In the last episode of Series 1 of the Working Well Together Podcast, our host Mark Thorpe talks to Bethan Blakeley from Simplisafe, who recently moved from insight agency to a clientside role: - Great relationships lead to better results, because it makes the most of the different perspectives - Explaining to agency partners how you as a client like to work can be a great place to start - Being honest if you need a sounding board, rather than being ready to brief a project, can lead to some great support

Simon Horton and Dr Mark Thorpe in conversation with Dr Matilda Andersson explore how rage shapes our world, what Al could do to help, and what all this means for brands and businesses.

Our first podcast recorded live at Disruptive Futures at SXSW is now out in the world. This episode asks: how do we innovate in Nervous Systems – in a state of constant crisis - human, organisational, societal – when the world feels like a rolling state of change?

Our own Tom Morgan is joined by Emily Dent and Joe Spence, two innovation and organisational change gurus, for a wide-ranging conversation on innovation, systems thinking, leadership and creativity in the face of uncertainty.

In the latest episode of the Working Well Together Podcast, our host Mark Thorpe talks to Nick Bonney from Deep Blue Thinking about his varied experience client side, agency side and as an independent:

- Organisations make political and emotional decisions, not just rational decisions, so trust and relationships are key;

- The need to be intentional and explicit, to compensate for remote working and transactional, scheduled relationships;

- Why agencies can apply the Working Well Together principles with their own suppliers too

In the latest episode of the Working Well Together Podcast, our host Mark Thorpe hears how Ciaran Acford from Ooni and Andy Haylett and Alice Langthorne from Boxclever built a great research partnership: - Why starting with 'no' led to greater trust - The importance of understanding why the research has come about, to inform better choices - How following the WWT Charter ensures research has more impact, by enabling the agency to do their best work

In this episode, Dr Mark Thorpe discusses ‘the problem of age’ with the pioneering Liz Norman, owner of the eponymous recruitment consultancy, and advocate for greater awareness of age-related discrimination and the commercial value of older people in the workforce.

In this episode, our host Mark Thorpe discusses with experienced insight leader Nick Rich of Growth Constructors and volunteer for the Working Well Together Team, the power of conversations: - Why insights is perhaps the most collaborative profession of all; - The responsibility on clients to make room for sometimes difficult conversations; - How informal chats can be preferable to formal feedback processes