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Hosted by Emyr Afan · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 24 episodes
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Inside the Maverick Mind is an invite-only vodcast hosted by Emyr Afan — long-form conversations with people who don’t quite fit the mould. Each episode features a Maverick from business, fintech, innovation, tech and the creative world, revealing how they think, what drives them, and how they turn “you can’t” into “watch me.” Episodes drop weekly on YouTube, with audio available on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. Subscribe and back your own Maverick mind.
Emyr Afan hosts Inside The Maverick Mind, a business show with 24 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail She skipped six weeks of school, rang in pretending to be her own mother — and that same school later celebrated her as one of its most successful former pupils. Hayley Parsons OBE didn't follow the syst
He Died at 21. This Is What He Did Next. At 21 years old, Andrew Jenkins was dragged from a car wreck, lost six pints of blood, and was pronounced clinically dead at the scene. He spent four weeks in a coma. Doctors told
What does it take to lead a national institution through budget cuts, crumbling buildings, and a crisis of relevance - and come out the other side with a bolder vision than ever? Jane Richardson, Director General of Amgu
She started with £5, two puppies, and a husband who'd just left. That's not a crisis - that's a maverick opening line. Nicola Venetia Steele is the founder of Venetia Steel Boutique in Bridgend, South Wales - a woman who
What does it take to survive a dictatorship, build a career across five continents, beat leukaemia - and then run 270 kilometres across the Sahara? In this episode of Inside the Maverick Mind, host Emyr Afan sits down wi
Nick Hounsfield didn't set out to build a tourist attraction. He set out to build the kind of medicine you can't prescribe. A former osteopath, Nick spent 18 years treating the symptoms of stress, burnout, and disconnect
Andy Middleton is a pioneering force in sustainability, ecologic thinking, and biomimicry - and he happens to be based in one of the most breathtaking corners of the world: St Davids, West Wales. As founder of the TYF Gr
From 100% commission door-to-door sales to co-creating a Glastonbury for Business - Frankie James joins Emyr Afan on Inside the Maverick Mind. Frankie is the force behind the Great British Entrepreneur Awards and Ideas F
The Voice Behind the Anthem: John Parr on Fame, Betrayal & Never Giving In In 1985, a song exploded out of a Hollywood cinema and never really stopped playing. That song was St. Elmo's Fire — and its writer and singer, J
Henry Engelhardt didn't just build a successful company. He built one of the most loved workplaces in British corporate history - and did it by betting everything on a single, radical idea: that happy people build better
YOUTUBE DESCRIPTION: In 2022, Craig Maxwell OBE was told he had a rare form of cancer and 12 months to live. Most people would stop. Craig accelerated. In this extraordinary episode of Inside the Maverick Mind, Craig — a
What does it take to build a premium national brand when you couldn't write your name at age 10? Chris McNamara, founder of The Brogue Trader, is living proof that instinct and resilience can outrun any traditional path.
What does it take to captain your country on the pitch, then go on to shape how that country governs itself? This week, we sit down with Professor Laura McAllister CBE - former Wales women's football captain, Vice Presid
**Inside the Maverick Mind | Episode: Spencer John What happens when a boy from Port Talbot - no father, raised by his nan, told at 12 he had three choices: the cemetery, prison, or the forces - refuses all three and bui
**Inside the Maverick Mind | Blanche Sainsbury - From Boardroom to Purpose: Power, Sacrifice & the National Children's Awards What does it really take to reach the top of British media - and then walk away from it all? I
Inside the Maverick Mind | James Sills — The Choirestarter: On Fear, Belonging & Why Everyone Can Sing What if the most powerful tool for connection, wellbeing, and culture in your workplace isn't a strategy, a workshop,
What does it take to build a standout hospitality business — and make it feel personal at every level? In this episode of Inside the Maverick Mind, Emyr Afan sits down with Giovanni Malacrino — restaurateur, entrepreneur
What does it take to build one of the UK's most celebrated sports production companies from scratch - with a new baby, a gut feeling, and no safety net? Emyr Afan sits down with Sunil Patel, CEO and co-founder of Whisper
What if you stopped chasing success — and started feeling alive instead? In this episode of Inside the Maverick Mind, Emyr Afan OBE sits down with the extraordinary Mykel Dixon — author, creative catalyst, and one of the
What does it take to build a high-growth tech business from Wales and compete on a global stage? In this episode of Inside the Maverick Mind, I sit down with Mark Sweeny, Founder and CEO of de Novo Solutions — one of the
John Parr
1 appearance on this show
Sunil Patel
consultant respiratory physician · Harley Street Clinic
1 appearance on this show
Mykel Dixon
award-winning speaker, author of Everyday Creative, master facilitator, pro jazz musician, and expert in creativity and workplace culture
1 appearance on this show
Lucy Cohen
Co-Founder of Mazuma · Mazuma
1 appearance on this show
Nicola Venetia Steele
Venetia Steel Boutique
1 appearance on this show
Chris Macnamara
The Brogue Trader
1 appearance on this show
Mark Sweeny
de Novo Solutions
1 appearance on this show
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Inside The Maverick Mind is hosted by Emyr Afan. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 24 episodes.
Inside The Maverick Mind has published 24 episodes.
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