Humans of Purpose

Nasser Mashni Nasser Mashni is the President of APAN , which stands for the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network. APAN harnesses the passion of Australians to advocate for Australian policy to support Palestinian human rights, justice, and equality. Content Warning This episode deals with some troubling themes around the current conflict in Israel and the Palestinian Territories as well as discuss...

Joel Burnie Joel is Executive Director at AIJAC , which stands for the Australia Israel & Jewish Affars Committee. AIJAC represents the interests of the Australian Jewish community to government, politicians, media and other community groups and organisations through research, commentary and analysis. We recorded this episode on Sunday the 15th of October just over a week ago. Alternate View W...

Kylie Wallace Kylie is the CEO and Chief Gardiner at Seedling Giving . Seedling Giving are your personalised charity matching service and have facilitated over half a million dollars through their smart, reliable and tailored approach since they kicked off quite recently. Gold Membership We’ve got a free trial of our Humans of Purpose Gold Membership until the end of October, where you can join cu...

Content Warning Today’s podcast discusses domestic and family violence. If this information is distressing for you or if you need support with regards to domestic and family violence you can call 1800 RESPECT for 24/7 phone and online services.  Tasnia Alam Hannan My guest today is Tasnia Alam Hannan. Tasnia is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at the Arise Foundation . The Arise Foundati...

Jessica Mudditt My guest today is Jessica Mudditt . Jess is a superb author and journalist. Jess writes about what she loves, her experiences traveling in South East Asia.  Her first book is Our Home in Myanmar, which documents her living in Yangon, Myanmar for four years and received rave reviews. She's currently working on her new book, Once Around The Sun due for release in early March, which w...

Hayley Rose My guest today is Hayley Rose . Hayley is the Co-Founder and CEO of Archer . Archer helps clients to de-risk their strategy so that they can confidently launch new ventures, products or growth tactics. Think of Archer as both an experiment lab and pressure-tester for ideas. 300th Thankyou The speech I ran out of time at the celebration on Friday night and didn't get chance to give, now...

Agnieszka Sekula My guest today is Agnieszka Sekula . Agnieszka is Cofounder at Enosis Therapeutics . Enosis are a very exciting startup focused on catalysing mainstream adoption of psychedelic treatment with virtual reality.   300th Celebration Come and celebrate our 300th episode milestone at The Commons Cremorne this Friday 5:30pm on 22nd September. Be amongst friends, past guests, listeners an...

Weh Yeoh My guest today is a return favourite, Weh Yeoh . Weh originally came on the pod some time ago as the CEO and Co-Founder of social enterprise Umbo as well as the Founder of OIC Australia, a charity supporting the speech therapy industry and eco-system  in Cambodia. He now triumphantly returns as a first time author of a compelling and entirely relevant title for our time - Redundant Charit...

Drew Corby My guest today is my old mate Drew Corby . Drew is one of the first people I met in the podcasting and startup world in about 2016.  He is now the Head of Risk Strategy and Enablement at Aware Super . Aware Super is one of Australia’s largest profit-for-members super funds.  Drew talks to me about the concept of operational resilience, how it enables better decision-making, and why it's...

Neil Pharaoh Neil is the Co-Founder and Director at Tanck . He is also the Director of Corporate Affairs at Hire Up, and Chair at Climate Action Network Australia. Check out Neil's personal site here .  Tanck Sponsorship We are thrilled to be sponsored by  Tanck for the coming months. They do incredible work in re-imagining government engagement that works superbly for for-purpose organisations. ...

Good Edi My guests today are the Founders of Good Edi , Aniyo Rahebi & Catherine Hutchins. Good Edi make the Edi Cup- a delicious sustainable and eco-friendly edible cup that you consume after you’ve finished drinking your beverage. 300th Celebration Come and celebrate our 300th episode milestone at The Commons Cremorne in Melbourne on 22nd September. Be amongst friends, past guests, listeners...

Mike Davis Mike is the Chief Podcaster (and only podcaster) at Humans of Purpose and an Executive Leader in the for-purpose world. He also dabbles in a range of things including angel investing, mentoring and advisory work with startups in the climate tech and health tech space and writing about big ideas.  Louise is the best wife, mum, cardiologist, reality-TV watcher and podcast host we've had t...

