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The Story-Driven Business podcast with Susanna Rantanen — 215 episodes
#218 How to move your organisation from AI curiosity to AI capability, with John Munsell
#217 The Number One Reason Why Business Transformations Fail
#216 Leadership in the AI Era: Why Trust, Feedback and Psychological Safety Matter More Than Ever, with Guest Emma Collyer
#215 AI Leadership and Trust: How Leaders Can Adopt AI Without Losing the Human Edge with Guest Arshavir Blackwell, PhD
#214 AI in Marketing 2026: What 1,400 Marketers Reveal About ROI, Governance and Scale
#213 Leadership in the AI Era: Why Clarity Beats Speed When Everything Accelerates
#212 Decision Fatigue in Leadership: Why Strategy Feels Heavier Than It Should
#211 How Business Leaders Must Evolve as Their Company Grows – with guest Adam Hamadache
#210 – 3 Reasons Why Your B2B Strategy Will Fail Until Your Leadership Culture Matches It
#209 Why B2B Marketing Feels Boring and How To UnBore It – with Bill Reynolds
#208 B2B Leadership Culture Starts With You (Whether You Like It or Not)
#207 This is What B2B Leaders Get Wrong About Their Products and People
BONUS: AI Isn't the Point. You Are.
#206 Employer Branding Budget for 2026 – Budgeting Tips For Story-Driven Plans
#205 Navigating AI-Driven Change: Why Emotional Commitment to Your Business' Story Is Key to Success
#204 What is Business Storytelling? It's a Messaging Framework, Not Telling Insignificant Tales
#203 How To Build A Story-Driven Business, Step By Step
#202 From Talent Shortages to Talent Magnetism as a Growth Strategy
#201 How Business Storytelling Transforms Your Influence as a Leader
#200 The Future of Work Isn't Coming—It's Here. Are You Still Marketing Like It's 2019?
#199 Brand Affinity: Why Your Employees Need to Love Your Strategy
#198 The CEO as Chief Storyteller: Leading With Narrative Power
#197 From EVP to Impact: The Death of Corporate Fluff
#196 The Talent is the Hero: A Leadership Shift That Changes Everything
#195 Unlock Your Culture Code: The Secret to a Story-Driven Brand
#194 From Employer Brand to Business Strategy: The Power of Story-Driven Positioning
#193 Why Employer Branding Is a Strategic Leadership Opportunity
#192 Storytelling: The Most Underrated Leadership Skill in Business, part 2
#191 Storytelling: The Most Underrated Leadership Skill in Business, part 1
#190 11 Steps to Matching Minds with Mission (Magnetic Employer Branding Method™)
#189 Brand People Like Best Companies Do, Not Just Products
#188 Unlocking the Secrets of Story-Driven Employer Branding: Chapter One of My New Book!
#187 How tech company Mitgo found success with employer ambassadors
Airbus Finland Does It: Employer Branding Breakthrough
Bonus Ep. 01 | About the book, death and new beginnings | Sep 28, 2024
#185 Discussing Employer Branding Career Path Triumphs and Challenges with Guest Maiju Karppinen
#184 Growing into an Employer Branding Professional of the Year with Guest Nora Nykänen - part 2
#183 Growing into an Employer Branding Professional of the Year with Guest Nora Nykänen - part 1
#182 Behind the Scenes - I'm writing a Game-Changing Book about Employer Branding
#181 How building your Magnetic Employer Brand is like dating – part 2
#180 How building your Magnetic Employer Brand is like dating - part 1
#179 Unlock Your Potential: The Power Of Self-awareness For Career Growth
#178 Building a Stellar Career Path in Employer Branding
#177 Targeting in Marketing for Active and Passive Job Seekers
#175 Crafting an Irresistible Employer Brand: The Modern EB Leader's Playbook
#174 The Evolution of Employer Branding From Zero to AI - with Guest Jason "Jay" Kipps
#173 Kickstart your employer branding strategy for the new calendar year - A guide for professionals
#172 Is This One of the Best Social Media Recruitment Campaign Ideas?
