George Williams, the vice chancellor of Western Sydney University, was a bad kid at school. He was facing expulsion and constantly in detention, when one teacher changed the course of his life.

On this week’s episode, BOSS editor Sally Patten joins Williams to discuss the power of education and why he took a job he didn’t want. 

This podcast is sponsored by Ripple.

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