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Monocle Radio’s weekly tour of the most inspiring people, companies and ideas in global business, from startups to heritage brands, covering the best in hospitality, design, fashion and retail.

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Wednesday · 28 min
Special brew: Hot takes on the future of coffee from the leaders of La Marzocco and Hagen
The CEO of La Marzocco tells us how the 100-year-old company evolved from a small workshop to a global lifestyle brand. Plus: Tim Schroeder on how Hagen leveraged Danish coffee culture to stand out in the industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
September 30 · 31 min
Seizing their moment: Founders of Moment Group Abba Napa and Eliza Antonino welcome Monocle to Manila
Manila special: Founders of Moment Group Abba Napa and Eliza Antonino have transformed the city’s restaurant scene in less than a decade. Plus: meet the general manager of Mandarin Oriental Makati. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
September 23 · 30 min
On the move: How innovators are changing the face and the fashion of urban mobility
The founder of Envo, Ali Kazemkhani, explains how creating smaller, lighter micro-electric vehicles can reshape urban mobility. Plus: we venture into the workshop at Seattle’s Cascade Bicycle Studio (pictured). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
September 16 · 29 min
Future-proof and fashion forward: how Daniel Ervér is evolving H&M Group
Daniel Ervér, the CEO of H&M Group, explains how he’s working to ensure the relevance of its brands for new generations – without compromising the group’s sustainability and long-term responsibility. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
September 9 · 27 min
Pivoting with purpose: the founders channelling entrepreneurial smarts into game-changing organisations
Laura Hackney is the founder of AnnieCannons, an organisation that prepares vulnerable, overlooked people for sustainable careers in tech. Plus: The Fintech leader swapping payment platforms for a focus on women’s health. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
September 2 · 27 min
The CEO making an art of outstanding service
Ben Clark runs Cadogan Tate, a world-leading specialist in the movement and care of fine art. Clark tells us how the wealthiest individuals and institutions collect and build across borders – and his plans for the business. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 26 · 28 min
Pivot quickly and don’t take anything too personally: business lessons from a six-time Silicon Valley CEO
We discuss the ups and downs of starting a business with serial entrepreneur Mike Grossman, author of Failure Is an Option. Plus: Champagne and Friends founder Dan Roznov on the industry’s climate-related challenges. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 19 · 27 min
Cool for the summer: Fruttini’s ‘fruit givré’
We meet Marie-Laure Pollet co-founder of Fruttini, a playful haute-glacerie in Paris serving refreshing ‘fruit givré’. She tells Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco about the frozen-dessert business and breathing new life into a retro French favourite. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 12 · 30 min
How e-bike operator Forest got more Londoners on two wheels
We meet Caroline Seton, co-founder of Forest, an e-bike operator in London offering affordable, app-based bike hire across the capital. Plus: Gustav Gyllenhammar, Spotify senior vice-president of markets and subscriptions, talks about the company’s impressive growth as it celebrates its 20th anniversary. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 5 · 32 min
Can Qantas’ Project Sunrise redefine long-haul travel?
We are in Toulouse as Qantas unveils the aircraft that it hopes will redefine long-haul travel with 22-hour direct flights from Sydney to London and New York. Plus: we meet the CEO of Aquarius Aerial Firefighting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 29 · 29 min
No booze, no lose: Meet the founders drinking to an alcohol-free future
As more alcohol-free drinks hit the shelves, we meet two founders who carved their own path in the booming market. Lucy Isles talks about Sablière, an alcohol-free sparkling cuvée from Edinburgh. And: we head to Merano to meet Maria-Elisabeth Laimer, co-founder of Italy’s first handcrafted alcohol-free beer, Freedl. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 22 · 31 min
The case for sabbaticals: Why businesses benefit when workers take ‘Big Time Off’
Harvard Business School lecturer DJ DiDonna talks about the importance of sabbaticals and why intentionality in time away from work is a win-win for employees and bosses alike. He shares findings from his new book, ‘Big Time Off: The Transformative Power of Sabbaticals and How to Take One’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 15 · 28 min
Neurospace: How a Berlin space start-up landed contracts with Nasa and SpaceX
We meet the founder of Neurospace, the only privately funded German space start-up to have secured contracts with both Nasa and SpaceX. Plus: We visit Slatnar, a Slovenia-based ski-maker. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 8 · 27 min
Skyfirst CEO Olivier Perdriel on geopolitical flight-path disruptions and the future of private aviation
Olivier Perdriel stops by Monocle’s Paris bureau to discuss his boutique aviation business, which started with a single aircraft and now operates a fleet of long-range and ultra-long-range jets. He discusses navigating geopolitical uncertainty and why relationships remain his company’s greatest competitive advantage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
July 1 · 29 min
The business of better running with the founders of One Track Club
Anthony and Laura Fletcher, the husband-and-wife co-founders of One Track Club, discuss how they turned a free running club into a fast-growing business and share lessons on what it takes to scale a personalised service. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
June 24 · 29 min
CEO Jean-Marie Mognetti on building CoinShares
Jean-Marie Mognetti, the CEO and co-founder of CoinShares, talks about how he helped build one of Europe's leading-digital asset managers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
June 17 · 27 min
How a boutique studio landed the Obama Presidential Center brief
As the Barack Obama Presidential Center opens in Chicago, we meet a husband-and-wife team whose brand studio was appointed the prime design partner for the historic civil landmark. Tom Crabtree and Patricia Callaway discuss Manual’s work with the Obama Foundation and the inherent challenges to a presidential commission. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
June 10 · 28 min
A visit to France’s biggest sauna, Sant Roch, and Publicisdrugstore
Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco meets Chloé Bouscatel, co-founder of Sant Roch, Paris’s newest and largest sauna. Plus: Fernando chats champagne and magazines with the CEO of Publicisdrugstore, a Parisian institution on the Champs-Élysées. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
June 3 · 29 min
Design that changes how we see the world: Tombino and ÖÖD
Architect and designer Jason Lempieri speaks about Tombino, a project that turns manhole-cover designs from cities around the world into functional art. Plus: we head to Tallinn to meet Andreas Tiik, co-founder of ÖÖD. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 27 · 28 min
Roland Horne on scaling WatchHouse cafés, from London and Abu Dhabi to New York
We meet Roland Horne, founder and CEO of WatchHouse, a coffee chain with almost 30 global locations and counting. Plus: former private-jet broker Alex Hunter discusses why he left aviation to pursue hospitality and the relocation of his celebrated Chelsea restaurant, The Sea, The Sea, to a bigger site. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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