{"podcast":{"title":"What I learned in business (that didn't kill me!)","slug":"what-i-learned-in-business-that-didn-t-kill-me-7504944","podcast_index_feed_id":7504944,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68c8d9069445f7a95104183c","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/what-i-learned-in-business-that-didnt-kill-me","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1757989586689-5ec7fadd-958d-4f32-b41a-87024b76e51a.jpeg","author":"James Stewart","episode_count":31,"summary":"Have you ever wondered why some businesses go broke and others are successful? Have you ever wondered why some leaders rise to the top in difficult situations? For 40 years I was a corporate undertaker. I buried businesses that failed and helped save those where there was still a pulse. I was parachuted into some of corporate Australia’s biggest financial crisis, insolvencies and turnaround environments. I have been in Board rooms, Court rooms and on shop floors when all seems lost (and sometimes it was). Over decades at the coal face of business (often in the most difficult circumstances), I have seen & heard stories that delighted and inspired me, as well as those which serve as a guide of the path not to take. I also spent years in leadership roles at Ferrier Hodgson and KPMG Australia where I sat on the Board and was the National Consumer and Retail leader. The purpose of What I learned about Business (that didn’t kill me!) is to share the stories behind some of the world's most interesting business situations, how they unfolded, how my guests dealt with them, and how those experiences changed them and the way they do business. I hope that my podcast entertains and engages lis…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-i-learned-in-business-that-didn-t-kill-me-7504944"},"episode":{"title":"Anastasia Pelot: Inside the Mind of Gen Z & Gen A.","slug":"anastasia-pelot-inside-the-mind-of-gen-z-gen-a","published_at":"2026-01-19T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-i-learned-in-business-that-didn-t-kill-me-7504944/anastasia-pelot-inside-the-mind-of-gen-z-gen-a","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-i-learned-in-business-that-didn-t-kill-me-7504944","url":"https://shows.acast.com/what-i-learned-in-business-that-didnt-kill-me/episodes/anastasia-pelot","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68c8d9069445f7a95104183c/e/693214f9a63c6eaa591f1078/media.mp3","summary":"In this episode of What I Learned in Business (That Didn’t Kill Me!) , James Stewart explores one of the most important and misunderstood challenges facing leaders, employers, marketers and boards today: how to understand and engage the next generations of consumers and workers—Gen Z and Gen Alpha . James is joined by Anastasia Pelot , founder of House of Context and a youth-culture strategist who helps organisations decode how young people think, behave, buy and communicate. Raised across Kenya, Greece, Germany, Syria and Lebanon before moving to the United States at 15, Anastasia brings a rare global and cultural lens to the question of identity, belonging and generational change. The conversation begins with Anastasia’s extraordinary upbringing as a Third Culture Kid (TCK), the cultural shock of settling in the US as a teenager, and how those experiences shaped her sensitivity to identity formation, emotional safety and belonging—themes that sit at the heart of her work today. James and Anastasia then dive deep into the real differences—and overlaps—between Gen Z and Gen Alpha , cutting through stereotypes and simplistic labels. Anastasia explains why she views youth not as a “segment” but as a signal —an early indicator of where culture, leadership, work and consumer behaviour are heading next. Key themes explored include: Why dividing young people strictly into Gen Z versus Gen Alpha can obscure deeper behavioural patterns Gen Z as the first generation to experience “public adolescence” online, and the self-protective instincts that emerged as a result Gen Alpha as a more AI-native, immersive and sensory-driven cohort How young people form identity, relationships and belonging in an algorithmic world The headwinds and tailwinds shaping youth development today , fr…","meta_description":"In this episode of What I Learned in Business (That Didn’t Kill Me!) , James Stewart explores one of the most important and misunderstood challenges facin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3309,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-i-learned-in-business-that-didn-t-kill-me-7504944/episodes/anastasia-pelot-inside-the-mind-of-gen-z-gen-a/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-i-learned-in-business-that-didn-t-kill-me-7504944/anastasia-pelot-inside-the-mind-of-gen-z-gen-a.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}