The Unobtainium Podcast with Oz Khan: Strategy, Achievement and Personal Development

Unobtainium: I describe it as the art of achieving more than you or others think is possible. In our episodes we will deep dive into tools, techniques, psychologies and learn from the best on how to succeed and achieve against the odds. At our core is strategies for achievement and personal development. We have industry leading guests that are best in their respective fields. We’ll also share ideas, research, ask me anything’s and myself talking to you directly. Hosted by Oz Khan, he has over 20 years of experience in strategic, personal and business development roles. Together we’ll learn the art of strategy, achievement and personal development. For further information please visit www.ozkhan.com

Dr. Matt Morgan on One Medicine - How Understanding Animals Can Save Our Lives and emmigration 05/08/2023

Dr. Matt Morgan on One Medicine - How Understanding Animals Can Save Our Lives and emmigration Description On this episode of our podcast, we have the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Matt Morgan, a world-renowned intensive care doctor, researcher, and author. Dr. Morgan's open letter to patients during the COVID pandemic went viral, reaching millions of people worldwide, and he has been a frequent contributor to top publications like The Guardian, The Times, and The British Medical Journal. Dr. Morgan's upcoming book "One Medicine" explores the fascinating intersection between animal science and human medicine. His investigation spanned continents, species, and millennia, uncovering surprising connections and insights. From kangaroos to humpback whales, Dr. Morgan shows us how a better understanding of the animal world can lead to untold medical advances and improve the lives of humans and animals alike. But before we dive into the book, we chat with Dr. Morgan about his experience with emigrating to Australia and then returning back home, exploring the benefits and concerns he had before making the big move and how he feels about the decision now. So join us for an insightful and inspiring conversation with Dr. Matt Morgan, as we explore the fascinating world of animal science and its intersection with human medicine, and learn about his exciting journey from Wales to Australia and back. About the Guest (from his website): I am an intensive care doctor, researcher and author. My open letter addressed to patients during the COVID pandemic has been read by over half a million people worldwide and viewed over three million times after featuring on Channel 4. My first book Critical (Simon & Schuster, 2019) has been translated into six languages and featured in The Times. I have spoken to large audiences at some of the largest book festivals in the world including Hay and Ubud. My articles have featured in The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, The Spectator, Esquire, The Daily Mail, The Sunday Mirror and The Huffington Post. As a regular writer for the internationally acclaimed British Medical Journal, my article ‘A letter from the ICU’ is one of their most popular ever opinion articles, read by over 130,000 people. Since narrating the highly rated audiobook of Critical, I have spoken on several popular podcasts and radio programmes including The Today Program on BBC Radio 4 and international talk shows. I have appeared on several television programs including Sky News, CNN, ITV, The BBC, The Jeremy Vine Show and international channels. I was nominated for the 2020 Royal Society David Attenborough Prize for public engagement in science. I currently live between Perth, Australia and Cardiff with my family. About the host: Oz Khan is a strategist, passionate about personal development, coach and general all round business person. You can find more on his linkedin profile. /episode/index/show/ozkhan/id/26776443

Dr. Michael Rucker: The Fun Habit and why it's important in our life, career, family and more 04/16/2023

Jim Down: Life in the balance - memoirs of an NHS ICU doctor working in the NHS 03/26/2023

Jim Down: Life in the balance - memoirs of an NHS ICU doctor working in the NHS The National Health Service (NHS) stands as a testament to the unwavering dedication of its healthcare professionals, and at the core of this vital system lies the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). These specialised units play an indispensable role in the treatment and recovery of the most critically ill patients. One who has made an indelible mark in the field is Dr. Jim Down, a consultant in critical care and anaesthesia currently at at University College London Hospitals. With a career spanning over 25 years, Dr. Down shares some of his experiences, challenges, and victories in his recently published memoirs. Today, we have the privilege of interviewing him and gaining firsthand insights into the gripping and inspiring world of the ICU and challenges faced by the NHS. About the guest Dr Jim Down is a consultant in critical care and anaesthesia at University College London Hospitals. He chairs the ICU consultants' group, the department of anaesthesia weekly scientific meetings, and the UCLH Trust guideline committee. During the Covid-19 pandemic he worked on UCLH's busy ICU ward, and was interviewed by the BBC for a groundbreaking report depicting medics on the frontline. His account of that period, Life Support, was published in 2021. He has now written a book which brings us to the very heart of the intensive care unit - the section of the hospital where the sickest patients are brought to be cared for until their condition improves. With honesty, humility and a streak of dark humour, Dr Down describes the quietly heroic work of doctors and nurses on the ICU, a place which sits at the cutting edge of medical technology and where a split-second decision can make the difference between life and death. From headline-grabbing cases like that of Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned by Russian agents and admitted to Down's ward, to the appalling aftermath of a train crash, Life in the Balance offers an inside glimpse of intensive care medicine, its immense challenges, deleterious effects on doctors' mental health and enormous rewards. Its profundity will make you reconsider the fragility of life and reframe your understanding of what it means to care. (Source: Penguin Books) ABOUT THE HOST Oz Khan is a strategist, passionate about personal development, coach and general all round business person. You can find more on his linkedin profile. /episode/index/show/ozkhan/id/26345322

