It could well be a post-Covid itch or a global movement – time will tell but everywhere I look we seem to see news stories discussing the role of finding “purpose” in our careers, and what we can all do to secure more meaningful work. There’s a severe talent shortage combined with a significant deficit in soft skills, AI is taking over technical roles, and people are experiencing peak levels of career frustration, whilst work has become our primary source of identity, significance, and meaning. ...
Aug 09, 2023•26 min•Ep. 191
My guest today is a podcast hall of fame winner so this should keep me on my toes! Dr Ginger Campbell is also a physician, author, and science communicator. She is the author of “Are You Sure: The Unconscious Origins of Certainty” and she is a member of the Podcast Hall of Fame (2022). Dr. Campbell began podcasting in 2006 when she launched two shows: Brain Science and Books and Ideas. Both feature interviews with scientists, but Books and Ideas includes more diverse guests including science fic...
Aug 01, 2023•31 min•Ep. 190
You’ve probably heard that we’re on the edge of an AI revolution. But what does that actually mean for you? Donna McGeorge’s new book, The ChatGPT Revolution: How to simplify your work and life admin with AI has come out at the ideal time for many of us grappling with this AI tool and what it means for our work as well as personal lives. This is billed as the ultimate quick-start guide to unlocking the power of super-smart ChatGPT. Whether you’re overwhelmed by repetitive, time-consuming tasks o...
Jul 25, 2023•24 min•Ep. 187
Adrian Baillargeon has over 20 years of corporate experience across Canada, Africa and Australia and has worked extensively in marketing, sales, strategy and joint venture management. As a Speaker, Leadership Team Performance Expert, Executive Coach, Adrian has been involved with transformations, mergers, downsizing, expansion and has received state, national and global awards.His latest book is called ‘Teams that Swear’ and that captured my attention immediately. Scientifically speaking, a penc...
Jul 19, 2023•25 min•Ep. 188
Boundaries are a relatively new concept in modern life – and in reality, mean saying ‘no’ to people, opportunities or distractions that present themselves. It can be hard at first for many of us who are people pleasers or don’t like conflict but can also be empowering and life-changing for us when done with a degree of tact and affirmation. My guest today is here to discuss this concept in more depth. Mel Kettle is an internationally recognized expert at ‘fully connected’ leadership and communic...
Jul 11, 2023•31 min•Ep. 185
Our topic today is digital connections and so Rebecca has a lot to share about that! Rebecca Saunders is a Business & Life Advisor for ambitious women wanting to do life and business unapologetically on their terms. She's a champagne-drinking, post-it note loving, hair-free alopecian who helps female business owners turn their uniqueness into a superpower, celebrate their successes and create dream lives and businesses by design. At just 22, Rebecca packed a small bag and booked a one-way ti...
Jul 04, 2023•28 min•Ep. 184
Professor Tamara Davis AM is an astrophysicist at the University of Queensland with over two decades experience studying the dark side of the Universe -- black holes, dark matter, and dark energy. While leading major international surveys she also tries to figure out deep questions such as whether dark energy can be used to make hoverboards, and if time travel is possible. She is an avid communicator of science and occasional host of ABC TV’s Catalyst, including the American Institute of Physics...
Jun 27, 2023•26 min•Ep. 185
Jacqui Clarke and I met around a decade ago, when I was media training in one of the Big 4 consultancy firms in Sydney. Today she is a trusted advisor, board member, executor and veteran business executive. For decades she has worked with some of Australia's wealthiest families to help them preserve, protect and grow their wealth, and navigate the challenges that money brings. She has a new book out that has a powerful yet blunt message: Take control of your money, avoid common financial pitfall...
Jun 20, 2023•27 min•Ep. 184
Today’s guest is probably a familiar name and face to many of us who are parents. Rachael Coopes has been a long-time presenter on Play School, having graced the stage and screen for thousands of ecstatic toddlers for many years now, but also is an award-winning storyteller working across many forms, writing, acting and producing for international screen and stage for more than two decades. While storytelling is her career, yoga is Coopes' passion. In 2004, she was awarded the Marten Bequest Tra...
Jun 13, 2023•31 min•Ep. 180
The pun on words is not lost on me! We are discussing The Politics of Politics – and while this podcast is in essence a non-political show, I believe we can’t escape that politics shapes our society and impacts everyone at some level. I personally love politics. In fact, I was a NED on a board to help more women get elected to public office for a few years. I recall I was passionate about why that was vital for a country like Australia where we still have only ever had one female PM. Here is whe...
