People My Dog Would Like

In this episode I chat with Michelle Redfern, one of Australia's most prominent female leadership experts. Michelle is the founder of Advancing Women, a business created to help women everywhere advance themselves in our male dominated corporate world. The business is about providing women tools they need to navigate their way through the world as well as advocate on behalf of women in sport, business and politics. 

In this episode she talks about what it was like for her to grow up in regional Australia, and how it has shaped her.

Some take aways: "Women have great emotional intelligence. Stop calling what they have soft skills. Its bullshit.. We all need emotional intelligence in the future to differentiate us from the machines." Hard to disagree there.

What do women need? Power. Money. Influence. She's no wallflower.

A busy women's mentor herself, Michelle talks about how important it is to see the women's game in AFL this year as a platform to elevate women in leadership across the board, which she believes has laid the ground to change the mindset of those watching - to inspire future generations of women who want to have a crack at anything they want to do. She argues women need to see women in power to aspire to senior positions themselves and she also believes we need to strive to be powerful AND emotionally intelligent leaders, a quality all smart compassionate leaders need. Michelle is a kick arse business woman herself, with a soft heart and knows her footy. She loves her teams, she loves her tribe and believe me, that tribe is building exponentially - she's a woman to watch big time. 

if you are interested in learning more about Michelle and what she does you can contact her directly through her website or on linkedin or twitter. 

Intro and outro music credit is by the fabulous Bamboos (track Helpless Blues) a hot Melbourne band. 

if you have any questions about the content in the show or have some feedback I'd love you to contact me directly at [email protected] or through my website and you can also catch me anytime on LinkedIn Twitter or Instagram. Would love to know who you may want me to be a guest on the show, so don't be shy and let me know! 

This week's episode is with Peter Dostis, CEO of Runway Geelong, an accelerator and incubator program that launched this year helping startups succeed locally and globally. A big picture kind of guy, Peter has extensive experience in the corporate sector including retail, manufacturing, ICT and agriculture and is now at the helm of Runway Geelong where he's here to talk about the startup community in general, how accelerators help startups, why the education system should incorporate entrepreurship into schools and why driving a startup ecosystem in the region is so important to Geelong and Australia. He has a passion for helping young people and the disadvantaged which struck a real chord with me. He mentions Georgia Beattie's great idea for wine who is now CEO of Startup Vic and a new startup, EcoKit, one of Runway's baby's, already kicking goals. He's big on following your dreams, starting your own gig and he's creating a fresh ecosystem that will put Geelong on the map as one of the most creative start up cities globally - if you are interested in learning more, and have a start up idea and want to work on it, he's interested in you. So give him and call, and have a listen, it also might help you hone that idea of yours. If you want to contact Peter you can reach him through the Runway Geelong website. 

Opening music is Helpless Blues, don't worry, the irony in the title is not lost on me, by the fabulous The Bamboos, a hot Melbourne band. if you have any questions about the content in the show or have some feedback I'd love you to contact me directly at [email protected] or through my website and you can also catch me anytime on LinkedIn Twitter or Instagram. Would love to know who you may want me to be a guest on the show, so don't be shy and let me know! Seeya!

In episode 4 of People My Dog Would Like, we sit down with Jon Yeo, Curator of TEDx Melbourne and Chapter President of Professional Speakers Australia and leading light at The Slow School of Business. In this episode Jon talks about why he loves TED and what it stands for, his passion to empower people to reach their full potential and encourages them to do the same for others. He talks about the humility of TEDx speakers, the immergence of new tribes seeking an alternative kind of leadership that addresses the social and economic inequity in the world and how important it is for leadership to take note that there is an emerging sense of change in the air, that does not bode well for the political elite. It's Equal Pay Day today and this month it's Liptember, which we also touched on briefly in the conversation, including his admiration for storytelling expertise of Steve Jobs, George Lucas and the sheer brilliance of Jackson Pollock. If you want to contact Jon directly, he would love to hear from you and you can reach him at [email protected] and you can also reach him through his website at The Slow School of Business.

Opening music is Helpless Blues, don't worry, the irony in the title is not lost on me, by the fabulous The Bamboos, a hot Melbourne band. For any feedback or simply to let me know who you would like to hear about, you can contact me at [email protected] or through my website. You can also catch me anytime on LinkedIn Twitter or Instagram. Would love to know who you may want me to be a guest on the show, so don't be shy and let me know! Seeya!

This week's episode is with Steve Sammartino. Steve is one of Australia's most respected futurists and business technologists who drives important conversations around embracing our future and the endless possibilities it holds for all of us. Steve has spoken to well over 100,000 people around the world in the past two years. Uniquely combining anthropology and technology, Steve will leave you excited about what the future holds. In this episode we talk about his new book The Lessons School Forgot, a survival manifesto for an era of AI. We talk about the new economy and how everyone needs to redefine their place in the world, to be the entrepreneur that has been slowly taken away from them through the systems we have created in our world. Some really interesting insights into what he teaches his own kids in a time of unprecedented and exponential change. You may also want to check out his first book The Great Fragmentation, another cracking and insightful read. 

Intro music credit goes to The Bamboos, a hot Melbourne band, and is titled Helpless Blues. Don't worry, the irony in the title is not lost on me!. For any feedback on the podcast or simply to let me know who you would like on the podcast, simply contact me at [email protected], through my website or you can also find me directly on LinkedIn Twitter or Instagram. Seeya!

This week's episode is with Paul Fairhead, intrepid thinker and CEO of new startup, yahttp://yaktrak.com.au. In this episode we talk about Paul's long stint as an entrepreneur in Vietnam, the soft skills he believes are what make us human and how those skills need to be cultivated and cherished in a future economy. He talks about his transition to work in Australia, the differences he sees between Melbourne and Sydney, the importance of investing time in businesses that can scale and his desire to give back to build the kind of tribe Australia needs in the startup space. He really admires the meanderings of Umair Haique and misses his days as a lacrosse player, where he learnt a lot about people, life and business without knowing it. 

Opening music is Helpless Blues, don't worry, the irony in the title is not lost on me, by the fabulous The Bamboos, a hot Melbourne band. For any feedback or simply to let me know who you would like to hear about, you can contact me at [email protected] or through my website and you can also catch me on LinkedIn Twitter or Instagram. Would love to know who you may want me to be a guest on the show, so don't be shy and let me know! Seeya!

People My Dog Would Like is a chance to listen to me, Lizzie Mettam speaking with interesting people about their game changing ideas, fresh initiatives, startups and out of the box movements with an eye on the future. People in our big wide world are concerned about the future of work, leadership and the pace of change which contribute to their personal stresses and I'm hoping this podcast is on opportunity to sit around a digital campfire and talk positively about the endless and unimagined possibilities that we have unfolding in front of us right now. So grab a chair, a stick and some marshmallows and join in the listen to the conversation with me around my digital campfire where anything can happen.