E29: Richard Ayers’ Bellwether beard

Richard Ayers has been selling the future for his whole career, since teaching John Humphreys to read out the BBC Today Programmes’ website address, to his current guise as a thought leader in sport’s great journey of digital transformation.We visit Richard at Seven League’s HQ deep in Islington, the epicentre of the north London metropolitan elite.Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A mix of entertaining and thought provoking conversations with a who's who of the global industry. To join our community of listeners, sign up to the weekly UP Newsletter and follow us on Twitter and TikTok at @UnofficialPartnerWe publish two podcasts each week, on Tuesday and Friday. These are deep conversations with smart people from inside and outside sport. Our entire back catalogue of 500 sports business conversations are available free of charge here. Each pod is available by searching for ‘Unofficial Partner’ on Apple, Spotify and every podcast app. If you’re interested in collaborating with Unofficial Partner to create one-off podcasts or series and live events, you can reach us via the website.