7 Skills for the Future

This week, Emma Sue speaks to Verity De Yong.After spending more time cooking at home during lockdown, Verity noticed how much waste was being produced.Using her background in fine art, Verity began experimenting with the skins of fruits and vegetables to create natural dye.This has led to the creation of VED Cooks - a range of linen napkins, table cloths and placemats hand dyed by Verity in her kitchen.Verity tells her fascinating story and offers helpful advice to entrepreneurs at the start of their journey.PIVOT:Whilst cooking more in lockdown Verity founded her new business.What did you think of this episode? Be sure to rate, review and subscribe to hear more from the 7 Skills for the Future Podcast.Take a look at Verity’s products - www.vedcooks.com or shop on glassette.com and follow her journey on Instagram: @vedcooks

This week, Emma Sue speaks to Tahir Hajat. Tahir has had a wide, varied and fascinating career from working in factories and working with young offenders to hosting global sports events.Tahir shares his skills, community experiences and explains how that can lead to life changing opportunities.His passion for supporting young people outweighs everything else.Tahir is fundamentally a kind, giving, resilient individual who works incredibly hard on a daily basis to provide young people with a new start - all whilst juggling his incredible career and family life.To Tahir, everything is an opportunity to grow, learn and reflect.Tahir displays so many of the 7 Skills without realising but particularly his resilience and optimism stand out.PIVOT: From not being the best student (his words!) to creating a multifaceted career and inspiring others.What did you think of this episode? Be sure to rate, review and subscribe to hear more from the 7 Skills for the Future Podcast.Keep up with Tahir Hajat's journey on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tahirhajat/, his website here: http://www.tahirhajat.com/ and take a look at the work The Mighty Creatives do: https://themightycreatives.com

This week, Emma Sue speaks to Penny Bell.An award-winning podcaster, Penny shares her story learning more about dementia, caring for loved ones, career changes, creating the Discovering Dementia and her experience as a nurse in the NHS.Penny’s mother was diagnosed with mixed dementia (Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia) and Penny wanted to share as much information about what she had learnt and her mothers quality of life.With her passion for media andpodcasting she created her own - Discovering Dementia which recently won Best Wellbeing Podcast 2021.In her discussion with Emma Sue, Penny honestly shares her life changing career paths at a later stage and displays a number of the 7 Skills.PIVOT: Changing career paths drastically from nurse to podcaster with great success.What did you think of this episode? Be sure to rate, review and subscribe to hear more from the 7 Skills for the Future Podcast.Keep up with Penny’s journey on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcastpenny/ and twitter: https://twitter.com/pennymbell?lang=enTake a look at the Discovering Dementia podcast here: https://www.discoveringdementia.co.uk and on instagram @discoveringdementia and twitter @dementiapodcast

This week, Emma Sue speaks to Thomas Kochs. Thomas Kochs is the managing director of The Corinthia Hotel in London. Thomas openly reveals the challenges, highs and lows of navigating the pandemic leading one of the top hotels in England. Thomas is truthful, kind and charming, his way with words is unique. He explores the changes in priorities, passion and his willingness to have open conversations . Emma Sue was fortunate enough to record this episode with Thomas in person, the most elegant guest we’ve had so far!PIVOT: COVID-19 forced The Corinthia London to shut its doors, as Managing Director, Thomas Kochs is finding new ways to support the industry and his staff.What did you think of this episode? Be sure to rate, review and subscribe to hear more from the 7 Skills for the Future Podcast.Keep up with Thomas on instagram https://www.instagram.com/thomas.kochs/?hl=enFor information about The Corinthia London, view their website https://www.corinthia.com/london/ and for careers opportunities https://www.corinthia.com/careers/

This week, Emma Sue speaks to Laura Price. Laura spent years working as a financial writer until she was diagnosed with cancer. This made her reassess her happiness and she has changed industry and penned her own novel Single Bald Female. Laura is a delight to speak to - incredibly motivational, real and open. Laura and Emma Sue explore the challenges of navigating careers vs happiness and making changes at various stages of life.PIVOT: Being diagnosed with cancer, quitting her job just before COVID, Laura is releasing a book based on her experiences.What did you think of this episode? Be sure to rate, review and subscribe to hear more from the 7 Skills for the Future Podcast.Keep up with Laura’s journey and work on twitter @laurapricewrite and instagram @laurapricewritesSingle Bald Female is set for release in April 2022For breast cancer resources and tips on checking your boobs, take a look at CoppaFeel here: https://coppafeel.org/

This week, Emma Sue speaks to Liam Meyer. His father, David, passed away due to COVID 19 at the start of the pandemic.Over the past 18 months, Liam has accomplished more than most have in a lifetime selflessly.Due to restrictions Liam noted how difficult the grieving process was for those without being able to go to their usual support system.He created the Alone Together Facebook Group as a support system for grieving individuals which grew rapidly and garnered a lot of press attention. From there he became involved with Gareth Malone's Choir, founded another campaign to support men's mental health all whilst working for the NHS. A truly inspirational individual, Liam Meyer displays a strength, resilience and optimism like no other.PIVOT: Following the death of his father DAVID, Liam has created support networks across the UK.What did you think this episode? Be sure to rate, review and subscribe to hear more from the 7 Skills for the Future Podcast.Follow Liam's Journey on twitter:https://twitter.com/liamjmeyer?lang=en, become involved with the Alone Together and find resources here:https://www.alonetogether.com