the impact multiplier ceo podcast

"On day 1 assume you're building a consequential business and act accordingly." We're continuing this season looking at the insights from some of the world's fastest-growing businesses. In this episode Richard speaks with Matthew Scullion, who founded data transformation firm Matillion in 2011, and has grown it to unicorn status, hitting #251 in the FT1000 list of Europe's fastest growing companies. Along the way, Matthew also won the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year award.

In this brief episode, Richard introduces season 10 of the podcast: Secrets of Scaling 2. This is the second year we've spoken with leaders of the world's fastest growing businesses, as documented by the Financial Times. It's going to be another insightful journey, so get ready...

"It's easier to tell a story than talk about a strategy!" In this episode Richard talks with Frank Millar. Frank is CEO of CPI, a technology innovation centre that acts as a catalyst bringing together academia, businesses, government and investors to translate bright ideas and research into the marketplace. We're continuing our season "Mission-Driven CEOs". Top Chief Execs talk about the impact they want to make beyond just the financials - in terms of the company mission and their personal leadership legacy - and how they put that into practice on a daily basis.

"I value trust a lot more than control." We're continuing our season "Mission-Driven CEOs". Top Chief Execs talk about the impact they want to make beyond just the financials - in terms of the company mission and their personal leadership legacy - and how they put that into practice on a daily basis.  In this episode Richard Medcalf speaks with Adrian Weiler, who was CEO for over 35 years at Inform, an international software business focused on AI-based decision-making. Adrian has now handed over the reins of that business, and we spoke to one of his successors, Matthias Berlit, on a previous episode of the podcast. Instead, Adrian is focusing on Smart Freight Centre, an NGO in the field of climate repair.

"Be comfortable with vulnerability" We're continuing our season "Mission-Driven CEOs". Top Chief Execs talk about the impact they want to make beyond just the financials - in terms of the company mission and their personal leadership legacy - and how they put that into practice on a daily basis.  Today Joshua Lachs speaks with Richard Medcalf. Joshua is CEO of Moneythink, a not-for-profit organisation on a mission to help students understand their financial options and the impact of their choices so they can have the best chance for college and career success.

"I work on the assumption that everything is my fault." Enrique Sacau (CEO of Kneip, a leader in fund data management and reporting solutions for the asset management industry) speaks with Xquadrant's Founder Richard Medcalf. We are continuing our season "The CEO Learning Curve". Interesting and inspiring CEOs reflect on what got them the top job, what they've learned over the first few quarters in the role, and what lies ahead.

"I realised I can do better if I stop trying to fit in." Richard Rankin (CEO of H&H Group, a diversified group delivering services mainly to rural communities) speaks with Xquadrant's Founder Richard Medcalf. We're continuing our season "Mission-Driven CEOs". Top Chief Execs talk about the impact they want to make beyond just the financials - in terms of the company mission and their personal leadership legacy - and how they put that into practice on a daily basis.

"Build something great, solve a real-world problem, and you'll make money." Nigel Verdon (CEO, Railsbank, a leading embedded finance experience platform) speaks with Xquadrant's Founder Richard Medcalf. We're continuing our season "Mission-Driven CEOs". Top Chief Execs talk about the impact they want to make beyond just the financials - in terms of the company mission and their personal leadership legacy - and how they put that into practice on a daily basis.

"You need to let people mark their own homework." Equal Experts engages 3,000 consultants across 5 continents and helps create leading digital products and services for corporates, scaleups and the public sector. In this episode their Founder & CEO, Thomas de Cad'oro Granier, speaks with Xquadrant's Founder Richard Medcalf. We're continuing our season "Mission Driven CEOs". Top CEOs discuss what drives them and we explore the impact they want to make beyond just the financials - in terms of the company mission and their personal leadership legacy - and how they put that into practice on a daily basis.

"We invest $10M in ourselves each year and get a 10x return on that." Ben Crawford (CEO of CentralNic, a leading domain name and Internet services business) speaks with Xquadrant's Founder Richard Medcalf. We're continuing our season on "Mission-Driven CEOs". Top Chief Execs talk about the impact they want to make beyond just the financials - in terms of the company mission and their personal leadership legacy - and how they put that into practice on a daily basis.

