Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. Many of us are in pain, not just from the Pandemic, but from a lack of certainty that tomorrow will be better than today. The goal of BAUnusual has always been to inspire, elevate thinking and leave you just a little bit better than when you started watching the episode. In this final episode I share what’s been happening to me over these last f...
Nov 05, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. There’s massive buzz around OpenAI’s GPT-3, but is it really that good or just hype? To really make sense of this technology, it’s more useful to think of it as Augmented Intelligence rather than Artificial Intelligence. In other words it’s technology that amplifies existing capabilities - a tool that can be used to increase efficiency. In this ...
Nov 04, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. We used to live in a world where we had set answers to every question asked. And then Covid-19 smacked us in the face, forcing a massive global reality check and causing much uncertainty. In this episode of Business as Unusual I explore the core idea in one of my presentations - why mindsets need to shift from answers to questions. It also featu...
Nov 03, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. How do you launch a car AND relaunch a global brand in 125 markets amidst a pandemic?!? Nissan Motor Corporation recently launched a new, fully electric SUV crossover named, Ariya. Being a huge fan of the brand, it immediately caught my attention, but what also caught my attention was the amount of personal stories that many Nissan employees wer...
Nov 02, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. How does AI detect deep fakes? It’s surprisingly simple! A few weeks ago I stumbled upon a presentation by Professor Hany Farid, a global authority on forensic digital imaging. It was titled: “Creating, Weaponising and Detecting Deep Fakes” - and it blew my mind! ( https://youtu.be/poSd2CyDpyA ) Most of us enjoy the entertaining videos we see on...
Oct 30, 2020•9 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. Innovation doesn’t need to be complicated, but it needs to be creative. I LOVE this example! It comes from the wonderful world of Latin Dancing - and really demonstrates what we are capable of when we dig deep to find the courage to embrace constraints instead of complaining about them. I hope this episode ignites that spark deep within you to d...
Oct 29, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. During these challenging times, there’s an incredible resource to help leaders and teams navigate tough times. I caught up with Dwain Richardson MD of Corporate Challenge Events, about the launch of their new platform The Pach ( http://thepach.com.au ) In this episode of Business as Unusual, Dwain shares what happened to his 25 year old events b...
Oct 28, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. “The New Normal” isn’t just about a shift in working habits - it’s an entire sociological change in attitudes and behaviours. Successfully transforming your organisation to thrive in this new era of business will require significant cultural change - the missing linchpin of several failed digital transformations. As Entrepreneurial Leaders you w...
Oct 27, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. One of the quickest ways to build The New Normal is to seek Outsider Perspective. Let me explain. Humans are predisposed to confirmation bias - we subconsciously seek out people and perspectives similar to our own. We are creatures of habit and relish in the safety and security of our domains. So what happens when covid comes along and disrupts ...
Oct 26, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. As we navigate the return to the office, I pull out a full cast of characters to drive home a very important point. Many organisations have declared safe workspaces by introducing hand sanitiser, masks, extra cleaning and social distancing... and thats great... but that’s the basic minimum required. Your employees want so much more. They want ps...
Oct 23, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. This episode explores the negativity surrounding capitalism and why we need a better definition to suit our lives today. Capitalism has been traditionally defined as physical productivity. We want outputs from businesses, organisations and institutions. Our financial system works on placing bets on these outputs. And now the system is broken. Th...
Oct 22, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. Who is going to survive the “New Normal” - The companies with Balance Sheets & Brains! Let me explain... I started “Business as Unusual” to provide some level of comfort to the people in my circles who had shared with me terrible stories of how covid-19 had impacted their businesses and their lives. Now as economies around the world restart,...
Oct 21, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. Myth busting, crazy accents and a solid example of Grade A Stupidity - all in the name of driving a very important point - we need to elevate our thinking during this crisis. Never before, I would imagine in most of our lives, have we had such an incredible opportunity to improve the world we live in. My work is about inspiring people to think l...
Oct 20, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. Throughout this crisis people kept telling me that I had an alternative perspective to all the doom and gloom out there - so this episode covers the Entrepreneurial Principle that helped me develop that perspective. I also cover how things will turn out here in Australia - purely my perspective and that of my employer 😜 As restrictions are rela...
Oct 19, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. It always annoyed me when people came up after I finished speaking and offered their “feedback” - when I hadn’t asked for it. Until I learned how to deal with it. In this episode I share one of the most powerful speaking lessons I learned from the legendary Allan Parker, OAM. I hope the lesson within the episode makes it a little easier to navig...
