Apr 16, 2026
How do you manage the pressure of being in the hot seat, day in day out?
Viv speaks to Katharine Viner, editor-in-chief of The Guardian since 2015, when she became the first woman to hold the position in the newspaper’s 194-year history. Under her leadership, the paper has created a successful strategy of reader...
Apr 9, 2026
How do you find the courage to keep changing the course of
your career and try something new?
Viv speaks to Amy Poon, who grew up in her family's famous
Poon's restaurant business, and pursued various careers including
art dealing and PR, before settling on her current career as a food
entrepreneur. Her Chinese food...
Apr 2, 2026
How can you use disappointment to fuel your future
success?
Viv talks to Maria Semple, who wrote the bestselling
novel, Where D’You Go, Bernadette, after bouncing back from
the disappointment of her first novel not making it
big. Her new book, Go Gentle is the darkly funny story
of Adora Hazzard, a woman who thinks...
Mar 26, 2026
How do you cultivate self-belief when barriers get in the way
of your goals?
Viv talks to I.Stephanie Boyce, a solicitor who went on to
become president of the Law Society - the first person of colour to
hold that title. Yet, in her early years, she had been told that
law would not be an attainable career for...
Mar 19, 2026
How can you develop a leadership style that is calm and
non-forceful?
Viv talks to Sanna Marin, the former Prime Minister of
Finland, who was the youngest ever elected female leader of a
country, when she took that position at the age of 34. One of
her major achievements when in power was overseeing
Finland...