Matters of the heart are a tricky business at the best of times but things only seem to be getting more complicated with the advent of dating apps, swiping left or right, not knowing people’s intentions, or even if they’re real! So, for this week’s Industry Review Bobby spoke to three owners of Matchmaking agencies who have made it their business to help people find that special someone: Feargal Harrington, managing diretor and co-founder of Intro Matchmaking Agency; Liz Doyle, founder and owner of The Fine Dining Club; Bill Phelan, owner and managing director of Perfect Partners.

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Industry Review: Match-Making

Gordon Lawlor, managing director of Circle K Ireland joined Bobby to talk about how he built his career and reached his current position, the uncertainty of the economy at the moment and what to expect going forward.

Executive Chair: Gordon Lawlor, Circle K Ireland

Tara Nolan has turned her business coach insights into a podcast to help teams work better together. 'Game of Teams' hears from guests from a wide range of business backgrounds all with one common goal: higher team performance. Tara Nolan herself, the business coach behind the podcast joined Bobby to talk about it.

Tara Nolan, Business Coach Behind 'Game of Teams' Podcast

What is 'invisible work'? Well, author John Howkins explains that very concet in his new book "Invisible Work: The Hidden Ingredient of True Creativity, Purpose &amp; Power" and of course he joined Bobby to tell him all about how work is moving from observable public spheres into the private and unseen.

John Howkins, Author of 'Invisible Work'

For this week's Executive Chair, Bobby was joined by Adrian McGennis of CEO Sigmar Recruitment to discuss his pathway into business from studying in UCD, working in Ladbrokes as an engineer, and then finding himself in recruitment several years later.

Executive Chair - Adrian McGennis CEO Sigmar

Why do some competitors do better than others? Elvin Turner has turned his 10 years of research into trying to answer this very question. Author of “Be Less Zombie: How Great Companies Create Dynamic Innovation, Fearless Leadership and Passionate People” Elvin joined Bobby to discuss the book and they both look to get to grips with the tools, hacks and approaches that help managers systematically spark ingenuity, agility, and profitable creativity at scale.

Elvin Turner - 'Be Less Zombie'

Spring is here! The days are getting longer, the weather is supposed to be getting warmer although you wouldn’t know it, and the daffodils are well and truly in bloom. With all this life springing up around us, we thought it would be the perfect time to speak to three garden designers and talk to them about how we can get the most out of our gardens and green spaces. Joining Bobby was  Kloe Wood Lyndorff - co-founder Two Green Shoots in West Cork Tim Austen  - Tim Austen Garden Designs &amp; Austen Associates Landscape Architecture from Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow Ingrid Smyth - of Ingrid Smyth Garden Design based in Dublin. &nbsp; &nbsp;

Industry Review - Garden Designers

There has been a lot of talk about the future of the bricks &amp; mortar of Irish retail and flagging local retail performances - most of which has been framed through the arrival of online sales. But is it all as worrying as we’re led to believe? Neil Bannon, Executive Chairman of Commercial Property Consultancy firm Bannon joined Bobby to discuss how retail is faring in Ireland and ask if all the doom and gloom is actually warranted?

Neil Bannon - Retail on the High Street

Are you tired of having to go through a lengthy process of trying to find a babysitter not only that you like but can trust with the care of those that you hold most dear? Bobby was joined by Claire Afolabi, founder of littlesitters.ie - the online babysitting directory hwich takes the stress and hassle out of finding a sitter you can leave with the kids.

Little Sitters - The Online Babysitting Directory

Now, as you well know general election 2020 is over but there is another still in play; it’s the election to fill the 60 seats in the upper house of the Oireachtas - the Seanad. Áine Collins, former Fine Gael TD, is running for one of the seats on the Industrial and Commercial Panel and was in to tell Bobby what the Seanad might be able to do for Business.

Áine Collins

For this week's Executive Chair, Bobby was joined by Mark Saunders, CEO Horseware of Ireland - a business which has a turnover of €40 million, employs 720 people, with 97% of sales exported to over 60 countries.

Executive Chair - Mark Saunders, CEO Horseware Ireland

Dr. Kaihan Krippendorff is a world renowned expert on agile leadership, a battle-tested consultant and sought after keynote speaker on the topics of strategy, growth and transformation. He’s in Ireland to speak at a masterclass being organised by the IMI - in association with Mason Hayes &amp; Curran and he joined Bobby in studio to discuss agile leadership, and the changing landscape of business in the modern world.

Dr. Kaihan Krippendorff

Often the role of the GP is that of a gatekeeper; the provider of a wide range of health services, and perhaps even council for problems we wouldn’t want to discuss elsewhere. But, that demand has only grown in recent years with increasing pressures on our GPs to provide the care that we’ve come to expect. So for this week’s Industry Review, we wanted to get a bit of a health check of the industry and see how three GPs are faring. Bobby was joined by: Dr Austin O’Carroll, GP at the Mountjoy Street Family Practice and founder of Safetynet as well as North Dublin City GP Training programme. Dr Rukshan Goonewardena GP from the Ballyjamesduff Family Practice co Cavan &amp; Director of ICGPs' Network of Establishing GPs Programme. Dr Gerry Mansfield, GP at Sheahan Medical Practice. &nbsp; &nbsp;

Industry Review -GPs

Retail has been undergoing huge changes over the past few years with digitisation, automation, AI, and e-commerce all playing their part. But, where does the bricks &amp; mortar aspect of large scale businesses and SMEs fit in when everything around us seems to be changing? Owen Clifford, Head of Retail Sector at Bank of Ireland joined Bobby to discuss.

Owen Clifford - Head of Retail Sector at Bank of Ireland

Bobby was out and about in Abbeyleix where he stopped in to G's Gourmet Jams to chat to Helen Gee who founded of the business back in 1998. Together they talk about how she got started, how it has evolved into a family run business throughout the years and where things might be headed in the years to come. Bobby also gets stuck in and learns some of the tricks of the trade when it comes to jam-making!

Out &amp; About at G's Gourmet Jams

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