Episodes 19
Avg. Duration 30m
Activity Declining
Since Oct 2020
Latest Episode May 2025

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Every 2 Months
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About This Podcast

Welcome to the Shepherding Chaos Podcast. Firstly a little explanation of the name: we’ve always felt that retail is a by nature a fairly chaotic world. We don’t mean that in a derogatory fashion, just that there are so many variables at play. Sales driven by environment, circumstance and changing customer preference including the technology they want, and are prepared to use, contribute to a multitude of influencing factors on the ultimate margin we achieve and therefore the amount of money we have to spend. Leading and being involved in retail businesses that are constantly on the edge of change has led us to believe that the best way of dealing with this scenario is to acknowledge and embrace change and to manage through a process of encouragement, shepherding if you like, rather than blind rule following. In the podcast, we’ll discuss subjects in the retail and retail technology world. We’ll also look to have guest speakers and generally share our thoughts in a light and thought provoking way.

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Recent Episodes

Epiosde 18 - Delivering in Partnership

May 21, 2025 33m

Welcome to the Shepherding Chaos podcast by Retail247! In this episode of Shepherding Chaos, Martin is joined by Neil Sansom (CEO at SGS Engineering) and Brad Houldsworth (Strategy Director at…

Episode 17 - Acting Local with Remote Resource

Dec 05, 2024 32m

In this episode of Shepherding Chaos, Martin is joined by Steve Smart and Vishal Shah from PMC. They discuss how Retail247 employ a remote PMC team to enhance our development capabilities, and why it…

Episode 16 - Digital Product Passports

Jan 29, 2024 31m

Welcome to the Shepherding Chaos podcast by Retail247! In this episode of Shepherding Chaos, Martin and Alan discuss all things Digital Product Passports. They cover questions like 'what do we know…

Episode 15 Part 2 - The Tech Talk with John Best

Jan 05, 2024 26m

Welcome to the Shepherding Chaos podcast by Retail247. In this episode of Shepherding Chaos, Martin is joined by John Best, Head of Innovation here at Retail247. The pair discuss their history of…

Episode 15 Part 1 - The Tech Talk with John Best

Dec 04, 2023 32m

Welcome to the Shepherding Chaos podcast by Retail247. In this episode of Shepherding Chaos, Martin is joined by John Best, Head of Innovation here at Retail247. The pair discuss their history of…

Episode 14 - The Crew Clothing Technology Journey with Richard Surman

Nov 14, 2023 13m

Welcome to the Shepherding Chaos podcast by Retail247. In this episode of Shepherding Chaos, Martin is joined by Richard Surman, Head of IT at Crew Clothing. The pair discuss Crew Clothing's…

Episode 13 -The Show Must Go On with Matt Bradley

Jul 03, 2023 32m

Welcome to Shepherding Chaos, the podcast by Retail247. In Episode 13, Martin (CEO of Retail247) and Lucy (Marketing Executive at Retail247) are joined by Matt Bradley, Director of the Retail…

Episode 12 - A CFO’s View of Tech in Retail

Jun 12, 2023 32m

Welcome to the Shepherding Chaos podcast by Retail247. In this episode of Shepherding Chaos, Martin is joined by Heather Wood-Stringer, CFO of LK Bennett, where they discuss how Heather's role as CFO…

Episode 11 - The Retail Merry Go Round

Mar 15, 2023 26m

In this episode of Shepherding Chaos, our hosts Martin and Alan chat about how some retailers still need to improve upon their basic processes. At the end of the episode, they play the post-it note…

Episode 10 - How Technology Underpins Customer Service with Cathy McCabe

Feb 06, 2023 31m

In this episode of Shepherding Chaos, our hosts Martin and Alan sit down with Co-Founder and CEO of clienteling app Proximity, Cathy McCabe, to chat about how technology underpins customer service.

Episode 9 - The Greatest Showman with Matt Bradley

Sep 13, 2022 43m

In this episode of Shepherding Chaos, our hosts Martin and Alan sit down with Director of the Retail Technology Show, Matt Bradley. Titled ‘The Greatest Showman’, reflecting Matt’s stellar event back…

Episode 8 - If I had a million pounds... with Richard Surman, Head of IT at Crew Clothing

Nov 02, 2021 29m

If we had a million pounds to spend on retail technology, what would we spend it on? Martin and Alan are joined by Richard Surman, Head of IT at Crew Clothing for this episode of Shepherding Chaos.

Episode 7 - Sustainability within Retail with Dr. Esther Pugh

Jul 28, 2021 37m

On this edition of Shepherding Chaos, Retail247's Non-Executive Director, Alan Morris, sits down with Dr. Esther Pugh. Esther is Doctor of Philosophy, and a Senior Lecturer in Retail, Marketing and…

Episode 6 - Supplier or Partner?

Apr 20, 2021 19m

This episode is all about ‘Client - Supplier Relationships’ and the importance of partnerships. We discuss niche retail focussed suppliers having an advantage over companies that are considered more…

Epsiode 5 - Disruptive Technology

Feb 08, 2021 19m

In episode 5 we take a look at technology that we class as disruptive and how it enables innovation.

Epsiode 4 - Five Rubbish Things

Dec 21, 2020 14m

2020 has obviously been a rubbish year and there are many things that we'd get rid of if we could. In this end of year episode we take a quick look at the five retail technology related observations…

Episode 3 - IT & The Business

Dec 02, 2020 30m

In this episode we discuss how technology functions should consider themselves and integral part of any business rather than an 'outsider' craving influence.

Episode 2 - Empowered Customer Service

Nov 12, 2020 24m

In this episode we discuss how technology can, and should, contribute to customer service.

Epsiode 1 - The Constant of Change

Oct 06, 2020 43m

In this first episode of our look at all things retail technology we discuss The Constant of Change and how the delivery of retail technology projects needs to adapt to a world where the pace of…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Shepherding Chaos have?

Shepherding Chaos has published 19 episodes since October 2020, covering topics in Business, Technology.

Is Shepherding Chaos still active?

Shepherding Chaos is currently declining with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 30m.

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