Alexandra Smart: Managing Director & Co-Founder, GINGER & SMART

When everyone’s working from home, who needs clothes for events and work?   Australian fashion royalty GINGER & SMART faced a crisis this year as it’s reason for existence, well, ceased to exist!  So what did owner Alexandra Smart do?  What all great business owners know is necessary: she let go of…

Felicity Harley: Experienced Editor and Author

Author, journalist, speaker and all-round media personality Felicity Harley barely knew how prescient she was with the release of her book, Balance Is BS.  It was released in April, just as its theme of overwhelm was playing out right across the globe. For many, she says, lockdown brought a sense o…

Paul Scott: Strategic Advisor & Director, Digital Village

He’s calling the death of organisational hierarchy and he says that being innovative has nothing to do with having innovative ideas.  Paul Scott, transformation expert and author, has advised governments and corporates all around the world and has been frustrated by the lack of understanding of wha…

Helen McCabe: CEO, Future Women

Self-disruption might be the mother of business success in times of crisis. CEO of professional women’s network, Future Women, Helen McCabe is an expert in self-disruption.  And thank goodness: when it turned out this year that networking was no longer a thing, she knew it could be her ruin.   But …

Ben Carroll and Hamish Watts: Applejack Hospitality

Passionate hospitality duo Hamish Watts and Ben Carroll from Applejack have always thrived on challenging the status quo. But what happens when a pandemic turns the status quo on its head? These two leaders thrived by making some tough calls including rejecting the trend towards take-away meals f…

Dave Berkelouw: Berkelouw Books

A pandemic is the least of the crises Dave Berkelouw’s business has seen throughout the years.  The Australian version of Berkelouw Books was born in a crisis, post War World II and with Dave’s European family seeking refuge in Australia.  They turned to what they knew: they sold books. Since t…

Irene Deutsch: Managing Director, Fairfax & Roberts

What a risk to take: after a distinguished 25-year career in finance, Irene Deutsch completely reinvented herself as Managing Director of premium jeweller Fairfax & Roberts.  Risky enough, yes, but right at the same time, Covid-19 hit, the economy collapsed and she shut the shops of this 160-year o…

Dave Matthews: CEO of GWS Giants

How do you sell when you’ve got no product?  CEO of GWS Giants Dave Matthews faced that question in 2020, as the whole AFL competition stopped.  He stuck to his mainstay values of empathy and resilience and when games re-started, it was in strange circumstances: players and officials spent nearly t…

Elizabeth Broderick AO: Global Human Rights Advocate and Australia’s Longest Serving Sex Discrimination Commissioner

How many times have we said at work “we’re not saving lives”?  It’s a valid way to relieve tension and pressure.  But if you were, actually, saving lives, would your leadership be different?   Global human rights advocate Liz Broderick has a background as a successful businesswoman, and her leaders…

Soren Trampedach: Founder and Chairman, Work Club Global

In this episode, I’m talking with Soren Trampedach – Founder and Chairman of Work Club Global. With a background in Danish furniture design and craftsmanship, Soren helped orchestrate the workplace culture of organisations such as Google, Facebook, Deloitte and Microsoft. Witnessing the successes…