Smarter Impact with Philip Bateman

Content warning: youth suicide | ".. Bullying and abuse have seeped into every corner of society from our children’s playgrounds to the upper echelons of leadership. Surely there’s better way.." - join me for a discussion on neuroplasticity, early childhood trauma, the education system, the http://strongerbrains.org program, Dr. Jennifer Frasers past and upcoming work, and more!

Discover more at https://www.bulliedbrain.com and you can watch this episode at https://youtu.be/K8aV9YaLU0g  

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Strategy. Advice. Action. Outcomes.  That's my promise.

I help successful and ambitious people make big things happen.

They typically have a very real, significant and potentially life-changing opportunity.  But lack the bandwidth, connections, experience or capital to realise it on their own.

And I know, there are lots of advisers, specialists and consultants out there.

Some will hand you a list of problems to fix, others a plan or strategy.

But very few will stand beside you, hold the vision, do the work and make it happen. I do.

Find out more at PhilipBateman.com

From Australian global leadership in blockchain development, to standards and RegTech,  auditing and the maturity of blockchain, Hannah Glass and Philip Bateman dive into the educational barriers, misconceptions and the conversational approach needed to drive projects and commercial implementations by technology founders.

This was filmed during the 5th annual FinTech Industry Conference – Intersekt, billed as 'the leading, most thought provoking gathering of Australian fintechs, hubs, accelerators, policymakers, regulators, investors and advisors, devoted to examining, discussing and unlocking the potential of Australia’s fintech market.'

Hannah is a Senior Associate at https://www.kwm.com, a National Blockchain Roadmap Steering Committee Member and Chair of Regtech Working Group, advising the Australian Government's Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources' on the future adoption of blockchain in Australia.  As the chair of the Regtech Working Group, their focus is exploring the potential for blockchain and DLT (Digital Ledger Technology) to assist with meeting and managing legal, regulatory and compliance obligations, as well as barriers to adoption.

Additionally Hannah has been named as an “Up and Coming” lawyer for the 2019, 2020 and 2021 Chambers and Partners FinTech Guide, is a fellow of Blockchain Australia and a member of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance’s legal working group.

You can connect with her via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-glass-48555152

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Strategy. Advice. Action. Outcomes.  That's my promise.

I help successful and ambitious people make big things happen.

They typically have a very real, significant and potentially life-changing opportunity.  But lack the bandwidth, connections, experience or capital to realise it on their own.

And I know, there are lots of advisers, specialists and consultants out there.

Some will hand you a list of problems to fix, others a plan or strategy.

But very few will stand beside you, hold the vision, do the work and make it happen. I do.

Find out more at PhilipBateman.com

Ryan Babbage and Philip Bateman discussing leadership and digital

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Strategy. Advice. Action. Outcomes.  That's my promise.

I help successful and ambitious people make big things happen.

They typically have a very real, significant and potentially life-changing opportunity.  But lack the bandwidth, connections, experience or capital to realise it on their own.

And I know, there are lots of advisers, specialists and consultants out there.

Some will hand you a list of problems to fix, others a plan or strategy.

But very few will stand beside you, hold the vision, do the work and make it happen. I do.

Find out more at PhilipBateman.com

Have a listen to Jins Kaduthodil detail the paddock to plate traceability of grain, and the door this opens to provide asset backed finance in real time to farmers, across Australia and the USA, as we dive into on farm storage, unlocking the value in asset ownership, cost and transport savings, the interplay of https://www.agridigital.io with https://www.agriwebb.com, and the general journey to becoming.

Thanks to FinTech Australia for putting on the Intersekt conference, talking all things #fintech, #blockchain, #agriculture and #agritech.

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Strategy. Advice. Action. Outcomes.  That's my promise.

I help successful and ambitious people make big things happen.

They typically have a very real, significant and potentially life-changing opportunity.  But lack the bandwidth, connections, experience or capital to realise it on their own.

And I know, there are lots of advisers, specialists and consultants out there.

Some will hand you a list of problems to fix, others a plan or strategy.

But very few will stand beside you, hold the vision, do the work and make it happen. I do.

Find out more at PhilipBateman.com

Join Dr. Catherine Brown OAM, CEO of the Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation and I, as we delve into her experience, challenges and strength, in a quest to bring about a more inclusive and sustainable Australia.