#171 How appearances influence your career in employer branding
#170 Storytelling in Recruitment Marketing - Inspiring tips
#169 How to successfully develop DEI - Diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace, with guest Heidi Pech
#168 Introverts in Marketing: My 5 Top Tips and Discoveries Thriving in an Extroverted World
#167 Important Social Media Marketing Trends 2024
#166 Design thinking in employer branding with guest 'Kat on Coffee'
8 steps to upgrade your employer brand marketing plan for 2024
#164 Empower HR Marketing Data with These 7 Concrete Value-Adds
#163 Internal vs external employer brand manager roles in the spotlight
#162 HR marketing vs marketing career in the spotlight
#161 Game-Changing Employer Branding Method for Talent Attraction and Retention
#160 Crafting Recruitment Marketing Messages That Resonate Beyond Clicks on the Job Board
#159 Transparency and authenticity - The foundation for successful employer branding
#158 Building Brand Trust: The Power Trio of Credibility, Authority, and Influence
#157 An Easy Way into YouTube: YouTube Shorts for Employer Branding
#156 Navigating Employer Branding in a World of Hybrid Work
#155 The Art of A Dynamic Content Creation Process in Employer Branding
#154 How to Get Stakeholders' Buy-in To Avoid Road Blocks in Employer Branding
#153 Epic Insight into Internal External Employer Branding
#152 Building a Talent Marketing Career from scratch with guest Claudia Nolan
#151 The Art of Storytelling: How to Use Stories in Your Employer Branding Content
#150 The Employer Branding Edge: 3 Top Strategies Every Modern Leader Should Know
#149 HR professionals: How to get that seat at the executive table - with guest Tammy Alvarez
#148 Supercharge Your Employer Branding and Recruitment Marketing with Data Analytics!
#147 How to achieve a truly relevant employer brand?
#146 Figuring out life, career and being a great boss with Suzy Welch
#145 From recruiting on social media to social recruiting
#144 How to work with Corporate Employer Branding Influencers
#143 How Marketing AI is Revolutionizing Copywriting
#142 Bad communication costs your company $21B a week!
#141 Working with target audiences in HR (talent) marketing
#140 Using LinkedIn Content to Grow reach and Build a Community
#139 Facebook Professional Mode - New Facebook Feature for Professional Content Creators
#138 The Modern Employer Branding Framework You've been Looking For
#137 The Future of Recruiting 2023 - LinkedIn report
#136 Data-driven recruitment marketing – 4 steps to data-driven approach talent acquisition
#135 The secret to creating marketing content your audience wants
#134 - 10 ways to use Instagram Highlights for employer branding and recruitment marketing
#133 TikTok SEO & 4 basic SEO tactics for content creators
#132 Instagram SEO for content creators
#131 Why and how to create high-quality content - 8 tips
#130 Copywriting headlines that win attention
#129 Copywriting for HR - 5 Key Rules when writing content in HR
#128 Social media trends 2023 to watch for in talent marketing
#127 Why HR marketing benefits from short-form videos
#126 Instagram for recruiters - How to use Instagram for recruiting
#125 TikTok for Recruiters - How to use TikTok for recruiting
#124 Personal branding for HR Industry professionals (such as recruiters)
#123 TikTok for employer branding
#122 TikTok for recruitment marketing and talent acquisition
#121 TikTok vs Instagram for talent marketing
#120 The anatomy of best careers sites to convert talents
#119 The DOs and DONTs of executing an employer branding strategy
#118 Can't employer brand? Why developing employer image during recruiting can be the answer!
#117 How do you implement an employer branding strategy?
#116 What is an employer branding strategy and when do you need one?
#115 Rethinking employer branding in the new world
#114 Why you need to stop treating employer branding a recruitment campaign
#113 Why HR owns employer branding and why it actually makes sense
#112 Email marketing as a new asset in your employer branding strategy
#111 Social media trends 2022 paving the way for bigger marketing changes
#110 Why your business marketing is not the employer branding expert
#109 Psychographic segmentation in employer branding
#108 The power of the employer brand
#107 Story messages in talent marketing
#106 Why story works so well in talent marketing
#105 What Is Storytelling Marketing?
#104 The Difference Between Recruitment Marketing And Employer Branding Messages
#103 Developing an employer brand - what needs to happen?
#102 Who owns employer branding and the employer brand budget?
#101 The difference between employer branding goals & recruitment marketing goals
#100 Employer Brand Marketing buzz words uncovered
#99 Modern employer branding vs traditional and why you should care
#98 What if you are unemployer branding instead of employer branding?
#97 Top 3 social media marketing trends 2022 for employer branding
#96 What Your Culture Really Means For Your Employer Brand
#95 What you probably don't yet know about employer brand
#94 Case: Organic Instagram recruitment campaign results, part 2
#93 Case: Organic recruitment marketing campaign for Instagram, part 1
#92 Using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in talent communication
#91 Why growth companies should ditch the Fun at Work Culture
#90 Talent marketing on Instagram in 2022
#89 What is employer brand affinity?
