A global podcast by INSO

The Good
Ideas Club.

A good idea can come from anywhere.

Join Dan Wood and Alex Bezuidenhout for conversations that cross industries, challenge assumptions and leave you with a different way to think.

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Curiosity is a good starting point.
The Good Ideas Club podcast artwork with hosts Alex Bezuidenhout and Dan Wood
Different worlds.
One conversation.
The people behind the perspective

Big careers.
Bigger conversations.

Meet the visionaries, leaders and innovators shaping business around the world. Explore how they make decisions, challenge convention and turn ideas into action.

Experience our guests bring to the conversation

  • Coca-Cola
  • McKinsey & Company
  • Google
  • British Army
  • IBM
  • Bose
  • BBC
  • Saatchi & Saatchi
  • Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
  • Sky News
  • FNB
  • South African Airways

Logos represent guests’ career experience and creative credits, including former roles. They do not imply sponsorship or endorsement of INSO or The Good Ideas Club.

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Ideas that move
business forward.

Explore leadership, innovation and the decisions behind meaningful change—with people who have put their ideas to work.

Leadership & people1 hr 15 min

What will your business need from its next leader?

With Cristina Muntean

What Makes a Great CEO? The Iron Spine, Evolving Leadership & Succession Planning - Cristina Muntean

How leadership changes as a business grows, and why purpose, resilience and succession matter.

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Strengths & collaboration1 hr 9 min

What happens when you understand each other’s strengths?

With Michelle Winn

Founders Strengths Reveal • Michelle Winn • The Good Ideas Club Podcast

Dan and Alex explore their individual strengths and what those differences mean for working together.

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Ideas into action1 hr 3 min

How do you turn a cause into collective action?

With Jennifer Stretton

The World Climate Relay • with Jennifer Stretton

From mountain leadership to the World Climate Relay: a conversation about turning purpose into practical change.

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Technology & humanity1 hr 26 min

What happens when the next big technologies meet?

With Areiel Wolonow

The Future of AI, Blockchain & Quantum with Areiel Wolonow

Explore where AI, blockchain and quantum technology meet, and what that convergence could mean for people.

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Founders & innovation1 hr 3 min

What can a comedy stage teach a founder?

With Marc Cohen

Please take your seats for tonight's headliner - Marc Cohen!

A conversation connecting venture capital, AI and stand-up comedy, with lessons on founders and taking a chance on an idea.

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AI & human judgement28 min

If you can build anything, what should you build?

With Todd Reily

The Vibecoder’s Dilemma

When building technology gets easier, deciding what deserves to be built matters more. A short conversation about AI, teams and better questions.

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Teams & momentum1 hr 36 min

When does slowing down help you move faster?

With Tim Leake

Moving Fast and Slow

Explore how teams can learn, work and make progress faster, while taking enough time to agree the direction that matters.

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Leadership & people1 hr 20 min

What do others need you to understand about yourself?

With Phil Eyre & Karina Hodgson

Leading Yourself to Lead Others

A conversation about knowing yourself, having difficult conversations and building the trust that helps other people do their best work.

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A wider perspective44 min

What changes when you see the bigger picture?

With Tim Marshall

The Future of Geography

How geography shapes power, technology and the choices ahead of us, from the borders on Earth to the next frontier in space.

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Behind INSO1 hr 2 min

What have the conversations taught the hosts?

With Dan Wood & Alex Bezuidenhout

INSO Reversed

The hosts become the guests to share how INSO began and what conversations with leaders and innovators have taught them.

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The future of work46 min

What could a career look like beyond one job?

With Ben Legg

From Google to Gig Economies: Ben Legg on Building the Future of Work

Ben reflects on a career spanning the military, consulting and technology, and explores new ways to build a working life.

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Business & leadership55 min

How do you grow a business without losing its humanity?

With Jo Haigh

400+ Deals: The Entrepreneurs Guide to Unstoppable Growth

Practical lessons from business transactions, boardrooms and employee ownership, with kindness at the heart of leadership.

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Storytelling & connection1 hr 14 min

What makes a story connect with people?

With James Hunt

From Draco to Drama: The Magic of Storytelling

Explore performance, authenticity and the craft of storytelling, from the theatre to everyday communication.

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Networks & relationships1 hr 2 min

What might one good connection set in motion?

With David & Marc

The Ripple Effect: Mastering the Art of Networking

The co-authors of The Ripple Effect discuss authentic relationships, diverse networks and making meaningful connections.

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Leadership & finance37 min

How do you keep people at the centre of change?

With Stuart Talbot

Innovation & Integrity: Redefining Success in Modern Finance

A conversation about leading through technological change while keeping trust, communication and purpose in view.

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Adaptability & leadership1 hr 4 min

How can adaptability become a team’s strength?

With Terez Rijkenberg

Mastering Leadership: The Adaptability Advantage

Explore emotional intelligence, resilience and how leaders can help teams respond to uncertainty and change.

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AI & human judgement1 hr 21 min

Who stays in control when technology takes the lead?

With James Lang

AI, Power & The Future of Humanity

Explore human-centred AI, trust and the choices that keep people in control as technology changes work and society.

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Innovation in practice1 hr 0 min

How do you change an industry used to doing things its way?

With Nico Bezuidenhout

The Future of Aviation Innovation

A conversation about changing business models, challenging established ways of working and leading innovation in aviation.

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Where it began27 min

Where does a good idea begin?

With Dan Wood & Alex Bezuidenhout

INSOception

Meet INSO’s founders in the first episode and discover the ideas, purpose and people behind The Good Ideas Club.

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Meet your hosts

Two curious minds.
An open invitation.

Dan and Alex bring the same curiosity to the podcast that they bring to INSO’s work: listen carefully, question the obvious and explore what an idea could mean in practice.

Meet the people behind INSO
INSO Founder · Co-host

Dan Wood

INSO Co-Founder · Co-host

Alex Bezuidenhout

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