The Innovation Room

Send us Fan Mail🎧 Tune in to the latest episode of The Innovation Room podcast, "Release The She-Ra" with special guest Danny Kerry MBE, former head coach of women's field Hockey for Great Britain hosted by Kate Fletcher, our board advisor.  Hear about Danny's journey and learn how to empower female talent in sports and beyond. #InternationalWomensDay #TheInnovationRoom #DigitalIsFromVenus

Send us Fan MailStep into the future in The Innovation Room with David Wood! Learn all about what a business can do to prepare for co-existing with AI.   #Futurist #LiminalSpaces #TheInnovationRoom #Podcast #Innovation #AI

Send us Fan MailInnovation is messy, chaotic, and out-of-the-box, or is it? Our CEO, Somayeh Aghnia is in The Innovation Room with Dr Jo North, the Managing Director of The Big Bang Partnership Ltd, discussing ‘3 Big Barriers to Innovation’ and how to break through them.Let's find out what's stopping you from evolving your business with innovation. 

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, our CEO, Somayeh hosts Joe Galvin from Vistage to explore the importance of continuously adapting to change in the digital age and the consequences of failing to do so. Join us as we delve into the key principles for thriving in a rapidly evolving world. Interested in Joe's choice for his guest in The Innovation Room?Read about Chester W. Nimitz

Send us Fan MailThe modern world is a complex beast, and no one mind can hope to tame it. The beast is constantly expanding the liminal spaces that leaders need to navigate.   Somayeh Aghnia, Geeks CEO has a special guest in The Innovation Room. A storyteller. Someone who can turn light into heat. And he has some very powerful suggestions on dealing with the beast. Please join her the Innovation Room with Lazar Dzamic, former head of Brand Strategy for Google Zoo (NACE) in London, Associate Professor at Business School Lausanne (BSL) and associate lecturer at School of Economics and Business in Ljubljana, PwC's Mini MBA Academy and Goldsmiths University in London.

Send us Fan MailIn this special edition of The Innovation Room, join Somayeh and other elves, Lindsay and Matt as they discuss all the great Innovations they've seen in 2022. Listen now as we (literally) wrap-up 2022

Send us Fan Mail“Innovation is crucial to the UK building back better. Boosting innovation in the private sector is an essential part of the UK’s future prosperity. We are calling on businesses to invest in innovation, getting British firms to the front of the pack.” This is from the UK Innovation Strategy Document, published by the government. It goes on to say: “The UK Innovation Strategy sets out the government’s vision to make the UK a global hub for innovation by 2035.” This is an ambitious vision, certainly a promising way to grow the economy to a thriving leading one protecting the future generations prosperity. But can the UK be a Leading Tech Nation? Tune in to the Innovation Room, Episode 20 to hear Rashik Parmer, Group CEO of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT discussing this with Somayeh, CEO of Geeks.

Send us Fan MailHaving a strong competitive advantage in the market is what makes businesses thrive, especially in challenging times such as the upcoming recession. To break through the barriers of these challenging times, changemakers need to focus on their business's operational models and look for opportunities to innovate.In Episode 19 - Market Leaders: Dare or Die, our CEO Somayeh Aghnia invites Kate Fletcher, a coach, mentor, and chairwoman of scale-up businesses put forward the three crucial value disciplines and shed light on how each contributes to building a promising business with the potential to sustain growth during the recession.

Send us Fan MailBehaviours are unpredictable, therefore, so is the economy. With a recession looming, how do we utilise innovation and technology to counter it? Somayeh picks the brains of our guest Roger Martin-Fagg, behavioural economist and a true expert in his field. This is a mindblowing session, you do not want to miss it! 

Send us Fan MailThe world of business is changing fast. Sustainability is no longer an option for many companies, but a business imperative. The finance industry, like others, is undergoing a massive shift towards being more sustainable. In the latest episode of #TheInnovationRoom, Lindsay discusses the major drivers behind sustainability in finance with Chris Tweed, CEO of Tweed Wealth Management, and Sam Turner, Head of Responsible Investment at St. James’s Place Wealth Management.