At Work With...
by Ana Merchant
Latest episode
What It Actually Takes to Build a Community From Nothing | Monique…
What It Actually Takes to Build a Community From Nothing | Monique…
About this podcast
Step into 'At Work With...', where we uncover the real, unfiltered stories behind successful careers. Join us as industry leaders share their breakthrough moments, spectacular failures, and unconventional paths to the top. No corporate jargon or polished PR answers – just honest conversations about what it really takes to build a remarkable career.
Whether you're climbing the corporate ladder, considering a career pivot, or building your own empire, join us as we decode success, one conversation at a time.
< New episodes drop every other Monday. Hosted by Ana Merchant >
Episodes
The newest 20 of 33 episodes
- What It Actually Takes to Build a Community From Nothing | Monique Hodgson · 1 h 0 minIn this video, Monique Vega Hodgson shares how growing up surrounded by strong women in Panama, studying fashion in Milan, and working in diplomacy eventually led her to create…
- The Woman Behind Anatomy of a Leader on Learning to Start Again | Maria Hvorostovsky · 1 h 6 minIn this video, Maria Hvorostovsky shares how growing up around performers, building a career in executive search, losing both her mother and stepfather, and undergoing unexpected…
- Dr. Eliza Filby on Money, Class and the Things We Inherit · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 1In this video, Eliza Filby shares how growing up in a financially complicated, class-conscious South London family shaped her understanding of money, privilege, inheritance, and…
- This Former BBC Presenter Was Made Redundant — Then Built Two 7-Figure Businesses | Arti Halai · 1 h 6 minIn this video, Arti Halai shares how she went from being an extremely shy child to becoming one of the few South Asian faces on British television, building two seven-figure…
- Why the System Around Working Parents Is Broken | Sophie Bruce · 45 minIn this video, Sophie Bruce shares how the invisible mental load of modern parenting inspired her to leave a high-performing corporate career and build MOLO, an AI-powered…
- She Was Shamed For Her Body. Now She Teaches Women To Love Theirs · 53 minIn this video, Nana Crawford shares how rediscovering dance through samba and twerk helped her rebuild her relationship with her body, her identity, and her joy after motherhood…
- She Left Harvard to Solve Period Poverty | Ira Guha, Founder of Asan Cup · 44 minIn this video, Ira Guha shares how her journey from Bangalore to Cambridge, Accenture, Harvard, and eventually rural India led her to create Asan Cup and take on period…
- Amazon Executive: I Had No Roadmap, No Connections, And Nothing To Lose | Mimi Swain · 39 min🧪 1N Labs — consciously formulated nicotine products for adults who already use oral nicotine, made with high-quality ingredients and tested in UK labs. 👉…
- The Hidden Cost of High Performance | Zertashia Awan · 59 min · Season 2 Episode 1🧪 1N Labs — consciously formulated nicotine products for adults who already use oral nicotine, made with high-quality ingredients and tested in UK labs. 👉…
- A BBC Journalist on Grief: The Ugly, Honest, Unfiltered Version · 46 minIn this episode, Barbara Want shares how the death of her husband, BBC Radio 4 presenter Nick Clarke, reshaped her understanding of grief — and why she believes loss never…
- Trailer: BBC Journalist and Author, Barbara Want. · 1 minTW: cancer, loss, and grief. I cried on camera for the first time. Five episodes in, and I've kept it together through every conversation. But sitting across from Barbara Want…
- A Coach Told Him He'd Never Make It. He Won Olympic Gold | British Rower Morgan Bolding · 49 minIn this video, Olympic gold medalist Morgan Bolding shares how growing up in care, being adopted by his grandparents, and entering rowing through a state school — not the private…
- Why Hard Work Isn't Enough: The Truth About "Unfair Advantages” | Hasan Kubba · 42 minIn this video, entrepreneur and best selling author Hasan Kubba shares how an unconventional, non-linear path — from dropping out of biomedical science to building a…
- I Left a "Glamorous" NYC Life to Build a Nicotine Brand | Terry Seal of 1n Labs · 40 minIn this episode, Terry Seal shares her journey from moving 12 times as a child to becoming CEO of a celebrity chef's empire in New York, to founding 1n Labs, a nicotine brand…
- What It Really Takes to Build a Business (No Hype Version) | Rayan Jawad, Co-Founder of GrowthStudio · 41 minIn this episode, Rayan Jawad shares his journey from growing up in a one-bedroom flat above a shop to co-founding Growth Studio, a company that has helped over 650 startups scale…
- The Biggest Lie You’ve Been Told About Confidence | Aliya Rajah · 37 minIn this video, Aliya Rajah shares her journey from feeling insecure to becoming one of the leading life coaches in the UAE. They discuss misconceptions about confidence, the…
- TRAILER: At Work With... Aliya Rajah | Executive Presence & Public Speaking Coach · 1 minStay tuned for the upcoming episode with Aliya Rajah, Executive Presence & Public Speaking Coach
- “I Realised Success Without Meaning Wasn’t Success at All.” — Purpose, EQ & Non-Linear Careers | Rich Hua · 51 minWhat happens when success no longer feels meaningful? In this episode of At Work With…, I’m joined by Rich Hua — former founder of EPIC Leadership at Amazon and creator of…
- "The Regret of Not Trying Is Always Bigger" | Kim Antoniou | Founder, Auris Tech & Fonetti | Tech-for-Good Leader · 1 h 1 minIn this uplifting conversation, founder and tech-for-good innovator Kim Antoniou shares the remarkable journey behind Kafoodle and Fonetti — two companies born from deeply…
- “This isn’t just a job — it’s personal.” – Hilary Evans-Newton CBE | CEO of Alzheimer’s Research UK · 1 h 3 minIn this conversation, Hilary Evans-Newton, CEO of Alzheimer's Research UK, shares her journey in the third sector, balancing leadership with motherhood, and the challenges faced…
