Identity-Talks

I’ve just released Episode #4 of Identity Talks, where I speak with Sergii Savytskyi, founder of SC Business School London, about the realities Ukrainians and Eastern Europeans face when building businesses in the UK.

We talk openly about why the UK business system is more complex than Ukraine’s, the mindset and communication gaps with British professionals, why starting a business from scratch here can be a costly mistake, and why structure, systems, and networks matter more than pure ambition. We also touch on leadership, mental health, and preparing a business for sale.

This isn’t motivational content it’s a practical, honest discussion about identity, integration, and doing business in

I’ve just released Episode #4 of Identity Talks, where I speak with Sergii Savytskyi, founder of SC Business School London, about the realities Ukrainians and Eastern Europeans face when building businesses in the UK.

We talk openly about why the UK business system is more complex than Ukraine’s, the mindset and communication gaps with British professionals, why starting a business from scratch here can be a costly mistake, and why structure, systems, and networks matter more than pure ambition. We also touch on leadership, mental health, and preparing a business for sale.

This isn’t motivational content it’s a practical, honest discussion about identity, integration, and doing business in

Episode 3 of my English-language podcast Identity Talks is now live.

This time I sit down with Vadym Granovskiy, a Ukrainian coffee entrepreneur who turned coffee into cultural diplomacy, resilience, and identity during the war.

We talk about: • coffee as soft power and mental stability ☕ • dual identity between Ukraine and Britain • Ukraine’s 400-year coffee heritage • how culture survives war • what it means to represent Ukraine abroad • and the emergence of a global Ukrainian identity 🇺🇦

If you’re interested in identity, diaspora stories, or how culture becomes resistance, this episode might resonate.

The full episode is now available on YouTube 👇🏼 https://youtu.be/EkPXB77f7rE?si=QldJ

I just released Episode #2 of my podcast Identity Talks, and it covers a topic I think a lot of people in the UK quietly wonder about but rarely hear directly from those living it.

My guest is Questions4Later (Q4L) born in 🇺🇦Ukraine, raised in 🇨🇦Toronto, studied in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland, now based in 🇬🇧London.

The episode dives into:

• what it's like navigating identity across 4 different countries • the stereotypes Eastern Europeans face in the UK vs Canada • why London can feel like a “chokehold” for foreigners • the loneliness of feeling “not Ukrainian enough, not Western enough” • how his new music film “Eastern European 2” visually represents that pressure

He also talks about his mission