Katherine Boiciuc Katherine Boiciuc aka KB is a futurist and technologist and an imagineer and executive leader at Maximus International . Maximus are an innovative business consultancy, offering unique solutions to maximise people and organisational potential and specialise in three main areas; Leadership Development, Organisational Design, and Assessment. KB is CTO and Director at Maximus, focusing on supporting leaders to adapt and grow through embracing disruption, experimentation with new t...
Dec 06, 2021•50 min•Ep. 219
Andrew Wear Andrew is a regular on Humans of Purpose and wears a couple of hats. He is the City Economist at City of Melbourne, he is a terrific author who tackles only the most challenging and fascinating subjects and he is also a Non-Executive Director at Ardoch. Andrew’s latest book is Recovery . How we can create a better, brighter future after a crisis. In Recovery, Andrew asks as we emerge from the COVID-19 health and economic crisis, what can we learn from other recoveries? You can find R...
Nov 29, 2021•36 min•Ep. 218
Krystian Seibert Krystian wears many hats as a researcher, educator, advocate and non executive director. He is Industry Fellow at the Centre for Social Impact at Swinburne University of Technology. He is also an Advisor to Philanthropy Australia and the Chair of Mental Health First Aid Australia . Check him out on Twitter too. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency and major season sponsor, Neon Treehouse . Neon Treehouse are a bol...
Nov 22, 2021•45 min•Ep. 217
Stephanie Vasiliou Today I’m excited to bring you my conversation with Stephanie Vasiliou. Steph is the Head of Global Impact at Batyr . Batyr is a 'for purpose' preventative mental health organisation, created and driven by young people, for young people. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency and major season sponsor, Neon Treehouse . Neon Treehouse are a bold and creative team, delivering bright and imaginative solutions in the d...
Nov 15, 2021•41 min•Ep. 216
Stephanie Silver Steph is the Founder of I Am Mindful . I Am Mindful amongst other things create and distribute the I Am Mindful Box, which supports people to discover how to cope with tough times in a healthy, fun and evidence-based way. They also run a terrific I Am Mindful School Program, which empowers young people to be their own mental health heroes. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency and major season sponsor, Neon Treehou...
Nov 08, 2021•41 min•Ep. 215
Frankie Layton Frankie is the Founder of The Dirt Company . I’m a big fan of Frankie from way back when she and Dirt were featured in Startup Victoria’s Duct Tape magazine. Basically, Frankie at the team at Dirt make laundry products that are stylish, make your clothes smell and look great and leave you feeling far better about the impact you’ve had on the planet. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency and major season sponsor, Neon...
Nov 01, 2021•44 min•Ep. 214
Andre Eikmeier Andre is the founder of Good Empire , a platform to unite and empower a global community to live more purposeful, connected and impactful lives. The future state here is to create a more equal, abundant and sustainable world. You might know Andre from his previous project, Vinomofo, which he founded and ran with his brother in law Justin. Andre and Justin grew it from his garage into a $100m wine brand, uniting a community of passionate wine lovers all around the world. Neon Treeh...
Oct 25, 2021•40 min•Ep. 213
Zali Steggall OAM MP Zali is an Independent Federal Member of Parliament for Warringah. Zali is a powerful advocate for social and political change, especially around issues that are important to her community. These include advocating for climate action, as well as greater honesty and accountability in parliament around promises made in election campaigns. Zali grew up in Manly and represented Australia in four Olympic Games in alpine skiing. Post retirement from international sporting competit...
Oct 18, 2021•43 min•Ep. 212
Ethel Karskens Ethel is the founder and CEO of Civita . Civita creates opportunities for collaborations between skilled volunteers and socially-driven organisations for innovative, data-centric and sustainable solutions. Ethel’s background is in democratising data, building digital solutions and in empowering and upskilling for purpose groups and organisations to impact positive social change. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency ...
Oct 11, 2021•36 min•Ep. 211
Toby Yo Today I’m excited to bring you my conversation with Toby Yo . I met Toby earlier in the year when I joined the Biohacking Australia Facebook, which boasts nearly 8,000 members, of which Toby is the Chief Moderator. Toby is a fascinating guy who is a life and fitness coach, blogger and influencer. He is also a passionate, purposeful and committed biohacker. His discipline and obsessive focus on self-improvement has driven him to some amazing heights. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to a...
