Our fifth and final episode recorded at SXSW in Austin, Texas that we produced in partnership with Remote, the Global HR Platform.

Featuring:
1/ Ian Beacraft, CEO, Signal And Cipher
2/ Khalil Vinson, Founder & CEO, Tech Fest Live
3/ Pat Wadors, Chief People Officer, UKG
4/ Melvin Wilson, Founder, Solve Innovation Group
5/ Cam Lawrence, CEO, Newlab
6/ Karl Skoog, CMO, Amuse

Show 203 - SXSW - Part 5

Our first of four episodes recorded at Shoptalk, Las Vegas, that we produced in partnership with Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company providing simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions. 

Featuring:
1/ Sophie Wawro, Global President, Shoptalk
2/ Laert Skreli, VP, Head of Fintech BD, Bread Financial
3/ Scott Tannen, Founder & CEO, Boll and Branch
4/ Jasmine Enberg, Principal Analyst, Emarketer
5/ Larry Gray, Sr Mgr, Customer Experience, Kipling USA
6/ Lisa Jones, Founder & CEO, SHE-com

Show 204 - Shoptalk - Part 1 of 4

Our second of four episodes recorded at Shoptalk, Las Vegas, that we produced in partnership with Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company providing simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions.

Featuring:
1/ Jessica Calaway, Senior Manager, Market Research, Bread Financial
2/ Joe Laszlo, Vice President, Content, Shoptalk
3/ Andrea Moore, Chief Digital Officer, NEST New York
4/ Melissa Haque, Founder & Chief, Wild Dough
5/ Nikki Mendonça, Global Managing Director, Software & Platforms Practice, Accenture
6/ Kendra Bracken-Ferguson, Founder & CEO, BrainTrust
7/ Matt Dornfeld, Senior Director and Head of Global Partnerships, Feedonomics

Show 205 - Shoptalk - Part 2 of 4

Our third of four episodes recorded at Shoptalk, Las Vegas, that we produced in partnership with Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company providing simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions.

Featuring:
1/ Jake Stein, Head of Retail, Uber Direct
2/ Jasmeet Sabharwal, Senior Director, Marketing Strategy	Bread Financial
3/ Kimberly Wallengren, VP Marketing, North America, Coach
4/ Riad Hijal, Head of Commerce and Solution Management, SAP
5/ Jesse Goldstine, General Manager, Retail, MoMA Design Store
6/ Gabi Saper, CEO & Co Founder, CMY Cubes 
7/ Jenny McLean, Managing Partner & Retail Industry Lead, Clarkston Consulting

Show 206 - Shoptalk - Part 3 of 4

Our fourth and final episode recorded at Shoptalk, Las Vegas, produced in partnership with Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company providing simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions.

Featuring:
1/ Kevin Miller, CMO, The Fresh Market
2/ Jennifer DiPasquale, President & Co-Founder, Women in Retail
3/ Sophie Marchessou, Chief Customer Officer, Mirakl
4/ Emma McFerran, CEO, Lyst
5/ Christopher Clark, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Grove Collaborative
6/ Arvind Gupta, President & CEO, Jesta I.S.

Show 207 - Shoptalk - Part 4 of 4

The first in a new season of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from Denver, Colorado by Sami Inkinen, the CEO and co-founder of Virta Health, the leader in type two diabetes reversal and creator of a new standard in medical care for people living with type two diabetes, prediabetes, or obesity. Founded in 2014, the company achieved unicorn status in December 2020, and hit a $2 billion valuation in July 2023

Show 208 - Unicorn Leaders - Sami Inkinen, CEO and Co-Founder, Virta Health

How Kraken – the world’s first next-gen energy operating system – is powering a transformation at Octopus and beyondAt the heart of everything the Octopus group does is Kraken – a world-leading operating system for utilities. In this episode, Octopus CEO Greg Jackson and Kraken Chairman Gavin Patterson shine a light on the unique potential that Kraken unlocks, from green tech innovation and optimization to lightning fast migrations.

Ep 16: How Kraken is powering a transformation at Octopus and beyond

Debbie West speaks with internal communications leaders about the challenges of managing the flow of information inside organisations. They discuss how to enable effective communication processes while minimising noise and distraction.

Our guests were:
1/ Keith Berman, Strategic Communications Leader
2/ Natalie Lambracos, Communications Manager, Protiviti
3/ Niamh O'Grady, Head of Marketing - UK, PageGroup

Show 209 - Navigating internal channels for effective communication

In the latest episode of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from New York by David Obrand, the CEO of Salesloft, the AI powered revenue orchestration platform. Founded in 2011 by Kyle Porter and David Cummings, the company achieved unicorn status early in 2021. And then when Vista Equity Partners came on board as well, it raised the valuation of the business to $2 .3 billion.

Show 210 - Unicorn Leaders - David Obrand, CEO, Salesloft

Lots of people want to know what happens inside Octopus Energy. Most importantly, our ever-expanding team. When we started, we all sat within earshot of every conversation, every phone call. We could see each other’s screens and learn what Octopus was from each other, as we built it. Now our team is spread across locations (including a lot of remote working), across time zones and continents, we need ever more ways to share what Octopus is.

That's why we've launched this podcast series, and in Episode 1, our podcast hosts, Russell & Trudy, were joined online by Founder and CEO, Greg Jackson, and Marketing and Product Director, Rebecca Dibb-Simkin to talk about the culture of our business.

Of course, this podcast series will also be great if you're thinking of joining Octopus, and want to know if it’s right for you - it should be more insightful than a typical salesy web page. Similarly for the dozens, maybe hundreds of organisations who partner with us.

Beyond that, there are many people who think about company organisation and culture. Octopus is hot on decentralisation, devolved authority, upside-down management, trust, freedom and responsibility. Blue chip strategy consultants, Boston Consulting Group immersed themselves in our way of working and we’d like to open this up to others. Even competitors :)

Inside Octopus Energy

Episode 1: Culture

We believe energy should be better. A better experience for customers, better for the planet, and better value for money.  Our aim of this podcast series is to give you real insight into our company’s DNA – the way we work, the way we think, our values, and our people. We’ll be chatting to various members of the Octopus Energy team over the coming series, exploring everything from our products and services, to the technology that sits behind them and the culture that is driving us to deliver Cheaper Greener Energy.

Episode 1: Culture

Octopus Energy

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