Change is something we all experience — sometimes by choice, and sometimes when life or work simply shifts around us.

In a Special International Edition of the show, we are treated to two special guests. Juli Miller joins the show as a guest panellist.

Juli shares her perspective on the challenges facing the US job market and speaks openly about a major career change, including how she navigated the emotional side of that transition.

Keeping the change theme going, our special guest is, Marion Eppinger, founder of HR Passionista, and she talks about how we can all handle change with a little more confidence, honesty and humanity.

Marion brings warmth, experience and practical insight from her international HR career, sharing why real change is about much more than plans, processes and big announcements. Together, the conversation explores why people can struggle with uncertainty, how leaders can build trust, and why listening, involvement and empathy matter so much when organisations are asking people to move forward.

It’s a thoughtful and very human conversation about work, leadership, resilience, AI and the future and the enduring importance of human skills such as judgement, creativity, trust-building and the ability to help others help themselves.

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In this special episode called, Never Lose Hope, Gary Cox and David Johnson are joined by Kateryna Valian for a deeply human conversation about resilience, displacement and the courage it takes to rebuild a life more than once.

Kateryna’s story begins in Donetsk in 2014, when armed occupation changed daily life overnight and she made the difficult decision to leave her home for Kyiv. What she thought might be a temporary move became the start of a much longer journey, as she adapted to a new city, new work, and the painful reality that going home was no longer simple.

Kateryna then shares how life changed again in February 2022, when she recognised the sound of bombing in Kyiv and the full-scale invasion forced her to face displacement for a second time.

This episode also explores the practical and emotional realities of starting again: learning a new job market, rebuilding confidence, being separated from her husband in Kyiv and living with grief.

Throughout the conversation, Kateryna speaks with remarkable honesty and positivity, describing how support from ordinary people, including her UK host Jane, helped her take the next steps towards independence and work.

Never Lose Hope with Kateryna Valian is a moving reminder that behind every headline are individual people making impossible choices, finding unexpected kindness and trying to build a future one day at a time.

To support Kateryna, you can contact her on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateryna-missiga-valian.

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In this episode of The Dog Ate My Strategy Show, Gary Cox is joined by a very entertaining guest, Graham Dewhirst, for an insightful conversation about the not-for-profit sector, trustee roles, and what it really means to make a meaningful contribution beyond your day job.

Graham shares lessons from his career in private equity and board leadership. Expect to hear some crazy stories about investments that were rejected board meetings.

Graham reflects on his work with charities, including the creation of Let June, https://letjune.org , which supports young people in North Kirklees at moments when small practical help can make a life-changing difference.

If you have ever wondered how to become a trustee, what non-executive directors actually do, or how volunteering your skills can help both an organisation and your own development, this episode offers practical guidance, honest reflections, and plenty of the show’s usual humour.

Hear what are the team doing over the Summer Holidays?

40 Minutes designed to help you switch off, be entertained and hear stories that might just change your day.

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