Speaking Business Podcast

My guest this week was a young police officer when he became a member of the Armed Response Vehicles team and whilst attending some sieges, he saw negotiators in action. He was impressed by how they managed to resolve conflict by keeping cool and finding ways of connecting with people in crisis. His career thereafter focused on both specialisms of armed policing and negotiation.  In 2014, he became Head of Hostage Negotiation and Armed Policing, bringing together two specialisms which previously were separate entities. Hostage Negotiators have a 99.9% success rate in saving lives and ultimately connecting with people and being able to influence them. So, in December 2017, after 30 years police service it made sense for my guest to bring the skills of hostage negotiation into the world of business. Ladies and gentlemen please welcome Kirk Kinnell. Bio A recently retired and highly experienced police negotiator, Kirk Kinnell has been deployed as the lead negotiator on a number of occasions where UK nationals ha