Inside Influence

Greetings everyone, my name is Julie Masters and welcome to another episode of Inside Influence. In which I delve into the minds of some of the world’s most fascinating influencers – or experts in influence - to get to the bottom of what it really takes to own your voice - and then amplify it to drive an industry, a conversation, a movement or a nation.   In this episode, we are diving into t...

Greetings everyone, my name is Julie Masters and welcome to another episode of Inside Influence. In which I delve into the minds of some of the world’s most fascinating influencers – or experts in influence - to get to the bottom of what it really takes to own your voice - and then amplify it to drive an industry, a conversation, a movement or a nation. In this episode, we dive into the nuts and b...

Greetings everyone, my name is Julie Masters and welcome to another episode of Inside Influence. In which I delve into the minds of some of the world’s most fascinating influencers – or experts in influence - to get to the bottom of what it really takes to own your voice - and then amplify it to drive an industry, a conversation, a movement or a nation.   In this episode, we journey from mast...

Greetings everyone, my name is Julie Masters and welcome to another episode of Inside Influence. In which I delve into the minds of some of the world’s most fascinating influencers – or experts in influence - to get to the bottom of what it really takes to own your voice - and then amplify it to drive an industry, a conversation, a movement or a nation. In this episode, we are going to be fusing t...

If I asked you what it takes to be truly influential I'm sure most of you would say the ability to be able to communicate, whether it's commanding a meeting or an auditorium. How you use your body, your hands, your voice, to demand attention and create impact makes all the difference in the world and for any of you that's ever seen a TED talk, you will know that those that stand out and get shared...

Greetings everyone, my name is Julie Masters and welcome to another episode of Inside Influence. In which I delve into the minds of some of the world’s most fascinating influencers – or experts in influence - to get to the bottom of what it really takes to own your voice - and then amplify it to drive an industry, a conversation, a movement or a nation.    This episode is about one...

My next guest is…  Cowboy Gator McGraw    Yes you heard right, although these days he also goes by the name Mike Kinney. Mike, (I’m still working up to calling him Gator), is a former pro-wrestler, the type of wrestling that made Hulk Hogan famous, turned global TED sensation after his talk on ‘turning up’ received over 1.1million views on YouTube.   He starts his now...

Now I’m usually a firm believer in the phrase ‘you can’t be what you can’t see’ but Lisa, and the organisation she sits at the helm of, break this mould time and time again – as you’ll have heard from the preview clip at the start of this episode.   She has also co-authored 16 books, in fact this incredible woman can write a book in the time it takes me to think of a decent tit...

My next guest is the  former Facebook CEO for Australia and New Zealand, Stephen Scheeler. A role which saw him play an integral role in the company’s unprecedented rise from quirky Silicon Valley startup to media and technology titan.    During his time here he co-collaborated with the greatest minds in tech and business, Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg and other luminaries of the...

Greetings everyone, my name is Julie Masters and welcome to another episode of Inside Influence. In which I delve into the minds of some of the world’s most fascinating influencers – or experts in influence - to get to the bottom of what it really takes to own your voice - and then amplify it to drive an industry, a conversation, a movement or a nation. And when you think about that, about moments...

My next guest has spent over a decade studying and decoding the brains of the world’s highest performers, in the hopes of figuring out what these remarkable talents have in common, and what we can do to in our every day lives to lift our own performance.   His name is DR Harald Harung and he is the author of the book  Excellence through Mind-Brain Development: The Secrets of Wo...

My next guest has been described as one-part pioneer, one-part entrepreneur and one-part magician. With an ability to make the impossible possible – it was Richard Branson who said that, high praise, but thoroughly deserved.   Her name is Linda Cruse and she’s spent the last 20 years on the front lines of the world’s biggest disasters, doing what she can to help. But it’s her p...

