Less than 3 weeks into moving the family to Singapore, it's just me sharing my first impressions and experiences and reflections in the context of tackling bias. More guests to come in the following episodes. Stay tuned!
A slightly different format to usual today. I’m still joined by an inimitable guest who’s committed to addressing bias through their work combining their lived and learned experience. But I wanted to take some time out to chat about some of the challenges with doing this work, particularly where it may be a side hustle, or an additional burden to the daily lives of underrepresented groups, which it often is. And kicking this off, I’m joined this week on UNBiased podcast by Daizy Maan where we di...
Kicking off 2022 on UNBiased with the inimitable Dinesh Palipana. Dinesh is a doctor, lawyer, disability advocate, researcher, and author of his memoir, Stronger published in 2022. He was the first quadriplegic medical intern in Queensland, having suffered a spinal cord injury as a result of a motor vehicle accident halfway through medical school. Following too many accolades over the last few years to call out within LinkedIn word limits, Dinesh was listed as number 33 in the Courier Mail...
My final guest for 2022 on UNBiased podcast is an emerging changemaker who is committed to engaging across cultures within community, Joseph Kolapudi. Joseph currently serves as Creative Director for SolveSquad, a 100% online response platform utilising virtual volunteering to connect with young professionals post-pandemic. He also serves on the board of the Australian Refugee and Migrant Care Services (ARMCare), a nonprofit organisation providing support services to the most vulnerable. What is...
Joining me this week on UNBiased podcast is award-winning human rights advocate, lawyer, diversity and inclusion practitioner, author, media commentator and CEO of Media Diversity Australia, [@ ] Mariam Veiszadeh. Mariam was born in Afghanistan and came to Australia in 1990 with her family as a refugee. With many accolades to her name including the Fairfax Daily Life 2016 Woman of the year, the 2015 Westpac Woman of Influence and Welcoming Australia Life Member Award in 2021, Mariam is ren...
Joining me this week on UNBiased podcast Kaley Nicholson, Co-Founder of Yilam, a 100% Aboriginal owned and female led startup that is changing the face of the camping industry by embedding Aboriginal philosophies of interconnectedness and caring for Country across the sector through their range of ethically and sustainably sourced camping equipment and bespoke on Country experiences. After a rewarding career in the public service, working across all levels of government including local, state, a...
Joining me on UNBiased podcast today Hawanatu Bangura. Hawanatu is an award-winning filmmaker and social worker who specialises in mental health. She is the founder of Mahawa Creative, a storytelling agency that crafts socially impactful videos for organisations that want to tell compelling stories. As a mental health clinician she is passionate about helping people enhance their wellbeing and self-worth. As part of her social enterprise she runs Rejuvenate, a workplace wellbeing program s...
This week’s guest on UNBiased podcast is Michelle Sheppard, or “Mama Mish” as she is affectionately known. Michelle is a highly respected presenter, advocate, and trainer in the gender equity space. As a transgender woman, she appreciates the difficulties within the grey created by the gender divide and traverses them herself and willingly takes others on the ride with her. Michelle brings her lived experience of being a trans woman into her work, running diversity, equity, and inclusion t...
Marian is a marine biologist, academic, lecturer, researcher and founder of Mooch Denim Upcycled. More recently, Marian founded new venture Mooch Denim Upcycled, where she designs and makes bags and other fashion items from unwanted denim and remnant fabrics. By upcycling jeans and fabrics that would otherwise go to waste, she aims to spread the word about the environmental impacts of fast fashion on the planet. By supporting upcycling and taking a slow fashion mindset, Marian believes in the po...
Caroline is my first repeat guest on UNBiased having joined me last year in episode 7 to talk about her work as CEO of Organise Curate Design. To recap on Caroline’s bio, for over almost two decades, Caroline Brunne has mastered the art and science of supporting high-performing leaders via strategic life management. Now Caroline adds “author” to her CV through an act of unshakable courage; sharing her own true story and becoming someone new. In writing her debut book More Than One Thing Ca...
I encourage you all to tune in to the latest episode of UNBiased where I’m joined by multi-award-winning, marketer extraordinaire, and founder of Suits&Sneakers, Anne Miles. Anne is the quiet achiever at pushing people outside the box - for business performance and cultural gain. Most of all, that includes the need to remove negative stereotypes and old ways of targeting customers. Anne believes in diversity in the way that she works, and for the end products produced as well as advocating f...
Joining me today is Nusrat Uddin. Nusrat is a British human rights lawyer of Bangladeshi origin. Nusrat joined Wilsons Public Law Department as a solicitor in 2014 and she is now a partner specialising in public law and human rights, with a particular focus on modern slavery, forced labour and human trafficking bringing cases against central and local government bodies for failing their duties, as well as claims against those who have exploited their workers. Nusrat is growing the firm’s Busines...
Bedi (she/her) is the co-founder of DivTal, an online job platform that connects inclusive organisations to migrant or culturally and linguistically diverse jobseekers. Bedi is a passionate Human Resource professional with over 10 years’ experience within the finance industry. Her areas of expertise include Graduate and Early Career Talent Management, Diversity & Inclusion, Change & Communications, and Recruitment and Program Management. Bedi is involved in numerous diversity & inclu...
It's taken a while to get back on schedule with these podcast episodes, and you'll hear from this one that it was recorded on International Women's Day! But conversations like these can't stay in the can forever! So I'm delighted to be back in flow of publishing and recording more great conversations on all things bias and equity. This week's guest is Julia Arnott-Neenee. Julia is driven by social justice, people and futures, and as you'll hear from our conversation she is truly aligned with tha...