Sam Delaney: Sort your head out! A conversation about mental health 03/19/2023

Sam Delaney: Sort your head out! A conversation about mental health There is no health without mental health - it's one of the guiding factors of success and development for ourselves and those around us. In this candid conversation with Sam Delaney we discuss mental health and recovery in detail, including alcohol, growing up in the eighties, recovery therapy, family time and lots lots more. ABOUT THE GUEST (from his website) I am a writer and broadcaster from London. My new book ‘Sort Your Head Out - Mental Health Without All The Bollocks’ is out now. Check out the books section for links etc. Increasingly, I talk and write about issues surrounding mental health and addiction. I also consult with businesses on how to improves mental health conversations among employees. Get in touch via my contact page if you’d like to work with me. I am the co-host of the Top Flight Time Machine podcast and I write and podcast regularly about mental health via The Reset () I have had three previous books published: Get Smashed - The Story Of The Men Who Made The Ads That Changed Our Lives (Sceptre, 2007), Night Of The Living Dad (John Murray, 2009) and Mad Men And Bad Men (Faber, 2015). I graduated from the University of Sussex with a degree in politics and went on to work in magazines, starting out at Mens Health. After a brief detour as a news reporter at ITN I became a freelance writer. I went on to write for everyone from The Guardian, Observer, Independent and Daily Telegraph to the NME, Q, Grazia, Cosmopolitan and the New Statesman. From 2009 until 2011 I was editor-in-chief of heat magazine. Weird, right? Between 2013 and 2015 I was editor-in-chief of Comedy Central UK. I have spent years as a broadcaster both in radio and TV. I have hosted numerous shows on BBC 5Live, BBC London and talkSPORT and presented documentaries for BBC Three and Channel 4. I spend a great deal of my time podcasting these days. You ABOUT THE HOST Oz Khan is a strategist, passionate about personal development, coach and general all round business person. You can find more on his linkedin profile. /episode/index/show/ozkhan/id/26273304

Steve Mason: The legend, the musician on 25 years in the music industry including Brothers and Sisters and the Beta Band story 03/01/2023

David McCourt: Total Rethink - how to change the world (re-release) 03/31/2022

David McCourt: Total Rethink - how to change the world (re-release) This episode originally aired in 2020, it has been re-released as a set of "best of" episodes for new listeners as an addendum to episode 14, and those who wouldn't mind catching some of the episodes again prior to heading into the next round. David McCourt is a CEO, leader, speaker, businessman, and billionaire entrepreneur, the advice inside this episode will help you learn to think―and live―like a revolutionary - to become a person who grabs contemporary challenges to change the world. Rethink your way to a better life In business, and in life, everything is changing fast, apart from how we behave. Our ways of thinking and making decisions have changed little since we lived in agricultural and industrial societies, but the problems we now need to solve are entirely different. It requires a revolution in thinking and behavior to meet the challenges that now face us and avoid disaster we need to totally rethink the model. David McCourt lays out the reality of the dangerous situation we find ourselves in and suggests solutions which will empower everyone, including business people, politicians, diplomats, and teachers, to repair the damage we have already done, and prepare for the dramatic changes to come. David discusses: The way he think and his personal development Why incremental change no longer works Provides trusted, effective guidance you can put to practice today ABOUT THE HOST Oz Khan is a strategist, passionate about personal development, coach and general all round business person. You can find more on his linkedin profile. ABOUT THE GUEST - David McCourt David McCourt is one of the world’s most successful, award-winning business people, widely recognized for using technology and innovation to improve the lives of underserved communities by deploying new revolutionary ways of thinking. Over the last thirty years he has founded or bought twenty companies in nine countries, becoming a leader in the technology, media and telecommunications industries. An Emmy award-winning producer, McCourt’s work has included prime-time documentaries that highlight the world’s most prominent problems, starring some of the world’s most famous actors including Michael Douglas, Angelina Jolie and Meg Ryan. McCourt’s production of critically acclaimed children’s TV series Reading Rainbow became the most watched show in the classroom in the United States. McCourt is currently Founder and Chairman of worldwide investment firm Granahan McCourt Capital. AWARDS US President Ronald Reagan presented McCourt with the first-ever award from the White House recognising extraordinary accomplishments by private sector businesses McCourt was selected as “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young LLP McCourt was named “Top Entrepreneur” by the Harvard Business School Club of New York, he became the inaugural “Economist in Residence” at the University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and was named as the inaugural Executive in Residence for Entrepreneurial Economics and Innovation by Georgetown University The American-Irish Historical Society presented McCourt with its gold medal in 2004, an award previously bestowed on Ronald Reagan, Mary Higgins Clark and Bono In 2018, McCourt was awarded The Science Foundation Ireland medal for outstanding contribution to technology and innovation /episode/index/show/ozkhan/id/22625210

