Creating Synergy Podcast

Jindou Lee is the CEO and Co-Founder of HappyCo, a software company that builds mobile and cloud solutions to enable real-time property operations. Prior to his current role, Jindou also founded and exited two previous tech companies. Jindou spent most of his adult life growing up in Australia and graduated from the University of South Australia with a Bachelor of Visual Communications (Design). A...

Bruce Djite is currently the CEO of Committee for Adelaide, a membership-based and non-sector specific company, that brings together diverse organisations to drive economic, social, cultural and community growth in South Australia. In an earlier life, Bruce is a former Socceroo who has played football for clubs in several countries including, Turkey, China, South Korea and Indonesia. Business has...

Trevor Cooke is one of the State’s most highly regarded property and finance leaders and has an outstanding track record in funds management globally, and a wealth of experience in the property and health sector. In his role as CEO, Trevor provides Commercial & General with a competitive advantage as the company continues to expand its national footprint.   He is an experienced operator with a...

With over 20 years of experience and as a leader in creating business excellence through people, Michelle has helped thousands of leaders to build their confidence and skills in change. She is an experienced culture change expert, a certified Dare to Lead™ facilitator, and a strategic advisor to some of Australia's largest businesses and corporations. The author of 3 books, including the best...

Appointed as Commissioner for Public Sector Employment in 2014, Erma Ranieri is driven to create a world-leading public sector that delivers great results and outcomes for the South Australian community through an agile, flexible and inclusive workplace. Erma’s extensive career has focused on helping organisations optimise productivity and employee wellbeing and has spanned roles in the private an...

What does it take to lead an entire public sector while championing innovation, collaboration, and economic growth? From the fast-paced world of finance to leading South Australia's public sector, Nick Reade has built a remarkable career. As Chief Executive of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and Head of the Public Sector, Nick is focused on driving innovation, fostering collaboratio...

Gavin Wanganeen is a former AFL player who played for Essendon in the AFL and Port Adelaide in both the AFL and SANFL.   Wanganeen won the 1993 Brownlow Medal and has been inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.   He was a 2x AFL premiership player (1993, 2004), was a SANFL premiership player (1990), was a John Cahill Medallist in 2003 and the Port Adelaide captain between 1997-2000.  ...

Dr Gemma Munro is a thought leader, a transformational facilitator and an uplifting and award-winning speaker, with a PhD in performance psychology and a flair for lighting up leaders. Winner of the Duncan Prize for speaking, and a two-time Telstra Businesswoman of the Year finalist, Gemma is known as a catalyst for laughter, a-ha moments and wake-up calls.   Dr Gemma has spoken to audiences at Go...

T oday we had our first international podcast, from  Massachusetts, USA, Alain Hunkins.   ALAIN HUNKINS Is the CEO of the Hunkins Leadership Group, a Forbes Contributor, Author of Cracking the Leadership Code and TEDx Speaker who spends his days helping high achieving people become high achieving leaders.  Over his twenty-year career, Alain has worked with over 2,000 groups of leaders in 25 differ...

Brendan Rinaldi is an Executive leader at the ANZ, managing the health sector portfolio and who is focussed on creating high-quality leaders and managing their wellbeing, which leads to high performing cultures. Brendan is a mentor to many, a father and grew up on a family farm, which is still in operation and something he is very passionate about.  With a background in accounting, restructuring,...

As CEO of the Langley Group and Academic Director of the Langley Group Institute, Sue inspires people to apply emotional intelligence, positive psychology and neuroscience to achieve the best possible outcomes for themselves and their businesses.   Since founding the Langley Group in 2002 Sue has had a remarkable gift for synthesising science into simple, practical tools to teach and advise thousa...

Vinh Giang’s passion for magic and self-taught business skills lifted his family out of poverty and into a top tier income bracket. An award-winning entertainer, international speaker, and entrepreneur, he is the co-founder and director of the Encyclopedia of Magic, an online magic school that instructs over 41,000 students per year. Additionally, he is the CEO of Luminary Productions, where he co...

