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The best way to predict the future?  You'll have to listen in to this podcast to find out and discover what recent announcement is making massive news in our industry. 
News from industry, for industry including a huge announcement from the peak body.  We also talk with New Zealand and reveal the winner of the national NZ Pool of The Year.  David also picks a new fight with industry so get get ready to pick a side.

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It only happens six times a year but what a good day it is when it happens!  It's revealing, inspiring and informative. Yes, the new edition of SPLASH! went out recently and we take a quick look at the industry trends, news and new product. We review the Top 5 Online News Stories that you have created for the last couple of months. 

And a very insightful interview with FLUIDRA Managing Director for APAC, Stephen Matysaik. We talk industry growth, retraction, trends, innovation, acquisitions and more.

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A very special podcast as we interview Jayne Orth on her retirement from industry after three decades.  Jayne has been a passionate contributor to industry towards improving product, practice and our people.     A true leader in retail and chemical product knowledge and training Jayne has been a formidable force for progress.

Jayne is most certainly unretiring in nature but circumstances dictate that professional career retirement was inevitable.   But in true Jayne style, it was anything but a quiet retirement.  Our industry is a better place for your contribution Jayne.
We salute you.

A very special - Ready. Set. SPLASH!
 

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You join David from the airport in putting this podcast together.  Today we hear from the recent Aquatic & Research Institute conference with Lindsay McGrath taking the opportunity to interview the Architects at 106 about ' Third Place Thinking' and the keynote speaker, Kobi Simmat around industry and leadership.
David also shares an interview with Stefan Ossenberg from Australian Plunge Pools now under new ownership and operations in Queensland.

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Grab your Akubra and get ready for a road trip to the NSW bush for the Country Pool Managers conference. The voices may be a little quieter and the accents a little broader but the challenges in managing the consumer, the facilities and the business are all too similar.   As is often the case the reserved but considered voice of those in the country sounds a warning that should be heeded by those on the coast and the in the cities.  What affects them now may affect us in the years ahead.
Our interviews today really are an apt culmination to the discussion we have been deliberating on trying to  determining if experience trumps a qualification.

I encourage you to lean in, listen and connect with our cousins calling from the country.

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What do a moustache, a Michelangelo masterpiece  and industry qualifications have in common? Find out in this podcast.

Also, are consumers still interested in making the investment into a new pool, spa or renovation?  We review the results of the recent consumer expo in the ever consistent Adelaide market to find out.   

Plus, we hear from the Managing Director of ALT who are responsible for a huge amount of pools installed each year, about consumer trends, the need for qualifications creating career pathways and the shift back to innovation post covid.   
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Is the fast track to success a recognised qualification or is it experience that only comes with time and hard learned lessons along the way? Is one more important towards success than the other?  We continue to explore this with insightful interviews today from around the grounds. 

An interview with Brendan Butler whose experience in manufacturing is almost matchless, plus we talk with the Managing Director of BWT, Craig Buchanan who shares the experience of the F1 event in Melbourne recently and we hear from CEO of the Institute  for Research and Learning, Spiros Dassakis about a new kickstarter program.

What is your winning formula?

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The fight continues as we ask industry if experience is more important than a qualification - or visa vera?  On this episode David interviews Emily McNeil,  the Executive Officer the Australian Swim Schools Association whose members utalise the products that you design, build and maintain.   

We also speak with Michelle Marks in NZ about how the community and local industry affected by the recent cyclone is recovering from the devasting event.

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 You can't promote the award winning product/person/process/project that you don't win.  You don't win the award that you don't enter.    Today we provide you with skills and information to prevent you experiencing the imminent feeling of RHOMO that awaits all those who fail to enter the Awards of Excellence . The April 11 2023 deadline looms.  RHOMO is far more painful and dangerous than FOMO and has far longer lasting consequences.  Don't get caught out.

In the first of more debates to come, David starts a fight between those in our industry who believe experience is more valuable than a qualification.  It's an important question that will impact our future and our recognition with governments, attracting talent and being relevant to the consumer at large.    Pick a side and let's fight. 

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We welcome back the familiar voice of Luke Daly to discuss the investment that has been made to create the industry awards season that you don't want to miss.
We also briefly preview the new SPLASH! magazine and take a look at several new products that have recently been released too,

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