The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal

In this special episode, we wind back the clock and share some 'magic moments' from the episodes to date, in the countdown to episode 40! There are so many to pick from so keeping in line with the theme of the show of sharing diverse global experiences in life, and not just work - tune in to hear from: 1. Gen Hawkins from episode 7: personal board of mentors for the best possible you! - The spark...

  “A thousand people in the room, the music is on....I walk off the stage after introducing his name and he doesn't come out. This gave me the opportunity to go out and fill and test myself for 45 mins to train a thousand people...to hold a room. This was a pivotal moment to give me confidence, to belong in that world and get over the imposter syndrome." Take flight into Ryan's journey - humble up...

“When we got to 4 shelters, was probably when people stopped saying that your model is never going to work...when we opened it, the wonderful manager rang me and said we've just taken in our first resident, it's a 17 year old women with a 6 month baby leaving terrible domestic violence. That was a full circle moment because this person could not have got in anywhere else." Take flight into Annabel...

“I learnt so much from talking to young aboriginal people about their vision for Australia and their own communities. That flies in the face of the negative discourse we are fed…all these negatives about young aboriginal people and that is absolutely not the case.” Take flight into Holly's journey - Growing up in Sydney, Australia with socially conscious parents driven to do good with a big influe...

“I went to university for one day, which was orientation day. And then this company asked if I wanted to work for them so I deferred University for a year, to get some work experience and then go travel. I never went back to University, I absolutely loved the work I was doing ” Take flight into Adam's journey - upbringing in Melbourne, Australia - view of his life as an adventure that has taken hi...

“Ask yourself this - how am I doing as a learner? It is existential, it’s like standing on the balcony of your own life and asking am I learning, how am I doing and at times being vulnerable, saying I don’t know, it’s not knowing. This can be quite challenging if you feel you need to be the leader who has to know everything.” Take flight into Conor's journey - upbringing in Europe with a Scottish...

“Through the power of collaboration, I could yield such a benefit. If i had used paid advertising to generate the 7,000 members it would have costed me $10k plus. I replicated this approach and allowed me to build a community of 150,000 mothers.” Take flight into Katrina's journey - growing up in Perth, Australia being shown the ropes by her mum including a big focus on financial learnings and dre...

“China had a lot of freedom to try new things, meet people & start ideas - I found it quite liberating and different to the narrative the world has of....China." Take flight into Ayesha's journey - growing up in Trinadad & Tobago in the Caribbean and interest in the sciences and journalism through her childhood and early years. Ayesha shares her global experiences in the foreign service which incl...

Welcome to episode 1 of a new segment on the show of short, sharp bonus episodes to provide original insights, in depth perspectives on topics and experiences you may not hear about everywhere. To kick us off, delighted to have Matt Dwyer join us, the Chief Tennis Officer at Tennis Australia and he shares how they managed to put on a global event with fans during a pandemic - hear about a number o...

It's episode 30! Thank you for all the love and support on this journey to date with much more to come. “I did a lot of work experience in school and university before a radio reporting role at the ABC. It did take perseverance and knocking on doors, which is scary. I learnt a lot about the principles of journalism - persistent, be courteous, keep trying and don’t take no for an answer. Your job i...

  “Life was quite and remote, we were 30 mins from the largest town - we kept ourselves entertained at home with sport and going to school. Lots of farmwork when I was younger, lots of practical upbringing - makes you a very capable person, driving the second i could touch the wheel. That upbringing in a farm gave me independence and trust to try and figure it out” Take flight into Kim's journey -...

“I had supervision from social workers and councillors who mentored me , what it is to support a young person at risk, being there for the right reasons, showing them how their behaviour is under their control and how the world is. A real experience for a young man figuring it out” - Tune in to hear the full story!  Take flight into Michael's journey - upbringing in the US, Growing up in a family...