"Founding this business was making lemonade out of lemons." Graeme Strachan (CEO of ViTL Solutions, a Denver-based management consulting firm) speaks with Xquadrant's Founder Richard Medcalf. We're continuing our season on "Mission-Driven CEOs". Top Chief Execs talk about the impact they want to make beyond just the financials - in terms of the company mission and their personal leadership legacy - and how they put that into practice on a daily basis.

"We serve the safe hands that protect our world." Ben Dorks (CEO of Ideagen Plc, an AIM-listed leader in the £31.2 billion regulatory, compliance and risk software market) speaks with Xquadrant's Founder Richard Medcalf. Ben was appointed CEO in 2018 having previously served as Chief Customer Officer for Ideagen. We're kicking off our season "Mission-Driven CEOs". Top Chief Execs talk about the impact they want to make beyond just the financials - in terms of the company mission and their personal leadership legacy - and how they put that into practice on a daily basis.

In this brief episode, Richard introduces Season 9 of The Impact Multiplier CEO Podcast, "Mission-Driven CEOs". In this season, top Chief Execs talk about the impact they want to make beyond just the financials - in terms of the company mission and their personal leadership legacy - and how they put that into practice on a daily basis.

"Fingers out, nose in!" Rory McKeand (CEO of TSG, one of the UK's leading IT companies providing local IT services) speaks with Xquadrant's Founder Richard Medcalf. We are continuing our season "The CEO Learning Curve". Interesting and inspiring CEOs reflect on what got them the top job, what they've learned over the first few quarters in the role, and what lies ahead.

"How costly it is to fall into the habit of giving people orders." Stephen Foreshew-Cain (CEO, Scott Logic, a leading IT services company) speaks with Xquadrant's Founder Richard Medcalf. We are continuing our season "The CEO Learning Curve". Interesting and inspiring CEOs reflect on what got them the top job, what they've learned over the first few quarters in the role, and what lies ahead.

“Don't try to get everything right..." HG Insights provides Technology intelligence for any company in the world. In this episode, Elizabeth Cholawsky (CEO) speaks with Xquadrant's Founder Richard Medcalf. We are continuing our season "The CEO Learning Curve". Interesting and inspiring CEOs reflect on what got them the top job, what they've learned over the first few quarters in the role, and what lies ahead.

"Stop telling yourself what you can't do ." Kelly Schmitt (CEO of Benevity, a certified B Corporation and the global leader in corporate purpose software) speaks with Xquadrant's Founder Richard Medcalf. We are continuing our season "The CEO Learning Curve". Interesting and inspiring CEOs reflect on what got them the top job, what they've learned over the first few quarters in the role, and what lies ahead.

"No-one sat down and planned this!" Jason Wojahn (CEO of Thirdera, a global services provider that uses ServiceNow to help enterprises move their workflows to the cloud) speaks with Xquadrant's Founder Richard Medcalf. Thirdera has gone from zero to a 600+ person business in just one year! Prior to this role, Jason was President and Chief Operating Officer at Lemongrass, as well as Accenture’s Sr. Managing Director and Executive Globally responsible for ServiceNow. Jason joined Accenture as part of the Cloud Sherpas acquisition, where he held the role of President of the ServiceNow business unit as the business scaled to more than $200M in revenue and over 2,000 employees. We are continuing our season "The CEO Learning Curve". Interesting and inspiring CEOs reflect on what got them the top job, what they've learned over the first few quarters in the role, and what lies ahead.

"Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is a nightmare." Cahê Kuczera Toporowicz (EVP, Amaris Consulting) speaks with Xquadrant's Founder Richard Medcalf. Cahê started as an Intern and now runs the entire 900+ person Asia region of this 6000-strong technical consulting business We are continuing our season "The CEO Learning Curve". Interesting and inspiring CEOs reflect on what got them the top job, what they've learned over the first few quarters in the role, and what lies ahead.

“We multiplied too fast, and multiplied losses." Timo Buetefisch (CEO of Cooltra, the largest provider of sustainable mobility solutions on two wheels in Europe) speaks with Xquadrant's Founder Richard Medcalf. Born in Germany, Timo is a former consultant and MBA student at IESE who has been based in Barcelona for 20 years. His entrepreneurial nature always made him want to start his own company. Today, he leads Cooltra, a pioneer in the rental of two-wheeled vehicles by the minute, day or month, with a presence in 8 countries, a fleet of more than 18,000 vehicles and a workforce of 400 employees.