Creating Synergy Podcast

Join us for a special episode of the #CreatingSynergyPodcast as we sit down with Claire Parkinson, a member of the Senior Executive team at Oz Minerals.

Claire's journey is truly inspiring. From becoming a mother at 16 and being kicked out of her home to finding her calling as a holiday rep in Turkey and later flourishing in leadership roles in the prison system.

She shares her story of resilience, perseverance and growth, including how she became a qualified hostage negotiator and her role in major reform in South Australia. Don't miss this riveting conversation on leadership, communication, and conflict resolution.

Tune in now, and we promise you won't be disappointed by the ride!

Where to find Claire Parkinson

• LinkedIn

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 Our latest episode features special guest Louka Parry, CEO + Founder of The Learning Future, as we delve into the importance of humanizing the educational system.

From speaking multiple languages to spending time with indigenous communities, Louka shares insights on:

🔸 the value of great communication
🔸 how we can learn so much from indigenous cultures, and
🔸 the significance of being a global citizen.

✨Plus, we delve into the importance of learning a new language from an empathetic perspective and how to shift the current schooling system towards personalization rather than standardisation.

Don't miss this thought-provoking conversation on how to create a more inclusive and effective education system.

Tune in now on any of your favourite podcast platforms!

Books  mentioned in this episode:

• Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World By: Tyson Yunkaporta
• Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play By: Mitchel Resnick
• Ikigai - The Japanese Philosophy to Improve Health, Work and Relationship By: Alicia Mori
• The Psychology of Money - Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness By: Morgan Housel

Where to find Louka Parry

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Instagram

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Say hello to our host Daniel Franco on LinkedIn.

 Today's episode is going to be a smash hit. We have an incredible guest with us today—Flavia Tata Nardini, the CEO and founder of Fleet Space Technologies.

Flavia's a self-proclaimed "space geek" and engineer. She has an inspiring journey from her childhood in Italy to her current role leading a cutting-edge space technology company in South Australia.

 We're talking about everything from:

🎯 Depression to leadership
🎯 What it takes to run a successful company in the tech industry.
🎯 The highs and lows of being a leader in this field, so she's got some advice for us that you won't want to miss.
🎯  her thoughts on leadership and the relationship between sports and entrepreneurship
🎯 the exciting projects that Fleet Space is working on, including their revolutionary technology that has the potential to change the mining industry.

🌟Plus: we've got an extra bonus segment with Flavia's children sharing their thoughts on their mum!

Make sure to stick around until the end to hear her inspiring story and how she's creating synergy in her business and personal life. 

Books  mentioned in this episode:

• Surrounded by Idiots. The Four Types of Human Behaviour (or, How to Understand Those Who Cannot Be Understood) By: Thomas Erikson

Where to find Flavia Tata Nardini

• LinkedIn
• Twitter

Join the conversation on Synergy IQ on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram (@synergyiq).

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Say hello to our host Daniel Franco on LinkedIn.

Creating Synergy is back with a brand new episode with Grant Stevens, Commissioner of the South Australian Police on leading SA through a once-in-a-century pandemic!

 This episode is jam-packed with real-world leadership insights from the man himself. 

Grant leads one of the largest police services in Australia with over 5,000 staff and He has been a calm, steady presence over the past few years as State Coordinator for COVID-19, which has been one of the most significant challenges our state has faced in recent history. 

In this episode, you'll learn:

🎯To remember that work becoming a priority over family life can happen but it isn’t and shouldn’t be the status quo

🎯A lot of people talk about ‘work life balance’, but Grant doesn’t subscribe to that concept and shares his own approach

🎯How to create a strong and positive culture and why it’s critical for leadership roles and ought to be considered fundamental for all organisations.

Plus, a lot more! 

This podcast gives you a behind-the-scenes look at how one of the most prominent people in SA led our state through a once-in-a-century pandemic and you'll quickly learn how down-to-earth, committed and easy-going Grant Stevens is!

