Don't Stop Us Now AI Edition

Our mini episode this week is a cracker… we revisit the advice of high achieving changemaker, speaker and author, Holly Ransom, who’s thoughts on managing her energy not her time really struck a chord with us and many of you. Not only that, in this episode we’re sharing some valuable advice from Holly that you haven’t heard before. So if you’ve been thinking you want next year to be different to t...

Happy December everyone!  The end of the year can mean travel planning for a lot of people, and business trips and holidays are the bread and butter for the fashion entrepreneur and founder on the show this week, Stefanie Nissen. California-based Stefanie founded her business ‘Trvl Porter’ with the idea that you would arrive at your destination to find a hand-picked travel wardrobe waiting fo...

This week’s mini episode is all about crowdfunding and in particular equity crowdfunding.  Equity crowdfunding is where retail investors can buy a share in a young company which is seeking funding without having to list on the stock exchange or take on formal VC capital.  Capital raising can be such a time consuming occupation for a Founder yet if you have the right offer for equity crow...

With so much talk about the ‘Great Resignation’ and all the job changes that are occurring as a result, what better time to make sure your LinkedIn profile is working for you?  In this episode we share some valuable ‘insider’ tips and gain an insight into how recruiters use LinkedIn to find the right people. We’ll also hear from US based Executive Resume writer and expert Donna Svei who will...

We’re in the ‘home straight’ heading towards the end of the year and following the crazy year so many of us have had (thanks COVID!) we thought what better time to remind ourselves of tools to help prevent burnout?  We were lucky enough a few weeks back to run an online seminar on burnout with the best selling author, psychologist and leadership expert, Dr Jacinta Jiménez, and, as so many peo...

We’re excited to be bringing you an inspiring and very relevant guest this week given world leaders have been meeting at COP 26 in Glasgow for vital climate talks as this episode goes to air.  Tessa Clarke is Co-founder and CEO of the international food sharing and household goods app called OLIO. Her passion for sustainability and for creating simple ways to help all of us to take simple but...

Welcome to this week’s mini episode all about how you should think about career opportunities. Making career decisions can be really stressful can’t it?  One guest who made a big impression on us with her career advice is the well known Australasian leader, Michelle Guthrie.  Michelle has had an international career including being CEO of Star TV in Asia, a senior executive at Google in...

It doesn’t take much imagination to work out how many challenges tourism businesses have been facing during the pandemic.  Typically, those who’ve been challenged the most can offer us the most interesting and helpful stories and advice. So our latest episode features the first of several amazing female travel entrepreneurs we’ll be featuring in the coming weeks.  Lena Andersson is the F...

Welcome to this week’s Future Proof Me mini episode.  For many of us the past few months have shrunk our world to the confines of our homes and our local suburb. What we’ve noticed can sometimes come with that, is a tendency to lose sight of the bigger picture and of others who may be doing it tougher than we are. It’s why we thought it was really timely for this beautiful reminder from socia...

We have a treat in store for you today with a guest whom we reckon is one of the best storytellers we’ve had on the show.  Australian entrepreneur, Mikaela Jade, otherwise known as Mik, is the Founder and CEO of Indigital, a company developing innovative new ways to digitise and translate knowledge, culture and stories from remote and ancient First Nations communities. Mik, a proud Cabrogal w...

Welcome to another of our mini episodes where we revisit the specific pearls of wisdom that our amazing guests have shared with us.  This week we’re exploring what it takes to really innovate in a big corporate or government organisation. Because, as you’ll hear, successful innovation is about much more than having a great idea. Often the challenge really comes when you try to get that idea o...

Our guest for this week’s episode is Swedish best selling author, financial journalist and women’s economic champion, Katrine Marçal.  Katrine’s two books, ‘ Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner’ and her latest book - ‘ Mother of Invention - How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men ’ explore how women’s roles and contribution have been systemically ignored over time.  Katrine has...

This week’s mini episode is a tribute to all parents and everything they do for their children, particularly when they raise their daughters and sons to believe that women can be CEOs, adventurers and innovators.  When we thought of all that parents do, we were reminded of our conversation with the wonderful social entrepreneur Navyn Salem who has 4 daughters. She started a social business ca...

