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Culture Unwrapped

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Frequency: 1 episode/54d. Total Eps: 24

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - management
21/08/2026
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Season 3: The Art of Collaboration

Season 1 · Episode 21

Thursday, August 20, 2026 • Duration 29:01

In this episode, we enjoyed continuing the "C Diet" and explored the topic of collaboration!

Let's face it - a lot of us have simply got out of the habit of collaborating. Working independently feels like the new norm, particularly when we reaching for digital reassurance rather than having a proper conversation.

How you can dial up your collaborating skills and reach out to someone today? We're all guilty of neglecting our own interactions, but think about how good it feels to really connect. Keep it simple, but take a step forward.

Collaboration sparks creativity and stops us from working in unproductive, uninspired silo's.

Keep listening as we continue the "C Diet" series, and let us know if you'd like us to explore any new topics!

Connect with Jo: Linkedin

Connect with Rach: Linkedin

Find out more about Zest

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Season 3: The Art of Courage

Season 3 · Episode 20

Thursday, August 6, 2026 • Duration 32:01

In this episode, we enjoyed continuing the "C Diet" and explored the topic of courage.

Courage is a vital ingredient for effective leadership and a thriving workplace culture. By recognising moments that require bravery, open dialogue, and investing in personal development, leaders can cultivate a courageous environment that empowers everyone to thrive.

As you reflect on your own leadership journey, consider how you can dial up your courage for the greater good.

By doing so, you not only enhance your own effectiveness but also create a positive ripple effect across your organisation.

Keep listening as we continue the "C Diet" series, and let us know if you'd like us to explore any new topics!

Connect with Jo: Linkedin

Connect with Rach: Linkedin

Find out more about Zest

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Episode 14: Creating a High Performance Culture in the Third Sector: Candlelighters Interview

Season 1 · Episode 14

Monday, September 18, 2023 • Duration 47:31

Culture Unwrapped is a lighthearted yet informative podcast for anyone with an interest in company culture - Leaders, HR and People professionals alike. Brought together by Smart Works UK, Jo and Rachel connected over their common purpose to help humans find their confidence to achieve the things that matter to them. Jo Smedley is co founder and director of Zest Learning Ltd, a business geared up to help build performance and create cultures where individuals and teams can thrive and inspire. Rachel Gilfrin is a Confidence & Career Performance Coach who is hugely passionate about accelerating gender diversity within leadership roles, by working with women and organisations to support female talent to rise up. Today we are bringing an incredibly inspiring team to the podcast to demonstrate what a great culture really looks like. We were delighted to be joined by two key members of the team at Candlelighters Charity here in Leeds. Candlelighters do an incredible job of supporting families of children with cancer, and so their work could not be more meaningful. Lucy Fletcher, Chief Operating Officer, and Chris Salt, Philanthropy Manager shared all about how their fantastic culture was built on purpose and trust - and we're confident you'll learn a thing or two from them. Please connect with Lucy & Chris, and check out the phenomenal work that Candlelighters are doing here! Please hit subscribe and continue to join us for our inspiring coffee conversations about all things human behaviour and workplace culture.

Episode 13: Spotlight on Rachel Harriet Coaching! How to create a Confident Workforce

Season 1 · Episode 13

Monday, September 4, 2023 • Duration 37:58

Culture Unwrapped is a lighthearted yet informative podcast for anyone with an interest in company culture - Leaders, HR and People professionals alike. Brought together by Smart Works UK, Jo and Rachel connected over their common purpose to help humans find their confidence to achieve the things that matter to them. Jo Smedley is co founder and director of Zest Learning Ltd, a business geared up to help build performance and create cultures where individuals and teams can thrive and inspire. Rachel Gilfrin is a Confidence & Career Performance Coach who is hugely passionate about accelerating gender diversity within leadership roles, by working with women and organisations to support female talent to rise up. It's time for another spotlight interview - this time with our very own Rachel - founder of Rachel Harriet Coaching! We're unwrapping what inspired Rachel to work with organisations on creating a more confident female workforce, and redefining what confidence actually is. We get to know more about Rachel personally, and how she is helping women all over the UK to grow in confidence and realise their potential. Please hit subscribe and continue to join us for our inspiring coffee conversations about all things human behaviour and workplace culture. Zest Learning Rachel Harriet Coaching

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Episode 12: Setting Boundaries to take charge of your Wellbeing

Season 1 · Episode 12

Monday, August 21, 2023 • Duration 30:45

Culture Unwrapped is a lighthearted yet informative podcast for anyone with an interest in company culture - Leaders, HR and People professionals alike. Brought together by Smart Works UK, Jo and Rachel connected over their common purpose to help humans find their confidence to achieve the things that matter to them. Jo Smedley is co founder and director of Zest Learning Ltd, a business geared up to help build performance and create cultures where individuals and teams can thrive and inspire. Rachel Gilfrin is a Confidence & Career Performance Coach who is hugely passionate about accelerating gender diversity within leadership roles, by working with women and organisations to support female talent to rise up. Jo & Rachel share some of their own experiences on where hyper extending themselves has found them on the path to burnout. We are re-setting the perspective on how our boundaries can and will help us to value ourselves and our potential. We share a valuable step by step formula for how you can identify where a reset might be needed, and a structure to support you to articulate your boundaries at work; collaborating with those around us to set new expectations. In the words of Jo - just give it a go!! Don't miss this episode! Please hit subscribe and continue to join us for our inspiring coffee conversations about all things human behaviour and workplace culture. Zest Learning Rachel Harriet Coaching

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Episode 11: Minisode - 5 Tips for Confident Decision Making

