My guest on this podcast says that the best advice she has ever been given was “when you are dancing on thin ice, you may as well tap dance” and that’s how she lives her life. Nicky Sparshott is the CEO of Unilever Australia & New Zealand and former Global CEO of luxury retailer, T2 Tea. She has over 25 years of experience in developing & building brands, growing businesses and transforming infrastructure and culture. She has worked across a broad range of organisations including Unilever, The C...
May 05, 2022•58 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast James started The Good Beer Co – Australia’s first social enterprise of its kind – to brew beer for good causes and inspire change by demonstrating what purpose-led businesses can achieve. In his 20+ year career, he’s been a change-maker, pioneering corporate social responsibility at a major banking group, helping build partnerships to lift one million UK homes out of energy poverty, helping grow a social enterprise that floated on the London Stock Exchange, negotiating ground-breaking, multi-mi...
Apr 21, 2022•55 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast We decided to do something a little different for this podcast episode. Instead of interviewing a guest, I read a chapter from my book FOR LOVE & MONEY. How to profit with purpose and grow a business with love. The chapter I selected is: The Purpose of Business Part II What is the purpose of business? Surely by now, we can get beyond the idea that the purpose of business is to make money. The evidence is clear that trickle-down economics has not delivered what it promised. This chapter shares a ...
Mar 31, 2022•19 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast My guest on this episode is Carsten Primdal, a Sustainability, ESG and Modern Slavery Expert and co-founder of Scertify, an organisation merging tech and sustainability to drive impact, enabled by blockchain, AI and Machine Learning. Carsten’s sustainability experience has been forged around the world, in Australia, Europe, China and Asia. He is the Author of two published books, “A Roadmap to Modern Slavery Compliance and a Sustainable Supply Chain” and “Red Flag – Your Guide to Risk Management...
Mar 20, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast I’m delighted to welcome two guests for this episode of the For Love & Money Podcast: Jade Collins and Alanna Bastin-Byrne from Femeconomy. Femeconomy educates consumers, budget owners and business owners on how purchasing decisions can create gender equality. Femeconomy certified businesses have at least 30% of women on the Board of Directors or are 50% female owned. So far over 850 brands have met Femeconomy’s criteria. More on that in the episode. For now, let me introduce my guests: Jade Col...
Mar 07, 2022•55 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast Pamela Bishop is my guest on Episode 11. Pam is Chief Marketing Officer of Blooms The Chemist. I’ve had the absolute pleasure of working with Pamela and the exceptional team who engaged in our Path To Purpose Program to discover, define and embed meaningful purpose into Blooms The Chemist. While Blooms The Chemist is in the early stages of their purpose journey, I wanted to invite Pamela on the show to share the experience they have had in navigating their path to purpose so far. How it started,...
Feb 20, 2022•54 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast My guest on this episode of the FOR LOVE AND MONEY PODCAST is JAMES BARTLE, the founding CEO of Outland Denim, a fashion company on the vanguard of the socially conscious manufacturing movement. James is passionate about denim and the craft of jean manufacturing, but also the unique ability of the garment industry to drive change. Outland Denim employs young women seamstresses who’ve been impacted by human rights abuses and gives them a hope and a future through sustainable employment and career...
Feb 06, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Our guest for Episode 9 is Carolyn Tate, a Purpose and Storytelling Expert. She’s author of multiple books, an inspirational speaker and a highly respected leader of the purpose movement in Australia. In 2010, Carolyn came to the crashing realisation that her career was at a dead-end. After 20 years in banking and 10 years in her own marketing consultancy, her work was no longer meaningful. So, she closed the business and took a writing sabbatical in Aix-en-Provence, France with her son Billy. I...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast My guest on this episode of FOR LOVE & MONEY is a man who describes himself as ”a four-time loser before I realised I was in the wrong game”. He is Dave Dahl. Creator of Dave’s Killer Bread, the USA’s number 1 organic bread. If you haven’t heard of Dave’s Killer Bread, I can’t wait to share the story behind it. If you have, then you know you’ll want to listen to this episode. Dave’s story IS the story of Dave’s Killer Bread. It is a story of a family bakery that became the business behind the US...
Dec 09, 2021•51 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Like many people who value purposeful organisations, I love Patagonia. They are an unconventional business that is difficult to categorise in traditional business terms. Their purpose is a hugely ambitious one - they’re in business to save our home planet. In this episode I speak to Dane O’Shanassy, Country Director for Patagonia. Dane shares stories about this extraordinary company from its origins to where it is today. Along the way he shares the philosophies that has guided the business over ...
Nov 28, 2021•49 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Our guest on Episode 6 of the For Love & Money podcast is Shared Value Project CEO, Sarah Downie. Sarah is an accomplished executive and strategist, with a particular talent for transforming, leading and activating purpose-led organisations. As CEO for the Shared Value Project Australia and New Zealand (SVP) , she builds on 20 years’ experience in the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors to champion a better future for business and society collectively, through shared value. Driven by the belie...
Nov 11, 2021•50 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast My guest on this episode of For Love & Money is Paul Tierney, General Manager of Business Development at TPG Telecom (previously Vodafone Australia). Paul has spent 15 years in the telecommunications industry in a range of roles from Finance to Strategy to Sales and Marketing. In his current role he is responsible for the Lebara and Felix consumer brands. Paul also recently led a piece of work which led to TPG Telecom committing to power their operations with 100% renewable electricity by 2025. ...
Oct 29, 2021•55 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast My guest on this episode is Simon Sheikh, founder of Australia’s first fossil fuel free super fund, Future Super. Before starting Future Super, Simon led GetUp for six years. Getup is a member based independent movement to build a progressive Australia and bring participation back into our democracy. In 2014, Simon co-founded Future Super with his business partner Adam Verwey. The company has a rapidly growing member base and is successfully disrupting the Australian superannuation industry, by ...
Oct 14, 2021•55 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast My guest on Episode 3 of the For Love & Money Podcast is Nina Mapson Bone. Nina is the Managing Director of Beaumont People, a specialised recruitment business that truly believes in “placing people first”. She is also President of the RCSA, the Recruitment Consulting and Staffing Association of Australia and New Zealand and she is Chair of the Development Committee for the NORTH Foundation, a charity which supports innovation in health research and patient care. Nina helps business leaders with...
Sep 29, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast For our very first podcast interview I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to interview Geoff “Manch” Manchester, co-founder of Intrepid Group and Director of the company’s not-for-profit The Intrepid Foundation. Globally recognised as a pioneer in responsible travel, Intrepid Group are the world’s largest provider of adventure travel experiences. Geoff and his best mate Darrell Wade founded Intrepid Travel in 1989 with a vision of creating small group adventures that travelled the local way...
Sep 16, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast THE FOR LOVE & MONEY PODCAST Hosted by Chief Purpose Activist, Carolyn Butler-Madden, The For Love & Money Podcast is a show where business and social purpose meet to inspire a movement for positive change – business as a force for good; brands driving profit through purpose.
Aug 31, 2021•6 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast 
