Sparks
by Cegos UK | Cegos US
Latest episode
How to build a world-class team: Sparks in NYC part 1
How to build a world-class team: Sparks in NYC part 1
About this podcast
Sparks is an original Cegos UK & US podcast. In each episode of Sparks we speak to experts to help individuals, teams, leaders, and organisations ignite their professional and personal life.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 73 episodes
- How to build a world-class team: Sparks in NYC part 1 · 38 min · Season 5 Episode 4This Episode of Sparks, Jonna and Em hit the Big Apple.On the busy streets of NYC, they delve into team building at its core and ask viewers to look introspectively at their…
- Community for Sale: What Makes Us Feel We Belong? · 34 min · Season 5 Episode 3We're Cegos, an International leader in Learning and Development, that have been helping companies thrive since 1926.Sparks is our UK based podcast where we share advice and tips…
- The Time Culture Gap at Work: Poly/Mono-chronic working · 35 min · Season 5 Episode 2We're Cegos, an International leader in Learning and Development that have been helping companies thrive since 1926. Sparks is our UK based podcast where we share advice and tips…
- The Duty of Fidelity: Is Asking For 100% From Your Team Extreme? · 29 min · Season 5 Episode 1We're Cegos, an International leader in Learning and Development that have been helping companies thrive since 1926.Sparks is our UK based podcast where we share advice and tips…
- We've Managed Projects for Years, Here's What You Need To Know · 43 min · Season 4 Episode 5In this episode of Sparks, Milly is joined by a very familiar guest — someone she’s managed projects with for years, our very own creative director. This episode is an honest…
- Our Top 2025 Learning & Development Tips | The Complete Rundown · 14 min · Season 4 Episode 3Welcome to Sparks. In this special episode, Sam takes a step back to revisit the moments that really shaped our conversations in 2025. We’ve pulled together ten standout insights…
- How To Turn a Client Relationship Into a True Partnership · 35 min · Season 4 Episode 2In this episode of Sparks, Milly is joined in the studio by Em, an Executive Learning Director with plenty of experience in turning client relationships into long-term…
- How Your Brain Tricks You When You're Buying! · 27 min · Season 4 Episode 5In this episode of Sparks, Milly welcomes two of our Learning Consultants Simone Sullivan and Reuben Fletcher-Louis for a conversation that gets right under the skin of human…
- The Secrets to Setting Boundaries at Work · 44 min · Season 4 Episode 4Where do you draw the line when it comes to clients, colleagues, and your own capacity? In this episode of Sparks, host Milly is joined by Sita, our Senior Account Manager and…
- Stop Excluding Learners: Accessible Design Tips from Learning & Development Experts · 35 min · Season 4 Episode 3This week, host Milly is joined in the studio by Gaby, our Head of Studio, and Simone, one of our Learning Consultants, for a crucial conversation about accessible design in…
- The Truth About Unconscious Bias in Hiring! · 30 min · Season 4 Episode 2In this episode of Sparks, Milly sits down with Phoebe Shaw from Give a Grad a Go to unpack what diversity and inclusion really means in hiring today. From unconscious bias to…
- It's Not All Planting Trees — How Our London Team Makes CSR Matter · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 1In this episode of Sparks, Milly is joined by one of our learning consultants, Blair, and client delivery & HR manager Sharon for a conversation about all things CSR. From how to…
- Is Employee Engagement out and Employee Fulfilment in? · 39 min · Season 3 Episode 8On this episode of Sparks, we're exploring a topic that's shaping the future of work: employee fulfilment. This week, Milly is joined by Grace French, where they challenge the…
- What Every First-Time Manager Needs to Hear · 42 min · Season 8 Episode 8In this episode of Sparks, Milly invites Hannah Frame from BAE systems to speak about the messy, rewarding, and surprising journey of learning to love management. From asking for…
- Resilient Managers: How to Overcome Managers' Fatigue · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 7Feeling the weight of management? In this episode of Sparks, a podcast by Cegos, Milly is joined by Emilie West, where they dive into a growing workplace challenge - management…
- Victory Under Pressure: What Sarina Wiegman's Taught us About Leading on Pitch · 41 min · Season 3 Episode 6In this episode of Sparks, our host Milly Gladstone is joined by Emily Link, a Director here at Cegos, and Lizzie Finch, one of our Marketing Executives, to dive into the…
- Leading When You're Not Succeeding: How to Lead When the Chips Are Against You · 47 min · Season 3 Episode 5In this episode of Sparks, Milly kicks off a powerful conversation on what it really means to lead when things aren't going to plan. Part of our mini-series on leadership and…
- You've Got to Get on Board: Managing in a Merger · 53 min · Season 3 Episode 4In this Sparks episode, Milly Gladstone speaks with Jonna Sercombe and Louise Connors about what it’s really like to lead big, complex change—like a major acquisition and…
- Team Lead to Business Leader: Strategy, Failure, & Knowing When to Step In · 48 min · Season 3 Episode 3In this episode of Sparks, Milly is joined by Cameron Swan and Nathan Rager for a conversation that digs into the real differences between managing a team and managing a business…
- Why Lack of Alignment Is Silently Destroying Your Workplace · 50 min · Season 3 Episode 2How much damage can a lack of alignment do to a workplace without anyone even realising it? In this episode of Sparks, Milly, Jonna, and Emily get under the surface of a hidden…







