Changing The Game

We had the incredible opportunity to sit down with  Dr. Shawna Pandya , Canada’s first named commercial female astronaut, for a new episode of the  Changing the Game Podcast . 🚀 In this inspiring conversation, Dr. Pandya shared her journey — from being a 12-year-old girl dreaming of space to becoming a leader in commercial space research. She talked about the power of  representati...

Get ready to dive into the fascinating world of Carlos Zapata Lui (卡洛斯) ! If you're part of the innovation ecosystem, chances are you've already heard of Carlos. But do you really know him? Let's uncover the authentic Carlos - from his beginnings in Peru to the driving forces behind his curiosity and ambition. Join us as we explore his fascinating journey, hosted by Wilson Casado, FAIM – it's a...

In this episode of Changing The Game, we had the pleasure of speaking to Luke Callier. With a unique background that spans both the corporate, not-for-profit and education sectors, Luke brings a different lens to school leadership, education and K-12 schools and hopes to impact education more broadly at a national level. Luke is an innovative and thoughtful leader who is most at home influencing f...

In this episode of Changing the Game, we're excited to have Steve Baxter on board. Join us as we explore his fascinating journey – it's a conversation you won't want to miss!

Chandra Sundareswaran is the Director of the Centre for Learning Enterprise and Partnerships at Curtin University. Chandra is an entrepreneur with over two decades of experience in diverse sectors across the social enterprise, not-for-profit, retail, renewable energy, carbon markets and manufacturing sectors in India and Australia. Chandra has a personal commitment to social equity and is constant...

In this episode, Wilson Casado interviews Raby Gueye. Raby Gueye  is the founder and CEO of Teach For Senegal. Originally from Podor, Senegal. At the age of 8, Raby moved to the United States, and since then, she has maintained a strong commitment to social justice issues. At Arizona State University, Raby assisted with research on gender violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her role...

Mihailo Bozic's Entrepreneurial Journey Mihailo Bozic's path to becoming an entrepreneur was shaped by his unique interests and innate curiosity. While his peers indulged in gaming-related YouTube videos, Mihailo found himself drawn to TED Talks and other intellectually stimulating content. This divergence set him apart, but rather than feeling excluded, it acted as a natural filter that helped hi...

Josh Van Ross, the founder and managing director of Drone Sky Shows, has an entrepreneurial journey filled with ups and downs. From exploring various career paths to learning valuable lessons through failures, Van Ross has emerged as a successful entrepreneur in the drone industry. This article will delve into different themes of his life, highlighting the pivotal moments that shaped his trajector...

Cath Rogers is a global leader in the venture capital industry, currently serving as a GP at Antler, a global early-stage venture capital firm that builds and invests in the defining technology companies of tomorrow. With a diverse background in law, commerce, finance, and private equity, Cath's journey to her current role has been one of passion and curiosity. Her interest in technology and innov...

Rebecca Loftus and Nicole Gazey have collaborated to establish Idea Academy, an unconventional educational choice for young students in Australia. With their diverse backgrounds in science, teaching, and counseling, they offer a unique outlook on education. They are devoted to assisting creative and entrepreneurial students, and their commitment to this is evident in the way they have designed the...

Charlie Caruso’s background is less of a story about finding a passion and working on it and more of a constellation, where each passion shines on its own and leans into the others into a complex yet fascinating network. These passions include writing, podcasting, consulting for start-ups, blockchain, NGOs, all of which are tied to her love of problem solving and disruptive technological solutions...

Reading Kylie Frazer’s bio may get you a slew of interesting information, including her amazing work at Flying Fox, the venture capital agency she co-founded that helps Australian startups hit it big abroad and interest in bringing empathy to early stage investment. What you don’t get from her bio is the “uncool” confession that Kylie also loves being a lawyer and that even while practicing law, s...