Adrian Tembel is a prominent South Australian lawyer and businessman and is an economics and honours law graduate of the University of Adelaide. He began practising corporate and technology law at Thomson Geer in 1993, became a Partner of Thomson Geer in 1997, and went on to become Chief Executive Partner in 2009 and held the position ever since.  When operating as a full-time lawyer Adrian specia...

Chris' background in coaching and mentoring packs a mean punch when it comes to working with elite performers. This covers Military, Elite Sports, Performing Arts and Corporate Athletes.   Spending the early part of his career working with developing future leaders, Chris identified that a necessary part of the succession plan is to improve the individual’s performance capacity and this can b...

 Michael Mojo is a Mindset and Mental performance coach for some of Australia’s top rich listers, industry leaders, athletes and business teams. He’s been featured alongside the likes of Dr Joe Dispenza, Dr John Demartini, Dr Dave Logan, Grant Cardone, Gary Vee and Barbara Corcoran (Shark tank USA) and recently named by the Australian Business Journal as one of the top 20 Australian Personal Devel...

Leonie is a China-Educated Strategist, a Business Consultant, Internationally Published Author, Workshop Presenter, and Keynote Speaker.   She lived in the Greater China Region for several years, learning Mandarin and immersed herself in Chinese culture. During her time in China, she noticed a trend that all Chinese people have, at their core, Knowledge of the timeless Chinese Negotiating Strategi...

George Freney is an experienced entrepreneur who is passionate and curious about how rapidly accelerating technology, combined with changing human behaviour, creates challenges and opportunities for people, businesses and governments.   George is fascinated with the idea lifecycle and the best way to generate worthwhile ideas, quickly assess if they are worth testing and validating if they are wor...

Fiona is the People Executive Lead at OZ Minerals after joining the forward-thinking mining company in February 2019, and she believes the focus on corporate culture can no longer be seen as an optional extra.    For the past two decades, Fiona has worked with organisations to help build cultures that create value for all stakeholders. With a Masters in Org Psych, an MBA and 20+yrs multinational c...

Michelle T Holland is an international best-selling author, speaker, consultant, and the Founder and Creative Director of Synergy IQ. With over 20 years of experience and as a leader in creating business excellence through people, Michelle has helped thousands of leaders to build their confidence and skills in change. In addition, she is an experienced culture change expert, a certified Dare to Le...

Dr James Muecke AM is an Adelaide-based ophthalmologist with over 35 years of experience, having practised all over the world in countries Kenya, Jerusalem, and London.  Through his profound experience, James has taught the diagnosis and management of eye cancer in ten countries in Asia. He founded the not-for-profit organization Sight For All in 2008, turning his boundless energy into a fight aga...

Wendy Perry is the Managing Director of Workforce BluePrint and  Entrepreneur Facilitator for Adelaide – West, Switch Start Scale.   Wendy is an entrepreneur herself, with her business doing work all over the world. Further to this, she is also an author, educator, explorer, innovator, mentor and speaker on Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Wendy is also a renowned expert in Workforce Planning and...

Katrina Webb is recognised and acknowledged for her success as a Paralympic athlete. She has won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in athletics at three Paralympic Games. She was the first torchbearer to enter the Stadium for the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games and in 2006 Katrina was selected on behalf of the International Paralympic Committee to speak at the United Nations in N...

Daniel Gannon is one of South Australia’s leading and most influential industry executives - an expert and strategic leader in membership-based organisations.    Over the past seven years, Daniel has spearheaded successful historical campaigns to abolish commercial stamp duty, reform land tax and defeat punitive taxes on CBD car parks and banks. Advocacy outcomes like these have increased South Au...

Nicola Lipscombe is a global professional speaker and facilitator who bridges the gap between western science with eastern philosophy and ancient wisdom. She is known for her ability to blend cutting edge research and storytelling into practical and engaging tips her audiences love.  She is the Creator of HeartWise™ Leadership, Powerful Listening, Powerful Speaking and Friday’s Mindful Moments, an...