contact using the link at Abeceder.co.uk.

We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.

We appreciate every like, download, and subscriber.

Thank you for listening.