Jun 06, 2023•29 min•Ep. 182
If you have never heard of the term “bucket list”, it is a list of all the goals you want to achieve, dreams you want to fulfill, and life experiences you wish to experience before you leave this earth. Most of have seen that 2007 film with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholas to get the gist. My guest today wants us, and especially any women, to embrace a “life list” while you’re still younger rather than older. After losing her former life partner to cancer and seeing her kids move on as young adu...
May 30, 2023•29 min•Ep. 181
Functional medicine is more than a blanket approach to eating the ‘right foods’ or taking a few supplements to help our bodies and minds. Functional medicine is a systems biology–based approach that focuses on identifying and addressing the root cause of disease. Each symptom or differential diagnosis may be one of many contributing to an individual's illness. Meet Filipa Bellette the Co-Founder of health & wellness practice she runs with her husband, Chris & Filly Functional Medicine, w...
May 23, 2023•30 min•Ep. 180
Do you ever think about your life’s work, the sum of all parts and what that will stand for once you retire or finish your public life as such? Sarah Nelson joins us today as a Chief Legacy Officer an advisor to leaders and teams offering individual and group sessions to create your own legacy statement. Building a legacy means creating something enduring that can be passed on. This might be a physical business or work toward affecting change through a cause. A business legacy is not simply the ...
May 16, 2023•27 min•Ep. 179
Today’s guest is passionate about men’s health – but not just young and already genetically blessed men – especially family-minded men who maybe like many busy folks, have neglected third health and wellbeing as they take care of their careers, families and everything else in between. Gabriel (Gabe) Pluguez is part of a company called Default Kings – a business that helps family-minded men achieve permanent weight loss by changing their subconscious habits. The company has helped over 252 men dr...
May 09, 2023•28 min•Ep. 178
By far my youngest guest in the seven years I have hosted The Politics of Everything, Max Mason is only starting his career but is worth chatting to. Like me, he is a former NSW Central Coast resident. Max is a 16-year-old rising star in the world of motor racing. Born in Sydney, Max has always been fascinated by speed and cars. His interest in motor racing began at an early age when he started watching Formula 1 races. Max came to the sport relatively late, only taking up karting when he was 14...
May 02, 2023•33 min•Ep. 177
Big tech has a massive role in our modern existence. Some of it is positive, life-changing even, and some of it perhaps concerning – our digital footprint is everywhere, all day, every day. Have you ever thought there was an option, devoid of going off the grid? I have at times wondered. Data tracking is the process of selecting specific metrics and events to track, then collecting, organizing, and analyzing the resulting data. A few years ago, both Google and Facebook started sharing location-t...
Apr 26, 2023•22 min•Ep. 176
A new economy sounds great, right? More opportunities for change and equality – and a new paradigm of power. My guest today agrees. Don Golden is a humanitarian, pastor and founder and impact investment strategist, and fundraising consultant behind Just Capital Quotient (JCQ), a consultancy helping thriving businesses become forces for good. After 30 years of working in the most challenging humanitarian contexts, Don is convinced that a new economy is what the world needs most – and helps more b...
Apr 18, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 175
One hundred years ago, if you worked in an office, you likely would have been crammed into a large room, sitting shoulder to shoulder with your colleagues in endless rows of desks. Designed to maximise productivity , these offices made it easy for managers to supervise staff, but were terrible for morale. By the 1960s, offices had evolved into a cubicle layout, giving team members small private areas within a larger office space. These three-walled cubicles were intended to create a more persona...
Apr 11, 2023•28 min•Ep. 174
Kate Kernaghan and I first worked together in 2018, during a time of crisis – in fact one of the worst droughts on record had ravished NSW and its water systems, and we were the comms people who had to navigate a complex world of stakeholders including the NSW state government, farmers and First Nations landowners. Think of long days on the road, testy town hall meetings and some pretty average roadside regional motel stays. It was a bonding time! Fast forward to 2023. Kate is the Founder of Fac...
Apr 04, 2023•22 min•Ep. 173
Dana Rubin is a US-based consultant, speechwriter, and speaker who’s on a mission to encourage more women to put their views into the public square. She created the Speaking While Female Speech Bank to broaden our understanding of the role of women orators in history. It’s the world’s largest online archive of women’s speeches from around the world and across time, free for anyone to use. In addition to speaking and coaching, she leads workshops that support women to be thought leaders, subject ...
