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Battling with Business

In this podcast, Gareth Tennant, a former Royal Marines Officer, and Chris Kitchener, a veteran of the software development world, explore ideas and concepts around teams and teamwork, leaders and leadership, and all things in between. It’s a discussion between a former military commander and a business manager, comparing and contrasting their experiences as they attempt to work out what makes teams, leaders, and businesses tick.

Episode 165 - When Ordinary People Do Extraordinary Things - With Felicty Ashley Atlantic Rower, Cancer Survivor and Everest Marathon Runner

64 hours 8 mins; April 02, 2026

Episode 164 - Influencers #28 - Malcom McClean and The Box That Built the World

78 hours 3 mins; March 26, 2026

Episode 163 - The UK Government's Top Secret War Book : The Idiot's Guide For What To Do In Case Of Apocalypse - Part 2

73 hours 43 mins; March 19, 2026

Episode 162 - The UK Government's Top Secret War Book : The Idiot's Guide For What To Do In Case Of Apocalypse - Part 1

48 mins; March 12, 2026

Episode 161 - Pressure Is the Point : What UK Special Forces Can Teach Leaders About Performance with Simon Jeffries

67 hours 3 mins; March 05, 2026

Episode 160 - BHAGs and 3HAGs Re-Release : Turning Vision into Action

61 hours 7 mins; February 26, 2026

Episode 159 - Influencers #15 Re-Release - Niccolò Machiavelli - Power and Principle in an Age of Strongmen

59 mins; February 19, 2026

Episode 158 - Leadership and Management in an AI Powered World - Part 3

75 hours 9 mins; February 12, 2026

Episode 157 - Leadership and Management in an AI Powered World - Part 2

85 hours 43 mins; February 05, 2026

Episode 156 - Leadership and Management in an AI Powered World - Part 1

78 hours 8 mins; January 29, 2026

Episode 155 - Influencers #27 - Elizabeth Holmes - How Selling the Dream Became Selling Bullshit

74 hours 30 mins; January 22, 2026

Episode 154 - A Semi Emergency Podcast on Venezuela, Leadership, Culture and the Future of NATO!

88 hours 20 mins; January 15, 2026

Episode 153 - Royal Marine, Yeoman Warder and Arctic Explorer : Baz Gray The Most Interesting Man In The World - Part 2

72 hours 7 mins; January 08, 2026

Episode 152 - Royal Marine, Yeoman Warder and Arctic Explorer : Baz Gray The Most Interesting Man In The World - Part 1

62 hours 55 mins; January 01, 2026

Episode 151 - Influencer #7 Re-Release - Charles De Gaulle Loyal Only to France - Part 2

43 mins; December 25, 2025

Episode 150 - Influencer #7 Re-Release - Charles De Gaulle: Loyal Only to France - Part 1

72 hours 1 min; December 18, 2025

Episode 149 - War in the Smartphone Age : Why Leaders Must Rethink Everything They Think They Know

63 hours 33 mins; December 11, 2025

Episode 148 - Iterate or Lose : Innovation Lessons from NATO’s Front Line

76 hours 24 mins; December 04, 2025

Episode 147 - Inside The War Game : Red Teaming A Crisis

74 hours 22 mins; November 27, 2025

Episode 146 - Influencer #26 - The Nelson Touch : Leadership, Myth, and Mastery

85 hours 13 mins; November 20, 2025

Episode 145 - Re-Release of Episode 126, Leading with Pride – LGBT+ Inclusion in the Armed Forces with Commander Roly Woods RN

64 hours 25 mins; November 13, 2025

Episode 144 - The Leader’s Equation : Data vs Intuition

69 hours 18 mins; November 06, 2025

Episode 143 - Shifting Ground: Finding Purpose and Leadership in Times of Change

66 hours 49 mins; October 30, 2025

Episode 142 - Rerelease of Episode 8 - Adaptive teams and Pirates

46 mins; October 23, 2025

Episode 141 - Influencers #25 - Richard Branson - The Cult of Cool and How He Made Business Fun

64 hours 47 mins; October 16, 2025

Episode 140 - Red Teaming : Stress Testing Leadership and Strategy

71 hours 23 mins; October 09, 2025

Episode 139 - The Military Planning Combat Estimate - 7 questions that will change your business - Part 2

71 hours 13 mins; October 02, 2025

Episode 138 - The Military Planning Combat Estimate - 7 questions that will change your business - Part 1

62 hours 11 mins; September 18, 2025

Episode 137 - Influencers #24 - Dwight D. Eisenhower

69 hours 40 mins; September 11, 2025

Episode 136 - Rerelease of episode 6 - What are Command, Leadership & Management?

