The Company Road Podcast

Send us Fan Mail "Improvisers don’t have time to hypothesise about the future of an idea. If you bring me an idea or a brick, I can't consider if it’s viable for the rest of the show; I just have to trust that it is and know the process will land us somewhere interesting. In businesses, leaders often assess the future of an idea instantly and may deny it, rather than just saying, 'Y...

Send us Fan Mail “Your health is the only thing that's keeping you there, doing your job. ... Your body might not give you that choice. ... You keep running at such a pace and we keep expecting our body to just sustain us, which it does, to a point, but at some point it might decide that's enough and it forces you to stop." - Cailie Ford    This week’s theme Cailie Ford, a clinical...

Send us Fan Mail “You just got to put the supports in place and show them why they're doing something and give them a reason for being, rather than just, you know, hey, here's a task. Get that done, and then I'll give your next one. We want stuff at work that feels rewarding and that shows that we are progressing in our work. And that, to be honest, is just being a good manager, bei...

Send us Fan Mail “So it's about being able to marry the two, so quant and qual, and to be able to use either one to more deeply explore whatever pattern of behaviour you're trying to unpack...so I think bringing the two together is super powerful.” - Angela Bliss This week Angela Bliss, a seasoned behavioural scientist and designer, shares her unique insights into how decisions are often...

Send us Fan Mail “I would put tech language and technologies in simple terms. So I pull it apart, put it, and put it back into simple terms that other people would understand. Because with my many years experience of working with tech people, sometimes it's quite difficult for non tech people understand what they talk about. And to make any decisions to purchase, let's say, any software,...

Send us Fan Mail "A lot of the ideas are existing and being able to get permission and the space to be able to work on ideas that maybe might have been someone else's baby at some point, but being able to sort of take them on and nurture them."  “Sometimes I like to refer to our team as the Lazarus team because they're sort of raising projects from the dead, but sometimes ideas...

Send us Fan Mail "I call myself a playful experience, and I really lean into the experience because that is where the magic happens. And if you create the playful experience the right way, you can draw out unexpected responses and unexpected underlying culture issues, because the power is solving a problem with a problem."  - Trudi Boatwright Trudi Boatwright is a playful experience desi...

Send us Fan Mail "Always give 110% in even that smallest line you draw on paper." - Sharbani Dhar Sharbani Dhar, 2023 winner of the ISG Digital Titan Award and Founder and CEO of DotInfinity, a product and design consultancy. Sharbani started her career in architecture but her passion for problem-solving led her to design and user experience. She then migrated to Australia, facing the ch...

Send us Fan Mail "I think it's adventure that drives me. So it's adventure that is at the heart of all of this. I didn't really enjoy school. I wasn't particularly good at school. I was diagnosed, you know, either dyslexic or dyspraxic or, you know, suffered from a bang on the head. But that wasn't until university. So school was kind of a constant experience of being...

Send us Fan Mail “When you were doing the intro, you know, you can just hear how diverse and broad the different types of roles or experiences and industries I've had were. I think you know some parts have been serendipitous right. Where you're just kind of following your instinct around what you enjoy like this constant search in your work for things where you feel good you know you&apo...

Send us Fan Mail "It felt like things were taking me into uncomfortable situations, and then learning from uncomfortable situations basically brought opportunity, and an opportunity then opened up other doors and things went from there. Really." - Chris Hudson This month’s theme For the past year, the Company Road podcast has been a beacon of inspiration for leaders and aspiring intrapre...

Send us Fan Mail “Any little action, no matter how small, can make a huge difference.” - Joel Vermaas This month’s theme Joel Vermaas, a seasoned researcher and founder of Vibrant Insights, breaks down the dramatic shift from traditional methods like face-to-face interviews to the data-driven approaches of today. Joel also shares his passion for the vast and ever-changing landscape of market resea...

