I welcome Ben Rickard to my podcast. Ben is an experienced interim and fractional CDO, a NED and advisor with an expert domain knowledge in marketing, digital, data and tech. Ben and I have been discussing the interim and fractional space for a while, and I am glad he found the time to record his ideas around this exciting and growing space.   Things we discussed: CDO: data or digital officer Ben being a NED to parliament (not the government) Teams with different super powers His urge to get involved and do things Launching on his own during the pandemic Value proposition Taking the risk of going out on your own Confidence Networking with people and selling yourself Delivering a proof of concept before getting paid How to overcome the hurdle of selling oneself (as a non sales guy) How to utilise LinkedIn for winning business The learning of going through the process of setting up on your own Variety and lifestyle choice of being an interim and fractional CxO Being able to choose: from interim to full time to consultant - a career is fluid Portfolio Career and labelling of services The Portfolio Collective: https://portfolio-collective.com The value add of an interim / fractional leader to start- and scale-ups Expert networks Smart people who hire (people like) us😉 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benrickard/ Website: https://www.benrickard.com