Off the Fence with Purpose
Episodes
An amazing career story from a strategic business advisor that will keep you engrossed
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation with guest Jean Callanan takes a winding and fascinating route around her amazing career.It is about a career in which she spent ove...
Stopping the music in Shanghai
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
To say that the guest on this episode had a varied career could be considered an understatement. It is a career that spans the private, public, intern...
A global leader in PR and communication
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode John Saunders talks to Jim and Ellen about his fascinating career which moved from being a well known radio sports presenter and publi...
The career ladder as we know it has broken
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The career ladder as we know it has brokenListen here to understand how and why Conor Lynch was a guest in Season One of Off the Fence with Purp...
Stimulating stories from Season 1
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready for another season of great guests with stories from their careers that could stimulate your move up the career ladder where you are now, or...
Stories of love and service in a life that will inspire you.
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Liam O’Dwyer which will inspire whatever your beliefs or career path.Liam O'Dwyer began his working life as a Catholic priest. I...
The red thread through the career of Michael Patten
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The red thread through a career Corporate affairs and issue management have been some of the red thread through the career of Michael Patten...
"Sitting with Nellie” was great career start
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Sitting with Nellie” was great career start‘Sitting with Nellie” is a colloquial British phrase for learning a job by observing and mimick...
Negotiating pocket money as a child and martial arts helped shape business approach
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Negotiating pocket money as a child and taking up martial arts as a teenager helped shape a business approachWhen Michael O’Donohoe now Country Dire...
From investigative journalist to helping managers become leaders
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This lively chat with Margaret E Ward covers her time from being a cub reporter in New York, through an award winning journalism career in Ireland wit...
You have to speak up to make change- Louise Bayliss
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Making a positive differenceAdvocating for women in a mental hospital came at a career cost for Louise Bayliss. But as she tells Jim and Ellen in...
I can do that. I’ll give that a go
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I can do that. I’ll give that a goIn Episode 15 Jim and Ellen chat with Deirdre Ryan who had a long career with RTE in a variety of jobs in radio fr...
Zero tolerence for disrespect in the workplace
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode the guest is Derek Kehoe, CEO and Head of Country for BNP Paribas in Ireland.Although Derek chats with Jim and Ellen about working in ...
Media, Books and Communications with Breda Brown
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Off the Fence with Purpose Episode 13 The guest on this episode is Breda Brown and she chats with Jim and Ellen about everything around com...
Career lessons learned from first 10 episodes
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 12 - Lessons learned to dateIn this episode Jim and Ellen consider the lessons learned from the first 10 Episodes.They discuss the impact chan...
In conversation with Paul C. Dwyer, Cyber Security expert
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Never went to college but now owns his own academy. In this episode of Off the Fence with Purpose Jim and Ellen chat to Paul C. Dwyer Founder and...
In conversation with David Orr
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A career that spans accountancy and entertainmentWhen David Orr was a trainee accountant little did he realise that 40 years later he would be to...
In conversation with Declan Kelly
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Off the Fence with Purpose Declan Kelly, managing partner at Digital Impact in Dublin chats about his remarkable car...
In conversation with Pat Henry
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Best known in Ireland as a personal trainer to the stars Pat Henry has also been a movie extra and musician.His early working life was far away from h...
In conversation with Don Harris
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode the guest is Don Harris whose career took a dramatic twist following an emergency medical operation. Before leaving school a care...
In conversation with Gavan O'Brien, managing director, gradireland
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Jim and Ellen chat with Gavan O'Brien who following a difficult start to his business career went on to make a success of various r...
Episode 5 with Conor Lynch
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Conor Lynch an award winning digital business innovator and educator talks to Jim and Ellen about a career which has moved through the various waves&n...
In conversation with Carmel Doyle
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The guest in this episode of Off the Fence with Purpose is Carmel Doyle who was recently conferred with the honour of a Life Fellowship from the...
In conversation with Aileen O'Toole,
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this series, Off the Fence with Purpose, Jim Walsh, founder and executive chair of Walsh, one of Ireland’s most long standing and respected PR ag...
Off the Fence with Purpose with Patrick Atkinson
08 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Walsh, founder and executive chair of Walsh, one of Ireland’s most long standing and respected PR agencies, and Ellen Gunning, founder of M...
Introduction Jim Walsh and Ellen Gunning chat about lessons from their varied careers
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ireland’s Leading PR Experts Get ‘Off the Fence’ with New Career Podcast Jim Walsh & Ellen Gunning host a series on seeking purpose in ...