Send us Fan Mail “If you're going to take a role, there are three things that are important: a good problem to work on, good people to work on it with, and good leadership that you have faith in or you believe in."  - David Bradford This month’s theme This month we discuss the significance of identifying crossroads within our careers or organisations. In each episode, we explore the pivo...

Send us Fan Mail “Some people are really good at corralling people towards a decision and doing so in a way that makes everybody feel like they weren't bullied into making that decision.” - Lina Patel This month’s theme In this episode, we delve into a crucial aspect often overlooked by organisations: the importance of cultivating strong relationships within teams.  Amidst the hustle of daily...

Send us Fan Mail “Seniority doesn't win, experience does” - Kevin Finn This month’s theme This month we discuss the significance of identifying crossroads within our careers or organisations. In each episode, we explore the pivotal moments where decisions shape our professional trajectories, and strategies for navigating challenges and change as an employee or a leader.  From career transitio...

Send us Fan Mail "AI is a little bit like fine wine in that everybody knows the name. Everybody thinks it looks great, but most people still really don't understand it." Simon Kriss This month’s theme This month we explore the latest trends reshaping various sectors in Australia, from technological innovations driving business growth to market disruptors demanding strategic adaptati...

Send us Fan Mail “If it's a bigger organisation, you find out who's doing the financial you'll probably notice it will be coming around reports from someone, you can build a relationship with that person” Chris Mitchell This month… We're pushing into the theme of innovation and trends and drivers of growth, both for organisations and intrapreneurs as leaders on a more personal...

Send us Fan Mail “Young people will do things or do behaviours that perhaps, you know, aren't in line with their core values and their belief systems. But it's because what they see other people doing that they think they need to do those things in order to fit in.” Joel Hines   In this episode you’ll hear about How the world of work needs to change to enable more gender diversity, safet...

Send us Fan Mail "I love the advancements of technology, but when it comes to connection, I'm very conflicted about it." In this episode you’ll hear about: Balancing radical candor and ruinous empathy Connections, networks and the role they play in your success Feedback and how to use it for professional growth Observation and listening to identify areas for improvement Timing of fe...

Send us Fan Mail ‘’Over the years I've built toolkits, ways of processing…sure I still get nervous like anybody else when something unexpected gets thrown at me,  but I've come to realise that it'll be okay. I've always managed to come out the other side with either success or just a small handful of bruises.’’ - Amir Ansari In this episode you’ll hear about: The unpredictable...

Send us Fan Mail ‘’What matters to me is helping businesses realise their full potential to be a force for good in the world. Because I truly believe that this is the untapped potential of business.’’-    Carolyn Butler-Madden In this episode you’ll hear about: -   Carolyn's career journey: Carolyn delves into the roots of her beliefs and lets us into the key experiences that inspired her to...

Send us Fan Mail "Follow the process, follow the methods, and then you're not going to fail in your project. You're going to fail throughout your project. Small constant failure is part of what it is.” Fabio Oliveira In this episode you’ll hear about: Defining innovation in 2024: Breaking down the definition of innovation and its associated expectations and misconceptions and unders...

Send us Fan Mail “We are all young wounded children in adult bodies, walking around, bumping into each other and then blaming each other when our wounds get touched on or when our traumas get activated.” Lael Stone In this episode you’ll hear about: Parenting and leader parallels: Drawing parallels between effective leadership and conscious parenting, highlighting the similarities in communication...

Send us Fan Mail “Design's not in its infancy anymore but we can still find it hard to communicate our value.” Kris Washusen In this episode you’ll hear about: Adopting a Lean-UX approach: Why you should value rapid prototyping over extensive upfront discovery and what you can do to implement quick and experimental change cycles. The stickiness of design work: Addressing the challenges in imp...

Send us Fan Mail “We need to consciously become aware of our patterns and our behaviours before we change them  and understand how they’re serving us in the first place.” Celine Waters In this episode you’ll hear about: The practice of somatic design: How to create deeper connections between our mind, body and spirit and experience the transformative benefits of somatics Harnessing inner resilienc...