2022 was a busy year and I was lucky enough to finish it off with a conversation with Aprill Allen. Aprill is the COO and co-founder of Tractor Ventures, an initiative focused on providing technology start-ups from Australia and New Zealand with non-dilutive strategic funding in order to foster their growth. Along with her business and life partner, Matt Allen, Aprill boasts an investment portfoli...

Terry Rich is a successful CEO and President of 25 years who loves to engage and entertain audiences across the globe. During his appointment by three Governors, his leadership increased lottery sales and profits by 50%. He also led the Blank Park Zoo to profitability from a $600,000 deficit while positioning it as the second largest attended attraction in the state. But his national insight on bu...

Cheryl Mack is a connector. She takes pleasure in bringing people together and driving them towards genuine connections within the communities she creates, be them big or small. With a description like that it would be natural to assume she helps businesses with community building with the end of creating harmonious work environments, but that is not where the surprises stop. Today we are going to...

As the first half of 2022 closes, a new page in Changing the Game starts as I share a table with a guest for the first time, a moment I had the pleasure of sharing with the amazing Esther Oh. Describing her background is a little hard since there seems to be very little she hasn’t done. Esther has several qualifications in fields from IT to law, having worked in the boards and committees of severa...

Royce Crown is what you could call the quintessential entrepreneur, starting his first business at nine when he decided to sell lemonade to the other kids on his street. Ten years later he was inaugurating his very first food truck, which would come to be the staple of another future business, but not before he got his hands on a license to work as a helicopter pilot, transporting goods from land...

If you own a technology start-up in Australia, you may have heard the name Greg Riebe, and if you haven’t, you’ll be glad to be doing so right now. Greg is the winner of the 2020 Australia’s Angel Investor of the year, largely due to his talent for mixing enabling technology with highly scalable business models that are the perfect dream of most investors. He was the head behind Perth’s first ever...

On the last season of changing the game, we covered the pressing issue of gender diversity and the journey of women who have defied the forces arrayed against them to carve a piece of the cake for themselves. Now, As the second season of our podcast begins, we are going to be talking about how new ideas from forward-thinking individuals around the world are transforming society before our very eye...

Not only is Monique Mattos the proud mother of three kids while also being a managing partner and coworker of mine at Visagio, she is also living proof that the two of these things can be perfectly balanced in a single person. Her main passion is the development of people, and she points to the success of others as the main source of happiness in her life, a drive that comes in handy as Monique ad...

In the aftermath of the 2009 financial crisis, Grace Mugabe walked out of a well-paid position in the mining sector and rewired her skills towards financial literacy, management and business development. She did so with a single mission in mind: To help underrepresented communities and businesses to improve their financial potential and infrastructure, leveling societies playing field and bringing...

When she’s not starting another successful business, or supporting communities across Australia, Jill Tang likes to spend her time advocating for the inclusion of women in STEM fields through her start-up “Ladies Who Tech”. Through this wonderful business, she has helped over thirty thousand women in eleven cities across the world to see new possibilities in their future, changing the game fo...

Lisa Shreeve has had the drive and adventuring spirit you would expect from a woman that has lived and worked all over the world, and after many years of wondering she eventually decided to apply these qualities for the benefit of the iconic Busselton Jetty. I was through her passion and leadership skills that the locals from near Jetty were able to organize themselves to save the town’s most icon...

Elizabeth Knight is an entrepreneur with a big dream to transform our education system and how we prepare young people for their futures here in WA. She is the founder of Purposeful, a ed-tech startup helping students to find their place in the world, through their self-exploration and purpose-discovery programs. During her time at university, she is fortunate to have led Bloom, a youth-led incuba...

Today’s episode of Changing the game was special not only because it was my first ever international interview, but also because I got to talk to Dinia Monge, Co-Founder of Ola Igualdad and a long-time friend of mine. Ola Igualdad is a consultancy firm created with the sole mission of promoting gender equality in different organizations, while aiding them in achieving greater efficiency and effect...