Born Barikor's guest appearances

Born Barikor

The Talent Equation Podcast

Working It Out

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Greg Spencer

Dan Peterson

Ross Williams

Stephen Rollnick

Jamie Edwards

Tim Hollingsworth

Ross Tucker

Matt Young

Doug Lemov

Juan Gonzalez

Mark Williams

Daniel Coyle

Andrew Wilson

Ben Bell

Stephen Spielberg

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This episode features Born Barikor, the hugely successful CEO and Founder of Our Parks, which provides free group exercise in parks and outdoor spaces, working in partnership with local authorities. Born is a former athlete from a council estate in Tower Hamlets, who after finding himself with no money to join a gym but wanting to keep fit, came up with the idea of creating an accessible pathway to exercise for people from lower incomes by working with councils and development agencies to offer the public free outdoor exercise classes. In this episode, Alex and Milly chat to Born about his journey as a founder, the determination to break down barriers to exercise and physical activity, the true meaning of a ‘community’, his advice to other founders in the sector, and his vision of getting 1,000,000 ‘Parkers’ fit by 2025.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode features Born Barikor, the hugely successful CEO and Founder of Our Parks, which provides free group exercise in parks and outdoor spaces, working in partnership with local authorities. Born is a former athlete from a council estate in Tower Hamlets, who after finding himself with no money to join a gym but wanting to keep fit, came up with the idea of creating an accessible pathway to exercise for people from lower incomes by working with councils and development agencies to offer the public free outdoor exercise classes. In this episode, Alex and Milly chat to Born about his journey as a founder, the determination to break down barriers to exercise and physical activity, the true meaning of a ‘community’, his advice to other founders in the sector, and his vision of getting 1,000,000 ‘Parkers’ fit by 2025.   See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Ep.2 Born Barikor, CEO and Founder, Our Parks

Working it Out with Born Barikor

Born Barikor is an inspiration....He is the charismatic leader of www.ourparks.co.uk a social movement in the UK that has a mission to help people who are inactive to take their first steps into the world of physical activity through the provision of free fitness activities provided in Parks throughout London. Born's infectious personality is transmitted through the episode where he explains the ingredients that go into the phenomenal success of OurParks which has seen over 60,000 people taking part in exercise classes staffed by a 300 strong team of coaches. In this episode we discuss....- How the Our Parks and Disney share the same ethos around the customer experience- The way the the OurParks coaches create connection that lasts beyond the session- How OurParks is finding coaches that have the natural empathy with their target audienceThis is a different context than is usual for The Talent Equation but there are so many takeaways that are important for anyone trying to build a motivational climate for people to help them change their behaviour. As Born's coaches say...."Even in the rain we train".

Born Barikor is an inspiration.... He is the charismatic leader of <a href="http://www.ourparks.co.uk" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.ourparks.co.uk</a> a social movement in the UK that has a mission to help people who are inactive to take their first steps into the world of physical activity through the provision of free fitness activities provided in Parks throughout London. Born's infectious personality is transmitted through the episode where he explains the ingredients that go into the phenomenal success of OurParks which has seen over 60,000 people taking part in exercise classes staffed by a 300 strong team of coaches. In this episode we discuss.... - How the Our Parks and Disney share the same ethos around the customer experience - The way the the OurParks coaches create connection that lasts beyond the session - How OurParks is finding coaches that have the natural empathy with their target audience This is a different context than is usual for The Talent Equation but there are so many takeaways that are important for anyone trying to build a motivational climate for people to help them change their behaviour. As Born's coaches say...."Even in the rain we train".

"I was trying to get people to join a gym that I couldn't afford to be a member of myself" - A conversation in a park with Born Barikor