Guests come from all walks of life share their hardest moments, explore what they have learnt from being on the edge, and to give advice on how to navigate the world we are living in. This podcast is hosted by Charlie Peschardt, a consultant and coach with over 20 years experience as a leader and
He lived the pro rugby dream, built a 10-person consultancy, then burned out and shrank it on purpose. What Mark Soden learned about success, resilience and the stories we tell ourselves. In this episode of The Resilient Edge, Charlie Peschardt speaks with Mark Soden - former Northampton rugby player, founder of leadership and human factors consultancy ClearTrack, co-founder of new simulation venture Fourth Wall, and a proud patron of the Social Mobility Business Partnership. Mark's journey took him from a Leicester state school to the Premiership, through redundancy in the Lehman Brothers…
He defused bombs in the Balkans, verified Syria's chemical weapons, and now advises boardrooms on the risks that could take them down. In this episode of The Resilient Edge, Charlie Peschardt speaks with Jerry Smith, OBE - a malicious risk and resilience specialist with over 35 years across the British Army, UK civil service, the UN, and the private sector, working in more than 40 countries on four continents. Jerry traces his path from a reserve SAS selection at 19, through bomb disposal tours in the former Yugoslavia, to serving as senior UN advisor and negotiator leading the verification…
She was a Red Cross caseworker in Manhattan after 9/11 while her own apartment burned down. Two decades later she's scaling a UK solar company on grit, Kaizen, and "eating glass." In this episode of The Resilient Edge, Charlie Peschardt speaks with Amanda Spicer - co-founder and director of YourECO, a UK commercial solar business. Amanda's career began in disaster relief with the American Red Cross after 9/11, before moving through pharmaceuticals and biotech (GSK and beyond) and eventually into clean energy, where she's spent the last five years building Your ECO's culture and systems using…
From a Silicon Valley hack house to mine action in Gaza, Dave Luke breaks down risk, resilience, and why "hat, haircut, tattoo" might be the best decision-making framework you've never heard of. Picking up from Part 1, Charlie Peschardt continues his conversation with Dave Luke - Army officer turned entrepreneur, and founder of Artios Global, a humanitarian and mine action consultancy working everywhere from Gaza to Côte d'Ivoire. Dave and Charlie dig into what commercial acumen really means, why capital of every kind (financial, technical, and emotional) has to be balanced, and what's next…
He led paratroopers into Afghanistan, ran an Ebola response as a civilian for the first time in his life, and once took a career-defining job interview sat in a towel, googling "Liberia" mid-call. What Dave Luke learned about ego, vulnerability, and building a life - and a business - around service instead of rank. In this episode, Charlie Peschardt speaks with Dave Luke - Royal Engineer officer turned humanitarian country director and co-founder of Artios Global, a mine-action and capacity-building consultancy. Dave's path took him from paratrooper training and two operational tours,…
She responded to the Boxing Day tsunami, built cash systems in the BVI after back-to-back hurricanes, and represented 3,500 UN staff through one of the most turbulent years in UNICEF's history. What Zehra Rizvi learned about resilience, accountability, and why "leading with love and kindness" can be a winning strategy. In this episode of The Resilient Edge, Charlie Peschardt speaks with Zehra Rizvi - humanitarian veteran, cash programming pioneer, and self-described "dogmatic" believer in personal growth. Zehra has worked with the Red Cross, the UN, governments, and independent consultancies…
He promised his dying father he'd keep the family care home alive - then built a tech startup to help the entire sector. In this episode of The Resilient Edge, Charlie Peschardt speaks with Dave Lim - Founder & CEO of Care Champion, a SaaS product company dedicated to improving care delivery in Care Homes. Dave shares his journey as a former corporate product and marketing leader who left a comfortable career to keep a promise to his father and ended up building care-planning software from the ground up. Dave's journey took him from running his father's care home through the post-COVID…
From working in the mainstream media to attending a talk about social enterprises overseas to launching one. In this episode of The Resilient Edge, Charlie Peschardt speaks with Andrea Gamson - social entrepreneur, author of Social Starters: Make Changing the World Your Business, and founder of Netshift and Regenerous. We cover how Andrea started a global social enterprise, why a master's degree in regenerative economics radically changed her worldview, and how she helps businesses and leaders work with purpose. In this conversation we get into: How a freelancing experiment became a global…
"Be More Buffalo" might be the best business strategy you've never heard of. In this episode of The Resilient Edge, Charlie Peschardt speaks with Nick Spicer - Army officer turned entrepreneur, CEO of Your Eco Solar, and founder of Veterans in Solar. Nick's journey took him from the quiet villages of Buckinghamshire to the front lines of Iraq, before committing to a brutal commercial apprenticeship, and eventually into building a renewable energy business from scratch - with a young family and no safety net. Oh, and he once accidentally triggered an emergency rescue beacon in the Sahara…
He thought a category 5 hurricane, a pandemic, and a government corruption inquiry would break the force - instead they built it. In this episode of The Resilient Edge, Charlie Peschardt speaks with Mick Matthews - former Commissioner of Police in the British Virgin Islands, deputy chair of the BVI Ports Authority, and now consultant with Unite BVI. Mick served 39 years in policing across Kent, Gloucestershire, Cyprus, and ultimately the BVI, where he led the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force through some of the most demanding consecutive crises any senior officer could face: Hurricanes Irma…
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Guests come from all walks of life share their hardest moments, explore what they have learnt from being on the edge, and to give advice on how to navigate the world we are living in. This podcast is hosted by Charlie Peschardt, a consultant and coach with over 20 years experience as a leader and
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