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David Ayling-Smith and Peter Taylor

The Squid of Despair

A Business, Management and Entrepreneur podcast

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David Ayling-Smith and Peter Taylor
The Squid of Despair

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What is The Squid of Despair about?

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Unscripted musings on business life, leadership, creativity, transformation and all the myriad of other work-life events that get in the way of a good night's sleep. The Squid of Despair is a conceptual summation of what can go wrong, and often does, with mind-mapping or other creative techniques. Born out of an idea for a book back in 2010, David and Peter have now made this mythical beast rise once again, phoenix like (from under the ocean waves, so a bit soggy probably), to explore all matters relating to 'business life, leadership, creativity, transformation and all the myriad of other work-life events that get in the way of a good night’s sleep' in the form of an unusual podcast

How many episodes of The Squid of Despair exist?

As of Aug 17th, 2025, The Squid of Despair has published 26 episodes.

When was the latest episode of The Squid of Despair?

The latest episode of The Squid of Despair was published on Feb 8th, 2025

When did The Squid of Despair launch?

The Squid of Despair launched its first episode on Jan 12th, 2022.

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The content of The Squid of Despair is not explicit.

Who is the author of The Squid of Despair?

The Squid of Despair is created by David Ayling-Smith and Peter Taylor.

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The Squid of Despair belongs to the following podcast categories:

Business
Management
Entrepreneur
Careers

Which podcast hosting provider does The Squid of Despair use?

The Squid of Despair is hosted on Buzzsprout.

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