Coffee Pods with Holly Ransom
82 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsCoffee Pods is a podcast designed to fuel your difference by by opening up access to the insights, stories and experiences of remarkable people, who've marched to the beat of their own drum and created a positive butterfly effect in their wake. We believe that in the mere amount of time it takes to have a cup of coffee with someone we can learn from a lifetime of experience. So, come have a coffee break with us, and get the inspirational fuel and practical toolkit you need to be the change you want to see in your life, organisation or community
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Psst... Coffee-Podders head over here and check out my new Trailblazer series!
August 24, 2021 09:36 - 1 minute - 1.16 MBThank you for being loyal listeners to the Coffee Pods series. I've missed you! We will be relaunching in 2022. In the meantime, why not hop across to my new series, Energy Trailblazers, produced in partnership with the Energy Disruptor gang over in Canada, and powered by EY. We are seeking out incredible global trailblazers who are paving the way for our clean energy future. Think Professor Muhammad Yunus, Seth Godin, Margaret Heffernan, Chris Voss, and loads of super interesting energy exp...
Coffee Pod #82 Dr Sandro Demaio
April 21, 2021 03:01 - 39 minutes - 36 MBMeet Advance Awards Life Sciences Category Finalist, Dr Sandro Demaio. A public health advocate and sustainable food architect, Dr Alessandro (Sandro) Demaio founded his career using nutrition as a platform for social change. As a recognised global expert and now CEO of VicHealth, Sandro speaks to the three biggest threats for Australians: climate change, obesity and chronic disease. Amplifying the science of his medical background with an art for public presence, Sandro has become a popula...
Coffee Pod #81 Dr Rossa Chiu discusses taking on the cancer epidemic with a team of young guns in Hong Kong
April 12, 2021 06:12 - 28 minutes - 26 MBNot only has Dr Rossa Chiu won numerous international awards including the Advance Asia Impact Award 2020, she also has over 485 patents to her name. A specialist in molecular signatures as a chemical pathologist, Rossa moved to Hong Kong immediately after graduating from the University of Queensland to work in her dream job - researching non-invasive prenatal testing procedures, detecting any abnormalities in unborn babies. Today, Dr Rossa Chiu is a professor in the department of chemical...
Coffee Pod #80 Micro biologies to macro environmental trends with Professors Jill Banfield and Karen Day
March 29, 2021 02:30 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBTwo preeminent female professors discuss careers in science and leadership in #STEMM reflecting on what the world needs today. Thanks to #COVID there has never been a better time to be talking about the relevance of research, diversity in science, and the interconnectedness of public health microbial health and climate science. The qualities of resilience and integrity come through strongly and both Professors advocate passionately for ways to see more women leading organisations in #STEMM. ...
Coffee Pod #79 Meet a young Fintech mastermind taking Asian cashless economies by storm
March 23, 2021 05:39 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBYong In Cho is a fintech expert, specialising in the payments industry, with deep knowledge of the financial technology market across Asia. Currently the Head of eCommerce for the world’s largest payment service company, @Fiserv, Yong In most recently initiated and managed development of a solution allowing Korean tourists and Korean students to enjoy fee-free credit card transactions in Australia. Yong In is a strong promoter of the ‘Australia’ brand, Yong In credits his post-school educati...
Coffee Pod #77 A hunter of dying stars and an advocate of diverse thinking, Professor Bryan Gaensler grapples with the enormity of unanswered questions
March 05, 2021 05:09 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBProfessor Bryan Gaensler has stars in his eyes. Literally. Internationally recognised for his groundbreaking work on dying stars, interstellar magnets and cosmic explosions, it's hard not to rediscover the wonderment of the galactic sky listening to Bryan. Living in Toronto with a wife who forgives his midnight scribblings and constant curiosity for the magnetism of the universe, Bryan reflects on success, hard work and serendipity. Bryan realised at five that there were questions even h...