Our latest podcast episode takes you on a journey all the way to Kathmandu in Nepal. We speak with Sonika Manandhar, a Nepalese entrepreneur and former senior software developer for Microsoft, who’s now a fintech founder committed to improving the lives of women small business owners in Nepal.  Sonika is co-founder and CTO of Aeloi Technologies, an innovative social enterprise and fintech tha...

We’ve been thinking about the impact the global pandemic has had on peoples’ careers and one thing that’s been happening is many folk have been wondering whether it’s time for a career change and, in particular, whether they should start their own business.  So for today’s mini episode, we’ve chosen to share some brilliant advice for founders and potential founders from the successful British...

We’re excited to share this week’s episode with changemaker, leader and author, Holly Ransom.  Holly has pioneered her way into boardrooms and forums at the top end of town but what’s really interesting about Holly is her deep thoughtfulness, her fortitude to blaze her own path, and her drive to make the world a better place.  This 31 year old Aussie has Chaired the G20 Youth Summit, she...

Greetings everyone!  This week’s mini episode is all about challenging our beliefs about who we can and can’t ask for help.  A couple of years ago we spoke with serial entrepreneur, and now author, Rebekah Campbell about her career journey and her childhood growing up in New Zealand.  Rebekah happened to mention that she met with the Prime Minister of New Zealand when she was just 1...

This week’s episode shares the story of founder Sophia Matveeva who found herself having to make a big pivot when the global pandemic hit.  Before Covid, Sophia, a Russian by birth and based in the UK, had been making inroads with her fashion app called Enty. Think of it as a kind of ‘Uber for fashion stylists’, used by growing numbers of consumers, and being featured as App of the Day on Mas...

This week’s mini episode features a global branding and design icon talking about the renewed power branding has in today’s ‘social’ world to create change-making movements.  When we invited the designer, author and podcaster, Debbie Millman, on the show last year she talked about how branding has evolved in the past decade and how the power has shifted to us as consumers and citizens. She ex...

We are so excited about this episode featuring an inspiring and no-topic-off-limits conversation with the globally renowned Sarah Wilson. Sarah has achieved massively in multiple arenas; she’s a former journalist and TV presenter, she’s an author and activist and successful entrepreneur. She wrote the New York Times bestsellers I Quit Sugar and First, We Make the Beast Beautiful , which best-selli...

This week’s Future Proofing mini episode is all about not letting your ego get the better of you. We were blown away by the maturity and wisdom of young New Zealand entrepreneur, Brianne West, the founder and CEO of Ethique, the global and sustainable cosmetics company. We spoke to her on the show last year.  Brianne’s mission is to rid the world of single-use plastics and Ethique replaces bo...

This week we feature the first ever visual artist on the show when we talk with the entrepreneurial and talented American artist, Taylor White.  Taylor has worked around the world creating incredible street murals and fine art. You may have seen her work in Melbourne, Oslo, Berlin, LA, Miami, and her hometown of Raleigh in North Carolina. Taylor spent a lot of last year driven by the goal to...

This week’s Future Proof mini episode is all about what it takes to get a big idea signed off.  We’re excited to share very wise advice from senior Microsoft exec, Mitra Azizirad, who heads up their AI and Innovation division. Mitra speaks about what you should do when that fantastic idea or innovation you have gets knocked back.  (Hands up who knows that feeling!)  Mitra is someone...

Our episode this week features an American woman who abandoned the security and prestige of working with some of the world’s most sought after ad agencies to start her own businesses. Her name is Allison Kent Smith and one thing that really stands out about her is that she has consciously refused to pretend to be someone she’s not when trying to find VC investors for her startup.   ...

Our mini episode this week is packed with wisdom from one of our most thoughtful guests.  Social entrepreneur, author and one of Forbes Magazine ‘100 Greatest Living Business Minds’, Jacqueline Novogratz, blew our socks off with her inspiring purpose and thoughtful wisdom when we spoke with her last year . We particularly loved how Jacqueline spoke inspiringly about courage and creating chang...