48 mins; September 03, 2025

Episode 135 - The Philosophy of Leadership with Professor Damian O'Doherty: Lounges, Bureaucracy, and the Myth of the Hero

70 hours 3 mins; August 27, 2025

Episode 134 - Rerelease of Episode 7 - What is Strategy?

48 mins; August 20, 2025

Episode 133 - Influencers #23 - Mary Parker Follett : The Forgotten Founder of Modern Leadership:

77 hours 18 mins; August 13, 2025

Episode 130 - The power and value of board games with Lt Col Mike Harvey

75 hours 3 mins; August 07, 2025

Episode 132 - Rerelease of episode 2 - Mission, Purpose, Vision & Goals

49 mins; August 07, 2025

Episode 131 - Inside High Performing Teams - Lisa Lloyd on the Psychology of Great Leadership

64 hours 29 mins; July 31, 2025

Episode 129 - Influencers #23 - Arthur Tedder – The Quiet Architect of Victory

73 hours 22 mins; July 17, 2025

Episode 128 - Developing Leaders in the Royal Air Force with the Tedder Leadership Academy - Part 2

53 mins; July 10, 2025

Episode 127 - Developing Leaders in the Royal Air Force with the Tedder Leadership Academy - Part 1

50 mins; July 03, 2025

Episode 126 - Leading with Pride – LGBT+ Inclusion in the Armed Forces with Commander Roly Woods

63 hours 55 mins; June 26, 2025

Episode 125 - Influencers #21 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

80 hours 28 mins; June 19, 2025

Episode 124 - Lessons in systems thinking from the Battle of the Bulge

68 hours 26 mins; June 12, 2025

Episode 123 - The Jeep Show, keeping up morale in the Battle of the Bulge

64 hours 53 mins; June 05, 2025

Episode 122 - Power, Politics and Strategy: Navigating Leadership in a Shifting Landscape

77 hours 13 mins; May 29, 2025

Episode 121 - Beyond the Water Cooler: Military Mindsets, Mission Command and Managing Uncertainty - Interview with psychologist Dr Lisa Lloyd

61 hours 46 mins; May 22, 2025

Episode 120 - Influencers 21 - Stalin: Influence, Leadership and Legacy Part 2

84 hours 41 mins; May 15, 2025

Episode 119 - Influencers 21 - Stalin: Influence, Leadership, and Legacy Part 1

64 hours 51 mins; May 08, 2025

Episode 118 - What comes next? Transitioning from the military with Oliver Lee

74 hours 53 mins; May 01, 2025

Episode 117 - The True Virtues - Integrity and Moral Courage with Col Oliver Lee - Part I

90 hours 43 mins; April 24, 2025

Episode 116 - Clipboard Heroes and Villains - The power and tyranny of Bureaucracy

68 hours 34 mins; April 17, 2025

Episode 115 - Influencers #20 President Donald J Trump part II

66 hours 40 mins; April 10, 2025

Episode 114 - Influencers #20 - President Donald J Trump

58 mins; April 04, 2025

Episode 114 - Influencers #20 President Donald J Trump

59 mins; April 02, 2025

Episode 110 - Influencers #19 - The Polish Resistance fighter known as Zo

71 hours 30 mins; April 02, 2025

Episode 113 - What can we learn about optimising teams from a Royal Marines Commando Sniper part 2

61 hours 49 mins; March 27, 2025

Episode 112 - What can we learn about optimising teams from a Royal Marines Commando Sniper part 1

60 hours 15 mins; March 20, 2025

Episode 111 - Trump, NATO, and the Future of Global Leadership

84 hours 28 mins; March 05, 2025

Episode 109 - Just stop trying to be better

75 hours 8 mins; February 20, 2025

Episode 108 - Influencers#18 - Amelia Earhart

75 hours 15 mins; February 13, 2025

Episode 107 - Crisis Management part 2 - Dealing with a Crisis in the moment

53 mins; February 06, 2025

Episode 106 - Crisis Management Part 1 - Preparing for the Unknown

67 hours 57 mins; January 30, 2025

Episode 105 How to say no and when to say no more

69 hours 55 mins; January 23, 2025

Episode 103 - The Wisdom of the Bullfrog - Leadership Insights from Admiral Bill McRaven

