Are We Nearly There Yet?
What does the financial services business of the future look like? It’s 2023. We’re in an age of artificial intelligence, digital data and supercomputers. So, er, why is the financial services industry still using pens, paper and post? In this episode, Olga is joined by global futurist and innov…
Living The Dream
What will make financial services a sector where people want to work and stay? The lack of diversity in financial services is putting people off joining the industry - brilliant people who could be bringing much-needed skills, new ideas and different perspectives to the sector. In this episode, O…
Something's Gotta Give
Who will take one for the team for a better, fairer financial system? Financial services and technology are moving fast. But stop. We need to pause and ask ourselves what we’re really doing, and who for, otherwise we risk not making progress at all. In this episode, Olga is joined by Adah Parris,…
Work in Progress
What is the future of work? It’s the question everyone wants the answer to. Has anyone got it right yet? The jury’s out. One thing’s for sure, we all want to work smarter, not longer. In this episode, Olga is joined by Charlotte Lockhart, co-founder of 4 Day Week Global. She talks about why a fo…
The 2.5 Trillion Dollar Question
Can responsible investing change the world? It’s going to take $2.5 trillion to solve the world’s societal and environmental problems. Financial services have the means to help, but first, the industry must ask itself some big and difficult questions. One man who’s not afraid to ask those questio…
Why So Serious?
Do financial services need to lighten up? Everyone loves a deal, and this time, you’re getting two for one as Olga is joined by fellow stand-up comedian and consumer champion Vix Leyton. In this episode, Olga and Vix find the funny in everything from car insurance to student bank accounts and bad…
Chicken Little
How can financial services fight AI-based cybercrime? Deep fakes and voice cloning are being used in increasingly sophisticated and nefarious ways, raising questions about what’s real and who we can trust. In this episode, comedian Olga Koch is joined by Skeeve Stevens, ex-hacker and founder of T…
No Doubt About It
How do we stop imposter syndrome getting in the way of success? 70% of people get imposter syndrome and it also negatively impacts organisations, particularly in high-performance cultures like financial services. In this episode, comedian Olga Koch is joined by confidence coach, Alison Shamir. Sh…
That’s A Problem For Future Olga
How do we get more people to understand the importance of financial planning? Making a financial decision is scientifically proven to be one of the hardest things for a human to do. We just can’t get our heads round it, so we bury them in the sand instead. In this episode, comedian Olga Koch is j…
Elevator Pitch
What would Don Draper do to promote financial advice? Not enough people seek financial advice. Most think it’s only for the wealthy and don’t fully understand all the services a financial adviser can provide. Sounds to us like a classic marketing problem. In this episode, comedian Olga Koch is j…