Oct 16, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. There are heaps of resources to help people give better feedback but not so much around how to receive it. This episode shares two key elements to help you receive feedback - for when you ask for it. When you don’t ask for it... that’s another episode 😏 Also inside is a story about one of my crazy adventures in business where receiving brutal f...
Oct 15, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. This episode is for anyone looking for a job - students, graduates, professionals. Inside I talk about the one problem that 99% of job seekers have and what to do to fix it. Link to the book I mentioned in this episode is here - https://www.amazon.com.au/Give-Take-Revolutionary-Approach-Success-ebook/dp/B00CAUH7UE/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keyword...
Oct 14, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. How do we combat the vast amounts of mediocre thinking in the world? One way is to take a closer look at the language used to express thought. In this episode of Business as Unusual I bust another “crisis quote” being spread by people with big microphones and small minds. I hope it elevates your thinking to new levels and we can start to combat ...
Oct 13, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. After every presentation I sit down and ask myself three questions: 1. What went well? 2. What needs to be worked on? 3. What are my action items? During that process today I uncovered something I need to work on. I usually practice my presentations pretty thoroughly and thought I covered everything in rehearsal but I forgot one thing - because ...
Oct 12, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. Preparing my new keynote “A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste” and I discovered something interesting. The quote is often attributed to Winston Churchill but in reality he didn’t say it. Instead it came from Niccolo Machiavelli... which puts an entirely different spin on it doesn’t it 😏 In this episode I explore the quote further and share ho...
Oct 09, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. A must listen for all business owners! THIS is the most important episode I’ve filmed in the entire Business as Unusual Series. I sat down with small business owner Lisa Cummins who very generously shared her personal experiences trying to navigate the Covid-19 crisis from the moment she was forced to shut her cafe. Lisa talks about the realitie...
Oct 08, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. I’m constantly amazed at the creativity of Entrepreneurial Thinkers in how they are reimagining the way business gets done. Today’s episode features a unique adaptation of a business that demonstrates incredibly creativity during a pandemic. Hope it inspires you to reimagine the way business could be done. 🙏🍀 Here's the link to the full story:...
Oct 07, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. Everyone paints the sexiest picture Entrepreneurship. “Be your own boss” they say. Or the famous “Pitch your business idea to win!” If only the mortals knew exactly what it takes to start, grow and run a successful business - specially in this era of covidness, I don’t think anyone would do it! Having said that there’s an important reason why us...
Oct 06, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. Like most startups and business owners, when I started my technology consulting firm, I had a burning desire to rush out and use my products and services to solve business problems. What I didn’t understand at the time was how the world works. Here’s the dirty little secret - many people don’t actually want their problems solved. There’s a whole...
Oct 05, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. One of the biggest challenges of isolation is trying to stay sane when there are increasing demands coming at us from multiple angles and we can’t perform our usual act of escapism to cope with it. In this episode I share 3 simple techniques that I’ve been using instinctively for years. They appear to have kept me immune to the pressures of isol...
Oct 02, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. The Australian Government launched its Contact Tracing App last night and people have gone nuts. With claims ranging from “the government wants to track us” to “Amazon ain’t gonna sell my data”, I’m stunned at the level of ignorance around this project. What it comes down to is a lack of trust in our Government, and rightly so. They haven’t had ...
Oct 01, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. We don’t need more business people - we need more Entrepreneurs. The two are very different. Business people exchange a product or service for money. Entrepreneurs bring new ideas to the world and business is just one vehicle for them to do that. I tried so hard to avoid making this a rant but I just couldn’t contain my frustration at the gross ...
Sep 30, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. "Good artists copy. Great artists steal." <-- This quote is attributed to Steve Jobs but it has deeper meanings that reveal the dirty secret of “innovation”. In this episode I looked deeper into the quote’s origins to decipher what it meant and how we can use it to become more creative and innovative. Giddyup Entrepreneurs - go chase greatnes...
Sep 29, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. The AB3 Entrepreneurial Principle is useful for anyone trying to negotiate an outcome or making a tough decision. As with any knowledge, we need to have the presence of mind to use it when required - but we’re only human. Luckily my friend Lisa had the presence of mind to snap me out of my A/B scenario and come up with the third option. I hope i...
Sep 28, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. Here’s what is really going on with Virgin Australia - so you can make up your own mind instead of following the heard blindly. Virgin Australia has gone into voluntary administration and people have lost their minds through fear and panic thinking it’s the end of the airline. Far from it. In today’s episode I explore: 👉🏽The reason why Virgin ...
Sep 25, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 21
