David Bartlett David Bartlett was the 43rd Premier of Tasmania, Australia. He is also the first Australian head of state to start his life as a ward of the state, growing up in the care of the Tasmanian Government. David has since pioneered Swisherr , whose purpose is to provide pathways through basketball, education and work for young people. David also holds a number of executive and non-executive director roles across peak bodies, not for profits, management consultancies, tech companies and ...
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Mar 30, 2022•32 sec•Transcript available on Metacast Jeremy Neumann Beyond being one of my closest mates, Jeremy has had an amazing career across entrepreneurship, music and mental health social work. Last year he launched Humans Being , his private counselling service. Humans Being are a counselling service dedicated to truly understanding you in order to work with you to help achieve your goals. They provide an holistic approach to your care to ensure that we support the whole you and enabling you to be the best version of yourself. Our Sponsors...
Mar 28, 2022•48 min•Ep 233•Transcript available on Metacast Andrew Davies Andrew is the CEO of B Lab Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand . B Lab is the not-for-profit network transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet. They do so through a range of functions but primarily through certifying purpose-driven businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse the best digital agency on the planet earth. Ge...
Mar 21, 2022•42 min•Ep 232•Transcript available on Metacast Zrinka Lovrencic Zrinka is the CEO of WRK+ . WRK+ is a people and culture consultancy, enabling every organisation to be a great workplace, and empowering every organisation to make that happen. The mission at WRK+ is to ignite meaningful interactions between people and workplaces across ANZ to enable them to be their best. Zrinka is also behind Work For The Best , a website enabling jobseekers to find jobs at the best workplaces, that are right for them. HoP Membership Join great folks like And...
Mar 14, 2022•39 min•Ep 231•Transcript available on Metacast Andrew English Generally speaking we don’t discuss geopolitics or regional conflict on the podcast but an opportunity came up to speak with my friend Andrew English who happens to have spent many years as a young man working at Rupley and RT, the Russian state-controlled international television network funded by the Russian government. He is now the Founder at Gos4 Media where he produces cinematic style epic video campaigns for leading brands. Disclaimer For this episode, I just want to note t...
Mar 07, 2022•53 min•Ep 230•Transcript available on Metacast George Hartley George is the Co-Founder of Bluethumb , which includes the recently launched Bluethumb Digital (online NFT marketplace). Bluethumb is Australia's largest online art gallery and provides tremendous support to local artists. He is also a Co-Founder and CEO of SmartrMail as well as a mentor and investor at Startmate. HoP Membership Join great folks like Andrew 2 (annual membership) and Margaret (monthly membership) and sign up to become a Humans of Purpose member. For your monthly or...
Feb 28, 2022•46 min•Ep 229•Transcript available on Metacast Scott Ko Scott is Acting CEO of Leadership Victoria . Leadership Victoria is an innovative, independent social enterprise. Their vision is purposeful leadership for an inclusive, equitable and sustainable society and they exist to foster leadership that inspires, connects and transforms. Scott is also the Founder of ColourSpace Gallery , a social enterprise that helps emerging artists get a foot in the door, by changing the way people engage with art. WhatsApp Group Join our Humans of Purpose Wh...
Feb 21, 2022•50 min•Ep 228•Transcript available on Metacast Lily Dempster Lily is the Founder and CEO of One Small Step . One Small step is an awesome app I stumbled upon and started using on my personal journey to reducing my carbon footprint. WhatsApp Group Join our Humans of Purpose WhatsApp Group for anyone who wants an easy way to chat with fellow Humans of Purpose listeners about any of our episodes, guests, community and more. I’ll be there too, so you can also give me your feedback about the show, tell me what you’re liking and not liking as much...
Feb 14, 2022•45 min•Ep 227•Transcript available on Metacast Julia Kay Julia is the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Great Wrap . The Great Wrap produces the only Australian made compostable cling wrap. Even better, it's made out of waste potato scraps. The wrap, once used, reduces down to carbon and water in your compost pile within 6 months. 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 imaginativ...
Feb 07, 2022•39 min•Ep 226•Transcript available on Metacast Yasmin Poole Yasmin is a Youth Advocate and Board Director. She has a glittering CV that I encourage you to check out via her LinkedIn and her website . Yasmin is a Rhodes Scholar and also The Martin Luther King Jr Center's 2021 Youth Influencer of the Year. 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...
Jan 31, 2022•41 min•Ep 225•Transcript available on Metacast Craig Swann Our guest on the pod this week is Craig Swann, Creative Director of _SOUTHSTART . _SOUTHSTART is Australia's human-first innovation and impact festival connecting humans to ideas, possibilities, and each other. _SOUTHSTART is NOT a conference. It's a conversation. Craig is joined by his co-pilot Danielle Seymour who is Co-owner and Director at _SOUTHSTART. Get your tickets here ! Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency an...
Jan 24, 2022•32 min•Ep 224•Transcript available on Metacast Alex Wadelton Alex is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of the Silver Lining . You can learn more about the Do Nothing Challenge here. I'm joined by old mate Nick Pearce, CEO of HoMie as my co-pilot on this one. 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. They are the digital agency ...
Jan 17, 2022•51 min•Ep 223•Transcript available on Metacast Addie Wootten Addie Wootten is the CEO of Smiling Mind . Smiling Mind is a non-for-profit web and app-based meditation program developed by psychologists and educators to help bring mindfulness into your life. Smiling Mind have fast become one of the top mindfulness and meditation apps in Australia and now the world. 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 creat...
Jan 10, 2022•49 min•Ep 222•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Holidays Wishing you a fantastic holiday break and thanks for your support and kindness in 2021. My x-mas gift to you is a countdown of our top 10 episodes of 2021 as voted by you the listeners as well as out Editor's Choice nomination for my favourite podcast of 2021. Strap yourselves in for a 15-minute treat of a show where we'll flag these terrific episodes, I'll share my cliff notes on these eps and tell you why they might be relevant for you. These episodes span mental health and well...
Dec 25, 2021•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Josh Burns MP Josh is the Federal Member for Macnamara. Josh is a member of the House Standing Committee on Environment and Energy; the House Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts; and Chair of the Labor Party’s International and Legal Affairs Caucus Committee. He lives in Macnamara with his wife Zoe, their beautiful daughter Tia, and their dog Larry. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency and major season sponsor, Neon ...
Dec 20, 2021•45 min•Ep 221•Transcript available on Metacast Phoebe Gardner Phoebe is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bardee . Bardee are reshaping the global food system by transforming food waste into protein, oil and organic fertilizer with insects. Did you know Bardee are hiring? Incredible opportunities to join a fast-growing dynamic and very purposeful team. Check them out 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 cr...
Dec 13, 2021•44 min•Ep 220•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 