Coffee Pod #78: Understanding big weather patterns and long-term climatic effects with meteorologist Professor Jenni Evans
March 04, 2021 04:41 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBWhere can a career in big data take you and how do you hold on to the stories that big data can hide? Professor Jenni Evans has leveraged her learnings to tackle some of the world's biggest problems, merging fields of research to find new solutions at the point where disaster threatens to hit. Just as Cyclone Tracey hit Darwin, a love of tropical cyclones hit Professor Jenni Evans when she realised she could bring her skill in mathematics, and a sense of social justice together. Professor ...
Coffee Pod #76: Changing our scale to change our impact with Dr Susan Graham, using AI and drone technology to restore natural ecosystems
February 25, 2021 04:54 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBDr Susan Graham is intent on tackling the biggest challenges of our day. Learn how her young team of audacious problem-solvers maintain an attitude of persistent positivity while staring down our planet's dramatic loss of biodiversity, and two billion hectares of degraded land. Dr Graham sees this mass degradation as an enormous opportunity. She is intent on solving for the mismatch of scale when it comes to rate of degradation to rate of restoration. An entrepreneur from a young age, Susan...
Coffee Pod #75: From Life as a Scientist to Life on Mars with NASA's Dr Abigail Allwood
February 18, 2021 06:45 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBThis week, on our launch episode of the #bornglobal Coffee Pods series, we are joined by NASA's Dr Abigail Allwood as she lands the Perseverance Rover on Mars in real-time. Come behind-the-scenes in a personal interview with this Australian trailblazer. Dr Abigail Allwood is not only the first Australian but the first female to lead a Mars mission! As the principal investigator of the most complex mission NASA has ever sent to the Red Planet, Perseverance is specifically tasked with answeri...
Coffee Pod #74: Marta Dusseldorp, highly respected star of screen and stage, on using one’s platform to drive the change that matters
December 02, 2019 23:50 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBMarta Dusseldorp finds it impossible to live in a small world. From an early age she was able to look around corners and see beneath stories. This gutsy and wonderful #coffeepod conversation ranges from self-discipline and dedication to the bravery of sitting in one’s true, authentic self. Underpinning Marta’s learnings is an incredible sense of the responsibility she feels for her work. Marta builds the awareness that we are given a voice to advocate for ourselves and for each other. She no...
Coffee Pod #73: Mariam Issa is an empowered refugee, sharing a story of resilience and imparting the power of community, self-narrative and finding opportunity amid adversity
November 26, 2019 22:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBLanding as a refugee in the upperclass Victorian suburb of Brighton from war-torn Somalia, Mariam Issa shares her thoughts on life, love, community and resilience. Take a moment over coffee to see your world through the eyes of an outsider. You may well be surprised at how the trivial becomes pivotal and conversely, how what we see as critical, can be rendered somewhat absurd. Mariam interrogates the narratives we tell ourselves and questions who authors our story? She emphasises the tools ...
Coffee Pod #72: Globally sought-after inspirational speaker Michael Crossland turns heart-breaking adversity into powerful fuel for change
September 23, 2019 23:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBLife is about choices. Michael Crossland was born fighting for his life and is living proof that adversity is not about what happens to us, but how we deal with it. Still striving for quality of life everyday, Michael is pursued globally to speak to the highest level of leaders, amongst sport, business and education, to empower people to start creating the world they want to live in, today. A businessman and elite sportsman, Michael asks, are you a passenger or a pilot? He points out, ‘beca...
Coffee Pod #71: Award-winning film director, story-teller and advocate Genevieve Clay-Smith creates inclusive stories to influence a more inclusive culture
September 12, 2019 11:00 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBGrowing up, Genevieve Clay-Smith had a feeling of ‘otherness’ that has fuelled a sense of destiny and driven her to align her creative talent with social justice. Leveraging her experience in acting and directing, Gen pursued the film industry as a force for good, making a decision that instead of striving for recognition as an actress herself, she would work to give people living with disability the opportunity to achieve their (socially invisible) dreams. Winning Australia’s iconic short-f...
