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We are both proud Brits and Canadians – this is a no-nonsense weekly podcast about behaviour, people, life, leadership, managing and all sorts of stuff, from a corporate and non-corporate perspective.
We don’t always agree...
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Average audio length:
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English
United Kingdom
24 episodes
since April 2, 2026
episodic
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AI can write for us, plan for us, and even “think” alongside us. The uncomfortable twist is that the more we lean on it, the easier it is to lose the very skills we are trying to enhance. We dig into that tension with a real-world, no-hype look at ChatGPT and artificial intelligenc…
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How much of your life would you reorganise around an animal? We love dogs and cats, most of our friends have them, and we can absolutely see why people call pets “family”. But we’ve never had pets together, and it’s not an accident, it’s a choice. We like being able to travel, to p…
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Ageing sounds like a slow fade until you’re actually doing it. Sharon and Pete get brutally honest about what changes after 60: not just your body, but your tolerance, your priorities, and the way the world responds to you. We start with the uncomfortable truth that society is buil…
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A removals van has barely arrived, it is already dark, and the client asks a question nobody wants to hear: “Before you offload, how much would you charge me to move the stuff back?” That true story sets the tone for a candid chat about moving house in the UK and the thin line betw…
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You can fall off a chair without being drunk, flip out of a camping seat while protecting your drink, and still be convinced you’re basically fine. That’s the trap, isn’t it? The habits we live with every day feel normal from the inside, while everyone around us is watching the sam…
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“Kids these days don’t know they’re born” gets thrown around like it’s a modern truth, but we dug into it and realised something unsettling: people have been saying the same thing for thousands of years. Sharon and Pete pull apart why older generations so often see decline in the y…
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We dig into why people ask for honest feedback yet still want their ego protected, and how that tension makes “be honest with me” a risky request. We share practical ways to give and receive feedback so it stays useful, specific, and grounded in behaviour rather than personal judge…
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We chase a family request from Tenerife into the history of Montgomery in Mid Wales, from Norman roots to a churchyard legend that refuses to die. Then we head to Minehead in Somerset, where our own story begins amid seaside change, Butlins life, and surprising links to the Beatles…
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We explore why you can trust someone or doubt them within seconds, and what that “gut feeling” is really made of. We test intuition against real life examples, hiring decisions, and the limits of snap judgements when your brain fills in the gaps. • intuition as rapid unconscious pa…
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We unpack imposter syndrome and why capable people can feel like they are one mistake away from being exposed. We share real stories from leadership coaching and sport to show how self-belief, confidence, and pressure shape performance.• where the term imposter syndrome comes from …
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