About Us

Audio-first learning that turns your talent initiatives into measurable business results, without disrupting workflow.

The Team

Richard Ward
Co-Founder

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Adam Lacey
Co-Founder

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Monique Azcona
Administrator

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Kezziah Moorhouse
Editor

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Cara Fudge
Content Project Manager

Brigid McCormack
Customer Success Manager

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Irene Naydon
Administrator

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James Wann
Director

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Courtney Barnard
Head of Partnerships

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Molly Kelly
Marketing & Events Lead

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Sunshine Joy Malaki
Administrator

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Abi Holmes
Head of Content

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How We Work

Learning and Talent leaders face mounting pressure to prove their initiatives drive measurable business results: productivity, retention, engagement, and readiness. The constraint? Fewer resources and tighter timelines than ever before.

Our Integrated Approach:

Audio-First Learning
Expert-led, podcast-style lessons designed for busy professionals. Because audio fits naturally into the flow of work (commutes, gym sessions, dog walks), adoption becomes voluntary and sustainable, not mandated and forgotten.

Talent Toolkits
Pre-structured enablement frameworks that integrate audio learning into your key initiatives: onboarding, leadership development, and performance management. This makes learning immediately actionable and visibly connected to business outcomes.

Customer Success Enablement
Hands-on partnership to ensure fast activation, strong adoption, and alignment with the metrics your executives care about. We help you build the confidence to demonstrate measurable contribution.

The Result:

Your talent initiatives don't just launch. They perform. You get faster activation, easier scaling, and the measurable progress that proves impact on the business outcomes that matter most.

AY is the home of podcast-style audio lessons. Our short audio lessons are designed to be listened to on the go. They complement (rather than compete with) a busy life.

We work with published authors, award-winning trainers and subject matter experts to deep dive into difficult topics. Delivered via audio, these longer lessons draw on stories and real-world experience.