E16: Sod It and Show Up - Finding the Confidence to Be Seen
Release Date: 08/17/2025
E40: Why ‘Yes People’ Can Hold Your Business Back
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In this solo episode of Creating the Curve, Anna Bravington builds on last week’s conversation about inclusion and diversity and brings it firmly into the world of practical, everyday business. Rather than treating inclusion as a tick-box exercise, Anna explores why cognitive diversity and different ways of thinking are one of the most powerful tools a business can have. Drawing on examples from marketing, innovation, leadership and her own career, she explains why businesses that encourage diverse perspectives tend to make better decisions, spot opportunities earlier, and avoid costly...
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E39: How Inclusion Creates Better Teams, Better Decisions, and Better Results with Orla McKeating
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In this episode of Creating the Curve, Anna is joined by Inclusion Educator, writer, and speaker Orla McKeating, founder of Still I Rise Stories. Together, they explore what inclusion actually looks like in practice, beyond policies, buzzwords, and tick-box exercises. Orla shares how storytelling creates safer, more human spaces for difficult conversations, particularly around race, neurodiversity, identity, disability, and belonging. The conversation moves from childhood and education into workplaces and entrepreneurship, unpacking why culture is so hard to define, why psychological safety...
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E38: I Still Don’t Know What I Want to Be When I Grow Up
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What if changing direction in your business isn’t a sign of failure - but a sign you’re paying attention? In this solo episode of Creating the Curve, Anna Bravington reflects on last week’s conversation with Sally Measom and goes deeper into the uncomfortable but very real space where success, identity and change collide. Drawing on her own winding career path, from programming to photography, content, strategy, and finally teaching and training, Anna explores how many of us build businesses based on what we think we should do, rather than what we actually want or enjoy. This episode is...
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E37: Outgrowing Success - When the Business You Built No Longer Fits with Sally Measom
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What if the reason you feel stuck isn’t because you’re failing, but because you’ve outgrown the version of success you were aiming for? In this episode of Creating the Curve, Anna Bravington is joined by author, coach, and former Commercial Director Sally Measom, to talk about identity, belief systems, and what it really means to live life your way. Sally shares her journey from a demanding commercial career to writing her book Live Life Your Way, and together they explore how childhood messages, self-talk, and unchallenged assumptions quietly shape our choices - often long into...
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E36: Why Founders Need to Stop and Review, Not Just Push On
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As founders, we spend so much time doing the work that keeps the business running that we often forget to step back and ask whether it’s actually taking us where we want to go. In this solo episode of Creating the Curve, Anna Bravington reflects on a challenging year for many business owners and explores why taking time to review, reset and plan isn’t a luxury - it’s essential work. Building on last week’s conversation with Tom O’Malley, Anna shares what prompted her to pause, reflect, and get intentional again about goals, direction, and energy. She introduces the Year Compass, a...
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E35: Protecting the Business You’ve Worked So Hard to Build with Tom O'Malley
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Business protection is one of those topics most founders know they should think about… but often don’t, until it’s too late. In this episode of Creating the Curve, Anna Bravington is joined by Tom O’Malley, business protection advisor and self-confessed industry misfit, for a refreshingly honest conversation about what business protection really is, why it’s so misunderstood, and why putting it off can leave huge gaps in your business. Tom shares how he stumbled into business protection himself, why it’s a massively underserved area, and why empathy, trust and human conversations...
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E34: Finding Your People - How Community Helps Founders Thrive
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Running a business can be lonely - especially when you’re spending most of your time sat at your desk, trying to do everything yourself. In this solo episode of Creating the Curve, Anna Bravington reflects on last week’s conversation about community and digs into why community matters so much for founders - not just for support, but for visibility, confidence, learning, and even winning work. Drawing on her own experience of building, joining and running communities, Anna explores how showing the human behind the business changes how people connect with you, trust you, and choose to work...
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E33: From Audience to Allies - Why Community Is the Future of Business with Mark Masters
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In this episode of Creating the Curve, Anna Bravington is joined by Mark Masters, founder of You Are The Media, to talk about what community really means in business and why it matters more than ever. They explore the shift away from broadcasting at people towards creating spaces where people feel they belong. From building trust and shared identity, to why experiences matter more than polished perfection, this is a conversation about the power of collective effort over individual hustle. Mark shares honest stories from building You Are The Media, including moments that didn’t go to plan (a...
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E32: Getting Started with Video When Your Motivation Has Left the Building
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In this solo episode of Creating the Curve, Anna Bravington gets honest about the messy reality of making video as a founder... especially when you don’t feel like it, don’t have perfect equipment, or (in this case) have a full-on pre-Christmas cold. Following last week’s conversation with Juma Bannister, Anna dives deeper into the real barriers behind video avoidance: procrastination, perfectionism, tech faff, and the belief that we need to “feel ready” before we start. She shares her own story of delaying her podcast restart for 18 months, and how discipline, not motivation,...
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E31: Feel the Fear and Film It Anyway - Making Video Easier with Juma Bannister
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Many founders know video would help their business… yet still avoid making it. Whether it’s fear, uncertainty, perfectionism, or simply not knowing where to begin, video often feels harder than it should. In this episode of Creating the Curve, Anna Bravington is joined by Juma Bannister, Executive Creative Director of Relate Studios, who breaks down the real reason people don’t make video - and it’s not a lack of ideas. As Juma explains, “Saying things publicly makes us feel vulnerable,” and that vulnerability, not technique, is what stops most professionals from ever pressing...
info_outlineIn this solo episode of Creating the Curve, Anna dives into the messy, real-world journey of building confidence and visibility as a founder.
If you’ve ever hated the thought of putting your face on camera, dreaded LinkedIn Lives, or worried your content wasn’t “perfect enough,” this one’s for you. Anna shares her own behind-the-scenes struggles with being an introvert in business, from using a green football called Bob as her “co-founder” (because posting a photo of herself felt impossible) to learning that showing up (in whatever form suits you best) is the real key to being known.
Packed with encouragement, biscuit debates, and practical tips, this episode reminds you that being visible isn’t about perfection. It’s about consistency, finding a way of showing up that works for you, and building the kind of recognition that brings opportunities your way.
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