The Foundation Catherine acts as CEO for is Australia’s largest and oldest community foundation, her background includes extensive experience in for profit sector in executive, legal and advisory roles, and Catherine has completed her PhD on philanthropic foundations and innovation (Centre for Social Impact, Faculty of Business & Law, Swinburne University) in April 2019.

Additionally Catherine has held Victorian Government Board Chair and Deputy Chair appointments in health and women’s affairs, is a member of the Social Impact Investment Taskforce advising the Prime Minister in 2019-2020, published Great Foundations - a guide to more effective and resilient not for profits in 2010 (ACER Press), and has presented at international conferences on community and environmental philanthropy.

On 26 January 2020, Catherine was awarded an OAM (Medal of the Order of Australia) for service to the community through charitable organisations and since 2019 has been the Deputy Chair of the Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network (AEGN).

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Strategy. Advice. Action. Outcomes.  That's my promise.

I help successful and ambitious people make big things happen.

They typically have a very real, significant and potentially life-changing opportunity.  But lack the bandwidth, connections, experience or capital to realise it on their own.

And I know, there are lots of advisers, specialists and consultants out there.

Some will hand you a list of problems to fix, others a plan or strategy.

But very few will stand beside you, hold the vision, do the work and make it happen. I do.

Find out more at PhilipBateman.com

Join Alan Schwartz AM and Philip Bateman for a deep discussion on societal fundamentals, the psychology of capitalism, ethics, Hardin's Tragedy of the Commons, the role of Philanthropy as Social Venture Capital, aligning profit to value, understanding regulations as a societal mechanism and right through to crafting a global market mechanism to give value to the air and apportion it all living humans, and how that would enable intra-nation wealth transference from rich to poorer countries as a way of purchasing carbon emission units, at the same time as incentivising businesses to reduce emissions through technology!

https://www.alanschwartz.com.au is the founder of the https://www.trawallagroup.com.au and https://www.universalcommons.com, past chair of https://www.philanthropy.org.au (Philanthropy Australia), he sit's on the council for Swinburne University and has many accolades, including being awarded a Centenary Medal in 2003, followed by an Order of Australia (AM) in 2007 in recognition of his contribution to community and business.

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Strategy. Advice. Action. Outcomes.  That's my promise.

I help successful and ambitious people make big things happen.

They typically have a very real, significant and potentially life-changing opportunity.  But lack the bandwidth, connections, experience or capital to realise it on their own.

And I know, there are lots of advisers, specialists and consultants out there.

Some will hand you a list of problems to fix, others a plan or strategy.

But very few will stand beside you, hold the vision, do the work and make it happen. I do.

Find out more at PhilipBateman.com

Join a discussion with the CEO of Impact Investing Australia, as we discuss frameworks for impact, concessional returns and positive outcomes, putting impact at the heart of the COVID economic recovery, the Global Steering Group on Impact Investment, Impact weighted accounts, how to Make Your Money Matter and more!

You can learn a lot by taking a look at https://impactinvestingaustralia.com, https://gsgii.org, https://impactmanagementproject.com and https://www.hbs.edu/impact-weighted-accounts/Pages/default.aspx

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Strategy. Advice. Action. Outcomes.  That's my promise.

I help successful and ambitious people make big things happen.

They typically have a very real, significant and potentially life-changing opportunity.  But lack the bandwidth, connections, experience or capital to realise it on their own.

And I know, there are lots of advisers, specialists and consultants out there.

Some will hand you a list of problems to fix, others a plan or strategy.

But very few will stand beside you, hold the vision, do the work and make it happen. I do.

Find out more at PhilipBateman.com

Join me for a lightning recap through the inaugural Sydney Morning Herald Sustainability Summit, as I cover the Ministerial Address, Apple's roadmap to carbon neutrality and in depth analysis to Climate risk and response, featuring Lisa Davies, editor of the Herald, the Hon. Matt Kean MP, Lisa Jackson, Vice President of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives at Apple, and Jonathan Woetzel, Senior Partner at McKinsey and Director McKinsey Global Institute.