Before resuming regular programming with more fabulous guests, I'm hogging the mic for International Women's Day 2022 #BreaktheBias. Couldn't be more on point really. I am also shamelessly plugging a new initiative Women for Impact - Set up to create safe spaces and empower Women of Colour Founders to secure more funding, we are launching over drinks, networking and a fantastic panel discussion to kick things off. If you're around in Melbourne this Friday 11th March 6:30pm, register for free tic...
My guest to round off 2022 is Tanaya Joshi. Tanaya wears many hats, including her current role in Impact and Communications at Earthwatch Australia, an environmental not-for-profit that uses nature-based experiences to empower people in saving nature. She is also a science and culture writer at SAARI collective, a media start-up aiming to diversify Australian media, and is part of the Science Gallery Melbourne's Sci Curious, a group of young people shaping a gallery which brings together science...
I'm joined on this week's episode by Khin Kha. Khin is a cultural diversity champion and co-founder of Phoenix Sisters, a volunteer-based network which aims to help people and organisations to understand and cultivate their cultural intelligence through professional development conferences, career workshops and mentoring programs. Khin shares so warmly and openly about her upbringing in Myanmar as the daughter of Burmese film star Kyaw Hein, moving to Australia with limited English, and working ...
Joining me today is Founder and CEO of Inner Ambitions, Lanre Sulola. Lanre found his calling to dedicate his career to the pursuit of diversity and inclusion in the midst of a corporate career which led him to set up Inner Ambitions in 2013 and he's never looked back. Lanre shares the story of his journey which began as a side hustle, chipping away and building his network whilst creating programmes for under-represented communities, to today, where, based in London, Inner Ambitions has an envi...
In this episode I'm joined by Psychologist specialising in childhood trauma, Dr Rana Tayara. Dr Rana was born and brought up in Lebanon, and has studied and worked in the UK and Australia. She has been a psychological consultant for a number of NGOs in Lebanon, Jordan and the UK, working with refugees, delinquent youth and individuals with special needs. Since moving to Australia in January 2016, Rana has continued to hone her focus on raising awareness against child abuse and more specifically ...
For those of you who joined me earlier this year for the launch of UNBiased as a brand new podcast, I'm back after a Covid-19 Delta variant-induced hiatus. Here in Australia, we were forced to move swiftly from trying to keep Covid-19 off our shores, to vaccinating and living with it like the rest of the world. As a result we were thrown back into lockdown - my first one having to home school a 5 year old, whilst juggling full time work, setting up a new business, and generally riding out t...
Shiralee Lawson is extremely passionate about Aboriginal education, Aboriginal youth, and community. On this episode Shiralee shares her lived experiences as an Aboriginal woman, and we discuss truth telling in schools, and empowerment for Aboriginal girls and women. You can follow Shiralee's work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiralee-lawson-3a34bb16/
Today I'm joined by Natalie Silvester, personal trainer and co-founder of More Than Muscle. Natalie and I talk myth busting, and having a holistic view to health and fitness. The majority of Natalie's clients are women, and Natalie's unique approach gives her a real edge when it comes to connecting with women and getting results both inside and outside the gym. Learn more about More Than Muscle here: https://www.morethanmuscle.co.uk/ And follow Nat on Insta @ptnatsilvester
Today I'm joined by Ainslee Hooper. Ainslee is an Anthropologist & Disability Inclusion Consultant and founder of Ainslee Hooper Consulting. Ainslee is passionate about disability inclusion because of her lived experience of disability and the benefits for all she sees when others embrace disability inclusion. Ainslee combines her unique knowledge of disability with Anthropology to foster an understanding of the diversity of humans and their experiences. During this episode, Ainslee sh...
My regular chats with one of my closest friends, Emma Clark, are part of what led me to start this podcast. As a career corporate lawyer whose role within the same firm has seen her practice across the globe, Emma is a passionate advocate for equality in the corporate workplace. Together we discuss Michelle P King's book, "The Fix, Overcome the Invisible Barriers that are Holding Women Back at Work", mental health, and micro-actions that can snowball into lasting change.
Joining me today is Brenda Denbesten. As a chemical engineer with over 15 years' experience in the manufacturing and mining industry, Brenda’s passion is to showcase the amazing work engineers do in shaping our world. Her vision involves inspiring more girls to get into engineering and empowering young women who are here to stay in this industry and excel. She provides speaking, mentoring and coaching services to driven female engineers so they can gain clarity on their unique strengths and skil...
Today's guest, Caroline Brunne, is the founder of Organise. Curate. Design., a life management agency with a focus on assisting people to streamline their life in order to refocus their time on what matters to them the most. We are being made increasingly aware these days, of the "mental load" carried by many women. Caroline and I discuss the almost inevitable burnout that can result, and how Caroline uses her business, skills, and passion to address these issues and help provide women wit...
Shelin David, Founder and CEO of CFO Worx talks openly on today's episode about some of the mental health implications of racism from her own personal experience.
David Stranger-Jones joins me today to chat about privilege, the power of networks, and how he's trying to address diversity and inclusion in a different way through his new programme, Equals.
Turning the mic briefly on myself in this episode to share a bit more about me and why I've started this podcast.
In today's episode I'm joined by American activist, academic, data scientist and entrepreneur Robyn Hillman-Harrigan. We chat about growing up as part of an activist family in New Jersey, her journey to Australia and her experiences in the tech start-up world, and how she hopes to use technology as a means to combat racial injustice.