 We look forward to you hearing this one!

Books  mentioned in this episode:

• Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... And Others Don't By: Jim Collins
• Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life By: Spencer Johnson
• Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as If Your Life Depended on It By: Chris Voss, Tahl Raz

Where to find Grant Stevens

• LinkedIn
• Website

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In this episode, Kylie Morton, Head of Change at Synergy IQ explains why she doesn't believe that people are generally averse or 'resistant' to change—and why that's a problem. 

Why is it that we’re all apparently ‘fatigued by change’, but we rarely do anything to change the way we navigate change?

Kylie wants us to rethink the way we approach change.

She wants less:

• focus on placating the change 'resister', the noisy few
• process, meetings, project plans, top-down directives

And what does she want? 

Well, you'll have to listen to this episode  to find out, but I can tell you it starts with us challenging this assumption that we're change resistant or fatigued by change... (because really, we're just having a reaction to change that has been poorly managed).

And she has a whole new approach to managing change which she outlines in this episode.

This is a must-listen for all leaders.

Books  mentioned in this episode:

• Atomic Habits By: James Clear

Where to find Kylie Morton

• LinkedIn

Join the conversation on Synergy IQ on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram (@synergyiq).

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New episode in #CreatingSynergyPodcast with Anton Andreacchio who owns five companies and is on six prominent Adelaide boards. But here’s what you probably don’t know about him: 

1. He founded his first company, the Convergen Group, at the age of 22, which has become one of Australia’s leading companies in infrastructure visualisation. 
2. His second company Jumpgate was ridiculed, until it became the “next big thing”.
3. He says entrepreneurs should ask themselves three simple questions when evaluating their ideas, "Do you have an idea? Do you believe it'll work? Are you willing to go after it?" 
4. He believes we spend too much time on the 'theatre' of entrepreneurship (and what we should be focussed on instead). 
5. He actively removes himself from projects and the mental models he uses to manage five separate businesses and six board roles.
6. As the Chair of the Adelaide Film Festival, he’s obsessed with storytelling, the commercialisation of creative industries,  and thinks most South Australians don’t understand our reputation in this space.  

There's a reason Anton has been so successful and is on so many boards, including the South Australian Entrepreneurship Advisory Board; he’s refreshingly wise and is all about creating value. 

Get Anton into your ears now! 

Books  mentioned in this episode:

•   The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order By: Gary Gerstle 
•  Thinking, Fast and Slow By: Daniel Kahneman 

Where to find Anton Andreacchio

• LinkedIn

Join the conversation on Synergy IQ on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram (@synergyiq).

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Say hello to our host Daniel Franco on LinkedIn.

Today on the show, we have Simon Hackett, an Australian technology entrepreneur, who co-founded Internode in 1991 , and after growing it to 450 staff, with 190,000 customers and an annual turnover of $180million, he sold it to iiNet for $105million in December 2011. 

Simon Hackett is a man of many (unbelievable) firsts. 

He was part of the team that first figured out how to bring the internet to Australia. He was the first person to connect a domestic appliance to the internet. 

He also took delivery of Australia's first electric vehicle (he wasn't allowed to drive it on Australian roads mind you!) after a chance meeting with an ambitious young man by the name of Elon Musk. He founded Internode, one of Australia's most successful internet providers. 

In this week's episode, we talk about all this… plus: 

🎯his businesses near death experience 

🎯the thing that took his business from 15 to 500 people 

🎯why we should think about work life 'separation', rather than balance 

🎯the thing that will lead to business failure more than anything else 

🎯why he sold Internode 

🎯his biggest fear and challenge right now 

🎯 what his life looks like now 

Get the insights of one of Australia's most successful entrepreneurs into your ears.

