Three jocks on a Friday afternoon. What could possibly go wrong?

That was my genuine warning at the top of this one — and I meant it. Gillian Docherty is Chief Commercial Officer at the University of Strathclyde, Chair of CodeBase, and former CEO of The Data Lab. But what really drew me to this conversation is the story underneath all of that. Twenty-two years at IBM. A recruiter who refused to hang up the phone. A CV written over a weekend for the first time in two decades. And a decision — no package, a four-year-old at home — to walk away and build something from scratch.

In this conversation, Michelle talks about how her eight-year-old son managed to ground her after what she called a crap day, and in doing so, articulated what financial services is actually for better than most boardrooms ever manage. She walks us through how she got into her career - economics degree, bars and clubs in London, a break that came through a personal recommendation rather than any recruitment agent - and then into the real substance of what good digital banking actually looks like today.

TTH Blueprint Episode 20: Bhavin Visavadia

TTH Blueprint: On The Turntable — Marseille

Peter Sandberg — Blueprint conversation

Hundreds of millions of streams.

Music featured on Stranger Things.

And yet… a quietly grounded, thoughtful human being behind it all.

Chris Brocklesby is Chief Technology Officer at the British Heart Foundation. Before that, he’s spent his career running technology in organisations millions of people rely on — airlines, telecoms, retail, national infrastructure.

TTH: A Wee Dram Episode 3 - Part 2: The Wee Dram: Identity, Purpose & The World Right Now

In this conversation, Trevor shares his own story of stepping away from corporate life, and what he’s learned from working with hundreds of senior leaders going through the same transition.