Rocky Scopelliti is a world-renowned futurologist. His pioneering behavioural economics research on the confluence of demographic change associated with Millennials and digital technology, have influenced the way we think about our social, cultural, economic and technological future.

His new Australian-first book just released Australia 2030! Where the bloody hell are we?, is a fascinating window into Australian professional's sentiment about the decade ahead. The book is based on a major study conducted before and during the eye of the COVID-19 storm. His other book Youthquake 4.0 – A Whole Generation and The New Industrial Revolution has now being translated into Vietnamese, Korean, Indonesian and Chinese languages.

On this week's episode of Inspired for Impact, Christina Gerakiteys speaks with Rocky on how 2 words, Youthquake and Juvenescence, have shaped and influenced his life and led him to his purpose which is to 'create confidence in our future'.

Peter Xing is a Global Expert at Singularity Group on Transhumanism and Emerging Technologies, co-founder of Transhuman Coin & Transhumanism Australia and Digital & Data Solutions Lead at KPMG.

On this weeks episode of Inspired for Impact, Christina Gerakiteys speaks with Peter on assessing the fear, uncertainty and doubt against the opportunities to do good with cryptocurrencies.

Show Notes: 

Article: Crypto for Good

David is founder and CEO of The Plastic Bank; an internationally recognised solution to ocean plastic. An eco-system that provides an opportunity for the world to collect and trade plastic waste as a currency.

Christina Gerakiteys speaks with David about his model to reduce pollution in the world's oceans with a global network of micro recycling markets that empower the poor to transcend poverty by cleaning the environment. 

You spend most of your waking life working – a jaw-dropping 90,000 hours for the average person. You deserve to feel joy during that time. But how? 

This Working Life empowers you to experiment in the lab of life. You’ll reflect on your highs and lows, harness your superpowers and pinpoint your guiding values. You’ll learn the importance of empathy as you craft a job or curate a portfolio career that can grow with you. You’ll unlock the power of rituals, community and self-care, and build resilience that will help you face life’s inevitable curveballs.

Show notes: 

Book - This Working Life; How to Navigate Your Career in Uncertain Times

The only danger is not to evolve. This provocative, inspiring, funny, creative episode shares how anyone can disrupt their industry and evolve their business creatively so they can build massive brands and make game changing impact at the same time. Miki shares hard-won wisdom and best practices from her experiences in building $200+ million brands in seemingly immovable categories. She shares her strategies that motivated people to transform from skeptics to fans. In this talk, Miki also offers strategic insights on how she designs her brands to stand out in the noisy advertising and digital world, and where creative innovation has been stagnant for decades. She will also share how to navigate and manage PR using atypical creativity and design in an ever-changing, click-focused media world.

Innovation is key to achieving your business strategy, in a rapidly evolving world of accelerating change. During this podcast, Christina Gerakiteys speaks with Joanna Marsh, General Manager, Innovation & Advanced Analytics, Investa Property Group on how to write innovation into your business plan to ensure stakeholder buy-in and execution. Innovation is, after all, everyone' s business.

During this podcast we'll discuss how verifiable micro-credentials, and blockchain are going to disrupt traditional education. We'll take a look at a future where individuals have the power to customise their own learning journey - and gain academic recognition from micro-courses - while building their own tailored multi-provider, non-linear, learning paths. We'll also talk about the ability to use our work expertise to gain academic recognition and provide evidence of knowledge and abilities. In essence, the power of an individual to choose what and where they learn… and how it's tracked. This change in education is inevitable. The question we'll be looking to answer is: who will lead the change?

In this weeks episode, Christina Gerakiteys speaks with Frank Fitzpatrick; a multi-platinum selling record producer, Grammy-nominated songwriter, award-winning filmmaker and author about his new book, Amplified. 

Amplified offers a fresh, innovative way to relate to and experience music. Learn how to use the power of music in your everyday life—to awaken creativity, improve your wellbeing, deepen relationships, and amplify your true potential.

Book: Amplified: Unleash Your Potential Through the Power of Music

Our shopping centres, transport hubs, universities and indoor spaces alike are becoming larger, more complex and difficult to navigate. For us, this is causing a lot of frustration. For organisations like shopping centres and hospitals, this is causing millions of dollars in losses per year. How do we mitigate these losses and how can technology help us navigate our complex world.

Mladen Jovanovic is an international multi-award-winning entrepreneur, Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient, and a sales expert. Mladen has successfully secured contracts with multi-national organisations and is now teaching other startup founders how to do the same.

Shannon Poulton is the co-founder of Good Thnx, an Australian technology company on a mission to build the world's best recognition and gifting tool. Counting Google as a multi-year customer and working with two of the four big banks in Australia, as well as Australian Executor Trustees, JBWere and over 500 partners around the world. 

Christina Gerakiteys speaks with Shannon about the Good Thnx founding story, the impact achieved and what's next for the platform.

Good Thnx Website: 👉 https://thnx.me/

Looking for a Christmas Gift with a force for good? Good Thnx have created No Waste Gifts, that puts the power in the recipient hands, supporting charities and our planet. 

No Waste Gifts Website: 👉 https://nowastegifts.com/