What One Thing?
One business. One lesson. Every week.
Real businesses. Real stories. Real-time.
What One Thing? is the straight-talking weekly podcast for growing UK businesses with a team on the move — building, scaling, and figuring it out as they go.
Join co-hosts Hayley Baxter (Corbar Accounting) and Phil Davenport (Affirm IT Services) as they uncover the single most powerful lesson that’s helped business owners make real progress — and share how those insights apply to your world too.
Recent Episodes
What We’ve Learned From Running a Weekly Podcast as Business Owners| What One Thing
Taking Radical Responsibility in Business: How Jo Simpson Survived the 2008 Crash
Can “Nice” Leaders Scale a Business? Systems, Culture & Growth with Neil Shaw | What One Thing Pod
“Bums on Seats” Hiring: How Small Businesses Can Recruit & Keep the Right People
Why Discounting Could Destroy Your Business (and How to Avoid It) | Stuart Mason
Burnout, Crisis & Starting Again: Phil & Hayley Talk Real Leadership with Angela Hodgson
Recent Blog Posts
From Freelancer to Agency: Why Pricing (and Letting Go) Changed Every…
In this episode of the What One Thing podcast, Phil Davenport (Affirm IT Services) and Hayley Baxter (Corbar Accounting) chat with Jade Hallam, founder of Clever Clicks, a Nottingham-based digital marketing agency specialising in SEO and B2B marketi…
From Bonfire Night to a 16-Person Agency — How Hazel Woodward Built a…
In this episode of the What One Thing podcast, Phil Davenport from Affirm IT Services and Hayley Baxter from Corbar Accounting sat down with Hazel Woodward, founder of a thriving social media agency that started — quite literally — as a …
Turning Adversity into Opportunity — How Jenna Farmer Built a PR Busi…
In this episode of the What One Thing podcast, Phil Davenport from Affirm IT Services and Hayley Baxter from Corbar Accounting chatted with Jenna Farmer, founder of Jenna Farmer PR and host of the PR in Your Pocket podcast. Jenna’s story is o…