Oz Khan on Making the Most of our lifetime: Achievement and Death 03/31/2022

Neil Fachie on Olympian Achievement and Earn Your Stripes 03/31/2022

Neil Fachie on Olympian Achievement and Earn Your Stripes This episode originally aired in 2020, it has been re-released as a set of "best of" episodes for new listeners as an addendum to episode 14, and those who wouldn't mind catching some of the episodes again prior to heading into the next round. Neil Fachie has since gone on to win more Gold in Tokyo! What are the strategies and components it takes to create olympian success over a span of years? How do you lift your self up from a loss? How can your return stronger and better than before. In this episode we think we might have some of the answers! ABOUT THE HOST Oz Khan is a strategist, passionate about personal development, coach and general all round business person. You can find more on his linkedin profile. ABOUT THE GUEST Neil Fachie MBE was born with a degenerative eye condition known as Retinitis Pigmentosa. His sight loss has played a constant factor in his life, helping him to develop his problem solving skills, adaptability and resilience. Neil became a full-time athlete in 2006, following his graduation from the University of Aberdeen. A brief spell with British Athletics led to him representing ParalympicsGB at Beijing 2008 in the 100m & 200m. A disappointing Paralympic debut led to Neil losing his funding. After a challenging period, he realised that the only way to achieve his dreams was to reinvent himself. He joined British Cycling in 2009, and made rapid progress. Later that year he became a double World Champion and double World Record holder. His ambition was realised in 2012, when on home soil he won gold at the London Paralympic Games. This led to him receiving an MBE for services to cycling the following year. A long career followed culminating in 26 medals won at major championships, 19 of which are gold, and he’s not done yet. In 2016 Neil set up LNF Coaching, along with wife and fellow Paralympic and World Champion Lora. They both passionately believe that there are tremendous possibilities when the worlds of sport and business combine. Their aim is to use the insights and lessons learned from the world of elite sport to help their clients achieve their full potential. The goal is to help business leaders face their limitations, frustrations, pain and setbacks, and rise above them to achieve a personal best or world record of their own. THE BOOK In June 2020, Neil published his number 1 bestselling book, ‘Earn Your Stripes: Gold medal insights for business and life’. Through telling his story, Neil outlines his 5 step method for performing at a world class level. Neil shares his techniques in a clear and easy to follow method that can easily be implemented and applied to your life, regardless of your field or industry. THE FIVE STRIPES Neil’s ‘Earn Your Stripe’ method covers five key areas he’s identified as being vital for world class performance, regardless of industry. Drive - Find your why Performance - Build your strategy The Team - Utilise your team Champion Mindset - Conquer your mind Perform Under Pressure - Own your performance /episode/index/show/ozkhan/id/22625435

Rick Terrien on the Achieving the Ageless Startup: Entrepreneurship at any age 03/31/2022

