# Season 3: Episode 3 Andy and Frances in conversation with Gerry Corish Marketing Consultant Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/unlocking-aliveness-in-leadership-7103003/season-3-episode-3-andy-and-frances-in-conversation-with-gerry-corish-marketing-consultant Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/unlocking-aliveness-in-leadership-7103003/season-3-episode-3-andy-and-frances-in-conversation-with-gerry-corish-marketing-consultant.md Podcast: [Unlocking Aliveness in Leadership](https://stenobird.com/podcast/unlocking-aliveness-in-leadership-7103003) Published: 2025-10-23T07:32:38+00:00 Episode link: https://unlockingconversations.com/podcasts/ Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6722652377f0e7cbfb9d670a/e/68f9da16dbbf1888ef99a73b/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unlocking-aliveness-in-leadership-7103003/episodes/season-3-episode-3-andy-and-frances-in-conversation-with-gerry-corish-marketing-consultant Duration seconds: 1839 ## Resource Frances and Andy are delighted to share the third episode of Season 3 of our podcast Unlocking Aliveness in Leadership.   In today’s episode we are in conversation with Gerry Corish, a branding, marketing and creative consultant, with a background of working in advertising agencies across Europe and Russia, before returning to his Scottish roots in 2010 taking up the position of Director of Marketing for Scottish Salmon and now working as a Marketing Consultant to a wide range of industries.   Gerry shared many stories with us that gave his responses to our questions real colour and context. He recalled the first time I was referred to as a leader was as a small boy in my primary school in Clydeside in Glasgow. But the term used was ringleader, and it wasn't meant as a compliment!   Whilst Gerry doesn’t consider himself to be any kind of Guru, but based on his experience, he defines leadership as providing a purpose, a culture and example for others to thrive. Vision was also a key part of leadership and a great insight from some years earlier, was people can't see inside your head, your ideas, your vision.  Often people have great ideas but can’t articulate them or put context and structure around them. Gerry really enjoys helping people and organisations uncover their vision.   Gerry’s purpose is clear, working with people and organisations who want to make things better. When recalling his proudest moments, Gerry recalled a recent reunion with some friends who he met working in Russia and they had asked colleagues from that time to share a video of their memories. The pride of still being in connection with these people and to have played a part in their growth was evident in Gerry’s response.   When talking about re… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unlocking-aliveness-in-leadership-7103003/episodes/season-3-episode-3-andy-and-frances-in-conversation-with-gerry-corish-marketing-consultant/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/unlocking-aliveness-in-leadership-7103003/season-3-episode-3-andy-and-frances-in-conversation-with-gerry-corish-marketing-consultant.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.