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Hosted by Bee Heller · business · EN-GB
Pioneer stories is a podcast series in which we interview business founders and leaders who are pioneering new management practices and ways of working to create inspiring organisational cultures. It’s a podcast for business founders and people leaders who are striving to make their own workplaces deliver for their people and who want their culture to be a source of strength that drives the future growth of their company. We interview business founders and leaders who we think we can all learn something from. We get past the conceptual ideas to bring you the day to day habits and practices these businesses use to create and sustain their cultures. We’ll bring you one pioneer each episode so tune in for 30 minutes of wisdom and practical ideas for you to test in your own organisation each week.
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Signup to Generate a PitchPioneer stories is a podcast series in which we interview business founders and leaders who are pioneering new management practices and ways of working to create inspiring organisational cultures.
Pioneer stories is hosted by Bee Heller. The show has published 20 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "People Pioneers in Action with Sophie Amato, Head of People & Culture at Social Value Portal, Treading the tightrope between day to day firefighting and building for the future" (13 February 2026, 51 minutes), "People Pioneers in Action with Laura Smith, Chief People Officer at Trade Ledger, Why growing your business means changing your culture" (13 February 2026, 43 minutes), and "People Pioneers in Action with JooBee Yeow, Advisor to Start-ups & Learngility Entrepreneur, Decoding relationships between people, processes, structures, systems and ways of working" (13 February 2026, 37 minutes).
Pioneer stories publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 34 minutes across 20 episodes.
Booking probability for Pioneer stories is 21%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Pioneer stories requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Pioneer stories's contact route on record: verified email.
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Bee Heller hosts Pioneer stories, a business podcast with 20 episodes published.
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Episode #3
<p>Sophie has perfected the art of<b> </b>treading the tightrope between day to day firefighting and building for the future. Find out how she does it and how this has helped build a resilient company culture.</p>
Episode #1
<p>Laura generously shares her story, including: her lessons learned through scaling and downsizing, the challenges of startup V corporate life, the importance of internal comms and of being commercially minded, why...
Episode #6
<p>JooBee is a trained Systems Engineer with a PhD in Organisational Psychology. Her expertise is in decoding relationships between people, processes, structures, systems and ways of working to implement strategies and...
Episode #2
<p>Daniel shares his experience of what it’s like to join a company with a truly exceptional culture and then be responsible for not messing it up as they grow! His story is one of trying to balance the need for...
Episode #5
<p>Nic has created a company culture where people truly live the values. In this episode, he shares his secrets on how to: develop an internal recognition system centred around company values; bring teams together from...
Episode #4
<p>Sophie is widely recognised in Europe for her innovative influence on how Human Resources works in technology companies and startups, earning her a spot in UK's Top 20 Women in Software. Sophie’s previous roles...
Episode #5
<p>In this episode Bee interviews Simon Hill, Founder and CEO of Wazoku. Wazoku builds idea management software and as you might expect – ideas are central to the way things work at the company. Listen to hear how...
Episode #4
<p>In this episode Bee interviews Helen Killingley, Head of People and Values at the National Emergencies Trust. Helen shares how NET essentially created a culture from scratch as they grew from 3 to 80 people in a...
Episode #3
<p>In this episode Bee interviews Tamara Littleton, founder and CEO of The Social Element. Tamara saw an opportunity to help brands create online communities before social media was a thing. And unlike the swanky...
Episode #2
<p>An interview with Nicola Murphy, founder and CEO of The River Group – a content marketing agency. Nicola knows what it’s like to create a business from scratch, sell it and buy it back again. In this interview she...
Episode #1
<p>An interview with Jerome Ternynck, founder and CEO of Smart Recruiters. Jerome is on a mission to eradicate unemployment and it’s this sense of purpose that drives the caring actions of the people at Smart...
Pioneer stories
<p>An interview with Dub Lee, Learning Architect at Honest Burgers. From the day they opened their first doors in Brixton Market, Honest Burgers has been famous for their food and customer experience and recently...
Episode #4
<p>An interview with Nick Matthews, VP and General Manager of Culture Amp EMEA. Culture Amp was founded, and remains headquartered, in Melbourne, Australia. Nick was brought in to launch Culture Amp in Europe. Learn how...
Episode #3
<p>An interview with Sophie Costello, founder and CEO of Costello Medical. Before they’d even hired their first employee, Sophie was determined to create a company where people could find their niche and fulfil their...
Episode #2
<p>An interview with Liane Katz, Founder of MAMA.codes, a company that’s transforming the way children (and their parents and teachers) learn to code. Liane's thrown out the notion of a 9 to 5 job and has given a...
Episode #1
<p>In this episode Bee interviews Ted Jones, Founder and CEO of Northcott Global Solutions. NGS applies military principles not only to the services they offer their clients, but also to the way they run their teams –...
Episode #4
<p>An interview with Stewart Bromley, Chief Operating Office of Atom Bank, a company that prides itself on being entirely values led in everything they do. Atom Bank have built a culture based on the values of their...
Episode #3
<p>An interview with Roland Harwood, founder of 100%Open and We Are Liminal, on aspiring to practice what you preach when it comes to leadership and open collaboration. Discover how important early working habits...
Episode #2
<p>An interview with Debbie Martin, Chief of Talent Experience at AND.Digital, on how they set out to build a people first company from day one and put the structures in place to support a robust and collaborative...
Episode #1
<p>An interview with Kevin McDonagh, founder and CEO of Novoda, on his instinctive and unconventional approach to developing company culture at Novoda. Learn how he's introduced habitual 'ceremonies' and a few key items...
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Executive Chair & Founder, The Social Element
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