#105 - The Great Escape with Geoff Stone

Dental Leaders Podcast

The Great Escape with Geoff Stone

“Follow your dreams,” says this week’s guest Geoff Stone - and no one could accuse him of failing to follow his own advice.

In a tale with more twists and turns than the best of Dickens, Geoff tells how he turned his back on a lucrative banking career to make a name as one of dentistry’s best latecomers.

There were highs, lows and more than a few crashes along the way.

Hit play to hear one of our most inspirational conversations yet and find out if it was all worth it for Geoff.

My grandfather always said: “We make our own prison walls. It’s up to us to break out.” I did, and it was hard.”

• Geoff Stone

In This Episode

01.12 - Backstory and banking
07.19 - Bonuses and finding life balance
17.38 - From banking to bar work and back to school
22.00 - Dental school and VT
28.07 - Family orthodontics
32.30 - Finding your rhythm
36.27 - Six Sigma and dentistry
40.17 - Two-tier dentistry
42.01 - On teaching and speaking
48.37 - Black box thinking
53.17 - Direct to consumer orthodontics and Turkey teeth
56.24 - Last days and legacy

About Geoff Stone

Geoff Stone gave up a career in investment banking to complete his BDS at the University of Glasgow and went on to gain his MFDS from the Royal College of Surgeons in Glasgow.

He is an associate dentist working in a mixed practice in Stirling in rural Bannockshire. He is also a trainer and mentor with IAS Academy.