Season 1 · Episode 11

Monday, August 7, 2023 • Duration 04:57

Culture Unwrapped is a lighthearted yet informative podcast for anyone with an interest in company culture - Leaders, HR and People professionals alike. Brought together by Smart Works UK, Jo and Rachel connected over their common purpose to help humans find their confidence to achieve the things that matter to them. Jo Smedley is co founder and director of Zest Learning Ltd, a business geared up to help build performance and create cultures where individuals and teams can thrive and inspire. Rachel Gilfrin is a Confidence & Career Performance Coach who is hugely passionate about accelerating gender diversity within leadership roles, by working with women and organisations to support female talent to rise up. In today's snappy mini-episode, Rachel & Jo share their 5 Top Tips on making decisions in the workplace with confidence. Part of thriving in a fantastic culture is being empowered to make decisions and stick by them, and we'll show you our take on this process. Please hit subscribe and continue to join us for our inspiring coffee conversations about all things human behaviour and workplace culture. Zest Learning Rachel Harriet Coaching

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Episode 10: Letting go of your MASK as a leader (Interview)

Season 1 · Episode 10

Monday, July 24, 2023 • Duration 37:52

Culture Unwrapped is a lighthearted yet informative podcast for anyone with an interest in company culture - Leaders, HR and People professionals alike. Brought together by Smart Works UK, Jo and Rachel connected over their common purpose to help humans find their confidence to achieve the things that matter to them. Jo Smedley is co founder and director of Zest Learning Ltd, a business geared up to help build performance and create cultures where individuals and teams can thrive and inspire. Rachel Gilfrin is a Confidence & Career Performance Coach who is hugely passionate about accelerating gender diversity within leadership roles, by working with women and organisations to support female talent to rise up. In today's episode we are delighted to welcome Lindsay Texel. Lindsay has had an incredible journey in the field of law, starting with university transitioning to law school and then securing a training contract with a national firm. She Progressed to partner level and is now a partner at Clarion Solicitors. Lindsay shares her perspective on people being at the heart of every culture. She is passionate about leaders setting the tone to create an incredible culture from within, and utilises her experiences throughout her career for continuous improvement. Connect with Lindsay here! Please hit subscribe and continue to join us for our inspiring coffee conversations about all things human behaviour and workplace culture. Zest Learning Rachel Harriet Coaching

Episode 9: Walking with Dinosaurs (How to manage outdated beliefs in your mgmt team)

Season 1 · Episode 9

Monday, July 10, 2023 • Duration 45:44

Culture Unwrapped is a lighthearted yet informative podcast for anyone with an interest in company culture - Leaders, HR and People professionals alike. Brought together by Smart Works UK, Jo and Rachel connected over their common purpose to help humans find their confidence to achieve the things that matter to them. Jo Smedley is co founder and director of Zest Learning Ltd, a business geared up to help build performance and create cultures where individuals and teams can thrive and inspire. Rachel Gilfrin is a Confidence & Career Performance Coach who is hugely passionate about accelerating gender diversity within leadership roles, by working with women and organisations to support female talent to rise up. In today's episode we've built upon some common feedback we gained from minisode Episode 3 - our "passionate rant". If you've not already listened, scroll back to Ep3 then revisit this one. We discussed how damaging to your culture that having strong outdated beliefs in your leadership team can be, how to recognise this and what do it if perhaps it's YOU that's the dinosaur! Please hit subscribe and continue to join us for our inspiring coffee conversations about all things human behaviour and workplace culture. Zest Learning Rachel Harriet Coaching

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Episode 8: Minisode: Passionate Rant about ”Soft Skills”!

Season 1 · Episode 8

Monday, June 26, 2023 • Duration 11:38

Culture Unwrapped is a lighthearted yet informative podcast for anyone with an interest in company culture - Leaders, HR and People professionals alike. Brought together by Smart Works UK, Jo and Rachel connected over their common purpose to help humans find their confidence to achieve the things that matter to them. Jo Smedley is co founder and director of Zest Learning Ltd, a business geared up to help build performance and create cultures where individuals and teams can thrive and inspire. Rachel Gilfrin is a Confidence & Career Performance Coach who is hugely passionate about accelerating gender diversity within leadership roles, by working with women and organisations to support female talent to rise up. In today's episode, Rachel & Jo rant on their frustration with the way "soft skills" are described and approached within organisations. We want to ban the term soft skills and rename to essential capability building - as they are indeed essential. Let's put a stop to HR being referred to as the "fluff". Tune in for a new perspective on how soft skills should be approached. Please hit subscribe and continue to join us for our inspiring coffee conversations about all things human behaviour and workplace culture. Zest Learning Rachel Harriet Coaching

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Episode 7: Spotlight on Zest! Discover how they really make a difference

Season 1 · Episode 7

Monday, June 12, 2023 • Duration 41:41

Culture Unwrapped is a lighthearted yet informative podcast for anyone with an interest in company culture - Leaders, HR and People professionals alike. Brought together by Smart Works UK, Jo and Rachel connected over their common purpose to help humans find their confidence to achieve the things that matter to them. Jo Smedley is co founder and director of Zest Learning Ltd, a business geared up to help build performance and create cultures where individuals and teams can thrive and inspire. Rachel Gilfrin is a Confidence & Career Performance Coach who is hugely passionate about accelerating gender diversity within leadership roles, by working with women and organisations to support female talent to rise up. In today's episode, Rachel had the honour of interviewing our very own Jo Smedley and Andy Poole - co-founders of Zest Learning. We share the behind the scenes of how Zest approach their transformative people development experience, in an honest, funny and touching interview. Find Andy here Find Jo here Please hit subscribe and continue to join us for our inspiring coffee conversations about all things human behaviour and workplace culture. Zest Learning Rachel Harriet Coaching

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