Additionally we go into the Panel 'Towards Zero Waste - Solving the Massive plastics, packaging and waste problem', featuring Sandra Martinez, Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé Oceania, Anthony Pratt, Executive Chairman, Visy, Brooke Donnelly, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation, and Gayle Sloan, CEO, Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia, moderated by James Chessell, Executive Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age.

Wrapping up this recap, we dive into 'Redefining Business as Usual' - a fireside chat on the case for business leadership on climate, featuring Mike Cannon-Brookes, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Atlassian, moderated by John McDuling, National Business Editor, The Sydney Morening Herald & The Age.

You can find the two part video of this podcast via http://youtube.com/SmarterImpact - and let me know if you enjoyed this format event recap, as I'm focused on bringing you useful insights that inspire positive change in our world. A like, comment and a share means a lot!

The summit was presented by McKinsey & Company, Salesforce and Mastercard, and you can get access to the whole day on-demand at https://www.smhsustainability.com.au/

Thank you to Informa Connect for the media access.

Find more information on the referenced material using the links below:

Apples 2030 Environment plan - https://www.apple.com/environment/
McKinsey Climate Risk Report - https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/sustainability/our-insights/climate-risk-and-response-physical-hazards-and-socioeconomic-impacts
Plastic chemical recycling - https://www.iqrenew.com/technology/
National Waste Action Plan - https://www.environment.gov.au/protection/waste-resource-recovery/publications/national-waste-policy-action-plan
Global Steering Group on Impact Investing - https://gsgii.org/
Impact Management Project - https://impactmanagementproject.com/
Harvard Business Impact Weighted Accounts - https://www.hbs.edu/impact-weighted-accounts/Documents/Impact-Weighted-Accounts-Report-2019_preview.pdf
100% Renewable Energy Commitment - RE100 https://www.there100.org/
Australian Energy Market Operator plan AEMO - https://aemo.com.au/en/energy-systems/major-publications/integrated-system-plan-isp/2020-integrated-system-plan-isp
Atlassian - https://www.atlassian.com/

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Strategy. Advice. Action. Outcomes.  That's my promise.

I help successful and ambitious people make big things happen.

They typically have a very real, significant and potentially life-changing opportunity.  But lack the bandwidth, connections, experience or capital to realise it on their own.

And I know, there are lots of advisers, specialists and consultants out there.

Some will hand you a list of problems to fix, others a plan or strategy.

But very few will stand beside you, hold the vision, do the work and make it happen. I do.

Find out more at PhilipBateman.com

A confident, driven and inspiring leader in the renewable sector, Andy McCarthy is the CEO of RACV Solar and the founder of Gippsland Solar (acquired by RACV in 2019).  Andy and Philip discuss energy network resilience, vehicle to grid systems, batteries, business barriers and the pure economic argument; listen in to gain a deep insight into the future and the opportunity of solar power and renewables for our nation.

Get onboard with solar for your home, business and community by visiting https://www.racv.com.au/home/solar.html

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Strategy. Advice. Action. Outcomes.  That's my promise.

I help successful and ambitious people make big things happen.

They typically have a very real, significant and potentially life-changing opportunity.  But lack the bandwidth, connections, experience or capital to realise it on their own.

And I know, there are lots of advisers, specialists and consultants out there.

Some will hand you a list of problems to fix, others a plan or strategy.

But very few will stand beside you, hold the vision, do the work and make it happen. I do.

Find out more at PhilipBateman.com

Elephants in the room, the most exciting thing Madhavan has worked on for a very long time and why he is “passionately hopeful but appropriately skeptical” about impact investing.

Dan is the CEO of IIG / https://www.impact-group.com.au and a longtime leader in Australia’s impact investing movement.  He was the first CEO of https://impactinvestingaustralia.com.

In this interview he discusses the progress, challenges and opportunities in creating systemic change, the paradox of the impact finance industry, something new IIG has coming up and quite a bit more.

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Strategy. Advice. Action. Outcomes.  That's my promise.

I help successful and ambitious people make big things happen.

They typically have a very real, significant and potentially life-changing opportunity.  But lack the bandwidth, connections, experience or capital to realise it on their own.

And I know, there are lots of advisers, specialists and consultants out there.

Some will hand you a list of problems to fix, others a plan or strategy.

But very few will stand beside you, hold the vision, do the work and make it happen. I do.

Find out more at PhilipBateman.com