75 hours 27 mins; January 16, 2025

Episode 102 - Influencers #17 Winston Churchill Part 2

72 hours 1 min; January 09, 2025

Episode 101 - Inflencers #17 Winston Chruchill

56 mins; December 18, 2024

Episode 100 - Organisational Maturity, Business Growth Challenges, and Navigating Change

68 hours 9 mins; December 12, 2024

Episode 99 - Do you need to be more like a start-up? The organisational Life Cycle Episode 1

62 hours 49 mins; December 05, 2024

Episode 98 - Ends, Ways & Means - a framework for working out what to do

59 mins; November 27, 2024

Episode 97 - What is focus and how do we do it?

55 mins; November 21, 2024

Episode 96 - Influencers #16 Gene Kranz & Jim Lovell, leading Apollo 13

62 hours 32 mins; November 14, 2024

Episode 95 - Halloween special part II - Frankenstein's monster continues

67 hours 12 mins; November 07, 2024

Episode 94 - Halloween Special - building Dr Frankensteins leadership monster - Part 1

59 mins; October 30, 2024

Episode 93 - A chat with Royal Marine turned actor, Tip Cullen

44 mins; October 24, 2024

Episode 92 - Influencers #15 - Niccolò Machiavelli, good or bad?

59 mins; October 16, 2024

Episode 91 - Setting good habits - Reflective practice and building resilience with Keith Reesby

64 hours 49 mins; October 10, 2024

Episode 89 - Leaders and stress management - act now before it too late!

70 hours 24 mins; October 03, 2024

Episode 90 - Measurement and risk management with Doug Hubbard

66 hours 39 mins; October 02, 2024

Episode 88 - Complexity, OODA Loops and Large Language Models with Ben Ford at Mission Ctrl

63 hours 36 mins; September 19, 2024

Episode 87 - Influencers 14 - Margaret Thatcher

81 hours 25 mins; September 12, 2024

Episode 86 - Leadership and stress management

65 hours 18 mins; September 05, 2024

Episode 85 - Building Effective Teams - Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing

75 hours 56 mins; August 28, 2024

Episode 84 - Rerelease of Personal Narratives; what they are and why you need to own yours

48 mins; August 22, 2024

Episode 83 - Rerelease of Influencers #2 Leonard Cheshire

80 hours 24 mins; August 14, 2024

Episode 82 - Rerelease of Why people do bad things with Waitman Beorn

72 hours 11 mins; August 08, 2024

Episode 81 - Rerelease of How to be a fighter Pilot with Paul Tremelling

68 hours 0 mins; August 01, 2024

Episode 80 - Exploring Colditz Castle, Leadership and Culture in unusual circumstances

57 mins; July 26, 2024

Episode 79 - General Election Special - Political Leadership

71 hours 14 mins; July 18, 2024

Episode 78 - Operation Crossbow, V2 rockets and, a road trip to Peenemunde

55 mins; July 11, 2024

Episode 77 - Influencers #13 - Mahatma Gandhi

66 hours 39 mins; July 03, 2024

Episode 76 - Leadership philosophies, what are they and why might you need one.

71 hours 30 mins; June 27, 2024

Episode 75 - Toxic Leadership and the dark triad

67 hours 28 mins; June 20, 2024

Episode 74 - Coalitions & Partnerships

58 mins; June 13, 2024

Episode 73 - Influencers #12 - Admiral Jackie Fisher

67 hours 55 mins; June 06, 2024

Episode 72 - Harnessing emergence Part 2

56 mins; May 30, 2024

Episode 71 - Harnessing the power of emergence

62 hours 35 mins; May 21, 2024

Episode 8 - Adaptive Teams and Pirates

46 mins; May 19, 2024

Episode 70 - The problem with miltary procurement

66 hours 48 mins; May 15, 2024

Episode 69 - Influencers #11 - Brigadier Billy Mitchell

58 mins; May 09, 2024

Episode 68 - Political Leadership and innovation with Rob Murray

74 hours 40 mins; May 02, 2024

Episode 67 - Strategy part II - Why strategy goes wrong!

69 hours 40 mins; April 25, 2024

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