<![CDATA[The STANDOUT Agency Podcast]]>
thestandoutagencypodcast.substack.com]]>https://thestandoutagencypodcast.substack.com/podcastSubstackWed, 05 Aug 2026 22:28:11 GMThttps://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/9851741.rssGareth Healey & Callum Healey - Agents of ChangePractical conversations on building a STANDOUT agency - strategy, growth and AI, hosted by Agents of Change, Gareth and Callum Healey.episodicGareth Healey & Callum Healey - Agents of Changegareth@weareagentsofchange.comNo<![CDATA[EPISODE 5: The Founder Dependency Trap]]>Every agency founder starts as the engine: the seller, the doer, the one everyone depends on. But the skills that get an agency from zero to £1m and a dozen people are exactly the skills that stop it going further. This week Callum asks Gareth about his own experience of running an agency and why agency founders find it so hard to let go. They unpack four intertwined barriers, from simple resourcing to something far more personal, that keep founders stuck being indispensable. If you've ever wondered if you're the reason your agency can't grow, this one's for you.



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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thestandoutagencypodcast.substack.com]]>https://thestandoutagencypodcast.substack.com/p/episode-3-nobody-agreed-the-heightsubstack:post:207777034Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:44:53 GMTAgents of ChangeNo2154<![CDATA[EPISODE 2: Why the AI Guy Wants Your Timesheets]]>Callum has noticed a pattern to some of his recent AI engagements with agencies. It’s a surprising one and hardly glamorous - digging meaningful data out of their timesheet system. In this episode Gareth, a 30-year timesheet veteran, interviews Callum on why the AI lead, of all people, wants agencies to keep recording time - and why ‘AI means we don’t need timesheets’ is exactly the wrong lesson to draw. They get into what that timesheet data is actually extracted for, where AI genuinely will make time recording irrelevant, and why an agency with no data on its biggest cost line - human hours - is starting its AI journey from the worst possible place.



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thestandoutagencypodcast.substack.com]]>https://thestandoutagencypodcast.substack.com/p/episode-2-why-the-ai-guy-wants-yoursubstack:post:206872441Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:19:54 GMTAgents of ChangeNo1864<![CDATA[EPISODE 1: Standstill to STANDOUT: What Actually Separates the Two? ]]>Welcome to The STANDOUT Agency Podcast, brought to you by Agents of Change.

Each week, Gareth and Callum get into what actually separates agencies that plateau from agencies that build something that lasts - Gareth drawing on decades of running agencies and advising agency founders on strategy, operations and growth, Callum on where AI is genuinely changing how agencies work. No theory for theory’s sake, just sharp, practical conversation built on real advisory work with real agencies. This is episode one, and it starts where the whole idea began.Buy the book STANDOUT or Die here.Learn more about the STANDOUT Agency System and the eight pillars here.



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