Grow Your Own Career | The Career Farm

Grow Your Own Career | The Career Farm


Latest Episodes

MDE 55: Creating a network of ethical and competitive factories, co-founder of Ethical Apparel Africa, Keren Long
December 24, 2015

This week I'm talking to Keren Long, founder of Ethical Apparel Africa

MDE 54: Book Review of ‘Start Something That Matters’ by Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS
November 27, 2015

Blake Mycoskie is the real deal, a complete inspiration for aspiring social entrepreneurs. His book "Start Something that Matters" tells the story of Toms Shoes, and is a clarion call to all of us to find a way to make a difference.

MDE 53: Building an organic spice business committed to fairtrade and the environment, with Axel Steenberg
October 30, 2015

This week I'm talking to Axel Sternberg, who with his wife Sophie set up Steenbergs - a specialist supplier of organic fair-trade spices.

MDE 52: What I’ve learnt from interviewing inspirational entrepreneurs, with author Gerry Thompson
September 25, 2015

Gerry Thompson describes himeself as a trainer/coach/speaker comedian. He's also an ex-architect and has sold more than half a million books. I talk to him about his book Inspirational Gamechangers - how on earth did he get to interview all these amazi...

MDE 51: Helping people be proactive in their career, Jane Barrett co-founder of The Career Farm
September 18, 2015

This week....er...it's me! A lot of you asked to hear my story, so here it is. Some big career changes, plenty of mistakes, and why, in the end, it was all down to the dog!

MDE 50: Putting great causes on the map, Clair Challenor-Chadwick of Cause UK
September 10, 2015

This week I'm talking to Clair Challenor-Chadwick who's on a mission to put great causes on the map.

MDE 49: Uninspired by graduate schemes on offer he scratched his own itch, Rob Blythe of Instant Impact
September 03, 2015

In this episode I talk to Rob Blythe, co-founder of Instant Impact, the specialist Graduate and Internship recruitment agency.

MDE 48: An interview with Harriet Griffey, author of ‘I want to sleep’
August 27, 2015

This week I'm talking to Harriet Griffey, author of "I want to sleep". How many of us suffer from sleep deprivation? It's crippling, and Harriet's on a mission to help us get a good night's sleep.

MDE 47: Unleashing talent to solve the world’s biggest problems, Lara Galinsky of Echoing Green
August 20, 2015

This week I'm interviewing Lara Galinsky, Senior Vice President of Echoing Green - an organisation on a mission to unleash next generation talent to solve the world's biggest problems. Awesome is an overused word, but these guys so are!

MDE 46: From redundancy in the City to silk ties, Patrick Dudley-Williams of Reef Knots
August 13, 2015

When Patrick Dudley-Williams was made redundant from his City job he took the plunge to forge a life outside "a grey box, just looking at numbers". And so Reef Knots was born, shortly after his twins - just a little bit of pressure, then!