On Meaningful Work

Hi all and Welcome to another episode of the ‘On Meaningful Work’ podcast   In this episode, I chat with Kunal Kalro, serial entrepreneur and currently the founder of EugeneLabs . We chat about his upbringing in Dubai, what drove his early choices in education and about his primary career path. We chat about the lure of entrepreneurship, what people get wrong about entrepreneurship and what he had...

Welcome to another episode of the On Meaningful Work Podcast. In this episode, we are thrilled to chat with Dr Elise Bialylew, the founder of Mindful in May   Elise Bialylew is the author of the bestselling book,  The Happiness Plan , and founder of Mindful in May, the world’s largest online global mindfulness fundraising campaign. A doctor trained in psychiatry, turned social entrepreneur and min...

This episode of the On Meaningful Work podcast features Luke Mitchell, Co-Founder of Yuki Threads, a premium snowboarding/skiing clothing brand   Luke Mitchell or ‘Mitch’ as he is known is the founder and owner of Yuki Threads . A country kid that somehow stumbled his way into the ‘fashion’ industry. A mechanic by trade and a snowbum by heart, what started as an excuse to keep snowboarding has tur...

This episode of the podcast features Kizzi. Kizzi is the owner of Kenneth Geofferys, a barbershop in Collingwood Melbourne. I first got to know Kizzi,  in the barber's chair chatting with her while she trimmed my beard. After listening to her story, I felt I need to have her on the podcast..so here we are. Her story exemplifies making the best of the hand that you were dealt with. For Kizzi, barbe...

Welcome to the first episode of 2021! And I am really excited about this one as it features my good friend Mykel Dixon. Someone whose rise I had the privilege of witnessing first hand.  Mykel describes himself as a musician by trade, a gypsy by nature and a fierce non-conformist. He is an award-winning speaker, learning designer and now author of ' Everyday Creative' He works with senior leaders a...

This episode of the podcast features Emily Hazell, the founder and owner of Serotonin Eatery, Exercise + Education. She is also an Interior Architect and Graphic Designer. She opened her Happiness Centre with a vision of changing minds and lives with mental health education and awareness. She hopes for Serotonin to become a leading facility in happiness and health education. She has a passion for...

This episode of the podcast features CJ, the co-creator of  s p a c e , a conference-festival hybrid in Byron Bay (the 2020 version will be virtual) that has launched businesses, best-selling books and  collaborations that changing communities for the better .  S p a c e has been described as a conference, an un-conference, an event, a gathering of disruptive thinkers to challenge world views. How...

This episode of the podcast features Uppma Virdi, the founder of Chaiwalli , a business that not only sells tea blends but also aims to "educate people on the genuine beauty of Indian teas and spices" Chaiwalli is the Hindi word for Tea Lady. And that is what Uppma embodies. She left a promising legal career to answer her calling to share her family tea blends with the world. And so starting from...

In this episode, we speak with Demetrio Zema who is the founder and director of Law Squared. Law Squared has been named 'Australia's most innovative law firm' and with good reason. Demetrio has flipped the script on how the law should be practised putting purpose, clients and outcomes as the focus of what they do. The need for a new way of doing law having sprung from his disenchantment with the w...

In this episode, we speak with Louka Parry. A learner, a teacher, an innovator. We discuss his journey from growing up in suburban Adelaide to becoming a teacher, principal at age 27 and from that going on to becoming a real innovator in education. He now spends his time helping educators around the world create environments where students can have the best foundation for learning.

Manoj is a meditation teacher and the founder of A_SPACE . This is a live recording that (back when we could have live events in November 2019). In this episode, we chat about Manoj’s upbringing having migrated from far north Queensland as a 7 yr old with his Sri Lankan parents..and how that shaped his world view. We chat about his successful career in marketing in one of the big 4 banks, dealing...

This episode features the extraordinary story of Amy Crawford, the founder of Holistic Ingredient . She has had a remarkable journey that began with an idyllic childhood in Tasmania. Through many adventures (that we cover) she established herself in the recruitment industry. However, it took a couple nasty health episodes for Amy to develop a passion in health and wellness and the founding of Holi...

This episode features Nick Byrne, entrepreneur and founder of TypeHuman . We cover Nick’s journey from his childhood in Adelaide, his early career as a humanitarian engineer with Engineers Without Borders, his foray as a successful consultant and finally the founding of Typehuman: a company that aims to empower communities through blockchain and web 3.0

This episode we speak with Penny Locaso, a speaker, consultant and founder of BKindred We cover a lot of ground starting with her childhood growing up on a farm and the work ethic that that instilled early on, to starting her career at Shell at 22, swiftly climbing the corporate ladder until her realisation that her ‘bliss’ was in making positive change in peoples lives. We cover how she had to re...

Chris is a dear friend and currently the founder and managing director of SMART studios. In this conversation, we cover Chris’ labyrinth yet inspiring career journey. From starting as a theology student to being a social worker, starting a business in the building industry, failing at that and then finding a solid foundation as a technology product manager..by first teaching himself how to code. T...