Libby Swan's guest appearances

Libby Swan

Sweathead, A Strategy Podcast

Future Fit Founder

Nick Ellis

Rory Sutherland

Toby Ryan

Tom Goodwin

Lee Clow

Mara Lecocq

Malaka Gharib

Amber Benson

Greg Hahn

John Harris

Mark Pollard

Rob Schwartz

James Kirkham

Ben Phillips

Suzy Batiz

OwlTail

Libby is the founder of Axioned, in the last 14 years they’ve got 80 people across the UK, the US and India. Libby lives a life that requires her to be in the UK, the US and India frequently. Which sounds on paper, but the reality is, it comes with it’s challenges.And this was one of those times. She was in an unfamiliar place, hadn’t seen her family, including her husband, for a really long time. And she felt alone. And as a result, wasn’t able to give the energy to her business that she wanted to. In the months that from this low moment, Libby consciously inquired into how she could prevent this from happening again. In this episode we discuss,How reflecting has helped her in business and in lifeThe what, when and who of questioning yourselfAccepting that sometimes you make mistakesLibby realised that she was much more intertwined with the business than she thought — tune in to hear how she stepped back, and how the business benefits from this perspective.Want to know how Future Fit you are? Take 3 mins to benchmark yourself with our Founder Fitness Test on peer-effect.com. You might discover some surprising gaps! Or just follow James on LinkedIn for more thoughts around coaching and being future fit.

Libby is the founder of <a href="https://axioned.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Axioned</a>, in the last 14 years they’ve got 80 people across the UK, the US and India. Libby lives a life that requires her to be in the UK, the US and India frequently.  Which sounds on paper, but the reality is, it comes with it’s challenges. And this was one of those times.  She was in an unfamiliar place, hadn’t seen her family, including her husband, for a really long time. And she felt alone.  And as a result, wasn’t able to give the energy to her business that she wanted to.  In the months that from this low moment, Libby consciously inquired into how she could prevent this from happening again.  In this episode we discuss,<ul><li>How reflecting has helped her in business and in life</li><li>The what, when and who of questioning yourself</li><li>Accepting that sometimes you make mistakes</li></ul>Libby realised that she was much more intertwined with the business than she thought — tune in to hear how she stepped back, and how the business benefits from this perspective. Want to know how Future Fit you are? Take 3 mins to benchmark yourself with our <a href="https://yourpeer.scoreapp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founder Fitness Test</a> on <a href="http://peer-effect.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">peer-effect.com</a>. You might discover some surprising gaps! Or just follow <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameswgjohnson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James on LinkedIn</a> for more thoughts around coaching and being future fit.

Being Accountable for Your Health in Business — with Libby Swan of Axioned

Scenario - Eighty people work in your Mumbai headquarters and you have new teams emerging in London and New York. You want to keep improving the quality of your work and you want the business to keep growing. What do you do? After eight years in the American corporate world at GE and AIG, Libby Swan moved to India to create a new life. There she co-founded PRDXN, a creative and technology company, in 2006. We discuss the tools Libby uses for perspective, and how she and her team are thinking about growing their company. They don't think of themselves as an "agency," but I used it in the title because you're probably in one.You can find PRDXN here http://www.prdxn.com and Libby here https://twitter.com/libswanFor more strategy talk:1. Strategy newsletter: http://www.markpollard.net/email-newsletter/2. Strategy drawings: http://www.instagram.com/markpollard3. Strategy Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/markpollard4. Join 6,000+ strategists: http://www.sweathead.coNew book "Strategy Is Your Words" out soon.

Scenario - Eighty people work in your Mumbai headquarters and you have new teams emerging in London and New York. You want to keep improving the quality of your work and you want the business to keep growing. What do you do?  After eight years in the American corporate world at GE and AIG, Libby Swan moved to India to create a new life. There she co-founded PRDXN, a creative and technology company, in 2006. We discuss the tools Libby uses for perspective, and how she and her team are thinking about growing their company. They don't think of themselves as an "agency," but I used it in the title because you're probably in one. You can find PRDXN here <a href="http://www.prdxn.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.prdxn.com</a> and Libby here <a href="https://twitter.com/libswan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/libswan</a> For more strategy talk: 1. Strategy newsletter: <a href="http://www.markpollard.net/email-newsletter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.markpollard.net/email-newsletter/</a> 2. Strategy drawings: <a href="http://www.instagram.com/markpollard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.instagram.com/markpollard</a> 3. Strategy Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/markpollard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/markpollard</a> 4. Join 6,000+ strategists: <a href="http://www.sweathead.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sweathead.co</a> New book "Strategy Is Your Words" out soon.

Growing An Agency - Libby Swan, Cofounder