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The Quietly Disruptive Business
You can change your corner of the world, on your own terms, in your own way, and without becoming someone you’re not.
Quietly Disruptive® is the business podcast for founders, entrepreneurs and small business owners who want to do business differently, without the performing, the hustling, or the noise. It’s built on one quietly disruptive idea: that you don’t have to get big to get paid, and that a small business, built deliberately and deeply, can be a mighty one.
Part business coaching, part…
Episodes
The Quietly Disruptive Business#78: How to design the size you want your business to be
Most founders have never sat down and decided what size they would like their business to be. It's one of those things that gets overlooked, and we forget…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#77: Growth and scale are not the same thing
These two words often get used interchangeably in every business book, podcast, and LinkedIn post, but they mean completely different things, and understanding…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#76: Three things every founder can share to help another founder
Most founders want to help other founders but get stuck trying to figure out what they actually have to give. The instinct to reach back is there, but knowing…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#75: Throw the rope down: Helping Other Founders
What happens when someone further along the path decides to reach back for you simply because they remember what it felt like to be where you are? That’s what…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#74: Military rations meet toddler mealtimes: a conversation with Ed van der Lande
What happens when a former army officer stationed in Somalia looks at his freeze-dried military rations and thinks, this technology could solve a problem that…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#73: How to find the lie between your two truths
What do you do when you find an assumption sandwiched between two truths that both feel real? That's what today's episode is about, as finding the assumption…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#72: The one about when two truths pull you in opposite directions
What do you do when you have two things at odds with each other? That to have one, you have to sacrifice the other? For example, you want to get clients, but…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#71: Four ways to hear your own thinking and voice again
When was the last time you had a thought that was entirely your own, one that wasn't shaped by something you'd just read, listened to, or scrolled past? That's…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#70: You already have the answer: hearing it in a noisy world
September arrived like a tsunami. The inbox filled up, the to-do list doubled, and suddenly it feels like everyone has a plan except you. When everything gets…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#69: Three ways to measure the progress you can't see
If you've been showing up, doing the work, having the conversations, and it still feels like nothing is moving, this episode might change what you're looking…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#68: The marvellous middle: why the silence isn't what you think it is
There's a part of building a business that nobody wants to talk about. Not the starting, that gets all the limelight, but the middle bit, the part where you've…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#67: How to find the small things that matter in your business
Knowing the small things matter is one thing. Knowing where to actually find them, and use them, in your business is another. That's what today's episode is…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#66: The small things are the disruption
Before diving into the big autumn plans and the Q4 energy that September always brings, I want to start somewhere smaller. I think the things that actually…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#65: Proudly absurd: a conversation with Maddy and Iain at Bewilderbeest
What happens when a skiing accident, a drawing of a wildebeest, and a pair of floppy antlers all collide? You get one of the most joyful, proudly absurd…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#64: How to figure out what's actually standing in your way
Giving yourself permission sounds simple. Knowing what to do with it afterwards is where most founders get stuck, because the moment you say "I'm doing it,"…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#63: If you're waiting for permission to do the thing, this is what you need to hear
If you've got an idea tucked away in a notebook, a website sitting in drafts, or a version of your business that you've been carrying around for months or even…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#62: Changing the world one bottle at a time: a conversation with Louis Watkins
What happens when a 19-year-old sitting at his dining room table during lockdown, struggling with anxiety he didn't yet have a name for, decides to turn his…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#61: What happens when it does work: a guided visualisation
What if you could visit the version of your life where everything you've been holding back from has already worked, walk around inside it, notice every detail…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#60: What If It Does Work? The Question Every Founder Needs to Ask
Every founder knows the question: What if it doesn't work? It arrives uninvited, feels heavy, and has a way of closing things down before they've even had a…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#59: Joy, ink, and doing things your own way: a conversation with Lu at ToodlePip
Some conversations make you want to unleash your inner artist. This one will. Lu started ToodlePip in lockdown as a hobby that was only ever supposed to pay…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#58: How to know the difference between patience and avoidance in your outreach
If you've ever sent a message, had a brilliant conversation, and genuinely believed something good was coming from it.....and then heard absolutely nothing…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#57: Outreach for founders who hate outreach
If the word outreach makes you flinch or you've been avoiding it because it feels pushy, salesy, or like you'd have to become someone you're not to do it, this…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#56: Every founder has a book inside them: a conversation with Amy Warren
If you've ever had the idea of writing a book tucked away somewhere in the back of your mind, filed under someday, waiting for the right time, then this…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#55: The 5 non-negotiables that protect everything in my business
Wanting to work differently is one thing but actually holding it is another, and that's where most founders come unstuck. It's not the big dramatic moments…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#54: What happened when I stopped working 8 hours a day
The eight-hour workday traces back to the second industrial revolution, so why are so many of us still working that way in the 21st century, in businesses we…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#53: The four things holding you back from building the business you REALLY want
You know exactly what you want to build, so what's actually stopping you? In almost every conversation I have with a founder who is ready to build the real…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#52: The business you actually want is sitting in your someday folder
Is there a version of your business that you already know about, one that you can see, feel, and describe in detail to anyone who asks... but you haven't built…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#51: Build specifically, not loudly: the alternative to hustle
The alternative of hustle is one word: specific. Not doing less, but doing the right things for the right people with the right intention behind every…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#50: Hustle culture is one of the most expensive things you can buy into
Working hard isn't the problem but working hard on the wrong thing or in the wrong way is where it gets expensive. And not just in energy, but in time spent…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#49: Three questions to help you find your destination sentence
Your destination sentence, that one crystal-clear line that describes exactly what you're building and why it matters, won't arrive fully formed, but it does…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#48: Do you have a direction or a destination?