Mar 28, 2023•35 min•Ep. 172
++ Trigger warning – this episode discusses addiction and alcohol and may not be suitable for all listeners. Should this show raise issues for you please reach out to someone. In Australia that maybe by calling 13 11 14 (Lifeline ). We live in a culture surrounded by reasons to drink alcohol – when cerebrate, when we are sad, and even just because its Friday night. My guest Sarah Rusbatch is a certified Women's Health and Wellbeing Coach, an accredited Grey Area Drinking Coach and a Key-Note spe...
Mar 21, 2023•34 min•Ep. 171
Greenwashing is a term most of us have come to learn because it’s become part of the modern vernacular. Also known as green sheen, it is the false or overstated claims to deceive stakeholders into believing a company’s products or services are environmentally safer or sustainable when they may not be. Companies are responding to a world in climate change stress and consumers who want to do their bit to save the planet or at the very least not make it less inhabitable! Floods, fires and famines r...
Mar 14, 2023•25 min•Ep. 170
Digital communication is at a base online tools like email, social media messaging and texting to reach other individuals or a specific audience to share a message. Even something as simple as reading the text on a webpage like this can be considered digital communication. We all know this world very well! My guest is Sharon Zeev Poole, the Founder and Director of highly regarded boutique PR and communications agency Agent99, has grown the company from a one-man show to a full service, award-win...
Mar 07, 2023•31 min•Ep. 169
Regular listeners of this podcast know I rarely have two guests interviewed at once but for the topic at hand, The Politics of Family Business, this one had to have both co-CEOS here, to make sense. Just over a year ago, sisters Belinda and Amie Lyone became Co-CEOs of COS , an Australian-owned private company offering products and solutions for the workplace. COS was established by their father 45 years ago and has a strong Australian heritage. It was recently listed in ‘The Australian’s top 50...
Feb 28, 2023•32 min•Ep. 168
My guest today Naby Mariyam is an achiever. She is a fintech pioneer, thought leader, advocate for greater diversity of ideas in fin services and tech, and a keynote speaker. Her accolades include: Host of #hustlechat podcast Finnies – for excellence in business insurtech finalist for 3 years in a row. Fintech leader of the year finalist 2021 and 2022 Insuretch of the year 2021 and 2022 finalist Emerging insurtech of the year 2021 International Speaker at big name events like Forbes, Insuretch i...
Feb 21, 2023•28 min•Ep. 167
Self-awareness is the ability to focus on yourself and how your actions, thoughts, or emotions do or don't align with your internal standards. Self-awareness sometimes feels uncanny and a bit intangible. I feel like my own self-awareness, my moral compass and all its EQ friends have become stronger and louder in my late 40s.My guest today Michael Bunting is a best-selling author and leadership expert who has worked with global brands such as Qantas, Novartis, HSBC, Kellogg’s, OMG, Swarovski, Hil...
Feb 15, 2023•29 min•Ep. 166
Empowerment can be defined as promoting one’s sense of self-worth, an ability to make choices, and the right to influence social change for us and others. It is closely aligned with female empowerment – a fundamental human right that’s also key to achieving a more happy, healthy, and wealthy state of play! In Western countries, female empowerment is often associated with specific phases of the women’s rights movement in history. This movement tends to be split into three waves, the first beginni...
Feb 07, 2023•27 min•Ep. 165
Welcome to the first episode of my 2023 season of The Politics of Everything. Today’s topic is one close to my heart and well, let’s be honest, my business life! We are talking about The Politics of Media.My guest Nic Hayes knows the media game (despite being a former police officer!). He is a 20-year veteran of media, with a broad range of experience covering all aspects of the media cycle; from public relations, radio/TV broadcasting, and media intelligence to now providing Australia’s media w...
Jan 31, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 164
A warning that is episode mentions some themes that may not be suitable for all listeners. If you’re in Australia and experiencing domestic violence or need to speak to a counsellor, please contact 1800 737 732. As the winner of AHIA’s Australia's Best Eco Salon in 2020 & 2021, sustainability and low-tox living is a huge passion for Tenille Lawrence. She is a multi-award-winning hair stylist that has been fortunate enough to travel the world as a global hair educator for over 15 years. While...
Nov 29, 2022•26 min•Season 2Ep. 163
Mentoring can change your life and your career if done right. One of my standard guest questions asks who their #1 mentor has been and their impact. Most of my formal mentors have been local, as in the same city or at least country ad global mentorship has been limited perhaps by staid ideas of commonality, access and relevance in decades gone by. Today I chat to Sahera Sumar, the Founder of a social enterprise (profit for purpose) called Worldwide SHEroes or WWS. It focuses on leadership capaci...
Nov 22, 2022•19 min•Season 2Ep. 162
