Shape the System

In episode 35 we speak with Ronni Kahn AO, founder of OzHarvest. OzHarvest is one of the most well known brands in Australia. They have been tackling food wastage since 2004 in the context of feeding and nourishing people but soon discovered the environmental impact of food wastage also. Hear how Ronni and the team over at OzHarvest are tackling the problem through four main pillars of Food Rescue...

In Episode 34 we chat with Dan McKenna about the challenges of rethinking how & why we build, with sustainability, affordability and community in mind. Dan has been an employee of Nightingale Housing since the first day of operating, having seen the company through all stages of its evolution and myriad of challenging situations. We learn about how their non-profit approach to housing development...

Join us for episode 33 with Odunayo the COO & Co-founder of PiggyVest, a company set up to help change the way millennials bank, save and think about money in Nigeria. How do you build a brilliant, forward thinking independent banking platform in a country where traditional banking & mobile  infrastructure is still being built out and isn't always accessible to all? Tune in to find out!    Shape t...

In episode 32, we interview Josh Howard The founder of Single Use Ain't Sexy about his journey from the  world of media to tackling one of the planets greatest challenges, what are we to do about all that plastic that we keep making and usually only using once!? Tune in today to hear about one mans mission to help. https://www.singleuseaintsexy.com/ Shape the System is  an independent podcast with...

In episode 31 we talk to Kim Anderson of Plant City and hear how the events of the last 18 months (covid etc) turned into a surprising insight that is now at the centre of their plans to scale nationally in the US. Kim takes us through some of the research supporting the 5 different ways that a move to plant based diets are beneficial for not only the planet but you as well. There is a HEAP of lin...

In episode 30 we got on stage live at the The Conscious Space event in Sydney and did a live interview with Jimmy Halfcut (I never did get his real last name!), the founder of Halfcut.org Halfcut are an organisation that through a series of personal and workplaces challenges (such as wearing half a beard as Jimmy has now for 4+ years) are both bringing awareness to the fact we have lost over half...

In episode 29 we talk to the CEO and Cofounder of MPower Financing, who remove the financial barriers to higher education and are now the leaders of student financing in North America. Hear about how their focus and approach are leading to higher mobility and at a macro level are supporting the next game changers and world leaders who would otherwise never see the light of day. Learn more about MP...

In episode 28 we're talking all about plastic, a lot of plastic. Talking about the origins of plastic, our relationship to it (and how this is out of kilter with how it was originally conceived) and a total rethink of the day to day usage which creates the 100s of millions of tons of waste plastic globally every year. Mike talks about how community is key to behaviour change and operating at scale...

Welcome to the first episode of Shape The System for 2021 We chat with the founder of Code Like a Girl, Ally Watson about how she tackles inequality in coding by providing girls and women with the confidence, tools, knowledge and support to enter, and flourish, in the world of coding https://www.codelikeagirl.com/ Shape the System is  an independent podcast with support from KPMG High Growth Ventu...

A quick chat between your host, Vincent and producer, Lucy where we wrap for the year and a quick look ahead to 2021 Shape the System is  an independent podcast with support from KPMG High Growth Ventures   More about KPMG High Growth Ventures Scale up for success. We’re here for that. We navigate founders and their teams to the services they need to reach their next milestone.  From startup to sc...

In episode 26 we have an in depth chat with Andrew Walker about his company AirSeed Technologies and it's singular and incredibly complex mission to restore the planet. AirSeed uses drone technology to distribute and plant seeds in areas suffering from deforestation, fire damage and the effects of global warming to name but a few of the issues flora face today, taking into account scientifically b...

In episode 25 we chat with the CEO of WorkRestart, Helen Black about  recidivism; what it is, how to pronounce it and most importantly why it is so important to change the current systems for people in contact with the criminal justice system. Recidivism or reoffending, creates a ripple effect that negatively impacts individuals, their families and their communities. Almost half of the people rele...