Most founders have a direction, a rough sense of where they're heading, who they want to work with, what kind of business they're building. But very few have a…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#47: How to build an online presence that finds your people and fits you
Before you even think about what to post and which platform to post it on, there are three questions you need to ask first, and most founders skip all of them…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#46: Consistency doesn't require the volume of content you think it does
Post daily, do the reels, create carousels, add the hook, don't forget the call to action, and oh, if it doesn't work, you're just not doing it right. Does…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#45: How to get real feedback fast on a different idea
When you're doing things differently, there's no preset guideline to follow and no built-in feedback loop telling you you're on the right track, so how do you…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#44: Why doing things differently feels harder than you expect
When you do things the conventional way, there's a built-in feedback loop. You say the thing, people recognise it, and you get instant signals that you're on…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#43: How to map the simplest version of your business ecosystem
This episode is a little different. It's less of a listen and more of a roll-up-your-sleeves, pen-in-hand, guided workshop where I walk you through your…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#42: Business isn't complicated. The 3 most common reasons why we make it that way
Business at its core is beautifully simple, so why does it so rarely feel that way? Most founders don't set out to overcomplicate things, but somewhere along…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#41: How to figure out what's working in your business and what's not
Sometimes the simplest exercise is the most powerful one, and this might just be the one that shows you what needs to change. Today I'm walking you through a…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#40: This one question will change your business
I want to share a question with you today that might be one of the most important questions you ever ask yourself in business. I'd love you to answer it…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#39: Building a business that lets you live: a conversation with Sarah Banks
What does it actually look like when a founder builds a business entirely around the life they want to live, and refuses to apologise for it? That's what…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#38: How to use any platform to find and connect with the right people
Sometimes you need a new perspective, and that's exactly what today's episode delivers. I'm sharing a completely fresh take on what social media platforms are…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#37: The algorithm isn't the villain. It's how you're using it that matters
What if the algorithm was never actually the problem, and the real issue is that you've been expecting it to do a job it was never designed to do? The thing…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#36: The one question that will change how you make every decision in your business
What if there was one question you could ask yourself before every single decision in your business — every client, every project, every marketing move, every…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#35: Are you making decisions as an employee or as a founder?
Every founder wears multiple hats - marketing one day, sales the next, management the day after - but there's a layer underneath that hat-wearing that nobody…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#34: How to figure out your niche and the magic you bring to that space
Your niche isn't something you pluck out of thin air. It's something you go hunting for, grounded in evidence, built from knowing who you actually are and what…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#33: You are the niche: why niching is about you and your clients
Most niching advice tells you to pick an industry, become known for one thing, and the money will follow, but what if that's only half the equation? You can…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#32: How to turn your opinion into your strongest marketing tool
You are the only person who can do what you do in the way you do it and when you build your marketing around that instead of formulas, templates and whatever…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#31: What If Marketing Was as Simple as Having Your Own Opinion?
What if marketing was as simple as having your own opinion, and sharing it? Not a strategy or a formula but you, sharing what you actually believe, to the…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#30: How to figure out if your business is going in the direction you want (and if not, what to do about it)
You know that feeling when your business is working… but something still feels off? The numbers are fine and the clients are there, but there's this quiet…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#29: Are you going in the direction you actually want?
Ever had that moment where you look up from your business and think… how did I end up here? Not in a dramatic, everything's-on-fire way. More like a slow…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#28: Why your habit’s don’t stick (and why it’s not always about discipline)
It's the last week of January. If your New Year habits haven't quite stuck the way you hoped, you're probably being pretty hard on yourself right now. Telling…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#27: Seven Signs You're in a Cage Business (and Why That's Not Your Fault)
You know that feeling when something's off in your business but you can't quite name it? Everything looks fine from the outside: good revenue, established…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#26: Why Your Business Needs More Fun (especially when your business feels heavy)
I'm going to tell you something that might sound irresponsible: when your business feels heavy, the solution isn't more strategy or discipline, it's fun. I…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#25: How I Lost My Spark to AI (and Found My Way Back to Self-Trust)
In this episode of The Quietly Disruptive Business Podcast, I share a very personal story about losing my spark, not to burnout or comparison, but to AI. I’d…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#24: Breaking Free from Comparison Culture: The Quietly Disruptive Edition
I’m diving into a topic that quietly shapes how so many of us run our businesses: comparison. It starts innocently enough- a quick scroll, a peek at someone…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#23: The Power of Experimenting: Finding the Advice That’s Truly Yours
In this episode, I explore a truth that comes up time and time again in my conversations with founders: the search for the “magic formula” to success. We’re…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#22: The Joy of Creating: Creativity, Curiosity & Courage with Steve Campbell
In this special guest episode of the Quietly Disruptive Business Podcast, I sit down with creative entrepreneur Steve Campbell, a photographer, author, and…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#21: The Strength in Silence: Embracing Quiet Disruption
Words hold power, and lately, I’ve been thinking about one in particular: quiet. For decades, I believed that to succeed, you had to be loud, visible, and…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#20: The Social Media Lie: How the Loudest 10% Define Success for Everyone Else
What you see online isn’t the full story, and it’s time to stop letting it define your business. I used to scroll endlessly, comparing myself to every “success…
The Quietly Disruptive Business#19: Your Dream Business Isn’t Out There. It’s Yours to Design.
This episode will change how you think about building a business that actually works for you. I want to bust the myth of the “perfect business model”, that…