Melissa Chapman (Jungle Creations) - Spanish road trips, Yorkshire pudding lasagna, leading a social media powerhouse

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A Little Bit Radical: Business | People | Planet

Standing on Giants

64 episodes

2 days ago

Now a top 40 business podcast in the UK! All success stories started with an idea,…an idea that was a little bit radical. In this bi-weekly podcast we learn from leaders across businesses and organisations on how to do things differently and bring exciting new ideas to life. We’re not interested in armchair gurus. These are people doing the work day in, day out, to make change and drive us towards a healthier, happier world. Past guests have included senior leaders from established businesses like Heineken, Patagonia, and Riverford, as well as founders of startups in emerging industries.

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Melissa Chapman (Jungle Creations) - Spanish road trips, Yorkshire pudding lasagna, leading a social media powerhouse

A Little Bit Radical: Business | People | Planet

37 minutes 6 seconds

3 months ago

Melissa Chapman (Jungle Creations) - Spanish road trips, Yorkshire pudding lasagna, leading a social media powerhouse

How do you stay radical while leading 150 million followers and a multimillion-pound business? We speak to Melissa Chapman, CEO of social media powerhouse Jungle Creations, about rebellion, reinvention, and what real success looks like.

From being banned from school trips to becoming CEO before 30, Melissa shares how growing up in a loud, unconventional household shaped her bold and humorous leadership style. She gets candid about:

Redefining success: Why inner peace trumps Forbes lists
Empathy over ego: Building a high-growth business without the brags
The rise of social creativity: From pet socks and Yorkshire pudding lasagna to 50+ Twisted London restaurants
Staying scrappy at scale: Reinventing the business without losing its soul
Using AI responsibly: The ethics of content creation, internal AI committees, and using ChatGPT as a "therapist"
Driving to Bilbao in a motorhome for the Europa League final instead of taking a charter jet (yes, really)
And… the radical dream of printers that actually work

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