Coffee Pod #70: Mond Qu is an architect and an artist, challenging the status quo by design
September 05, 2019 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBMond Qu is designing a better future through insatiable curiosity. How? It’s not just his ability to blend art and science, or to combine functionality with beauty, Mond Qu is a creative crusader, challenging the processes we live by and revealing the architecture of our choices. The interplay between the digital, the physical and the human. Founder of United Make, Mond Qu wears many hats as a designer, narrative animator, and digital craftsman. What happens when a trained architect starts ...
Coffee Pod #69: Sisters Rosie and Lucy Thomas head up Australia’s Youth-Driven Movement Against Bullying.
August 28, 2019 11:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBIt’s a double shot this week as founders of Project Rockit (www.projectrockit.com.au), sisters Lucy and Rosie Thomas, talk mobilising change, challenging self doubt and creating open-minded global citizens. Rockit is a project and a platform designed to fuel a world for young people where kindness and respect thrive over bullying, hate and prejudice. Lucy and Rosie created the business soon after leaving high school, the idea grew from a strong desire to impact the way we treat each other - ...
Coffee Pod #68: Jules Lund, radio and TV personality and CEO of Tribe, cuts through ego, perfectionism and insecurity in a candid talk about designing the life you dream of living
August 21, 2019 11:00 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBIn an honest and vulnerable discussion, Jules takes us back to his roots as a year 9 kid sitting up the back of class, heckling teachers, when one day a future mentor acknowledged him and changed his life forever. Now CEO of TRIBE, the fastest growing self-serving marketplace, Jules is moving from control to intention, perfectionism to purpose and is figuring out how to balance the desire to create something amazing, with the instinct to spend more time with those you love. A hit of inspira...
Coffee Pod #67: ONTHEGO Sports founder, the dynamic Mick Spencer, supercharges your impact with practical tips
August 14, 2019 11:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBGrab a #coffeepod on the go with ONTHEGO Sports founder, the dynamic Mick Spencer. Are you ready for action? Mick discusses how as a leader he constantly reinvents himself. He talks passionately about how to get the right people onboard both as investors and employees - and retain them! His advice to leaders wanting to make change is simply to get started, because every single day counts. Mick breaks it down: look at what you need to do today but don’t want to do, look at what you want to d...
Coffee Pod #66: Tami Roos, gifted meditation teacher and influencer of high performance cultures, brings us back to ourselves in order to change the world
August 06, 2019 23:00 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBMany of us have a strong sense of our why but struggle with our how. Tami Roos addresses the most powerful how - how to be the best possible version of ourselves. PHD, Best Selling Author, Speaker, Meditation Teacher and Intuitive Healer, Tami Roos was a key catalyst for the mindfulness movement in Australia and correlates science with meditation to enable high performance cultures. When we are all looking for an edge, how are we addressing our own thoughts? Tami Roos talks data as fluidly a...
Coffee Pod #65: Neighbourlytics co-founder Lucinda Hartley anchors place creation in the power of community
July 30, 2019 23:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBSeeing the world as a kid gave Lucinda Hartley a unique perspective on community, diversity and equality. In today’s coffee date, we hear lessons from a phenomenal entrepreneur driven to be the change she is longing to see in the world. Lucinda talks business model complexity, the evolution of mentors, the reality of whole-of-self and growing a social analytics platform to do justice to the vibrance and power of local community. With many business insights to take away, Lucinda dives into c...
Coffee Pod #64: Living innovation throughout the core of your business, yourself and your problem-solving with former Lonely Planet Executive Director and CTO Gus Balbontin
July 22, 2019 23:00 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBGrowing up in the wilds of Patagonia, Gus has always resisted being tamed by the world around him. Gus Balbontin is a true driver of better questions, and holds a healthy disrespect for authority. He has honoured this mindset through landing his dream job as Executive Director and CTO of Lonely Planet. These days Gus is dedicated to giving leaders a fresh perspective on problem solving - resisting the inclination to go broad and instead defining challenges as narrowly as possible. Gus is on...
Coffee Pod #63: Holding ourselves accountable as leaders and standing in the shoes of those we impact with AFL star and coach Paul Roos
July 15, 2019 23:00 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBPaul Roos is a former AFL player and senior coach renowned for breaking with command and control style leadership. Instead, he builds mindfulness, empathy and self-awareness in teams. Paul shares the secrets to success as they apply to the business world, focussing on behaviour rather than outcome, alignment rather than exertion. How did a superstar footballer dodge the masculine stereotype to breathe balance and empathy into footy culture? What does he see as the lesson for all leaders in ...
Coffee Pod #62: Exploring the interface between ancient cultural knowledge systems and cutting edge technology with remarkable Indigenous entrepreneur Mikaela Jade
July 09, 2019 23:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBMikaela Jade is a Cabrogal woman and a ground-breaking entrepreneur who is truly amplifying the voice of Indigenous Australia. Mikaela is a representative of Indigenous peoples at the United Nations and is the founder of technology business Indigital, telling Indigenous stories in innovative ways, including through an augmented reality app. Mikaela explores what does it look like to combine ancient knowledge-systems with cutting edge digital technology. In a discussion ranging from climate ...
Coffee Pod #61: Problem solving under pressure in space and bringing leadership back down to earth with Astronaut Pam Melroy
July 02, 2019 15:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBPam Melroy is a retired Air Force test pilot, former NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle commander. Have orbited the earth on no less than three space missions, Pam also commanded the International Space Station and is one of only two women to have commanded the Space Shuttle. How did a young girl have the tenacity see her dream through to reality after watching Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon 50 years ago? What does it mean to prepare your team for a mission like space? How does one embra...
Coffee Pod #60: How To Establish & Grow A Business Successfully With Co - Founder & CEO of Sendle, James Chin Moody
December 20, 2018 20:36 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBJames Chin Moody. Currently, he's the Co-Founder & CEO of Sendle, a disruptive business that is shaking up the postal industry. Prior to that, he was Executive Director of Development at Australia's National Research Agency, CSIRO. In this conversation, we talk about what it takes to establish a business and to grow it successfully. How to build a good team, what it takes to maintain your commitment to your vision, and also, the experience that James has had himself, as an entrepreneur. He...
Coffee Pod #59: The Power Of Storytelling & Authentic Leadership With Gabrielle Dolan
December 13, 2018 20:51 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBGabrielle Dolan, she’s a global thought leader on authentic leadership and storytelling. In this conversation, we're getting into the art of storytelling. Gabrielle has worked with high profile leaders around the globe to help them become better leaders and communicate using the art of business storytelling. We're going to delve into what makes a good story, how is it that you can think about start, middle, and end, how do you get resonance with the people that you're talking to, and a whol...
Coffee Pod #58: How The Founder Of General Assembly Matthew Brimer Built A Massive Community
December 05, 2018 05:01 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBMatthew Brimer the co-founder of General Assembly. They're one of the largest educational providers in the world. Many of you will have read about them earlier this year, because they sold to Adecco for $413 million. In this conversation, Matt and I really delve into the entrepreneurial journey he's been on, not only with General Assembly, with Daybreaker, one of his more recent ventures. We talk about what ideas get cut through with funders. We touch on the struggles and the challenges of ...
Coffee Pod #57: Leading The Transformation Of The Lives Of Others With Danielle Macleod & Nic Devlin
November 28, 2018 03:06 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBOur first Coffee Pods duo, Danielle Macleod and Nic Devlin, they're the two women behind a business called Somebody Inside, a company dedicated to helping people stand in their own power, get out of their own way, and make life a little bit easier. Now, in this conversation, we delve into the voices inside our heads, the stories that we tell ourselves, the way that we can limit our own capability and how it is we can take charge of ourselves better in those moments, how we can develop a hea...
Coffee Pod #56: Karen Palmer, Film Maker From The Future, Teaching Us To Channel Our Fears
November 22, 2018 23:42 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBOur guest Karen Palmer merges film, storytelling, technology and neuroscience to create emotionally responsive cognitive film experiences. What does that mean? It means when you watch Karen's film you wear a virtual reality headset and the film responds to how you react, so if you react to a particular saying with fear versus calm versus aggression the narratives going to take a completely different turn. It's a phenomenally interesting application of creativity and neuroscience, and I think...
Coffee Pod #55: Leveraging The Power Of Artificial Intelligence With CEO Of PredictiveHire Barbara Hyman
November 14, 2018 22:01 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBFor the first time ever we have taken Coffee Pods live on stage to record an interview with Barbara Hyman the CEO of PredictiveHire, a company that is seeking to bring data and algorithms to application in how we hire talent and make the right people choices. Barbara's career is a really interesting one and we delve into her experience in traditional corporate life leading a really significant transformation and change project at REA. Now, into startup world as a first time CEO in a rapidly...
Coffee Pod #54: With LBGTI Advocate and Pride Cup Co-Founder Jason Ball
November 06, 2018 20:24 - 37 minutes - 34 MBJason Ball, the 2017 Young Australian of the year for Victoria. Jason's an LGBTI and mental health advocate and is the current candidate for the State of Higgins in the federal election. In 2012 Jason came out as being gay. But coming and doing so only the second male Aussie Royals football player at any level to publicly come out in the national media. What snowballed from there was a movement that Jason has been in pursuit of ever since. A desire to want to transform both grass root sport...
Coffee Pod #53: Using Challenges & Tragedies To Your Advantage With Marine Corps Veteran Rob Jones
October 31, 2018 22:55 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBHis story is incredible and he has such an important message to share. So who's Rob? Rob was a combat engineer in the US Army when an IED blew up under his feet in Afghanistan and took both of his legs. He became a double above the knee amputee and he's gone on an incredible recovery journey that has seen him do everything from ride across America in the middle of winter to winning a bronze medal at the Paralympics, competing in the Invictus games which we recently hosted in Australia and ru...
Coffee Pod #52: Solving Problems & Transforming Businesses With 'Mr Fix It' Ron Gauci
October 24, 2018 08:46 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBRon has developed a reputation as a dynamic and inspirational transformation and business growth specialist having taken on some of the most difficult commercial and brand reputational challenges. His ability to identify growth potential, re-energise culture and build profitable businesses has led to several high-profile turnarounds that have cemented this reputation. During a diverse executive career, he has assisted organisations to grow by adapting to change and disruptive competition ac...
Coffee Pod #51: Turning Followers Into Leaders With David Marquet
October 17, 2018 21:40 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBStudent of leadership and organizational design, former nuclear submarine commander, Author of Amazon #1 Best Seller: Turn the Ship Around! And The Turn the Ship Around! Workbook, and one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers for 2018. David Marquet imagines a work place where everyone engages and contributes their full intellectual capacity, a place where people are healthier and happier because they have more control over their work–a place where everyone is a leader. Website...
Coffee Pod #50: The Art Of Human Perception With Globally renowned Dr Beau Lotto
October 11, 2018 00:34 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBDr Beau Lotto is a globally renowned Neuroscientist who studies the art of human perception. The Founder and CEO of Lab of Misfits, the world’s first Neuro Design studio. Misfits is a team of scientists, designers and producers who discover the essential questions about the nature of uncertainty. In this conversation we get into a whole ray of fascinating Neuroscientist topics, we talk bias, perception, the power of play, the notion of being wired for wonder and how everything begins from n...
Coffee Pod #49: Investing & Running Businesses With Award Winning Financial Advisor Catherine Robson
October 04, 2018 01:58 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBCatherine Robson is an accomplished entrepreneur and award winning financial adviser. She is the founder of successful financial service business Affinity Private and has over 20 years of experience advising sophisticated high net worth individuals and family groups. Catherine’s commitment to quality advice and strong alignment of interests with clients by eschewing all commissions, has earned her numerous awards including the Financial Planning Association’s Victorian CFP professional of th...
Coffee Pod #48: Being The Change You Want To See With Pioneering Entrepreneur Annabelle Chauncy OAM
September 27, 2018 06:44 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBAnnabelle Chauncy OAM is the CEO and Founding Director of School for Life Foundation. Annabelle is a dynamic leader and social entrepreneur who started a multi-national NGO at the age of 21, with operations in both Australia and Uganda. Annabelle has overcome huge barriers including running two high performing businesses in different continents on exceptionally tight budgets, cultural and gender biases, shifting mindsets, driving change and innovation, engaging staff, building teams and ra...
Coffee Pod #47: The Story Behind The #CelebratingWomen Movement With Leading Company Director & Author Dr Kirstin Ferguson
September 19, 2018 02:04 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBDr Kirstin Ferguson is a leading company director, author and sought after commentator on leadership, gender diversity and inclusion. Dr Ferguson is also the creator of the widely acclaimed global #CelebratingWomen campaign and author of Women Kind. Dr Ferguson began her career after joining the military aged 17 and went on to become the Dux of her Air Force graduating class at the Australian Defence Force Academy. After being posted to an F-111 Squadron, she studied law and spent almost a ...
Coffee Pod #46: The Future Of Work, Education & Leadership With Frances Valintine
September 13, 2018 00:14 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBIntroducing Frances Valintine. Frances is an educational futurist from New Zealand. Now, she's won a stack of awards for her education program. Notably, best startup in Asia Pacific as judged by Richard Branson and Steve Wozniak in 2014. She also won excellence in social innovation and a variety of influence and innovation awards. In this conversation. We talk about how the notion of what it even means to be skilled in shifting. We talk about the realities of the modern day workplace and th...
Coffee Pod #45: Technology Trends and Breaking Banks with Futurist Brett King
September 06, 2018 03:33 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBMeet Brett King. Brett King is a futurist, an Amazon bestselling author, an award winning speaker and CEO of disruptive mobile bank Moven. Brett also hosts the world's most popular fintech podcast 'Breaking Banks'. In this podcast we chat disruptive future trends leaders need to be preparing themselves for, the challenge of transforming legacy systems and how to kickstart innovation. Website: http://brettking.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Coffee Pod #44: Lisa King Founder of Eat My Lunch. The Business Of Doing Good
August 28, 2018 21:58 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBWebsite: www.eatmylunch.nz Facebook/Instagram: @eatmylunch.nz This week, we're heading to the land of the long white cloud. That's right, New Zealand, and our guest is the incredible social entrepreneur, Lisa King. Now, Lisa had a background for about 15 years in high-level marketing roles in fast-moving consumer goods type companies before she stumbled upon the statistics she just wasn't prepared to walk past, and that was data around how many young New Zealanders go to school each day wi...
Coffee Pod #43: Canadian Powerhouse Vicki Saunders Founder of SheEO, Entrepreneur & Award-Winning Mentor.
August 23, 2018 00:31 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBWebsite: http://www.vickisaunders.com/ https://sheeo.world/press/vickis-long-bio/ Twitter: @Vickis Meet Vicki Saunders. She is a Canadian powerhouse. She's an entrepreneur. She's an award-winning mentor. She's an advisor to the next generation of change makers, and a leading advocate for entrepreneurship as a way of creating positive transformation in the world. As we'll touch on at length in the podcast, she's the founder of SheEO, a movement of radical generosity, this extraordinary gl...
Coffee Pod #42: Lessons For Aspiring Entrepreneurs With Game Changing CEO Lisa Messenger
August 22, 2018 00:28 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBTwitter: @LisaMessenger Instagram: @lisamessenger Joining me this week is Lisa Messenger. The vibrant and game changing CEO of the Messenger Group and the Founder and Editor in Chief of Collective Hub magazine which was an entrepreneurial lifestyle magazine distributed into over 37 countries. Lisa's authored and coauthored 16 books and become a real go-to in the startup scene. One of the things I love about this podcast is how vulnerable, real and raw Lisa is. Not only about her own life ...
Coffee Pod #41: How To Drive Change Within A Large Organisation With ABC's Manager Kellie Riordan
August 10, 2018 06:53 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBTwitter: @KellieRiordan Kellie Riordan is a manager at the ABC and was one of the original trailblazers behind the podcast medium in Australia. She designed and developed some of the earliest content in this whole platform in Australia and now leads a lot of the product development in that space for the ABC working on content ideas, audio storytelling, digital strategy, you name it. Her story and experiences that she shares around how to drive change within a large organization, the art of ...
Coffee Pod #40: Award-Winning Entrepreneur Adam Schwab Co-Founder & CEO of Luxury Escapes
August 02, 2018 04:10 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBWebsite: http://luxgroup.com/ Twitter: @LuxGroup_CEO Our guest this week is bringing an entrepreneurial flavour to the conversation, meet Adam Schwab. Adam is a Best-Selling Author and an Award Winning Entrepreneur and has built one of the most profitable E-commerce businesses in Australia. We are going to talk about how he managed in just 5 years with zero funding to grow a business to more than $350million turn over with more than 400 employees he has been top of the BRW rich list many t...
Coffee Pod #39: Creating & Designing Solutions With Founder & CEO At Connections Australia Rinku Razdan
July 24, 2018 07:47 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBWebsite https://connectionsaustralia.com/en Facebook https://www.facebook.com/connectionsAU/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/connectionsaustralia/ We're taking a social enterprise turn this week, and our guest is Rinku Razdan. Now, Rinku is quite a remarkable woman. She arrived in Australia with very few dollars next to her name, and as a single mother, but with a burning passion to make sure that her son had a world of opportunity before him. She's risen up the ranks of the Austral...
Coffee Pod #38: Spotify's Global Creative Director Alex Bodman Talks Social Ideas & Innovative Marketing.
July 19, 2018 08:28 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBContact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-bodman-4411191b/ Website: http://alexbodman.com/ Alex Bodman Creative Director at Spotify. Spotify is an extremely extraordinary company when you look at how quickly it is growing, with over 150 million users and Alex is in charge of creating the tool-kit for the brand globally allowing the vision of Spotify to scale across the globe. Since he joined the company in 2015 he has built an in-house creative team with over 30 people. Recognised by Ad Ag...
Coffee Pod #37: Building Cross-Culture Relationships With Melanie Brock
July 12, 2018 05:21 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Coffee Pod #36: 'Redefining The Collar, Blue' With Blue-Collar CEO, Mandy Rennehan
July 03, 2018 21:33 - 40 minutes - 37 MBTwitter: @MandyRennehan Instagram: @Freshco_Inc Our guest is Mandy Rennehan. Mandy is known as the blue- collar CEO. She's an incredible Canadian who is entirely self-made. She left home towards the tiny town of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia at 18 with just a dirty hockey bag and an audacious dream. A passion as well, I should add, for woodworking. By 19, she founded, Freshco which is now Canada's number one full service reconstruction and retail maintenance provider working for some of the bigges...
Coffee Pod #35: Leading & Living High Performance with Aussie Diamonds Coach Lisa Alexander
June 26, 2018 06:20 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBTwitter: @CoachLisaA I'm really excited to introduce you to today's guest. Someone I'm personally an enormous fan of. We've got a sporting Coffee Pod for you today, and our guest is Lisa Alexander, the head coach of the Australian Diamonds. Now Lisa's taken the Diamonds to Commonwealth Games Championships, World Championships, the trophy cabinet is chockablock. She's got a reputation for her professionalism, drive, and innovative approach to coaching. So much so, that in 2015 she was awarde...
Coffee Pod #34: Achieving Audacious Goals & Expanding Limits With A True Adventurer Roz Savage
June 19, 2018 22:58 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBContact: @rozsavage Website: Rozsavage.com Here at Coffee Pods we love an adventurous spirit. This week, we have a true adventurer for you. I'm really excited to introduce you to Roz Savage. She's the first, and so far only woman to row solo across the world's big three oceans. The Atlantic, the Pacific, and Indian. I'm talking single-scull rowing, as in stroke by stroke, across the three big oceans of the world. She holds four Guinness World Records, and was appointed a member of the Orde...