Humans of Purpose

Kirk Honda Dr Kirk Honda is a psychotherapist based in Seattle, Washington USA. Kirk is a person of colour and an advocate of social justice. My wife and I discovered Kirk via his Psychology in Seattle podcast, which I highly recommend you checkout either via your podcast player or on YouTube. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse , the best digital agency on the planet earth. Ge...

Will Richardson Will is the Managing Partner at Giant Leap . Giant Leap are Australia's first 100% impact venture capital investment firm. Will and the team at Giant Leap are backing mission-driven founders solving the world's most pressing problems. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse , the best digital agency on the planet earth. Get your free 1-hour digital strategy consulta...

Ryan Kelly Ryan is the Director at Creative Natives, a boutique recruitment agency specialising in talent across the creative, digital and marketing space. Creative Natives have a unique approach to recruitment, building a vibrant team culture and some valuable insights on recruitment and work in the mid or post pandemic era. Ryan is kindly offering businesses and job-seekers a free 1-hour consult...

Hanna Ebeling Hanna is the CEO of Sefa (short for Social Enterprise Foundation Australia), a leading B Corp, that partners with organisations and investors to unlock social impact. Sefa supports the growth and resilience of purpose-driven organisations and generates positive returns for investors. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse , the best digital agency on the planet earth...

Joe Dreyfus Joe is the Social Impact Controller at Hireup . Hireup is Australia's largest NDIS registered online platform enabling people with a disability to find, hire and manage their team of disability support workers. Hireup have employed, trained and verified over 20,000 support workers to ensure their users receive the best support possible. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Tre...

Kate Gregorevic Kate is a Geriatrician and Internal Medicine Physician, PhD, and Author of the book Staying Alive that explores the science of living healthier, happier, and longer. She is also the Co-Founder of Project Three Six Twelve, a provider of at-home exercise & well-being programs, designed to give women over 40 the tools they need to improve strength and vitality for long term sustainabl...

Alisha Geary Alisha is a serial entrepreneur and has most recently the Founder and CEO of Provvy . Provvy provides an infrastructure allowing artists — both First Nations and non-Indigenous — to authenticate their work, and license it to brands, offering them easier access to additional revenue streams. It will also offer an NFT marketplace, allowing them to make the most out of minting their work...

David Bartlett David Bartlett was the 43rd Premier of Tasmania, Australia. He is also the first Australian head of state to start his life as a ward of the state, growing up in the care of the Tasmanian Government. David has since pioneered Swisherr , whose purpose is to provide pathways through basketball, education and work for young people. David also holds a number of executive and non-executi...

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Jeremy Neumann Beyond being one of my closest mates, Jeremy has had an amazing career across entrepreneurship, music and mental health social work. Last year he launched Humans Being , his private counselling service. Humans Being are a counselling service dedicated to truly understanding you in order to work with you to help achieve your goals. They provide an holistic approach to your care to en...

Andrew Davies Andrew is the CEO of B Lab Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand . B Lab is the not-for-profit network transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet. They do so through a range of functions but primarily through certifying purpose-driven businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. Our...

Zrinka Lovrencic Zrinka is the CEO of WRK+ . WRK+ is a people and culture consultancy, enabling every organisation to be a great workplace, and empowering every organisation to make that happen. The mission at WRK+ is to ignite meaningful interactions between people and workplaces across ANZ to enable them to be their best. Zrinka is also behind Work For The Best , a website enabling jobseekers to...

Andrew English Generally speaking we don’t discuss geopolitics or regional conflict on the podcast but an opportunity came up to speak with my friend Andrew English who happens to have spent many years as a young man working at Rupley and RT, the Russian state-controlled international television network funded by the Russian government. He is now the Founder at Gos4 Media where he produces cinemat...

George Hartley George is the Co-Founder of Bluethumb , which includes the recently launched Bluethumb Digital (online NFT marketplace). Bluethumb is Australia's largest online art gallery and provides tremendous support to local artists. He is also a Co-Founder and CEO of SmartrMail as well as a mentor and investor at Startmate. HoP Membership Join great folks like Andrew 2 (annual membership) and...

Scott Ko Scott is Acting CEO of Leadership Victoria . Leadership Victoria is an innovative, independent social enterprise. Their vision is purposeful leadership for an inclusive, equitable and sustainable society and they exist to foster leadership that inspires, connects and transforms. Scott is also the Founder of ColourSpace Gallery , a social enterprise that helps emerging artists get a foot i...

Lily Dempster Lily is the Founder and CEO of One Small Step . One Small step is an awesome app I stumbled upon and started using on my personal journey to reducing my carbon footprint. WhatsApp Group Join our Humans of Purpose WhatsApp Group for anyone who wants an easy way to chat with fellow Humans of Purpose listeners about any of our episodes, guests, community and more. I’ll be there too, so...

Julia Kay Julia is the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Great Wrap . The Great Wrap produces the only Australian made compostable cling wrap. Even better, it's made out of waste potato scraps. The wrap, once used, reduces down to carbon and water in your compost pile within 6 months. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency and major season spo...

Yasmin Poole Yasmin is a Youth Advocate and Board Director. She has a glittering CV that I encourage you to check out via her LinkedIn and her website . Yasmin is a Rhodes Scholar and also The Martin Luther King Jr Center's 2021 Youth Influencer of the Year. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency and major season sponsor, Neon Treehou...

Craig Swann Our guest on the pod this week is Craig Swann, Creative Director of _SOUTHSTART . _SOUTHSTART is Australia's human-first innovation and impact festival connecting humans to ideas, possibilities, and each other. _SOUTHSTART is NOT a conference. It's a conversation. Craig is joined by his co-pilot Danielle Seymour who is Co-owner and Director at _SOUTHSTART. Get your tickets here ! Neon...

Alex Wadelton Alex is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of the Silver Lining . You can learn more about the Do Nothing Challenge here. I'm joined by old mate Nick Pearce, CEO of HoMie as my co-pilot on this one. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency and major season sponsor, Neon Treehouse . Neon Treehouse are a bold and creative...

Addie Wootten Addie Wootten is the CEO of Smiling Mind . Smiling Mind is a non-for-profit web and app-based meditation program developed by psychologists and educators to help bring mindfulness into your life. Smiling Mind have fast become one of the top mindfulness and meditation apps in Australia and now the world. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnere...

Happy Holidays Wishing you a fantastic holiday break and thanks for your support and kindness in 2021. My x-mas gift to you is a countdown of our top 10 episodes of 2021 as voted by you the listeners as well as out Editor's Choice nomination for my favourite podcast of 2021. Strap yourselves in for a 15-minute treat of a show where we'll flag these terrific episodes, I'll share my cliff notes on t...

Josh Burns MP Josh is the Federal Member for Macnamara. Josh is a member of the House Standing Committee on Environment and Energy; the House Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts; and Chair of the Labor Party’s International and Legal Affairs Caucus Committee. He lives in Macnamara with his wife Zoe, their beautiful daughter Tia, and their dog Larry. Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased...

Phoebe Gardner Phoebe is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bardee . Bardee are reshaping the global food system by transforming food waste into protein, oil and organic fertilizer with insects. Did you know Bardee are hiring? Incredible opportunities to join a fast-growing dynamic and very purposeful team. Check them out here . Neon Treehouse I'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partn...

Katherine Boiciuc Katherine Boiciuc aka KB is a futurist and technologist and an imagineer and executive leader at Maximus International . Maximus are an innovative business consultancy, offering unique solutions to maximise people and organisational potential and specialise in three main areas; Leadership Development, Organisational Design, and Assessment. KB is CTO and Director at Maximus, focus...