Dilara Bahceci My guest today is  Dilara Bahcheci , who is the Head of Communications at  Psylo . She is also a Research Fellow at The George Institute. Psylo are an Australian borne startup developing next-generation therapeutics inspired by psychedelics from nature.  Content warning: this podcast will discuss topics of mental health and suicide. Some people may find parts of this content confron...

Angus Crowther This week on the podcast I bring you my conversation with Angus Crowther , who is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Tanck . Tanck’s purpose is to build government and stakeholder engagement capability to amplify the impact of organisations that do good in the world. Tanck Sponsorship We are thrilled to be sponsored by Tanck for the coming months. They do incredible work in re...

Kate Dundas This week I bring you my conversation with Kate Dundas , who has recently joined the United Nations Global Compact Network Australia (UNGCA) as Executive Director. The UNGCNA are mobilising Australia’s leading businesses to create a sustainable future and find opportunities to impact our world – for good.  HoP 300th  We'd love you fine folks to join us to celebrate our Humans of Purpos...

Michael Bronfman This week I bring you my conversation with Michael Bronfman , who is the Managing Director and Chief Commercial Officer at Baresop . Baresop is a modern-day zero-waste personal care brand that keeps your body clean – and your conscience too.  HoP 300th  We'd love you fine folks to join us to celebrate our Humans of Purpose 300th episode milestone. We are partying at The Commons Cr...

James Kahn This week I bring you my conversation with Dr James Kahn , who is Principle Software Engineer at HAL Systems . HAL is predictive (AI-driven) self-learning climate control for commercial buildings. It delivers occupant comfort, while minimising energy use. HoP 300th  We'd love you fine folks to join us to celebrate our Humans of Purpose 300th episode release. We are partying at The Commo...

David Zwier This week I bring you my conversation with David Zwier , who is the Founder at Bonny . Bonny is Australia’s favourite Doona and it’s a timely conversation as we are deep into winter here in Melbourne. Bonny produces ethically made and impact-oriented top quality Doonas at affordable prices and he has driven much of Bonny's startup success through his own hard work, enthusiasm and busin...

Chris Kotur Chris Kotur is the Leader in Residence at Leadership Victoria . Chris is a Williamson program alumnus from 1994. Chris has had an incredible career to date and more recently has worked with three Royal Commissions – the Bushfires Royal Commission, the Royal Commission into Family Violence and the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System and in each instance she has continu...

Jarahad Valeri Jarahad is the Founder of Welly . Welly is encouraging effortless healthy habits. They do this by providing a ready-made healthy fruit and veggie mix that you can simply shake with your water to create a delicious smoothie. This matters because 96% of children and 90% of adults don’t get their recommended intake of fresh fruit or veg. Welly makes it convenient and easy to get your a...

Arminé Nalbandian This week I bring you my conversation with Arminé Nalbandian , who is CEO of The Centre for Social Impact (CSI). CSI is a collaboration of Australian universities, who provide education, tools and research to help catalyse social change for a better world. We wish Arminé a big congratulations on her 1-year anniversary as CEO at CSI! Leadership Victoria We are thrilled to be spons...

Bernadette McDonald This week I bring you my conversation with Bernadette McDonald , CEO of the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH). The RCH has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 150 years. The RCH improves the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents through leadership in healthcare, research, and education. Leadership Victoria We are thrilled...

Innovate For Impact You might have heard of Dan and Tracey via either their amazing podcast Innovate For Impact or their great consulting business Impacto Consulting. Innovate For Impact is the bite-sized podcast for busy leaders in the social sector who want practical ideas on how they can innovate for impact! Also checkout, my episode as a guest on their podcast aired a few weeks ago. Promotiona...

Eden Towers This week’s episode is sponsored by Eden Towers , a dynamic and innovative future food company that is shaking up the fresh produce industry with its cutting-edge vertical farming technology and downstream processing. Today you will hear from their impressive Co-Founder, Christian Prokscha . If you like what you hear, checkout their Swarmer Campaign to be part of the Eden Towers journe...