Welcome to The Apple Cart; the podcast for creative disruptors, disruptive creators and anyone who wants to do things differently in business. In this episode, your host, Gudrun Lauret, is joined by Jodie Newman.

Jodie is the founding owner of the Business Allotment – the place where businesses grow, creatively. She helps business owners move away from business-as-usual thinking to a creative approach and business-as-unusual thinking that helps the business be distinct, stand out and be memorable. Jodie is the author of Build Your Business on Ideas.

She tells Gudrun how her schooldays inspired her first interest in creativity, how she started the Business Allotment and how she got into the business of ideas.

Jodie explains how she became an author and public speaker, how she describes what she does and what she’d do if she wasn’t running her own business.

Gudrun asks Jodie to share her thoughts on doing things differently in business and how to embrace your creative side.

Timestamps

01:16 – 05:52: How Jodie started The Business Allotment
06:35 - 07:08: Why the shed is a place for people to belong
07:24 - 11:27: How Jodie got into the business of ideas
12:43 - 14:33: How Jodie describes what she does
15:03 - 16:21: What Jodie would do if she wasn’t running her business
16:41 -19:18: The benefits of business networking
19:34 - 25:20: Being an author and public speaker
25:42– 31:38: Why you should do things differently in business
32:23 - 37:01: How to be more creative in business

Useful Links

Visit Jodie's website
20 days, 100 ideas free course
The Tool shed free membership
Buy Jodie's book
Networking group: The Creative Collective
Connect with Jodie on LinkedIn
Service: Podcast content repurposing