Category Archives: Podcast

Excellence, excellence, excellence – the mantra of so many leaders. Stop, if you want to succeed at driving innovation. This episode explores why a focus on excellence is likely to stagnate your business and stop you and your teams from driving innovation. With Jutta Devenish, Managing Director, Zeitgeist Communication.

In this episode we explore how FEAR can either bring you to a halt or help you drive your  business forward. We look at three Fs of leadership FEAR – FOCUS – FLEXIBILITY. In times of crisis, such as COVID-19 and recession like scenarios we can be plagued by fear for our business and ourContinue reading “9: Fear, Focus and Flexibility to drive your business”

Let’s be practical. Productivity does not come easy, you are not born with, nor can you run away from its demands. In this episode we look at 4 concrete habits and tools which you can use to help your own productivity. We also share a visual tool of one of these, which you can downloadContinue reading “8: Tools for Leadership Productivity”

In this episode, our podcast guest, Pauline Norstrom from Anekanta Consulting, explores how leaders can use Artificial Intelligence to inform their strategies through more granular data. We look at the use of AI for the improvement of supply chain forecasting and for the protection of human lives in a health pandemic. To download Anekanta's freeContinue reading “7: Enhancing Strategic Decisions through Artificial Intelligence”

In this episode of Zeitgeist Leadership Pulse we look at scenario planning, what it is, and how to conduct this within your team. Scenario planning is an essential part of a leader's toolkit.  It is through scenario planning that strategies become rich in innovation and lateral thinking. Whether you are looking at how to moveContinue reading “6: Leader’s toolkit: scenario planning with or without COVID-19”

In difficult times such as those caused by COVID-19, leaders are faced with having to lead, take difficult decisions and also show empathy for those around them. This episode looks at 5 key principles of crisis leadership and communication.

This episode provides leaders with three jump boards from which to move their businesses from the now into the future through the COVID-19 lock down.

In this episode we discuss the last two of the 5 building blocks leaders must consider when re birthing their business strategy as a result of Covid-19. A free resource with focus questions accompanying this episode can be found at http://www.zeitgeistcomms.com/focus-questions

In this episode we discuss the first three of 5 building blocks leaders must consider when re birthing their business strategy as a result of Covid-19. A free resource with focus questions accompanying this episode can be found at http://www.zeitgeistcomms.com/focus-questions

This podcast is run by Zeitgeist Communication Ltd.. We are business strategy consultants and help businesses and leaders make strategic decisions to help them grow their businesses or charities. We work in the clean-energy sector, higher education, retail and charity sector. With more than 25 years' international experience we bring solid know-how to the table.