Oct 04, 2021•42 min•Ep. 210
Prue Rocchi Prue is the co-founder at Rocc Naturals . Prue is a health obsessive who was beguiled by not being able to find a family toothbrushing solution that was effective and could also make the world a better place. So she created Rocc Naturals, which refreshingly ticks all these boxes: All natural ingredients, Packaging looks great, Good for the earth, Full of vitamins and minerals. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency and m...
Sep 27, 2021•36 min•Ep. 209
Anthony Macali Anthony is the Founder of Covid Live , a website and digital dashboard which has fast become the most trusted and complete source of information on the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. The site boasts over 200k unique visitors each day. There is much to learn from this conversation and the incredible role Anthony is playing in helping inform the public, improving government transparency and getting us closer to an accurate and complete picture of the state and impact of covid19 in ...
Sep 20, 2021•41 min•Ep. 208
Patrick McGorry Professor Patrick McGorry AO is the Executive Director at Orygen . Orygen is the leading youth mental health organisation in Australia. He is Professor of Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, and founding editor of the journal Early Intervention in Psychiatry. He led the advocacy which resulted in the establishment by the Australian Government in 2005 of the National Youth Mental Health Foundation, which in 2006 became Headspace and he remains a founding board memb...
Sep 13, 2021•46 min•Ep. 207
Kylie Moore-Gilbert Kylie is an academic and expert focusing on the Middle East. She has had quite an incredible journey which most recently included imprisonment in Iran for more than 2 years. Since her return to Australia she has been busy writing her memoirs about the years she spent in prison in Iran. Her book is due for release through Ultimo Press in April 2022. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency and major season sponsor, ...
Sep 06, 2021•53 min•Ep. 206
James Martin James is a Senior Lecturer at Deakin University . He specialises in Criminology and more specifically cryptomarkets, illicit drugs, the dark web, cyber and organised crime. James started out as a researcher embedded in the vigilante underworld in Johannesburg. After finishing his PhD fieldwork, James found that the Dark Web offered him a unique opportunity to study criminal behaviour and the new generation of drug dealers and kingpins going online. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased ...
Aug 30, 2021•47 min•Ep. 205
Memobottle Our guests today are the lively Co-Founders and Directors of Memobottle , Jesse Leeworthy and Jono Byrt featuring special comments from Sales Director Chris “Sneakers” Randall. Memobottle aims to challenge how we as a society think about water consumption, and to educate about the environmental costs of our modern conveniences. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency and major season sponsor, Neon Treehouse . Neon Treehous...
Aug 23, 2021•54 min•Ep. 204
Pete Yao Pete Yao is Chief Impact Officer at Thankyou . Formerly known as Thankyou Water, Thankyou is a social enterprise dedicated to creating a world where no one lives in extreme poverty. They do so by providing consumers with a choice of products that can help make a positive difference to the lives of the poor. Humans of Purpose Experience Survey (HoPES) 2021 Want to help me improve the podcast? Now is your chance and if you are one of the first 50 to complete our HoPES survey, you will win...
Aug 16, 2021•45 min•Ep. 203
Kieran Pender Kieran is a writer, lawyer and academic. He is a Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, a lecturer at the ANU College of Law and a journalist, writing for The Guardian. Kieran is not wearing any hats today and is speaking for himself only. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency and major season sponsor, Neon Treehouse . Neon Treehouse are a bold and creative team, delivering bright and imaginative solutions in t...
Aug 09, 2021•43 min•Ep. 202
Josh White Josh is the CEO of Neon Treehouse. They are the go to agency for any organisation with digital needs. Merryn Allen, Client Strategy Manager at Neon Treehouse also joins us for this fantastic conversation. I am so pleased to have Neon Treehouse as our major sponsor here at Humans of Purpose. To learn more just head to neontreehouse.com . Got Purpose? The Purpose is our periodic e-newsletter, providing you with Humans of Purpose updates and a much needed dose of inspiration and growth-o...
Aug 02, 2021•54 min•Ep. 201
Steve Davis Professor Stephen Davis AO is a professor of Translational Neuroscience at the University of Melbourne , Director of the Melbourne Brain Centre at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and a Past-President of the World Stroke Organization . He co-chairs the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit program and is co-chair of the Australian Stroke Alliance , a powerful collaboration dedicated to improving the care of the growing number of people suffering stroke pre-hospital in the air and on the road. He ...
