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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 66 - Getting strategy right- Strategy Part I - Getting strategy right ?

58 mins; April 18, 2024

Episode 65 - Influencers #10 - Taylor Swift

74 hours 9 mins; April 11, 2024

Episode 64 - How to be a fighter pilot with Paul Tremeling

66 hours 35 mins; April 04, 2024

Episode 63 - The Value of sales and sales training with Tom Mallens

55 mins; March 27, 2024

Episode 62 - The five dysfunctions of management books

71 hours 2 mins; March 21, 2024

Episode 61 - Influencers #9 - Carl von Clausewitz

88 hours 3 mins; March 14, 2024

Bonus Episode #3 - TBD Tech Conference Speech - Why I'm a Cynical Optimist

16 mins; March 11, 2024

Episode 60 - We've read 'The Five Dysfunctions of a Team' so you don't have to

87 hours 4 mins; March 06, 2024

Episode 59 - Small team Leadership with Waitman Beorn Part II

52 mins; February 28, 2024

Episode 58 - Leadership lessons from a tank commander with Waitman Beorn

44 mins; February 21, 2024

Episode 57 - Influencers #7 - Elon Musk

88 hours 10 mins; February 14, 2024

Episode 56 - A Deep Dive into Measuring Performance and Effect

74 hours 53 mins; February 08, 2024

Episode 55 - How do you learn to lead? Insights from the Centre for Army Leadership Centre with Lt Col Dean Canham OBE

70 hours 58 mins; February 01, 2024

Episode 54 - Dilemmas and moral hazard

66 hours 56 mins; January 24, 2024

Episode 53 - Influencers #7 - Charles de Gaulle - Part2

43 mins; January 18, 2024

Episode 52 - Influencers #7 - Charles de Gaulle - Part 1

72 hours 3 mins; January 11, 2024

Episode 51 - New Years Special - A year of Battling with Business

76 hours 48 mins; January 04, 2024

Episode 50 - The Christmas Special - Chris and Gareth’s personal journeys that led them to the Podcast

68 hours 6 mins; December 20, 2023

Episode 49 - OODA with Mark McGrath

70 hours 25 mins; December 14, 2023

Episode 48 - Influencers #6 - David Sterling & Paddy Mayne - The founders the SAS

76 hours 22 mins; December 07, 2023

Episode 47- The Gardener of Lashkar Gar - with Defence Editor of The Times, Larisa Brown

50 mins; November 29, 2023

Episode 46 - The Starfish & The Spider and the power of decentralised networks

61 hours 43 mins; November 23, 2023

Episode 45 - Lessons in stress management from Bomber Command with Mary Brazier

62 hours 29 mins; November 16, 2023

Episode 44 - Influencers #5 - Dolly Parton

60 hours 13 mins; November 09, 2023

Episode 43 - Why people do bad things: Exploring the systemic and institutional failures that led to the Holocaust with Dr. Waitman Beorn

71 hours 1 min; November 01, 2023

Episode 42 - How to get people dancing; first followers and loyal dissent

67 hours 59 mins; October 26, 2023

Episode 41 - The Loneliness of Command

61 hours 33 mins; October 18, 2023

Episode 40 - The Influencers #4 - Erwin Rommel, ’The Desert Fox’ - Part 2

50 mins; October 12, 2023

Episode 39 - The Influencers #4 - Erwin Rommel, ’The Desert Fox’ - Part 1

40 mins; October 12, 2023

Episode 38 - Battling with VUCA. Making sense of Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity

63 hours 42 mins; October 05, 2023

Episode 37 - Do you want to play a game?

66 hours 47 mins; September 28, 2023

Episode 36 - Leading teams through transformation and the power of external perspectives with Pia Wendell

60 hours 51 mins; September 20, 2023

Episode 35 - The Influencers #3 - John Boyd, the greatest strategist since Sun Tzu

59 mins; September 13, 2023

Episode 34 - Lie, damned lies, and Deception!

62 hours 11 mins; September 06, 2023

Episode 33 - Decision making lessons from J Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project

59 mins; August 30, 2023

Episode 32 - The Leadership role of Chaplains with Ian Pegg

59 mins; August 23, 2023

Bonus Episode 2 - Human Machine Teaming and the future of military collaboration

11 mins; August 19, 2023

Episode 31 - Influencers #2 - Leonard Cheshire

79 hours 28 mins; August 16, 2023

Episode 30 - Why teams don’t work - Hubris and humility with Douglas Waterfall

61 hours 32 mins; August 10, 2023

Episode 29 - Why teams work - cross functional communications with Douglas Waterfall

61 hours 43 mins; August 03, 2023

Episode 28 - Resilience, stress and adaptive organisations

68 hours 11 mins; July 27, 2023

Episode 27 - Influencers #1 - Steve Jobs

83 hours 53 mins; July 20, 2023

Episode 26 - The influencers, hero’s and the Sandhurst Capbadge

62 hours 54 mins; July 13, 2023

Episode 25 - Are the robots coming? Artificial Intelligence with Rich Seale and creatively challenged

51 mins; July 06, 2023

Episode 24 - Being creatively challenged with Rich Seale

43 mins; June 29, 2023

Episode 23 - The power and value of diversity with Theo Bigby

61 hours 45 mins; June 22, 2023

Episode 22 - What’s the point in meetings? - How to make a meeting not suck!

64 hours 58 mins; June 15, 2023

Episode 21 - 10 reasons your project may not be on track

68 hours 12 mins; June 08, 2023

Episode 20 - Why being creative is important to your business? With Natalia Talkowska

56 mins; June 03, 2023

Episode 20 - Why being creativity is important to your business? With Natalia Talkowska

55 mins; May 31, 2023

Episode 19 - Operational Art Part 2

65 hours 24 mins; May 24, 2023

Episode 18 - Operational Art Part 1

56 mins; May 18, 2023

Episode 17 - Exploring the future with Paul Armstrong

62 hours 42 mins; May 11, 2023

Episode 16 - Decision Making part 2

63 hours 9 mins; May 04, 2023

Episode 15 - Decision Making part 1

49 mins; April 27, 2023

Episode 14 - BHAGs and 3HAGs creating a route map for your business

60 hours 57 mins; April 20, 2023

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