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3 June 2020

Episode 451

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Alain Sylvain, CEO and founder of New York brand consultancy Sylvain Labs, tells us how personal experience informs leadership during troubling times. Plus: we head to Islay off the west coast of Scotland to meet Douglas Taylor, CEO of Bruichladdich distillery.

3 June 2020

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Leadership at a time like this

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Alain Sylvain is the founder and CEO of brand strategy and design consultancy Sylvain Labs. In this week’s op-ed, he explains how personal experience informs leadership during moments of crisis.

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Bruichladdich

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Douglas Taylor is the CEO of Bruichladdich distillery. We discuss how its “all-Islay” production plan not only defines sustainability but is a way to boost the Scottish island’s next generation of entrepreneurs.

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