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6 powerful opinions from Oxygen Influencer podcasts

From warnings against "fishing from the same puddle" to ESG bombshells, here we round up the best moments

Oxygen staff by Oxygen staff
16 May 2025
in Careers & Skills, Indepth, Sustainability, Video
6 powerful opinions from Oxygen Influencer podcasts
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Over the last two months, ten of this year’s 25 Oxygen Influencers have graced our studio to discuss the channel’s hottest topics.

From recruiting fresh industry talent, to industry progress on ESG and DEI, our guests left no stone unturned.

They all featured in Oxygen Influencers, which highlighted a quarter of a century of women and men driving positive industry change, but from outside the boardroom. It was compiled in association with Nebula Global Services.

Here we round up six stand-out soundbites from across the series.

1. Rebecca Monk – “Grow your own is the best way to solve the skills shortage, by a mile”

Episode 4 saw Softcat’s Rebecca Monk reveal the reseller’s secret sauce when it comes to attracting and retaining staff.

Softcat is now extending its famous ‘grow-your-own’ model into more niche technical areas, Monk revealed.

“You end up searching high and low for these skills that exist in only a few people… and then you think, ‘why don’t we just actually bring them in from scratch and train them up ourselves’?,” Monk said.

“For example, we’ve just started some more senior level apprenticeships and things like that, that will actually encourage different types of people into the company.”

Watch episode 4 in full here: ‘Grow your own is the best way by a mile’ – industry duo share top tips on attracting and retaining talent

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