Remarkable Insights

Dive into the blindingly obvious and transformative world of the four-letter word 'with' in our new episode featuring Author, Social Entrepreneur and Access Innovator, Minnie Baragwanath! In this conversation, Minnie challenges us to envisage the enormous potential of innovation powered by 'with' and how this is key to true disruption. We delve into a meaningful discussion on how innovation steere...

Learning coding in a small town at age 10 to Atlassian Foundation Director today - meet the unstoppable Steve King! Our latest episode taps into Steve's fascinating journey of putting technology and innovation at the forefront of social causes. From scaling heights at global tech hotspots like Canva, Atlassian, and Yahoo, to co-founding a startup that champions for people with disability, Steve ha...

Meet Srin Madipalli, a trailblazing tech-entrepreneur and investor, whose game-changing startup, Accomable, was snapped up by Airbnb in 2017! Did we mention he was also a former corporate lawyer, with an MBA, a genetics degree holder, and wields some web development skills on the side too? Mind-blown, right? In this episode Srin shares the story of how he and a friend transformed an idea for a dis...

Kelly Schulz, host of Knowable. Me podcast , invites us to explore how the uniqueness of being human impacts how we experience the world. Kelly asks us to be more curious about experiences in our day-to-day lives that often go unnoticed from products, services, retail and digital experiences, to uncover opportunities to promote inclusion and enhance economic and social participation for all.   You...

Doctor Dinesh Palipana OAM was the first quadriplegic medical intern in Queensland and the second person to graduate medical school with quadriplegia in Australia.   In this episode we speak with Dinesh who is also a lawyer, advocate, and researcher about his journey as a doctor with disability and the role technology has played in enhancing his doctor patient relationships and challenging the med...

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies are powerful and can be a huge asset to your organisation! However, have you considered the bias that could be building up in your new technology?   In this episode we speak with self-proclaimed “poet of code”, Founder and CTO of The Good Robot Company, Elizabeth Chandler, who is developing solutions to analyse, diagnose and eliminate biase...

To kick off Season Two of Remarkable Insights we were thrilled to speak with Jennison Asuncion, who is a Co-Founder of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). This role is just one of the many metaphoric hats that Jennison wears, another notable one is that he is Head of Accessibility at LinkedIn! Check out part two of our conversation with Jennison where we dive into his career and what it’s l...

Today we are celebrating the launch of Remarkable Insights Season Two AND Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the more than one billion people living with disabilities worldwide - so what better way to celebrate this day than to be joined by Co-Founder of GAAD and Head of Accessibil...

We're thrilled to announce we are coming back for Season Two of Remarkable Insights, which is set to launch on Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! This year, Remarkable Insights host Viv Mullan, continues our conversation with disability-tech pioneers who are pushing the boundaries of innovation, business and social norms, AND we are taking it up a notch by doubling the amount of episodes!...

Today's episode is one big celebration - not only is it the final episode of Remarkable Insights season 1 but today also marks International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD)! This year, the United Nations is observing IDPwD by exploring the role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and equitable world, which fits the theme of our podcast perfectly. In the following episode we explore what...

Get ready for all things sex and disability tech with Andrew Gurza! Andrew is a co-founder and Chief Disability Officer of Bump'n, a sex toy company run by and for disabled people. He has won awards for his work in the field of disability awareness with media appearances including those on the BBC, CBC, Huffington Post, Mashable, Wall Street Journal, Startup Daily, and many more. In addition to sp...

When we think of what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, we might think of innovation, determination and ability to adapt to change. It should come at no surprise then that there has and continues to be a growing wealth of talent in disabled entrepreneurs – but how can we do better to harness this largely untapped talentpool?  In this episode we speak with advocate and founder Charli Skinne...

Did you know that more than 1 billion people globally are living with some form of disability, and that 80% of this population live in low- and middle-income countries? And that only 1 in 10 of those have access to the assistive technology they need? In the following episode we speak with Bernard Chiira, Founder of Africa’s 1st Assistive Technology Accelerator based in Nairobi, Kenya, to talk abou...

Do you consider the disability community when thinking about climate change? Professor Sébastien Jodoin, director of the disability inclusive climate action research programme, joins us in this episode to discuss how his experience with disability in combination with his academic and legal careers has motivated him to study the relationship between climate change and disability. As we look to the...

From Melbourne to the hallways of Oxford University! The CEO and creator of the "Sociability" app, Australia’s Matt Pierri, joins us to talk about his mission to empower disabled individuals to benefit from greater social inclusion and meaningful equality of opportunity. We also talk about the obvious but frequently disregarded economic advantages of accessibility. Check out Matt’s website: https:...

What do you get when you cross a futurist with a disability rights activist AND an entrepreneur who has the courage to take on the Metaverse? Giselle Mota! Giselle is the founder of the NFTY collective, a project whose goal is to include people with disabilities in the "Web 3" and the "Metaverse." Furthermore, you'll learn exactly what the Metaverse actually is and why it's important to construct...

Thanks to Professor Jonathan Kaufman's brilliant work, the phrase "disability economy" is spreading throughout the world from his home just outside of New York. Jonathan's disability—cerebral palsy—has had a significant impact on his personal, intellectual, and professional life. It's also how he came to have a Forbes magazine column and serve as the former White House policy advisor on diversity...

When you think tech and innovation, do you think disability? Some of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs, innovations and technologies have been shaped by lived experience of disability but how much do we know about the intersection between innovation and disability? Remarkable Insights host Viv Mullan, takes us across the globe to speak with disability-tech pioneers who are pushing the boundaries...