#88 The Key Differences between Communications and Marketing
#87 Using persuasive communication in talent marketing
#86 How to become the boss of your professional development in employer branding
#85 How to choose your talent target audiences for employer branding
#84 Choosing target audiences for employer branding? Avoid these 2 common mistakes.
#83 Who exactly are your target audiences in employer branding?
#82 The three characteristics of a great talent marketing communicator
#81 Working as a Creative Employer Brand Content Producer
#80 How to get more out of LinkedIn for employer branding
#79 Working as an Employer Brand Content Manager (series 5/6)
#78 Becoming strategic with employer branding part 2/2
#77 Becoming strategic with employer branding part 1/2
#76 How to build a modern employer brand day-to-day (What tasks I do day-to-day)
#75 Working as a Talent Communication & PR Specialist (series 4/6)
#74 How to get started and get a budget for your employer branding
#73 Working as a Digital Talent Marketing Manager (series 3/6)
#72 How to use Instagram for employer branding and recruitment marketing - 6 basics to get right
#71 Working as a Talent Community & Social Media Manager (series 2/6)
#70 Transitioning in your mind from recruiting to employer branding
#69 Working as an Employer Brand Manager - Modern Talent Marketing Team roles
#68 Social media update for employer branding
#67 How our minds work when we start to activate as job seekers
#66 The product called Unique Employee Experiences in your company
#65 - 3 reasons why you are not getting applications
#64 Work-to-life riddles - What every recruiter and talent marketing pro needs to know
#63 Introducing the Modern Employer Brand Team roles
#62 Candidate communication in modern employer branding
#61 PR and communication in modern employer branding
#60 Employer branding trends in 2021 - Micro-moments
#59 How to use curated content in talent marketing & employer branding
#58 Why your talent marketing easily fails and what you can do to avoid it
#57 My key predictions for employer branding trends in 2021
#56 Getting familiar with Google Analytics
#55 How marketers are using social media (industry report)
#54 Why your talent is the hero in your employer brand -story?
#53 Being more persuasive in talent acquisition
#52 Persuasion in professional talent marketing
#51 If the campaign did not kill your hiring success, what did?
#50 The rise of professional talent marketing and talent marketers
#49 Blogging for Talent Marketing purposes
#48 Why so many recruitment videos fail to deliver
#47 How story works: Key elements in a story
#46 What is Business Storytelling?
#45 Why our brains need a good story
#44 Essential questions your career pages need to answer
#43 Why you should care deeply about your career site?
#42 How I use the Magnetic Employer Brand©️-method to employer brand my agency
#41 The power of visuals in employer branding
#40 Why LinkedIn is not that great for modern employer branding
#39 Understanding Instagram to ace employer branding
#38 What is the BEST social media for your talent marketing needs?
#37 How to best use social media for recruitment marketing
#36 Talent Marketing in social media in 2020
#35 Talent Marketing as a profession - A career path for you?
#34 REALLY the 5 key advice for HR taking on social media
#33 - 5 reasons why most companies fail to succeed in talent marketing
#32 Why companies should use about social media like their employees?
#31 How to get your employees to share company content on their social media?
#30 Goals, objectives and metrics in hiring, part 2
#29 How to measure success in hiring? [part 1/2]
#28 How to get started with employer branding on social media
#27 - 5 reasons why talent marketing fails to deliver
#26 Using the company blog content in talent marketing
#25 How to become a talent magnet company
#24 Who is the top talent of the digital age?
#23 Improving candidate experiences with recruitment communications
#22 Optimizing the career page for a growth company
#21 - 7 tips on getting started with your recruiter brand
#20 What if you had a Talent Acquisition brand?
#19 Why words matter - also in your job post
#18 How to produce content your audience wants?
#17 How corona shows the strength of your company culture
#16 Talent segmentation in modern employer branding
#15 What is a talent audience and why does it matter?
#14 Marketing and communications within "employer branding"
#13 What is an employer value proposition and do we still need them?
#12 Why content marketing works so well in employer branding?
#11 Choosing the right HR marketing strategy
#10 What is an employer branding strategy?
#9 Your employer brand needs a marketing funnel
#8 The 3 main types of HR Marketing
#7 How to actually build The Modern Employer Brand
#6 The Candidate Journey of the Information Era
#3 Introducing the Modern Employer Branding Method