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Business Movers

Wondery

History, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Basil Smallpeice navigates Cunard through a costly strike, while trying to ensure that the company’s new liner is completed on time. On the cargo side of the business, Basil looks for opportunities to expand - and finds them on the other side of the world.

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0:00.0	Wundery Plus subscribers can listen to business movers early and ad free right now.
0:05.0	Join Wundry Plus in the Wundery app or on Apple Podcasts. One thing. It's November 10th, 1966, backstage at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England.
0:31.0	Cunard's chairman, Basil Smallpiece, dabs the sweat off his forehead with a handkerchief.
0:35.4	He's about to give a speech to the Institute of Directors on the changes he's making at
0:40.0	Kunard and the lessons his experience can offer the rest of Britain.
0:44.2	More than 4,000 business leaders are packed into the hall waiting for him.
0:48.4	They're listening to another speaker right now, but he's wrapping up and Basil is
0:52.0	due on stage next and growing nervous.
0:54.4	Blancing at his notes he mutters some lines from his speech rehearsing.
0:58.4	In this country we seem to lack the stamina to cap a good beginning.
1:02.4	To cap a good beginning to cap a good beginning and see things
1:05.4	through we seem to lack guts we seem to be missing the resource resource the
1:10.8	resource and the courage to adapt ourselves to the modern world.
1:14.3	Sounds serious.
1:16.2	Basil turns to see his wife Kaye.
1:18.4	Oh, don't poke fun.
1:21.1	Kay smiles at him reassuringly and straightens out his time.
1:24.0	She can tell he's nervous.
1:26.0	You've rehearsed as much as I've seen anyone rehearse anything.
1:29.0	You could give that speech in your sleep by now.
1:31.0	I think I could too.
1:32.0	Oh, I just don't belong on stage. I'm an
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