We discuss the achievements of two highly influential retail innovators.  Harry Selfridge (1858 - 1947) was an American who created the great department store in Oxford Street, London which carries his name.  Ingvar Kamprad (1926 - 2018) was the Swedish entrepreneur who created IKEA and built it into a huge global brand while retaining its frugal Swedish culture.

We review the work of two contrasting musical icons.  Madonna (born 1958) is the Queen of pop music.  She has sold over 300 million records and is recognised as the best-selling female recording artist of all time.   Miles Davis (1926 - 1991) is a legendary trumpeter, composer and bandleader.

The stories of two great American entrepreneurs whose products and companies are familiar to us today.  Levi Strauss (1829 - 1902) was the creator of the iconic fashion item, the blue jean.  Ray Kroc (1902 - 1984),  born in the year that Strauss died, was the entrepreneur who built McDonalds into the world's most successful fast food chain.

We review insights from the brilliant work of some of the giants of the Internet.  Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, is the geek who changed the world.  Larry Page and Sergey Brin were the two graduate students who created Google - almost by accident.

We look at two great inventors.  Johannes Gutenberg (1398 - 1468) was the German craftsman who invented the printing press, which had a truly groundbreaking effect across Europe.  George de Mestral (1907 - 1990) was a Swiss Engineer who invented Velcro.  In this short episode we learn powerful innovation lessons from these inventors.

In this short broadcast we tell the stories of two great media moguls.  Oprah Winfrey rose from a disadvantaged background to become one of the most influential people in the world.  Sideny Bernstein founded Granada TV and in doing so displayed a remarkable piece of lateral thinking.

In this episode we look at the achievements of two great modern day entrepreneurs.  Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon.  Elon Musk is a serial entrepreneur who built Paypal, SpaceX and Tesla Motors.

Edward Jenner (1749 - 1823) was an English country doctor who discovered the smallpox vaccine.  Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910) was the founder of modern nursing.  These two innovators had enormous influence over subsequent medical practice and their actions have saved millions of lives.  We can learn some powerful lessons from their stories.

In today's episode we look at the work of two radical rule-breakers and business innovators.  Anita Roddick was an entrepreneur and activist who founded the Body Shop.  Don Estridge is known as the "father of the IBM PC".  What can we learn from these two revolutionaries?

In this episode we look at the actions of two visonary leaders, Mahatma Gandhi and John F Kennedy.   How did these political giants inspire their countrymen to take on and accomplish difficult challenges?  

In this episode we explore the work of two towering legends of popular music, David Bowie and Freddie Mercury.  What made them so influential?  What lessons can we learn from their ground-breaking creations?