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 bridge to ideas and creativity and living the examined life.  Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thehighflyerspodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/company/highflyerspodcast?trk=public_profile_experience-item_result-card_image-click" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LinkedIn</a> to see the episode ads, guest quotes & more! This episode & show is to inspire you to fly high, learning from value creators to help you be 1% better everyday.

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 bridge to ideas and creativity and living the examined life. Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn to see the episode ads, guest quotes & more! This episode & show is to inspire you to fly high, learning from value creators to help you be 1% better everyday.

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 bridge to ideas and creativity and living the examined life.&nbsp; Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thehighflyerspodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://au.linkedin.com/company/highflyerspodcast?trk=public_profile_experience-item_result-card_image-click" rel="noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a>&nbsp;to see the episode ads, guest quotes &amp; more! This episode &amp; show is to inspire you to fly high, learning from value creators to help you be 1% better everyday.

Be 1% better w/ Michael Karakatsanis - Greek heritage, politics interest in primary school, pencils and creativity & cross functional moves

Described by our listeners as “meticulously researched biographies" and "I learnt more about the guest from your episode even after 10+ years of knowing the guest" -- excerpts of the podcast have been featured in Forbes, AFR, Daily Telegraph, and showcased at SXSW. 

Since 2020, more than 60% of our guests have done their *first-ever* public interview—or their *first in years*—on The High Flyers Podcast, including:

➝ Malcolm Turnbull: Former Prime Minister, Australia
➝ Anil Sabharwal: Built/Led Google Photos, Chrome 
➝ Michael Schneider: CEO, Bunnings
➝ Craig Tiley: CEO, Tennis Australia + Australian Open
➝ Shannon Scott: SVP Product, Airwallex; Former Exec at Palantir (First non-US hire)
➝ Mark Suster: Co-Founder & Partner, Upfront Ventures
➝ Brad Banducci: Recent CEO, Woolworths
➝ Jean-Michel Limieux: Former CTO, Shopify and Atlassian
➝ Gillian Findlay: Recent COO, Immutable & SafetyCulture
➝ Holly Kramer: Board Director, Woolworths & ANZ Bank
➝ Sam Sicilia: CIO, Hostplus
➝ Ahmed Fahour: Former CEO, NAB, Australia Post, Citi 
➝ Kelland Reilly: Investor, Airtree 
➝ Andrey Khusid: CEO & Co-Founder, Miro
➝ Bill Bartee: Co-Founder Blackbird + Main Sequence Ventures
➝ Piruze Sabuncu: Partner, Square Peg; Stripe's first hire in SEA
➝ Rod Hamilton: Co-Founder & CPO, Culture Amp
➝ Hartley Pike: Co-Founder & CEO, Sitemate
➝ Larry Marshall: Former CEO, CSIRO
➝ Farnaz Azmoodeh: CTO, Linktree

Contact us via: 

Email: contact@curiositycentre.com

Website: https://highflyerspodcast.com/

Vidit's Twitter: https://twitter.com/vidags10

Vidit's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/viditag/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehighflyerspodcast/

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Described by our listeners as “meticulously researched biographies" and "I learnt more about the guest from your episode even after 10+ years of knowing the guest" -- excerpts of the podcast have been featured in Forbes, AFR, Daily Telegraph, and showcased at SXSW. Since 2020, more than 60% of our guests have done their *first-ever* public interview—or their *first in years*—on The High Flyers Podcast, including: ➝ Malcolm Turnbull: Former Prime Minister, Australia ➝ Anil Sabharwal: Built/Led Google Photos, Chrome ➝ Michael Schneider: CEO, Bunnings ➝ Craig Tiley: CEO, Tennis Australia + Australian Open ➝ Shannon Scott: SVP Product, Airwallex; Former Exec at Palantir (First non-US hire) ➝ Mark Suster: Co-Founder & Partner, Upfront Ventures ➝ Brad Banducci: Recent CEO, Woolworths ➝ Jean-Michel Limieux: Former CTO, Shopify and Atlassian ➝ Gillian Findlay: Recent COO, Immutable & SafetyCulture ➝ Holly Kramer: Board Director, Woolworths & ANZ Bank ➝ Sam Sicilia: CIO, Hostplus ➝ Ahmed Fahour: Former CEO, NAB, Australia Post, Citi ➝ Kelland Reilly: Investor, Airtree ➝ Andrey Khusid: CEO & Co-Founder, Miro ➝ Bill Bartee: Co-Founder Blackbird + Main Sequence Ventures ➝ Piruze Sabuncu: Partner, Square Peg; Stripe's first hire in SEA ➝ Rod Hamilton: Co-Founder & CPO, Culture Amp ➝ Hartley Pike: Co-Founder & CEO, Sitemate ➝ Larry Marshall: Former CEO, CSIRO ➝ Farnaz Azmoodeh: CTO, Linktree Contact us via: Email: contact@curiositycentre.com Website: https://highflyerspodcast.com/ Vidit's Twitter: https://twitter.com/vidags10 Vidit's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/viditag/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehighflyerspodcast/

Described by our listeners as “meticulously researched biographies" and "I learnt more about the guest from your episode even after 10+ years of knowing the guest" -- excerpts of the podcast have been featured in Forbes, AFR, Daily Telegraph, and showcased at SXSW. 

Since 2020, more than 60% of our guests have done their *first-ever* public interview—or their *first in years*—on The High Flyers Podcast, including:

➝ Malcolm Turnbull: Former Prime Minister, Australia
➝ Anil Sabharwal: Built/Led Google Photos, Chrome 
➝ Michael Schneider: CEO, Bunnings
➝ Craig Tiley: CEO, Tennis Australia + Australian Open
➝ Shannon Scott: SVP Product, Airwallex; Former Exec at Palantir (First non-US hire)
➝ Mark Suster: Co-Founder &amp; Partner, Upfront Ventures
➝ Brad Banducci: Recent CEO, Woolworths
➝ Jean-Michel Limieux: Former CTO, Shopify and Atlassian
➝ Gillian Findlay: Recent COO, Immutable &amp; SafetyCulture
➝ Holly Kramer: Board Director, Woolworths &amp; ANZ Bank
➝ Sam Sicilia: CIO, Hostplus
➝ Ahmed Fahour: Former CEO, NAB, Australia Post, Citi 
➝ Kelland Reilly: Investor, Airtree 
➝ Andrey Khusid: CEO &amp; Co-Founder, Miro
➝ Bill Bartee: Co-Founder Blackbird + Main Sequence Ventures
➝ Piruze Sabuncu: Partner, Square Peg; Stripe's first hire in SEA
➝ Rod Hamilton: Co-Founder &amp; CPO, Culture Amp
➝ Hartley Pike: Co-Founder &amp; CEO, Sitemate
➝ Larry Marshall: Former CEO, CSIRO
➝ Farnaz Azmoodeh: CTO, Linktree

Contact us via: 

Email: contact@curiositycentre.com

Website: https://highflyerspodcast.com/

Vidit's Twitter: https://twitter.com/vidags10

Vidit's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/viditag/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehighflyerspodcast/

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