{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Sparks for Growth","title":"2026 Sparks Half-Year Roundup, Ep 2: Internal Combustion — How to Build Business Momentum From Within","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2024,"description":"\nTL;DR:\n\nIn this deeply personal follow-up to his first-half 2026 review, Phil draws on six months of conversations with guests from around the world (plus his own family's story and the recent loss of his mother) to introduce three words now central to how Ignium works: Spark, Scale, Sustain. Using the mechanics of an engine as his guide, Phil explores why businesses with all the right ingredients can still lose their energy, how founders build businesses that no longer depend on them, and why the businesses that truly last are held together by culture, not personality. Why does this matter? We have the power to be the change we want to see in the world, and there's no more powerful tool than the businesses we run.\nFull Show Notes:\n\nAre you tired? What about your business? For those who feel like they have run out of steam, there's hope. Values and purpose are the new commodities driving the modern entrepreneur forward in a world that, on some levels, seems to be losing interest in making money to the exclusion of all else.\nIn a reflective and infectiously upbeat episode, Phil Rose looks back not just on podcast guests from the past six months but also his family's legacy of entrepreneurship — particularly emotive after the recent passing of his mother.\n“We're in a world right now that needs change, and you can be that change.”\n\nPhil puts his case for why we need to stop looking outside of ourselves for the thing that'll get us to the next level (even if we need a little specialist outside help to reignite it).\nLearn about:\n•     The three stages every business moves through and how to get over the common barriers at the Spark, Scale and Sustain points.\n•     Why coaching starts the domino run of developing individuals, businesses, communities and the world at large.\n•     How to reframe decision-making to propel your business forward, overcoming the fear that's holding you back.\n•     The powerful parallels between the suck, squeeze, bang and blow action of the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qyhSdpMsURMAkxeyid9JHV5gxqdbrW8hgDnajhzSUaM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMDMz/OThhYTk1MzQ3Y2Fl/MjE0NzdiYThmYmJi/MjQ5NC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}