Jul 26, 2021•48 min•Ep. 200
Susannah Birch Susannah is a survivor of childhood family violence and of teenage catfishing. Susannah is now a certified Birth Doula, and she works with pregnant women and grew her pregnancy information site, Trimester Talk, to 500,000 views p/m. After 10 years in the digital marketing industry, and completing a Master of Marketing in 2019, Susannah now offers affordable byte size digital training through the Eat Digital group or one on one consultation through Ask Susannah. Neon Treehouse I'm ...
Jul 19, 2021•33 min•Ep. 199
Felicity Green Felicity Green is the CEO of Spark Strategy . Spark is a proud B Corp and purpose-driven consultancy, specialising in strategic planning, developing resilient business models and measuring social impact. They help dynamic not for profit, business, philanthropic and government organisations to create strategy for a better tomorrow. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency and major season sponsor, Neon Treehouse . Neon T...
Jul 12, 2021•42 min•Ep. 198
Dov Degen Dov is a General Medicine Physician & Nephrologist (Eastern Health & Epworth), Director of Physician Education, Clinical Lead, Teaching Associate and Mental Health Advocate. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency and major season sponsor, Neon Treehouse . Neon Treehouse are a bold and creative team, delivering bright and imaginative solutions in the digital space. Got Purpose? The Purpose is our periodic e-newslett...
Jul 05, 2021•44 min•Ep. 197
Judy Anderson Judy is the CEO of Startup Victoria . Startup Victoria is Australia’s largest network for entrepreneurs, with over 60,000 people in the community. To join the community or to learn more click here . Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency and major season sponsor, Neon Treehouse . Neon Treehouse are a bold and creative team, delivering bright and imaginative solutions in the digital space. Got Purpose? The Purpose is ou...
Jun 28, 2021•42 min•Ep. 196
Fiona Patten MP Fiona Patten is a Member for Northern Metropolitan Region in the Victorian Parliament’s Legislative Council. Leader of the Reason Party, Fiona was first elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018. Since entering Parliament, Fiona has garnered respect from all sides of politics, working tirelessly to deliver legislative reforms that many thought impossible. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency and major season sponsor, ...
Jun 21, 2021•43 min•Ep. 195
Josh Howard Josh Howard, who is CEO and Founder at Single Use Ain’t . What a name indeed! Single Use Ain't is Australia's revolutionary cleaning & personal care movement. Their cutting edge 'just-add-water' products are designed to eradicate single-use plastic bottles. You can support Josh's epic crowdfunding campaign here . Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency and major season sponsor, Neon Treehouse . Neon Treehouse are a bo...
Jun 14, 2021•57 min•Ep. 194
Weh Yeoh Today I’m pleased to be joined by Weh Yeoh. Weh is the Co-Founder and CEO of Umbo . Umbo is a social enterprise, an online platform that connects allied health professionals to children who are least able to access these services. Weh is also the Chair and Managing Director of OIC Australia, who support the development of speech therapy in Cambodia. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency and major season sponsor, Neon Treeh...
Jun 07, 2021•40 min•Ep. 193
Thea Snow Thea is the Director, Centre for Public Impact , Australia and New Zealand. The CPI works with governments, public servants and other changemakers to reimagine government, and turn ideas into action, so that government works for everyone. Shared Value Summit Big congratulations to Joel Hanna + 1 of Cranbourne, who will join me at the Shared Value Summit on 17th June. The future Joel has chosen would be remarkable to be a part of. You can still find tickets to the Summit here . The Age ...
May 31, 2021•43 min•Ep. 192
Sarah Downie Today I’m joined by Sarah Downie, CEO of the Shared Value Project . The Shared Value Project mission is to drive the adoption and implementation of shared value strategies among leading companies, civil society and government organisations through education and training, events, thought leadership and convening high-impact networks. Shared Value Summit Enter our competition today to win your free ticket valued at $350 to the Shared Value Summit on 17th June. Just answer the question...
May 24, 2021•33 min•Ep. 191
Tarang Chawla Tarang is a writer, anti-violence campaigner, mental health and gender equality advocate. He is a suicide survivor, storyteller and trainee lawyer using his voice to serve the community and champion human rights. Tarang founded the Not One More Niki movement - Australia’s largest campaign to end violence against women in culturally diverse communities, named after his younger sister Nikita who was murdered in 2015. Trigger Warning This is a fantastic but at times testing conversati...
May 17, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 190
