Interaction's Thrivalism
Welcome to Thrivalism, Interaction’s podcast focused on the art of thriving – flourishing and evolving under any conditions. In this series we’ll examine how to create thriving businesses, culture, careers and places. We’ll explore key topics such as: workplace design and build, culture and community, sustainability, and, of course, the future of ‘work’. Join us and our guests as we explore how people and business can set themselves up to not just to survive – but thrive.
Episodes
26 episodes
The Return Journey - Navigating Maternity Leave With Ruth Moody
In this episode, we're in conversation with Ruth Moody. Ruth is an Executive Coach, with a wealth of experience helping both mothers and businesses improve their return-to-work experience.&nb...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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22:21
Putting the Fun into Functional Culture with Alicia Grimes
Join Toby in a lively conversation with Alicia Grimes, co-founder of the Future Kind Collective, a team of design-led business culture consultants. Alicia shares insights on servic...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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29:36
What's What in Workplace Culture - With Lizzie Benton
In this episode Toby talks with fellow workplace culture podcast host Lizzie Benton. Lizzie hosts the "
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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34:35
Nature's Design - How Biophilic Design Affects Wellbeing with Andrew Grant
In this insightful podcast episode, join us as we dive into the world of landscape architecture with Andrew Grant, a seasoned expert in the field. With a career spanning decades, Andrew shares his journey and the evolution of sustainable ...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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28:51
Beyond Salary: What Really Matters About Your EVP - with Emma Wharton Love
In "Beyond Salary" Toby Brown hosts Emma Wharton Love, co-founder of We Are the Loves, an employer branding agency. ...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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24:59
Outside the Office: Exploring the Woodland Workplace
Podcast Show Notes: Outside the Office - Exploring The Woodland Workplace.Toby Brown in Conversation with Tom Vaughton of Varn Search Marketing.Intro:Host: Toby Brown, Head of Marketing, Interaction
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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21:23
Interaction meets House Homo
In this special episode we catch up with Richard O Gorman, AKA Instagram's HouseHomo. Richard designs colourful and awe-inspiring murals for Interaction and many others, having gained Insta not...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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31:23
Nick Elston: Who Are You When No-one is Looking?
Nick Elston is one of the highest-profile speakers on the Lived Experience of Mental Health.Nick's perspective is that we can either let our adversities, our challenges, define us negatively for the ...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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32:30
Concious Leadership with Natasha Wallace
Natasha Wallace is author of The Conscious Effect: 50 Lessons in Organisational Wel...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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34:34
Older, wiser with Claire Lowson
As the state pension age increases and the figures for employment in those from 50 – 64 rise, we explore the opportunities and challenges this presents for businesses and older people in the workforce – particularly for women, who face unique c...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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35:17
The Law of Attraction: The War for Talent in The Legal Sector with Helen Hodgkinson, TLT
In this episode we talk to law firm TLT's Chief People Officer Helen Hodgkinson. We discuss the launch of TLT World, the firm's "work anywhere" policy, the role of the workspace in attracting talent and why legal firms need to take notes from o...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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26:10
The Human-Centric Workplace with Simone Fenton-Jarvis
In this episode we talk to Simone Fenton-Jarvis, author of The Human-Centric Workplace. We discuss what makes a workplace great as opposed to just good, common mistakes companies make as they try and build their culture and how many peopl...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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36:47
Pursuing Purpose with Farleigh Performance (Graham Abbey & Sammy Burt)
To win the hearts and minds of both employees and customers, companies today need to highlight their efforts to be good global citizens. Businesses that build and positively impact their community of employees and customers creates a sense they...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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41:15
Xledger: Creating a Cultural Compass with Mark Pullen and Ian Halliwell
Remote and hybrid working, the war on talent, sustainability and ESG... the last few years have thrown challenge after challenge at businesses. How do the best businesses thrive when faced with constantly changing circumstances? A key a...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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29:58
Small Change - With Babel Project's Jennifer Duckworth
Creating a healthy, high-performing workplace is difficult. Creating a healthy, high-performing workplace while navigating the changes wrought by COVID 19 and establishing news ways of working while also dealing with seismic organizati...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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29:24
Meaning in the Metaverse with Dan Pritchard, MD of Astley Media
Although noise around the metaverse is growing. It’s still hard to pin down exactly what it is; is it an ecosystem, a platform or a product? How will it affect our day-to-day lives and relationships? More relevantly to us, how will or...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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23:16
Opportunity and Optimism with Abi Groves, The Instant Group
Episode Synopsis: Despite the initial “office is dead” gloom of the pandemic’s beginning, the signs are showing that demand for high-quality workplaces is still high, although driven by different imperatives; employee-first,...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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35:53
Thrivalism: What We've Learnt
Toby and Dieter recap on their experiences so far, discussing the keys points made by each of our guests while bickering occasionally and getting interrupted by a handyman. Show notes
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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34:59
Welcome to The Wokeplace with Rupert Dean, Co-Founder and CEO of x+why
Episode Synopsis: As the debate around “the Great Resignation” has shown, recent events have caused many people to re-evaluate what it is they want from their job. Mission, ethics, and ESG can now be viewed as contributions ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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26:50
What Can Businesses Learn From Religion? with Sanderson Jones
In this episode, our Head of Marketing, Toby, catches up with comedian, coach and co-founder of global secular community the Sunday Assembly, Sanderson Jones. When he's not officiating mass weddings and helping companies with their culture, he'...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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42:04
Creating Psychological Safety with Harry Singer, MD of Singer Instruments
In this episode, our Head of Marketing, Toby, catches up with Harry Singer, Managing Director of Singer Instruments, an incredibly interesting medical technology company. Harry is focussed on creating a workplace culture which drives innovation...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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37:30
Bagels Do Not A Company Culture Make! With Amy Kean
In this episode we catch up with author, poet, strategist, activist and accidental workplace culture expert Amy Kean to discuss how to fix toxic workplaces, what red flags to look for when job hunting and why Millennials might just need a...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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45:24
Beyond The Badges: Tackling Sustainability with CEG's Paul Richardson
In this episode we explore the ways in which landlords and tenants can come together to move forward the conversation surrounding sustainability beyond ticking boxes – instead driving behavioural change and focusing on meaningful metri...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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24:24
Environmental Hazards with Joanna Watchman
Are Bad Working Environments More Detrimental to our Wellbeing than Bad Habits?In this episode, Interaction's Head of Workplace Research and Strategy, Deborah Wilder, is joined by Founder of Work in Mind, Joanna Watchman in an ex...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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45:24
Creating Communities with Cubex's Sarah Trahair-Williams
Cubex have changed the urban landscape of Bristol. Best known for bringing the derelict Courage Brewery site out from administration of a failed developer in the midst of the late 2000’s recession and turning it into a thriving million sq...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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