Rick Terrien on the Achieving the Ageless Startup: Entrepreneurship at any age This episode originally aired in 2020, it has been re-released as a set of "best of" episodes for new listeners as an addendum to episode 14, and those who wouldn't mind catching some of the episodes again prior to heading into the next round. I've personally had tremendous value from the episode. The Ageless Startup There has never been a better time to start your own business, but taking that leap of faith can seem like a daunting risk rather than an exciting new venture. But here’s the truth: Your community needs you. The world needs you. You have time to make a difference, and you have the experience, resilience, and drive to make it. It's not hard. It's just new. Rick has a field guide to the rocky terrain of entrepreneurship, Ageless Startup is that bridge from employee to entrepreneur or empty-nester to business-owner. He's the person to listen to in starting you entrepreneurial journey: Make a smooth transition from working for someone else to working for yourself Minimize your risk and maximize your value Set a pace that’s right for you and your business Find the customers that will keep coming back Create a business system that keeps you on track and comfortable Build your exit strategy into your launch Tackle obstacles with an open mind START SMALL START SMART START RIGHT NOW About Rick Terrien Rick Terrien learned the lessons of entrepreneurship very early while selling newspapers car-to-car at stoplights during grade school. He hasn’t stopped creating new business opportunities since. Since age 45, Rick has demonstrated the ageless model... He was awarded the United States Small Business New Product of the Year by the National Society of Professional Engineers. “This prestigious award honors American companies and their contribution to society. Winning products were chosen for their exceptional engineering research, design, and overall impact on our national economy.” He has also been recognized by Fast Company as one of their Fast 50, now called the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies. “The Fast 50 are the idea elite of business, individuals with the vision and personal commitment to propel their companies and industries into the future. The Fast 50 is not just about bigwigs or bottom line. It’s a group of uncompromising leaders, tireless innovators, turnaround artists, truth-tellers, trendsetters – people who are fueled by courage, integrity, passion and a commitment to results.” As an innovator, inventor, and business developer with nine U.S. and foreign patents in industrial fluid recycling, his designs have recovered tens of millions of gallons of oil worldwide that were previously lost as wastewater. This equipment has also prevented industrial carbon residues from entering the atmosphere on a globally relevant scale for more than 20 years. Rick was recognized as an AARP Purpose Prize Fellow in 2015. The tag line for the award is, Making a Difference is Ageless. “The Purpose Prize is all about a new story of aging – focusing on experience and innovation and the idea that our aging population is an untapped resource full of possibilities. Purpose Prize winners and nominees are role models. They are makers and doers who are out there creating new solutions that make the world a better place for people of all ages.” Rick’s work as a recognized leader in regional food systems is now over 10 years old. He is currently helping launch and lead one of the most innovative regional food organizations in the world. Rick is a lifelong entrepreneur with an ageless story to share. Rick is an accomplished public speaker who is passionate about sharing his love of ageless entrepreneurship. ABOUT THE HOST Oz Khan is a strategist, passionate about personal development, coach and general all round business person. You can find more on his linkedin profile. www.ozkhan.com /episode/index/show/ozkhan/id/22625516

Ali Parsa on revolutionising healthcare (re-release) 03/31/2022

Ali Parsa on revolutionising healthcare (re-release) This episode originally aired in 2020, it has been re-released as a set of "best of" episodes for new listeners as an addendum to episode 14, and those who wouldn't mind catching some of the episodes again prior to heading into the next round. Babylon Healthcare has recently gone public on the New York Stock Exchange and has gone from strength to strength particularly through the pandemic. Ali Parsa has a huge international profile with a clear vision to deliver accessible and affordable healthcare across planet earth. He’s recently been valued in the Times as a billionaire yet retains a sense of perspective and humbleness with a clear missionary vision and values to change access to healthcare across the planet. The slant I took for this interview was twofold, (1) for the listener to understand about Babylon healthcare, it’s products and how it intends to change healthcare on planet earth, with an NHS slant for our UK listeners and (2) to understand the tools and techniques entrepreneurs like Ali Parsa use – which ultimately at this moment in time has driven Babylon and Ali Parsa from millions to billions in value, incredible for a company that was formed in just 2013. Top quotes: On AI in healthcare: "What is amazing to me, is we can do that for a peasant in Rwanda, in a same way that we could do it for a City Managing Director in Central London, right? That's the true democratisation of healthcare." "Can we do we with healthcare, what Google did with information? Can we make it accessible, affordable, put it in the hands of every human being on earth" - the vision for Babylon Healthcare. "If you and I were playing a game of chess, and today you will not using artificial intelligence and God forbid, you're a gambler and gambling your family's life on it, you will be negligent..." on using AI to support clinical decisions. ABOUT THE HOST Oz Khan is a strategist, passionate about personal development, coach and general all round business person. You can find more on his linkedin profile. www.ozkhan.com ABOUT THE GUEST - ALI PARSA Ali is an engineer, a serial healthcare entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of babylon. babylon’s aim is to put an accessible and affordable health service into the hands of every person on earth. Babylon uses a combination of cutting-edge AI technology and the best available medical expertise to deliver 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week access to digital health tools (including health assessment, triage and health tools), with over 3 million members across Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, as well as video doctor consultations. Babylon is home to the largest collection of scientists, clinicians, mathematicians and engineers. Our team has been recruited from over 60 different countries and is working on making healthcare delivery affordable and accessible. By combining the ever-growing power of AI with the best medical expertise of humans, Babylon can deliver unparalleled access to healthcare. Prior to babylon, Ali founded Circle and built it within a few years to become Europe's largest partnership of clinicians, with some £200m of revenue, some 3,000 employees and a successful IPO. Ali was the recipient of the Royal Award for the Young Entrepreneur of the year for founding his first business, V&G, and the Healthcare Entrepreneurial Achievement Award for establishing Circle. Ali was named by The Times among the 100 global people to watch, won the 2016 CEO Award by Finance Monthly, and ACQ5's UK Game changer of the year 2016. Ali is the UK Cabinet Office Ambassador for Mutuals and has a PhD in Engineering Physics. /episode/index/show/ozkhan/id/22624976