Books  mentioned in this episode:

•  Ringworld By: Larry Niven
• Exactly, How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World By: Simon Winchester
• Maverick The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace By: Ricardo Semler

Where to find Simon Hackett

• Website
• Twitter

Join the conversation on Synergy IQ on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram (@synergyiq).

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Say hello to our host Daniel Franco on LinkedIn.

David Fogarty’s portfolio company, the Davie Group, has done over $400 million in revenue in four years.  How did he do it?

Our new episode has something special for you: a story of an entrepreneur who built a multi-million dollar eCommerce business at the age of 27! 

This episode is like a mini-MBA in growth hacking a group of companies from nothing to over $400 million, from one of the best in the business.

We discussed: 

🎯The resources he uses to grow his mindset and business 

🎯His formula for business growth and happiness

🎯If he had to do it all over again, how he'd grow a multi-million dollar business faster

🎯Why building a community is the secret to high-growth ecommerce

🎯Why growth and imposter syndrome go hand-in-hand. 

🎯 And much more!

If you're looking to learn more about the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, scale, and mindset, this episode is for you so don't miss it!

Books  mentioned in this episode:

• AI Superpowers  By: Kai-Fu Lee
• Zero to One Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future By: Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
• Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't By: James Collins
• The Way to Love By: Anthony de Mello

Where to find Davie Fogarty

• Website
• Facebook
• Instagram
• LinkedIn

Join the conversation on Synergy IQ on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram (@synergyiq).

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Say hello to our host Daniel Franco on LinkedIn.

 Today's special guest in #CreatingSynergyPodcast was recently named by Cyberscoop, Australia’s only Top 50 Global cyber security thought leader.

As DTEX Systems Co-founder and CTO together with his 20+ years of cyber experience, he has a specific passion for the intersection between security and privacy and for helping organizations to define a balanced approach.  

Today's episode is pretty hard-hitting on how we have been using google, social media and anything digitally. The cyber threat is real as we have just seen in the news recently with the Optus Breach.

In it, we discussed:

🎯 What business leaders should be thinking about right now 
🎯 What we should be teaching our families and friends when it comes to protecting our data and privacy
🎯 Why culture matters when it comes to mitigating cyber threats
🎯 The potential for cyber warfare and the risks that Australian businesses and governments are watching closely.

If you're anything like most people, you don't want to think about the potential for cyber attacks or the perils of sharing information online, but inaction can be one of the most dangerous things when it comes to cyber security.

So, have a listen and find out what you can do to protect yourself and your business. 

Books  mentioned in this episode:

• Rich Dad, Poor Dad - By: Robert T. Kiyosaki

Where to find Mohan:

• Website

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On today’s show, we have Adrian Tembel, CEO of Thomson Geer and chair of the South Australian Productivity Commission.

He's back for round two, and again, he makes no bones about the SA economy and what we need to do to turn things around.

Adrian is challenging the economic policy consensus in South Australia and we wanted to give him the opportunity to set out his thinking, why he thinks we have an economic problem, why he thinks our policies aren't working, and what he thinks is the best way forward.


In this new episode, Adrian pulls no punches talking about:

🎯 The three main weaknesses facing the SA economy

🎯 Why SA has continuously lagged behind other states and why it's time to reject old excuses

🎯 Our debt levels and calls for a bipartisan approach to sustainable debt levels

🎯 Interventionist industry policy and why the macro data shows it's not working

🎯 Why he believes government shouldn't build precincts like Lot 14, Tonsley

🎯 His ideas for the future - it's not all doom and gloom!

Adrian is optimistic that with a few key changes, we can turn it around and he shares his ideas in today’s episode.

If you do business in SA or care about the future of SA, this refreshing episode is a must-listen. 

Books  mentioned in this episode:

• The Lucky Country By Donald Horne

Where to find Adrian Tembel:

• Website

Join the conversation on Synergy IQ on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram (@synergyiq).

Access SynergyIQ Website to get to know more about us. 

Say hello to our host Daniel Franco on LinkedIn.