Julia interviews Robbie Tyrie of Torridon Cyber about why cybersecurity is often undervalued by leaders of scaling businesses despite being critical to long-term success.

Robbie recounts his career path into cyber from the Y2K era through roles across IT and security, including building cybersecurity functions at JP Morgan, Virgin Money, Aegon, and as global head of cyber at FNZ, and explains penetration testing and why he launched his own firm.

He describes his fractional CISO service advising boards on risk, helping scale-ups that don’t need a full-time CISO. The discussion frames security as a trust-based business enabler, outlines basics like MFA, asset and risk registers, and staff awareness, recommends frequent training and phishing tests, and stresses top-down culture via security champions.

They cover AI governance risks, the rise of scattergun AI-enabled attacks targeting smaller firms, the need for KPIs/scorecards and M&A due diligence, and a dentist business closing after ransomware, highlighting backups and cyber insurance.

00:00 Welcome and Why Cyber Matters

00:45 Robbie’s Cybersecurity Journey

02:58 From Corporate to Founding Torridon

04:05 What a Fractional CISO Does

04:53 Cybersecurity as a Trust Builder

07:44 Security Basics and Staff Risk

08:40 Training That Actually Sticks

10:35 AI Governance and New Threats

15:36 Building a Security Culture

20:13 Scaling Up and Due Diligence

24:25 Ransomware Reality Check

25:58 Final Takeaways and Where to Find Robbie

You can connect with Robbie at https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyrie/

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Julia explains why teamwork is a competitive advantage, then shares a personal story about being forced to move her horses from a 24/7 grazing field to a yard requiring nightly stabling, which triggered a values conflict she initially blamed on the horses but realised was her own.

Using Rushworth Kidder’s distinction between right-vs-wrong temptations and right-vs-right dilemmas, she identifies her tension between valuing her horses’ space and her own freedom, and uses Shalom Schwartz’s values circle to show how self-direction can oppose security and conformity.

She distinguishes values conflict from Andrew Jameton’s “moral distress,” when circumstances remove choice. She outlines signs of values conflicts in teams and offers four approaches: name the conflict and whose it is, separate values from strategies, manage tensions with warning signs and review dates, and seek a third option via integrative thinking, linking this to designing trust-based reliance on others.

00:50 Horse Move Story

03:50 Values Conflict Defined

06:38 Moral Distress vs Dilemma

08:42 When Conditions Change

12:23 Spotting Values Conflicts

15:50 Values vs Goals Clarity

17:42 Herd Lessons on Freedom 1

8:56 Four Ways to Resolve

22:26 Weekly Leadership Challenge

23:32 Wrap Up and Resources

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Host Julia Felton welcomes Jay Fairbrother (“The Mastermind Guy”) to discuss masterminding as a leadership tool for building stronger teams and businesses.

Jay clarifies that true masterminds, rooted in Napoleon Hill’s concept, are not networking groups or guru-led coaching but a facilitated process that draws collective wisdom from the room to create an “invisible, intangible” force. He shares how masterminds helped him scale his first company from $1M to $10M revenue and later provided crucial financial, emotional, and spiritual support after he lost everything following the 2008 financial crisis.

They explore corporate applications such as peer-to-peer learning to increase authenticity, psychological safety, retention, and leadership identification, plus key success factors: the right members, a strong “container” (confidentiality, trust, respect), skilled facilitation, vetting, and an optimal size of 8–14.

Jay also addresses “Superman Syndrome” (difficulty delegating) and offers a free “Mastermind Clarity and Readiness Advisor” and an October three-day virtual boot camp to build a mastermind.

00:45 Meet Jay Fairbrother

01:23 What Is a Mastermind

04:07 Jay’s 10X Story

08:09 Masterminds in Corporations

11:08 Connection in a Digital Age

13:08 Building the Right Container

16:37 Vetting and Group Fit

17:48 Types of Masterminds

20:46 Results and Ideal Size

25:19 In Person vs Virtual

27:51 Superman Syndrome

31:55 Resources and Wrap Up

You can access Jay's webinar here - https://6figuremasterminds.com/mm-advisor

Or sign up for his intensive bootcamp here - https://6figuremasterminds.com/built-pricing

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