In episode 24 we chat with the founder of Goterra and  Chair of the Insect Protein Association of Australia Olympia Yarger about how she built a company where automation and biology work in tandem to solve complex challenges like managing waste and creating feed security. See what happens when a company believes that climate change is the crisis of our time and that tackling it means re-imagining ...

In episode 23 we chat with Jason Wilby about his financial services companies Huddle & Open and how they are trying to break the mold of traditional insurance structures with a straightforward mission to make insurance simple for consumers, brands, brokers and insurers, across the world with the highest level of transparency and honesty. Open as the core technology changes how insurance companies...

In episode 22 we interview Julia and Jordy Kay the founders and creators of Great Wrap, the world’s first certified home compostable & Biodegradable cling wrap (also known as plastic wrap, stretch wrap, glad wrap or saran wrap). We chat about how they came up with the idea and the massive plastic problem, some 150,000 tonnes every year in Australia alone,  across almost every industry it solves. F...

In episode 21 we chat with Stephen Woodlands, the Founder of an initiative born from a singular vision, to see everyone have access to a safe and stable home. His company Head Start Homes helps Single Mums, First Nations People and Families in need who are living in community and social housing secure their futures by giving them the tools necessary to buy their own home   Learn more at https://ww...

David Levy is the steward of Mayacamas Sanctuary, the reformation of the Mayacamas Ranch that served as a transformational group retreat and conference centre from 2006. In a world where our problems are global and interdependent, creating spaces for disconnected and remote teams (especially those that are impact focused) to come together has never been more important.  In parallel the Sanctuary i...

In todays episode we chat with Lulu Luchaire the founder of Ondalinda Foundation, a non-profit project that assists indigenous communities throughout Mexico in preserving their cultural heritage and cultivating a new generation of interdisciplinary artists. Part of proceeds from the Ondalinda x Careyes art exhibition go directly to the Huichol (Wixarica), Purépecha, and other indigenous tribes fro...

In todays episode we chat with Jay Faires about his journey from founding Mammoth records and being the head of A&R at Atlantic records to his latest venture The Wellness Agency which was born from the idea that Big Food, Big Pharma, and Western medicine are often making us sicker, not better and that there is a moral imperative to push back from these broken systems we have in place to find bette...

In episode 17 we chat with Geert Hendrix the CEO and founder of Farmwall an agrifood-tech startup that designs urban farming technology to enhance fresh produce accessibility in cities, As Urbanisation continues to scale at a faster rate with an ever increasing proportion of people living in towns and cities we have become more and more dependant on supermarkets and other large chains for our food...

In episode 16 we interview Dan Adams, Co-founder of Amber Electric about all things renewable energy and learn about the journey of a company that was born in 2017 out of two dreams: moving the world towards 100% renewable energy and using technology to improve people's lives. We learn about the hugely timely innovation that Amber have established which allows retail customers to get access to the...

In this episode we chat with Lily Dempster, the creator of an app that helps people to make significant, wide scale changes to their lifestyle in order to effect real time change for the planet. We chat about what happens when information alone isn't sufficient to change peoples behaviour and how she created the platform to help people make significant, informed decisions on everything from food w...

In today's episode we chat with Anika Molesworth who is an agro-ecological scientist and a young farmer. In this episode we discuss the massive changes happening in modern day farming and how innovative and forward thinking farmers are finding a way to flourish through the challenges of climate change, massive drought, financial challenges and supply and demand changes due to population growth.  T...

In episode 13 we chat with Jessica Kung Dreyfus about how we can challenge our approach to design thinking by looking at systems of Architectural Ornament and sacred geometry to reimagine our buildings, art, public spaces and even entire companies. In a post-modern world (we explain that that means in the show!) we have lost the ornament and flourishes that inhabit the edges.  What did we lose and...

In episode 12 we chat with Tony Haile about his journey to help change the internet by creating an ad free one, a world with no ads would be blazing fast with no ad technology slowing things down, It would be clean, no clickbait links at the bottom of articles, it would be private, no shadowy trackers selling your data and it would encourage quality—paying for engagement, not clicks and ultimately...