What if your company cared as much about feelings as it does about revenue?

In this Oxford Talks Podcast episode, Waleed sits down with Claude Silver, Chief Heart Officer at VaynerMedia, to decode what “leading with heart” actually looks like when you’re responsible for thousands of people across the world.

Claude shares how she’s turned HR into People & Experience, why every employee is trained in emotional intelligence and psychological safety and how she spots culture issues long before they explode.From her three-part framework of emotional optimism, bravery and efficiency to the idea of becoming a true “Vayner citizen”, Claude reveals the systems, language and habits that keep VaynerMedia human in a world obsessed with speed and scale.

They dive into burnout, belonging, AI, return-to-office battles, and the uncomfortable truth that many of us were never taught how to deal with our own emotions, let alone anyone else’s.If you’ve ever wondered how to build teams that are both kind and high-performing, this episode is your new playbook.

What separates world-class performers from everyone else?Adolfo Gómez Sánchez spent 35 years decoding that question and discovered a formula anyone can follow. From training with martial arts masters in Japan to coaching CEOs and ATP athletes, he reveals why most people fail not from lack of talent, but from lack of mindset.

Learn how the world’s top performers think, how to challenge limiting beliefs, and why “scoreboards don’t define success, process does.”

If you’ve ever felt stuck, this episode will make you rethink everything you believe about growth, failure, and greatness.

We live in an age of noise, constant information, constant pressure, constant pretending but what happens when the mask finally cracks?

In this conversation, clinical psychologist and hypnotherapist Dr Barbara Morris Jensen shares her life’s work: helping people rediscover their authentic selves. From growing up with a father who transformed from a man of war to a man of peace, to facing her own battles with fear, depression, and motherhood, Barbara explores what it really means to heal.

Together we unpack:

👉 Why survival instincts can disconnect us from our true selves.

👉 How generational trauma silently shapes our choices.

👉 The link between modern disconnection, technology, and spiritual emptiness.

👉 The difference between pain that destroys and pain that transforms.

What if the system designed to heal you nearly killed you instead?

Nurse Lee Powers survived a violent assault, a medically induced coma, and years of insurance denials — revealing the profound crisis at the heart of U.S. healthcare.

In this Oxford Talks episode, Lee exposes:

👉 Why nurses are the most assaulted professionals in America

👉 How insurance companies determine who receives treatment — and who gets left behind

👉 The silent epidemic of post-ICU syndrome affecting millions

A powerful, urgent conversation about survival, resilience, and the path to transforming care.

AI isn’t just the future, it might be humanity’s last invention. In this conversation, Jane Newman lays bare the terrifying environmental impact, the loss of customer service in a tech-ruled world, and why children are already showing signs of technology addiction.

From Skynet fears to real-world data centre disasters, this episode asks: are we building a future worth living in, or signing away our humanity for good?

We explore:

🔐 The dangers of lost privacy & control

🤖 The jobs, values, and connections AI is erasing

🚨 Why unchecked technology may outpace humanity itself

Everyone’s talking about AI. Few understand how it’s really reshaping the way we buy.In this episode of Oxford Talks, Ricky Solanki, co-founder of PUSH, discusses the hidden world of digital marketing.

Ricky explains how consumer behaviour has shifted from Yellow Pages to Google, then to social media, and now to AI-driven search and commerce. Instead of a long journey from research → consideration → purchase, people are moving straight from thought → action, often without realising it.

Ricky has seen every shift in how we buy, sell, and trust. Now, he reveals why the next wave of change will be faster and scarier than anything before.

We explore:

👉 How AI is collapsing the journey from research to purchase.

👉 Why platforms like TikTok and YouTube are racing to control the future of commerce.

👉 The surprising ways small businesses can outsmart big brands.

👉 The trust crisis ahead, where even reviews and testimonials might be AI-generated.

Some messages fade the moment they’re heard. Others echo for years. So, what makes the difference?In this powerful conversation, we explore the art of messages that truly last, why your personal story alone isn’t enough, and what separates talks that move audiences from those that are forgotten.

Inside this raw and unfiltered conversation, we explore why heartbreak feels so much like grief and the healthy way to process it.

Sarah reveals how to break free from the shame spiral that often follows divorce and shares the fastest way to shift from pain to power.

We talk about helping children cope through separation without carrying lifelong emotional scars, and uncover how to recognise the subtle red flags in relationships before it’s too late.