Fuzion Win Happy Podcast

On this episode I am joined by two leading economists, Chris Johns and Jim Power to discuss Chris's latest thought provoking article for the Irish Times "The Triple Whammy of Covid, Brexit and the U.S. Election". We discuss the status of Ireland and the UK, the shifting economic climate, the erosion of confidence in the last month, the long term damage to our large cities from Covid and the crises caused by lack of leadership, which is making solutions extremely difficult. We also talk about Lenin, Lennon, Women in Leadership, the Donald and Joe Biden. Enjoy the show This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty

"WTF America" is my attempt to get some natives to help explain to me some of the madness that we see but just don't fully understand. Marketing and podcast legend Christopher Lochhead and songwriting goddess Sharon Vaughn explain to me how it really is over there.  It turns out that politics in the United States is more tribal than following your football team and even when your side is clearly led by a dangerous idiot who lied about the Coronavirus that has killed 200,000 of your fellow citizens and is proven to be as corrupt and shallow as anyone you can imagine, it doesn't matter because that is your team! Enjoy the show! This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty  

A secondary school teacher and a professor in UCC turned the attention of this hurling fanatic from Ballyhea in North Cork towards a career in the arts. I chat with Executive Director of the Everyman Theatre, Sean Kelly about his life and career that included roles in Cork Opera House, Cork Film Festival and his current role, which he took in 2014. He calls this his "dream job" and we chat about the relationship with audiences, balancing commercial and artistic needs, producing their own shows and trying to keep the heart of the theatre beating during the Covid storm. Enjoy the show This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty  

I could never imagine asking a black person "if they ever wished they weren't black", but on this very open and honest podcast I asked this question and much more. Omar Bakari from Somalia, who finally emerged from Direct Provision in Ireland with his wife and two children after 9 years and Nadine Hughes Campbell from Montreal who has just had a baby (Noah!) with her Cork partner, could not have different backgrounds, but they are both black. They were kind enough to discuss the whole issue of racism, their Irish experience and their perspectives on the 'Black Lives Matter' movement. Enjoy the show..  This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty

Success Mentor and RTT Hypnotherapist, founder of Just Pause Pauline Rohdich is about to embark on the huge task of writing a book in 26 days with the guidance of 'The Author Marathon', Paggy McColl. The book called "There is another way" will be based on Pauline's life and a special moment of realisation when she was just six years of age as she knelt at home saying the rosary with the family. She has a fascinating story and life, growing up living as part of a prison, spending eight years as a garda, travelling the world as an air hostess with British Airways and then transforming after a retreat with Deepak Chopra. We chat about religion, guilt, feeling invisible, success, happiness, our ability to change, her many experiences and the book she is about to write. Enjoy the show! This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty       

"The devil is in the detail" when it comes to insurance says Richard O'Dwyer and Paddy Mettler, Managing Director and Head of Sales and Distribution at Hiscox Ireland respectively. Are we paying for things we don't need and not paying for things we do need and how do we make sure we get this right? The role of the broker, is the insurance company a friend or foe, with people working from home has risk changed, do we need cyber insurance and how business could not function without insurance are some of the things we discuss on the podcast. We also talk about happiness.. Enjoy the show! This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty  

In part two of this two part episode, Brendan Murphy of THE 4 OF US talks about the first gigs, riding the wave of success and realising quickly that you are better off driving the bus rather than being a passenger on the bus and doing all of this at a time when the music industry was experiencing huge change. We also talk about perfect moments and the magical ingredients needed for a perfect birthday...it's quite simple! Enjoy the show!  This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty

"I want to be like him" were the thoughts of the young Brendan Murphy when he first saw Elvis Presley on TV. In part one of a two part podcast we chat about the early days, loving the experience of singing "I can fly when I sing", seven years in college, taking his 15 year old brother busking in France which raised enough money for a four track recorder, which allowed 'THE 4 OF US' to make the music magic that won them a big contract with CBS and.....then came a song called Mary! Enjoy the show!   This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty

Kathleen O'Meara, the only triplet I have ever met was brought up to believe that "there were no limits to what you can do" by a mother who had to quit work as a teacher when she married and the nuns who taught her in Roscrea. Kathleen became a journalist with RTE, took a job in politics and then joined the Labour Party, ran for the Dail unsuccessfully three times and served as a Senator for 10 years We chatted about her early life, her passion for politics, the huge personal downside of that all consuming career, gender issues and discovering a passion for campaigning with the Irish Cancer Society, Rehab and now her own Public Affairs Consultancy. We also reflect on this pandemic period, how life may change and the state of Irish and foreign politics. Enjoy the show! This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty 

Four months on from our conversation at the beginning of lockdown, I have a follow up chat with Dr. Gerard Waldron, Assistant Director of Public Health in Northern Ireland to see what has changed, what have we learnt, is this what he expected and what is needed to get control of Covid-19. We also chat about the danger of fear mongering, mandatory mask wearing and the risk of this becoming an awful social norm, North/South co-operation and how international co-operation could potentially have shut Covid down, just like it has in New Zealand. Enjoy the show    This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty

Susan HayesCulleton, "The Positive Economist" of the Hayes Culleton Group comes from a small country town in County Cork and as we've heard before on this podcast, that can have it's opportunities for women. With Susan it is all about seizing those opportunities when they come along - a travel agent for teddies, school, debating, UCG, sticking your neck out and asking the question, which led to a job working for a successful businessman who ultimately became a business and life partner. Finance, women in business, the recession and Covid, the role of positivity, her many initiatives and is she really a clever marketeer, are some of the topics we covered. Enjoy the show! This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty     

When your first job is clearing glasses at the age of 10 in the family pub in Cobh, it's not hard to see how hospitality could be in your blood. Aaron Mansworth, MD of Trigon Hotels chats about his international hospitality career that has taken many twists and turns including a long spell in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York and looking after some very special long term guests, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg in a hotel in Cavan. There are three very different hotels in the Trigon group, the 123 year old Metropole Hotel, Cork International Hotel and the Cork Airport Hotel, and as they reopen post the Covid lockdown John chats about his career, the importance of mentors, developing his people and some of the challenges that the industry is facing at this difficult time. He's been there before, and this time is no different and as usual Aaron brings his positive outlook to it - We will be back! Enjoy the Show          This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Desig

Elizabeth Cope's energy and drive at the age of 68 is infectious and inspiring. The very lovely, straight talking, renowned Irish artist chats about her colourful (literally!) life that had her painting since she was just nine years of age when she was "seduced by the smell of paint". From the early days of drawing nuns in bikinis her work is often a diary of her life that like the rest of us has had it's ups and downs. She says that art never leaves her, that she is on duty 24/7 and that the "struggle is the secret of success". Enjoy the show!   This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty  

From his days growing up in the northside of Cork city playing with St Vincents, John Goulding the CEO and co-founder of Workvivo, thrives at being the underdog, taking on the big guns and winning! John chats about summers painting with his dad, working as a shoe salesman, studying at UCC and then successful, long serving roles with EMC and CoreHR before his latest move. Over two years ago this underdog started his own company with Joe Lennon, and Workvivo is already enjoying huge success as it grows from strength to strength as it helps to shape cultures in organisations with it's innovative software. Enjoy the Show! This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty  

The wonderful architect, environmentalist and TV personality, Duncan Stewart has dedicated his life to protecting the environment. Full of passion and never one to sit back and watch damage to our environment, Duncan has always taken a lead - he protests, he produces TV shows such as ECO-EYE, Our House and About The House. In this fascinating, lively discussion we talk about the early "hillbilly" life, building sites, protests, wild life decline, humans causing Covid, Donald Trump, Black Lives Matter and a planet on the brink. Enjoy the Show   This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty   

This episode is a gem for any startups out there.. We have a big chat with Eamon Curtin, Programme Director, Michelle Dorgan, Programme Manager and four of the participants of the 2020 UCC IGNITE Business Incubation Programme for startups. We discuss "ugly babies", the process as ideas become businesses, the changes of direction, the benefits and learnings of the group dynamic, creating the right environment for ideas to flourish and the truth that there are "no straight lines" from initial idea to launch. The IGNITE participants in this show included: - Anzhelika Samiulova - Conor Hayes - Emer Keaveney - Luke O'Mahony Enjoy the show!   This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty

Gina Murphy's passion for the hospitality industry and for her customers is infectious. Here she chats about the trauma of the sudden shutdown of her wonderful and very well known restaurant, Hugo's, on Merrion Row in Dublin and the very careful preparation for the re-opening. We also discover where the passion for this life comes from and we learn about her fantastic mum, Pat who had her own special way of raising her family. Enjoy the show! This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty      

In this episode Greg chats with the very lovely and passionate Corkonian, Paula Cogan who is the President of Cork Chamber in it's 200th year and is Head of Sales of The Doyle Collection. Paula chats about her role in Chamber, her love of Cork, that place that "pleasantly surprises" people and her busy role within the hospitality industry. She describes herself as someone who loves getting stuck in, hates the "hurlers on the ditch" and she speaks about active citizenship and her accidental career in hospitality. Enjoy the show!   This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty

In this fascinating chat with Robert Bourke, Partner in Charge of Solicitors firm, HOMS Assist we discuss the subtle differences between practising law in Dublin, Limerick and Cork where they have offices and the many legal issues that are and will arise from the Covid19 crisis. These include issues regarding family law, nursing homes, health care workers, duty of care with employees, missing life critical medical procedures, landlord and tenant breakdowns and GDPR. We also chat about running a business with a large team, the role of sport in his life and literally losing his 81 year old mother at the airport after the Heineken Cup final in Cardiff! Enjoy the show..       This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty

In the middle of the Covid19 lockdown I had a big chat with the 11 year old rapper, Darren Stewart aka MC Tiny from Knocknaheeney in Cork. He spoke about the magical moment he first entered The Kabin run by Gary, GMC Beats, the latest hit track from the Kabin Crew that he featured on, "Ya Boy", appearing in The Young Offenders and Christy and making a special appearance on The Late Late Toy Show. He reflects on Covid, living in the Northside of Cork and praying that he can make Tramore for more special memories with the family this summer. He says "Shut your gob boy, will ya" was the classic line from the short film Christy. Enjoy the show!   This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty