Tall Poppy
47 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTall Poppy brings you interviews that invite a new paradigm of leadership. Emerging voices that inspire and empower a human-centred style of managing people and projects, leading companies and countries. Tall Toppy rises above, sticks her neck out, risks being chopped down. Hosted by Tathra Street, a leadership consultant who is committed to bringing you fantastic interviews, no hype, just real conversations. While it seems the world is going bonkers, we’re talking about what it’s going to take to thrive into the future.
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TP 48: Prof Michelle Ryan – Powerful Woman
December 21, 2018 13:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBTall Poppy Podcast Series on Women and Power- Michelle Ryan: Powerful woman. They say that women hold up half the sky yet the number of women in positions of leadership doesn’t reflect this. Michelle Ryan is a professor at Exeter University, a researcher, social and organisational psychologist, looking at gender inequality. What does that mean, and what can we do to promote equality? Michelle helps us unpack the reasons for the low numbers of women in leading roles, and impact of stereotypi...
TP 47: Michelle Gibbings Powerful Woman
December 16, 2018 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBTall Poppy Podcast Series: Women and Power What does it mean to be fit for the future of work? Michelle Gibbings helps us unpack the skills and competencies of leadership when the world of work is changing so quickly. She brings an experience of having difficult conversations in her own career and how to navigate the power structures of the corporate world. She helps us see what holding your own can look like and where that strengths to do so comes from, relating to power well. We discuss th...
TP 46: Foundry Leadership
November 28, 2018 13:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBLindsey Brown created Foundry Associates to bridge the gap between technical solutions and society. Leveraging years of experience in the water industry and levelling up from being a solo operator, she created a team that can function without her. She learned this the hard way and offers insights into doing things differently, inviting diverse perspectives and being connected to purpose and innovative strategies to leverage resources. She’s also the Victorian Vice Chair of the Australian Wat...
TP 45: Disrupting Democracy
August 28, 2018 14:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MB“By 2020 people will begin to understand what digital democracy is, the system won’t change itself and those in power don’t benefit from changes to the current system.” says Adam Jacoby, Chief Steward of MiVote. He, his tribe and team are disrupting democracy by bringing blockchain technology and a redesign to collective decision-making. Not just digital democracy but looking at how it could be, a model that educates, not just improving on how it is now. We discuss, succession planning, tran...
TP 44: Su Lim Six Ideas
April 08, 2018 19:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBAfter an extended break, Tall Poppy is back with insights about the future of work today. Su Lim, founder of Six Ideas, is creating a virtual global village to create better futures for working and learning. Working with distributed teams, global clients and modern ways of approaching complex problems including an appreciation for cultural differences and the value of diversity. Learn about the key success factors for this kind of work, tools of the trade and the role of passion, emotion, cu...
TP 43: Kylee Fitzpatrick
December 19, 2017 18:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBIf you’re interested in communications, the impact it can have and what really makes humans happy, what inspires us to do what we don’t think is possible, getting those barriers out of the way and going for it, you will love my conversation with Kylee Fitzpatrick. She has created The Performance Code, Team Women Australia and is self-made woman. She is a super switched on, high powered, yet down to earth human being who was a high achieving corporate exec who saw an opportunity to be more tr...
TP 41: Josie McLean
November 28, 2017 18:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBThis one is for the change managers and anyone involved in change making. Josie McLean of The Partnership shares the results of her research and turns change management on its head. She puts to rest many of the assumptions we make about organisational sustainability, workplace culture and the impact of imposing company values. This interview brings in mental models, systems thinking, a worldview that values interconnectedness and a human-centric perspective that embraces context, complexity,...
TP 40: Stephen Duns on Leadership’s Shadow
November 15, 2017 18:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBStephen Dunns was a career CEO and now teaches about leadership and is exploring a new realm in the shadow side of leadership. What happens when virtues become vices? We discuss the impact of your ‘emotional wake’, the tension in wanting a hero leader but resenting them when we get them, the fact that we want to be in control but no one wants to be controlled. We get to hear Stephen reflect and share the path that went from feedback that gutted him, to being inquisitive, inclusive and a true...
TP 38: Jen Storey
October 31, 2017 18:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBToday’s career path looks very different than our parent’s. Jen Storey‘s career path looks like a chicaning river. She’s worked across a wide array of industries, business sizes, in journalism, marketing, e-commerce, customer experience and now she focuses on advising organisations on disruption and innovation. True innovation. She helps us look at the future of work through a human lens where it looks less threatening. Thinking of the future, this is a person you really want working on larg...
TP 37: Sacha and Sonya
October 10, 2017 18:00 - 54 minutes - 37.8 MBDo you have teenagers? Are you raising the next generation of leaders? Sonja and Sacha have been working with young people, speaking in schools and cultivating a wealth of knowledge about how to empower young people and support them to make better choices. In their recent book, The Two Worlds of Your Teenager, they help parents understand the journey their kids are on and what parents can do. You can tell how much I enjoyed this interview by how much laughter there is, often I’m a bit on the...
TP 36: Chantelle Baxter
September 26, 2017 19:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBWhat does it take to build a successful charity? Chantelle Baxter started One Girl, the organisation behind the Do It In a Dress Campaign, in her mid-20s, and after years of building the organisation stepped down as CEO. We learn about her journey, how long it took before she started paying herself, the cost to her physical health, her commitment to transparency and fun, how it helped build a strong relationship with a large community of committed supporters. She also talks about her latest ...
TP 35: Worldview Literacy
September 05, 2017 19:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBWhat is worldview literacy and what does it mean for leadership? Jerry Nagel and Kathy Jourdain have created a body of work around Worldview Intelligence. “We think with and through our worldview but rarely about them.” This conversation not only gets us to think about them, it has wide ranging implications for how we deal with difference and diversity. From this interview you will learn, the impact of worldview on both a personal and group or organisational level, the 6 dimensions of Worldv...
TP 34: Sally Anderson Evolved Leadership
August 22, 2017 19:00 - 49 minutes - 34.5 MBIf you could end suffering, would you? If you could turn trauma into your greatest strength what difference would it make? Would you be empowered? These are the questions that lead us to a bold vision held by Sally Anderson, Founder of Evolved Leadership and author of the Co-Creative Age – The next evolutionary phase of leadership. This episode is not for the faint of heart, it’s for those who hunger for a thriving and prosperous future for all. Sally Anderson is dangerous…to the status quo,...
TP 33: Michelle Redfern Advancing Women
August 08, 2017 19:00 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBMichelle Redfern has a vision of a gender equal world, she does this by Advancing Women. This interview discusses Feminism, Football, Financial Literacy and Leadership. We had a great time talking about equality and diversity, the impact it has on the bottom line, on innovation and the economy. Topics like authenticity, feedback, vulnerability, a sense of belonging and inclusion bring these ideas into a practical on the ground experience of leadership and social change. An example we explore...
TP 32: Reflecting on Tall Poppy
July 25, 2017 19:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBTall Poppy nearly didn’t happen, and how it looks now, compared to the early episodes is quite different. Previous guest, Matt Kurowski interviews Tathra about what she’s learned from 30 weeks of podcasting. Reflecting on the themes and voices of leadership highlighted by the Tall Poppy spotlight, this candid conversation explores the origins of the podcast, the barriers overcome prior to launch, the system that makes it work, editing quandaries, what has changed, and what the future holds. ...
TP 31: Abigail Forsyth KeepCup
July 04, 2017 19:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBKeepCup has become Australia’s best known re-useable cup, but it didn’t start that way. The humble beginnings for this BCorp include a prototype in a shoebox on a bicycle. Founder and CEO Abigail Forsyth shares what she learned when starting the business, what kept her honest, what’s changed in the market re: the attitude toward disposable cups. She told us about what inspired her to question everything and how she plans to use her influence as a successful purpose-based business. With offi...
TP 30: Eddie Harran is Dr Time
May 30, 2017 19:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBDr Time aka Eddie Harran takes us on a journey through Time Literacy, as a futurist philosopher and innovation scout. Referring to his TEDx Talk as a rite of passage that led to his role at the Centre for the Edge with Deloitte’s and the emergence of his alter ego, Dr Time, he’s now leading a movement to help us reimagine time. This conversation opens up a range of questions to help us see our assumptions about time and Temporal Value. (Listener Survey) Resources Mentioned Eddie Harran on Li...
TP 29: Joshua Spodek Teaching Leadership Practice
May 23, 2017 19:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBJoshua Spodek went from being an astrophysicist to teaching and coaching leadership at NYU and Columbia Business School following a rollercoaster experience as an inventor and CEO of Submedia. After discovering that leadership could be taught, he became curious about learning how to teach it. His book Leadership Step by Step, is the culmination of his teaching and coaching experience. His approach is focused on practices for skill development of the social and emotional elements of leadershi...
TP 28: Paul Fairhead Future Strategist
May 16, 2017 19:00 - 51 minutes - 35.9 MBPaul Fairhead is a Future State Strategist that is unafraid to ask the tough questions and illuminate the shadows of our murky path toward an uncertain future. He’s also a global citizen, he spent 25 years living and working in Viet Nam, and in the last few years leading Huddle, Australia’s premier Human Centred Design agency, advising large businesses and governments in Australia and Europe he has gained significant insight from leading design-driven organisations. He is a thought leader an...
TP 27: Angus Hervey Future Crunch
May 09, 2017 19:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBDr Angus Hervey is an intelligent optimist and one-half of Future Crunch. This episode explores our very human relationship with technology and the future. We talk about the impact of neuroscience on understanding cognitive bias, filter bubbles and why we resist good news. We put a gender lens on artificial intelligence how organisations are dealing with the future of work and lots of inspiring startups around the world using technology in service of humanity. By the end of it, you’ll be an ...
TP 26: Clarie Diaz-Ortiz One Minute Mentoring
May 02, 2017 19:00 - 48 minutes - 33.7 MBWhat makes mentoring work? What’s the difference between coaching and mentoring? Claire Díaz-Ortiz is an author, speaker, and technology innovator. Claire was an early employee at Twitter, where she was hired to lead corporate social innovation. She is the author of seven books, the latest being, “One-Minute Mentoring” co-written with Ken Blanchard. Her Success Mentor Summit explores how learning from others can change your life and work, and she shares her own experiences of being a mentor ...
TP 25: Kathryn Molloy NGO Entrepreneur
April 25, 2017 20:00 - 59 minutes - 41.4 MBKathryn Molloy has been leading the way for over two decades in world-changing ventures. She has run businesses and large not for profit organisations. She has influenced state leaders, government ministers, and large corporations to make better decisions for the future of the planet. I was blessed to work with her 17 years ago and in this conversation, we reminisce about that time and explore what she has been doing since. Her collaborative leadership style continues to alter outcomes for e...
TP 24: Charles Byrd Evernote Guru
April 18, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBCharles Byrd is an Evernote Guru and Joint Venture expert, he has a lot of wisdom about productivity, what makes it work, technology and how it can help free humans up to do what’s important to us. He talks about how he leveraged a 15-year career in Silicon Valley to launch his own company that scaled up more quickly than expected. Learn the secret ingredient, what inspired him early on, how he uses Evernote, how Tathra uses Evernote, and how their conversation piqued a thread about technolo...
TP 23: David Holzmer on Disruption
April 11, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBDavid Holzmer, Ph.D. is an Organizational Behaviour Specialist and Consultant. He shares the insights from his research into sensemaking under conditions of ongoing disruption. He discussed the essentials for creative problem solving and innovation. And the changes in how we relate to each other, to today’s world, and how all of this impacts our ability to deal effectively with the uncertainty, the ambiguous and uncharted territory many organisations find themselves in. What is the role of t...
TP 22: Vern Fettke on Mentors
April 04, 2017 09:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBWhat role do mentors play in our society? How can we pass on learned knowledge instead of reinventing the wheel? Vern Fettke is a seasoned business owner, with a real desire to give back. He runs an award-winning financial services company in Melbourne’s west and is very involved in community initiatives. We talked about his transition from the military to corporate life, how apprenticeships and succession planning fit together, and the relationship between celebrating failure and Australian...
TP 21: Amber Hawken on Self-Awareness
March 27, 2017 21:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBAmber Hawken on Self Awareness What’s the difference between fear and intuition, how do you know when dive in, and when to do a reality check? These are some of the gems Amber Hawken, author of Unfuckwithable Life, shared about some of the key element of self-awareness. We talked a lot about authenticity, what that is and the practices that will help us get into flow. Is pain necessary to growth? Listen to find out. Resources Mentioned Amber’s website, on LinkedIn, Facebook The Unfuckwitha...
TP 20: Matt Kurowski on Complete Value
March 21, 2017 07:00 - 49 minutes - 34.4 MBMatt Kurowski is the Huddle Labs guy who created a values framework illustrating types of capital that are often underestimated and unacknowledged. Huddle helps large organisations rethink complex problems, with human-centred design from a very purpose driven and values-based perspective. Matt and I talked about the Snowflake framework, being a goth in the 80s and the influence of that era on being 40something in the pursuit of meaning. We heard a bit about what its’ like to be mentored by U...
TP 19: Mark C Crowley Leads with Heart
March 14, 2017 13:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBMark C. Crowley, author of “Lead From The Heart“, leveraged experience from a 25-year career as a senior executive in the financial services industry and combined it with remarkable research to make the case for reinventing the way we manage people. Introducing the word “heart” into leadership was met with huge and predictable resistance. Now, five years later, Mark’s book has become a best-seller. He shares the ideas that were initially rejected but now represent the future of workplace lea...
TP 18: Alicia Darvall B Corp Revolution
March 07, 2017 13:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBStanding up for what you believe in is gaining currency in the business world, to the point that you risk your reputation if you don’t. Business for good isn’t just a nice idea, today, having the certification to prove you’ve got a legit triple bottom line approach is the way to go. Hundreds of businesses in Australia and thousands in the US are leading the way, putting their money where their mouth is and have become Certified B Corporations. CEO Alicia Darvall helps us understand the benef...
TP 17: Didier Elzinga of Culture Amp
February 28, 2017 13:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBAs Culture Amp co-founder, not only is Didier Elzinga one of the most forward-thinking CEOs I know, he’s got a really cool name. He’s the kind of CEO that does what it takes for his people to feel valued. He’s also unafraid to answer questions about the relationship of power and authority to leadership. We talk about the role of culture analytics, why engagement hasn’t really improved and the future of work. He’s gone from what he describes as ‘the most naive business plan’ to a third round ...
TP 16: Fleassy Malay Speaks Up
February 21, 2017 13:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBNo stranger to the mic, Fleassy Malay speaks up about her relationship with fear and shame. A seasoned performer, she has inspired hundreds of people across the globe to find their voice, to speak their truth and to be courageous, vulnerable, passionate and honest. She runs Melbourne’s acclaimed Mother Tounge, spoken word poetry night and Speak Up a course offers a safe space to learn and develop public speaking skills. Her online course, Courageously Me encourages women to have the courage ...
TP 15: Lorraine Ngwenya – Youth Leadership
February 14, 2017 18:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBLorraine Ngwengya is a speaker, advocate and entrepreneur. Based on her own experience, she’s created a business with a mission to address the issue of youth unemployment. We talk about what it’s like to be a leader at a young age, what she has learned along the way and what’s more important than experience in looking for work. She recognises how different the job market is than it was for our parents and she sees opportunities to change how we approach youth unemployment. She shares her own...
TP 14: David Burkus – Work Smarter Summit
February 07, 2017 18:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBWhat do we know about human behaviour, our ability to collaborate and lead teams? There is no shortage of advice, but what is it based on? David Burkus connects this advice to academic rigour to provide an evidence-based approach to leadership. Author of Under New Management and host of the Work Smarter Summit and the podcast Radio Free Leader. Our conversation explores the importance of finding what works for you and your team when inquiring into ways to work smarter not harder. If you’re a...
TP 13: Liz Blake – Deep Self Leadership
January 31, 2017 18:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBLiz Blake of Lateral Insights is a very accomplished leadership consultant and business mentor. She takes us into the depths of her own journey to understand her work, and how transformation can happen on a personal level and impact our whole lives, our work, our future, and ultimately our relationship with our selves and our world. That is, how leverage points in one area can have a ripple effect across our whole lives. Incorporating tools like Strengths Finder, Integrity and Values, and wo...
TP 12: Carolyn Tate – Higher Purpose
January 24, 2017 18:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBAre you making a dying instead of making a living? Carolyn Tate helps move us from meaningless to purposeful and reframes the desire to leave a job you hate and encourages us to start where you are, and make a practice of creating purpose projects. Though she warns that purpose washing is the new greenwashing, she highlights how individual purpose contributes to the larger whole and that we don’t have a single purpose for life. She shares the most important work leaders can do as we navigate...
TP 11: Jessica Watson – Adventurer & Collaborative Entrepreneur
January 17, 2017 18:00 - 24 minutes - 17.3 MBJessica Watson is an entrepreneur and an adventurer. Best known for her solo sailing journey, circumnavigating the globe at the age of 16. She shares with us what she learned from her experience, how she got so much support and sponsorship, and how she dealt with the naysayers. We learn about what kind of leaders she really is and the start up she’s involved in now, that’s like Trip Advisor for Sailing, bringing disruptive innovation to the marine industry. Deckee fulfils on her dream to get...
TP 10: Mark LeBusque – The Human Manager
January 10, 2017 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MB“There are no leaders, only acts of leadership.” Mark LeBusque is the Human Manager. He was told to take a good hard look at himself if he wanted to change and it paved the way for a remarkable change that led to outstanding results for his team. Year one sales target exceeded by 237% and when asked what he was doing differently “I treat my people like humans”. Now he runs programs to help managers let go of the 100-year-old leadership model and become Human Managers. Resources Mark’s book –...
TP 09: Carmel Guerra on Sector Leadership
January 03, 2017 18:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBCarmel Guerra is the CEO of the Centre for Multicultural Youth. We discuss reframing “not for profit” and “diversity is a strength” and what they mean from her perspective. Her recent experience at Harvard Business School’s Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management inspired her to focus on sector leadership and organisational wellbeing in both the short term and long term. Instituting a culture survey to assess staff satisfaction and engaging in big-picture conversations and practical a...
TP 08: Backstory – Activist to Entrepreneur
December 27, 2016 18:00 - 28 minutes - 20.1 MBTall Poppy host Tathra Street shares her backstory. Born in Australia, raised in Canada, a young activist who was willing to risk arrest for causes she believed in, inspired by a wide range of influencers from Joanna Macy, to Paul Hawken, from Deepak Chopra to Otto Scharma and Peter Senge. A personal journey of change, internal and external, from moving across the planet to changing careers and starting her own business. In this episode you’ll get a snapshot of what it took to become the per...
TP 07: Tom Morkes, Collaborate Author
December 21, 2016 18:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBTom Morkes shares his entrepreneurial wisdom to increase our chances of success, looking at the realities of uncertainty, failure and attributes that enable us to be anti-fragile. Plus practical advice for those of us with an idea, a book, a business concept. With his military background, he has first-hand knowledge about the power of the insurgent, bringing relevant experience from the battlefield to our creatives endeavours. His most recent book Collaborate, was successfully crowd-funded, ...
TP 06: Simone Maus on Purpose
December 14, 2016 18:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBIf unnecessary meetings cost an estimated $37Billion Annually, what can we do about it? What is the role of purpose in meetings and in leadership? Simone Maus is a seasoned facilitator as well as a facilitation and leaderships skills trainer. She has been working freelance with Zenergy Global in New Zealand, Australia and internationally. Born and raised behind the Berlin Wall, she had fears about loosing her identity in a group, juxtaposed with her “inner Hitler” the work she’s done on hers...
TP 05: Future Assembly Special Report
December 07, 2016 18:00 - 13 minutes - 9.4 MBA special report from Future Assembly in Melbourne, where three young women with very different roles and experiences in the tech world share what they’re working on and what’s important to them. Grace Wearn Communications Specialist for Vichyper, part of the Space X Hyperloop Pod competition, an initiative of Elon Musk. Casey Thomas CEO of Dark Shadow Studios – A tech start-up enabling risk-free drone racing using VR. Sally Kellaway on diversity in the VR industry with some key advice for e...
TP 04: Jan Owen on Human Centred Leadership
November 30, 2016 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBJan Owen, CEO of the Foundation of Young Australians brings an ethical lens to the idea of Human Centred Leadership, shares the most powerful leadership trait and the importance of having your own leadership style as you lead yourself, others and are led. This is the fourth in a series of four interviews on Human Centred Leadership. Foundation for Young Australians website: fya.org.au As mentioned: New Work Order Report Episode updated to include the recently released New Work Mindset Report...
TP 03: Simon Terry on Human Centred Leadership
November 23, 2016 18:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBSimon Terry, of Change Agents Worldwide shares his thoughts and insights about human centred leadership. Former exec and CEO, his focus now is about helping organisations adapt to the changing nature of work. Our conversation ranged from his own experience as a young manager to his advocacy of the emerging practice of Working Outloud. Simon’s Blog is a rich source of Working Outloud: https://simonterry.com/sharing/ Change Agents Worldwide is a network of professionals who work cooperatively ...
TP 02: Gayle Hardie on Human Centred Leadership
November 16, 2016 19:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBGayle Hardie, Co-Founder of the Global Leadership Foundation. Champion of emotionally healthy leaders, expresses concern with compassion about why we need to include “human” in the description to remind us of what leadership is about. She also shares about her own career path and how getting out of her comfort zone made all the difference. This interview is the second in the series on Human Centred Leadership. Gayle Hardy on LinkedIn Global Leadership Foundation Book: Emotionally Healthy Lea...
TP 01: Anthony Howard on Human Centred Leadership
November 16, 2016 18:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBAnthony Howard, the CEO whisperer and author of “Humanise: Why Human Centred Leadership Is the key to the 21st Century” is the first interview for Tall Poppy and one of four in a series on the topic of Human Centred Leadership. He possibly coined the term. Hear predictions for the future of work, why the human touch will be at a premium and a very personal story about some courageous unsolicited feedback that led Anthony to explore emotional intelligence as a way to change to himself to impr...
TP 00: Introduction to Tall Poppy
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