Sarah Elkins on your stories don't define you, how you tell them will 03/31/2022

Sarah Elkins on your stories don't define you, how you tell them will This episode originally aired in 2020, it has been re-released as a set of "best of" episodes for new listeners as an addendum to episode 14, and those who wouldn't mind catching some of the episodes again prior to heading into the next round. Your stories don't define you, how you tell them will! If you are a leader, or want to be one who is effective and inspiring, you must tell personal stories that connect you to your audience, stories that resonate with the people you want to inspire. I can guide you in improving your speaking, connecting with an audience of any size, and building the kind of brand ambassadors who will support your big ideas. Sarah Elkins is an expert communicator, storyteller, connector, successful podcast host, sought-after and engaging keynote speaker, and Gallup-certified strengths coach. Sarah's many years in public service at the local, state and federal levels of government, and her work in a variety of industries, including hospitality, retail, and music, have contributed to her success as a storytelling and communication coach, performer, writer, and speaker with Elkins Consulting. Her innate ability to help others reveal the personal stories that contribute to their damaging internal messages and relationship challenges is truly remarkable.... Most people cannot easily tell a story about pivotal moments that shaped who they are and how they think. The book is designed to help readers uncover those stories, find the meaning in them, and share them with the right audience at the right time, in order to strengthen relationships, address damaging internal messages, and inspire others through their personal stories. When we create an environment that encourages and inspires authentic connection, people find answers to their questions of success and happiness, no matter what they do or where they do it. I create that space through experiential, engaging workshops and break-out sessions, resulting in improved relationships, sales, creativity and productivity. ABOUT THE HOST Oz Khan is a strategist, passionate about personal development, coach and general all round business person. You can find more on his linkedin profile. www.ozkhan.com /episode/index/show/ozkhan/id/22625573

Richard Koch on Unreasonable Success (and how to achieve it), and more - (Re release) 03/31/2022

Richard Koch on Unreasonable Success (and how to achieve it), and more - (Re release) This episode originally aired in 2020, it has been re-released as a set of "best of" episodes for new listeners as an addendum to episode 14, and those who wouldn't mind catching some of the episodes again prior to heading into the next round. Richard John Koch is one of the greatest modern business and strategy authors of our time, a speaker, investor, former management consultant, and entrepreneur. He has written more than 20 books on business and ideas including The 80/20 Principle which discussed applying the Pareto principle in management and life - whcih is widely regarded as one of the best business books ever written and has recently been re-released. He has recently been a guest on the Tim Ferris podcast. In this episode we talk about his upcoming book "Unreasonable Success: (and how to achieve it)". Unreasonable Success is a phrase coined by Richard to signify such success for an individual to change the world seems unreasonable for one person, for them to have so much impact. Unreasonable success also has three other characteristics – it is unexpected, it goes well beyond what the individual’s skills and performance seem to warrant, and it is success based largely on intuition rather than on logic and reason. The mystery of unreasonable success is that it seems to be, at least in some sense, undeserved and inexplicable. Why do unreasonably successful people such as Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher, or Boris Johnson, or in other spheres such figures as Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Bob Dylan, J. K. Rowling, or Madonna, have such unreasonable success when many of their peers who appear to have greater talent or competence do not make such a mark on the world? Richard believes he has found the silver bullet. By observing twenty unreasonably successful people, he has constructed a ‘map’ of nine landmarks common to them all. By some hidden instinct or sheer luck, the individuals adopted attitudes or strategies that worked amazingly well. One of the landmarks, for example, is a ‘transforming experience’ which made the individuals almost infinitely more powerful. In this podcast, in addition to a informal conversation, we discuss the definition of "Unreasonable Success" and key factors which lead to it. /episode/index/show/ozkhan/id/22624631