Take flight into Amanda's journey - growing up on a farm in Canberra (Australia) followed by high school in Melbourne, learnings spending time with the Aboriginal community in Darwin as part of her law degree and several years as a teacher in Shepparton in regional Victoria, Aus. We talk about intriguing concepts including intuition vs deliberate thinking in Amanda's journey, asking for help and s...

  Take flight into Mike's journey - growing up in Brisbane, Australia as a shy kid with an entreprenurial itch. Hear about his journey to go on to become school captain, preferring street smarts to book smarts but persevering through academic study, scaling various businesses such as Vroom in the car rental industry! Mike talks about his first hand knowledge of cultural differences between Austral...

Take flight into Dionne's journey - cross cultural influences of south african mum and carribean dad, growing up in Barbados! Curious to find the practical side of study, taking a 1 way ticket to China that turned into a 20+ year stay which included having to learn mandarin to be able to study her degree, meeting her husband and having big leadership roles in global companies. Dionne's authenticit...

Take flight into Josh's journey - growing up in the Gold Coast (Australia) with an outdoor lifestyle, playing every sport - starting out as a lawyer and then moving into his passion of the business of sport, living and working in Ireland, various fork in the road moments where Josh backed himself and took on bold challenges like joining Betfair at its infancy in Australia. It was refreshing to hea...

  Take flight into Scott's journey - This was a wide ranging conversation of growing up with a big influence of his family, particularly his father and grand father. Building a career in advertising followed by data and insights. We talk extensively about Scott’s self reflection, going deep within and questioning his own beliefs and behaviours with a desire to improve and be a better person. Havin...

Take flight into Matt's journey - from not really fitting in growing up & seeing his mum struggle with mental health to studying Business and making a foray into FMCG working at companies including Lion, Mars & Nestle. Matt then made a transition into the world of sport working at Cricket Australia, The England Cricket Board and now Tennis Australia as Chief Tennis Officer (being a massive tennis...

  Take flight into Brianna's journey - growing up in Byron Bay being curious about the world with a strong passion for social policy and change. Being offered a CEO opportunity at 23 and how she went about it with no real experience but a belief in herself and supporters backing.  I love Brianna's open refreshing perspective on various matters including being a parent with a successful career, bei...

Take flight into Michael's journey - being influenced by his greek heritage, a strong passion for politics and philosophy in primary school and his belief to succeed. Hear about his various cross functional moves from Industrial relations and HR to Sales, Marketing and building a start up within a multinational. Actionable tips include keeping Friday mornings to be creative, a pencil being the bri...

  Happy new year! Make 2021 your best year - continue to believe, back yourself and be 1% better every single day. Take flight into Rob's journey - growing up in Sydney to immigrant parents, being curious from a young age to break apart things to figure them out, starting out in tech roles which is a full circle back to his business now, thinking twice before sending an email, family support and s...

It's the final episode of 2020, thank you for all the support! Take flight into Andy's journey - the library of education growing up in a large family and getting on with it, his passion for Science & Technology from a young age, travelling through Asia in his early working years. Hear about being kept accountable by the best auditors - his kids! Get a fascinating insight into Andy's diverse inter...

Take flight into Leonie's journey, I personally took a lot away from this conversation hearing about Leonie’s upbringing being the youngest of 9 siblings (wow!), her childhood memories given the broad age differences between her siblings, passion for indigenous culture and giving it a voice it deserves. It was refreshing to hear a candid perspective on her life at work also, whether it be getting...

  Take flight into Mel's journey - In the lead up to this episode and this conversation itself, Mel’s natural energy and optimistic view on life shines through. Hear about being happy and how that comes naturally to Mel (but also dealing with the feedback with that!), family including the tragic death of her brother, her fascinating career including being a wedding planner, recruiter and more rece...

Take flight into Corey's journey, growing up as 1 of 5 boys, being the golden child and how that shaped his views and thinking. Founding a financial advisory firm, Verse Wealth after being frustrated by the lack of transparent, good advice for customers who deserve to be treated as partners. I love Corey's perspective on various aspects including learning from his sporting idols, the pursuit for e...