Risk-Taking, Rules and Death With Dan Garrett, Founder of Farewill
Founding a startup is hard, but it’s even harder when you’re dealing with the most painful and emotive moments in peoples’ lives.That’s what Dan Garrett decided to do when he created Farewill, now the country’s largest “Deathtech” firm.His business enables peoples to self-serve themselves wills, as well as offering other services including probate and even cremation.How do you move fast when you’re dealing with something as important as death? How do you get the right balance between risk, rules and pace?
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Mini Holland and The Transformation of a London Suburb with Clyde Loakes
Mini Holland is the poster-child for the transformation of an urban area.A network of congested residential streets in North East London has become peaceful and tranquil. The local high street converted from a double-parked rat-run into a desirable pedestrianised destination.As the first Low Traffic Neighbourhood of the modern era, council reps from across Britain (and Europe) have visited to learn lessons.Not that I needed travel far: it all happened in Walthamstow, where I live, and my kids were two of the many who benefited.It was the vision of 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 𝗖𝗹𝘆𝗱𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀, and he tells me the full inspirational story in today’s episode.
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Autonomous Public Transport with James Dick of RATP
Autonomous public transport has the potential to transform our cities. Suburbs that are not currently served by public transport could be cost-effectively connected for the first time, while conventional bus routes could be expanded.One city that is taking the lead in experimenting with autonomous public transport is Paris, under the leadership of James Dick at RATP.In today’s episode, he tells me just how close he believes they are to delivering autonomous buses out on the road, driverless and at scale.It’s a great conversation with a transport leader passionate about the future and making sure that our sector meets it head-on and with positivity. Enjoy!
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Gian-Mattia Schucan Ends Season 4 with a Vision of Seamless Travel
Gian-Mattia Schucan founded Fairtiq to make travelling by public transport effortless: no tickets, no gates, no stress. We talk about the journey from idea to reality, what operators really want from innovators and how to make change happen in public transport.I’m sad to say that this is the last episode of Season 4 but, don’t worry, I’ll be back with Season 5 in September.
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Jonny Mood on Value for Money
“It's fine when you're swinging big to have a few misses in a controlled environment” - 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 making it very clear that it’s fine for public sector organisations to try things and fail. In today’s episode, I talk to Jonny about what value for money really means, why BCR is often misused and how the NAO supports innovation in the public sector. The conversation about BCRs is also fascinating: highlighting that value-for-money rules don’t require complex decisions to be boiled down to a single number. Do take a listen to this one!
The Freewheeling Podcast is all about moving forwards faster.
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With a bias towards transport and mobility, we also span entrepreneurship and politics.
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