Justin works at Radically which is a management consulting firm that is helping transform and evolve some of New Zealand’s key organisations. He focuses on delivering projects that find process improvement, unlock business potential for growth and enable change by being a coach, facilitator and strategic-thinker.

He previously worked at Ernst & Young as a Business Consultant after finishing his Master's Degree in Bioscience Enterprise and a Bachelor of Science majoring in Physiology at the University of Auckland.

Timestamps

0:43 Justin intro

1:35 First question: what got you into science?

2:52 What did you do at rotary camp?

4:20 Did the "trial" period reflect what you experienced in uni

6:25 What made you decide to change degree direction after undergraduate?

8:10 It's okay to change career direction and degree

9:00 Justin's Bioscience Enterprise internship experience

11:52 Free advertisement

12:50 What the skills you learn in Bioscience Enterprise can be applied to elsewhere

14:03 What's the turning point that took you out of science to where you are now?

15:20 Communication is a very good skill

18:30 Justin's EY day-to-day and experiences

20:07 Work-life-balance

21:16 What do you do now with Radically?

25:04 Change can take forever regardless of company size

27:39 Radically is more on transformational and organization structure work

28:03 Taking the science thinking and applying it to something else completely different

28:30 Luck or effort to "escape" science?

29:19 Learning what your strengths are and your experiences

31:42 Embracing both your strengths and weaknessess and being comfortable with both

33:06 Final question: if you can go back in time to speak to young Justin, or anyone in a similar position of wanting to branch out from science, what would your advice be?

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Logo: Denny Lee

Intro: "Cali" By Jonas Bjørnstad (https://pixabay.com/music/beats-cali-1171/?fbclid=IwAR0yGsfL9GEURuj4VpzFIUKdXmmH1Pik3YxUokmsKJ1QLNQdaPJC-HKsNsg)

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