It’s been nearly 2 years since Donald Trump was elected, and however you feel personally about his time so far as president, we all have to agree, that on the day that an ex reality TV contestant got elected to the highest office in the world the rules of influence were officially rewritten. And so we thought now would be the perfect time to share a conversation I had a little while ago, with a wo...

My next guest is someone I have known for many years, Kamal Sarma.  al is the expert in h ow to Develop the Focus of a Warrior and the Peace of a Monk  - in fact that's actually the title of one of his critically acclaimed books. It’s a big claim – but it’s one that he’s in the unique position to be able to make - because he was one, a monk that is, for 8 years in fact. And sin...

Karina is the producer genius that has sat behind some of my favourite shows and films over the years, from hard hitting pieces like ‘Go Back to Where You Came From’ – a show that quite literally had the entire of Australia talking and reflecting on how we treat so called ‘boat people’ as was the rhetoric at the time, to hilarious shows like Luke Warm Sex which shone a light on how we approac...

My  next  guest  is Red Bull air racing pilot Matt Hall. Matt is a third generation pilot, a former RAAF Fighter Combat Instructor, which if you are a fan of Top Gun you’ll get just how impressive that is, he’s an international unlimited aerobatic competitor and in 2009 became not only the first Australian to ever compete in the Red Bull Air Race World...

My next guest is the only person that has ever been allowed to go behind the curtain, to study what it is that makes the legendary All Blacks such an unrivalled force in the sporting world.  James Kerr is his name and he has spent most of his professional career studying the culture, patterns and habits of the world’s top performers including the Navy Seals, Manchester City FC and The All Bla...

My next guest has been called “the controversial leader of the new world order”, wow, what a title to live up to, but live up to it he does.   Co-founder of citizen journalism site NowPublic - one of the largest news agencies in the world, Leonard is an award- winning entrepreneur, venture capitalist, bestselling author and a two-time Emmy&nbs...

This week’s guest is legendary sportswoman, adventurer, speaker and author Jess Watson. Jess has navigated some of the world’s most remote oceans and has spent 210 days alone at sea where she became the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop around the world. And if that wasn’t enough to convince you of her awesomeness, she did it at 16, an age when I know I was busy trying to grow out an 80's perm...

Do you think advertising is only focused on brand awareness? You’re not alone. However Creative Director of Google’s Unskippable Labs, Ben Jones, believes the key to influencing consumers these days lies in storytelling – thanks to our intense relationships with digital platforms. Ben has spent decades creating advertising campaigns and, on a hunch, performed a brief experiment that uncovered some...

For those of you who have listened to this podcast before, you'll have heard me talk about an unhelpful belief that so many of us around the people who can and can not influence.  This belief is that only the extroverts, the ones who are completely at home in front of people, whose voices do not wobble when they speak, can really create change. And certainly owning your own voice on stage or...

1 billion, that’s the number of deaths due to tobacco that will have happened this century. 8 billion, that’s the amount of money that used to be invested in the tobacco that now, isn’t Bronwyn King is the person responsible for that last number, and as an oncologist, she’s spent her career trying to stop the effects of the first number. But it was only when she sat down with her financial planner...

The Australian bottled water industry is worth a whopping 600 million dollars a year. Now that's a lot when you think about the fact that we can access water for free every day from the taps in our homes. Here's another fact that's possibly more heartbreaking than it is interesting. The number of people who don't have access to clean water is close to three times that, it's 900 million people. Now...

One trek through the rainforest, one life changing decision and one three week incredible fight for survival. It all sounds like the plot of a Hollywood movie right? Actually now it is, but before this story became a big screen blockbuster, one man lived through it and that man is my next guest, Yossi Ghinsberg. Stories connect us emotionally. They turn us into the heroes of our own journeys. And...

Happy New Year everyone. Welcome to 2018. Now with this episode we decided to do something a little bit different and we decided just to keep it really simple. Firstly because it's Christmas and we wanted a break. Secondly because, if your attention span is anything like mine during this time of year, simple is just good.  So for this one I wanted to share, and actually actually start a conve...