The Failure Proof Podcast

Janine Garner is passionate about connected leadership and building high performing leaders and teams; about unleashing the brilliance in individuals to achieve extraordinary results through networking, collaboration and influence. Janine is a Partner at Thought Leaders Global and is the author of the best-selling books It's Who you Know and From Me to We. She is a regular columnist in The Huffington Post and several other leading Australian business publications.

Prior to running her own company, Janine held various senior leadership roles at Oroton , Ralph Lauren, Citizen watches, Sainsburys and Coats Viyella in the UK. Her clients today include Hewlett Packard Enterprise, DXC Technologies, CBRE, EY and Westpac among many other top 100 ASX listed companies.

In this interview Janine talks about her decision to leave the corporate world and the ups and downs of that journey. We also discuss at length the value of building networks as a leader and how teams can be more effective.

Jack Delosa is changing education. He is the Founder and CEO of Australia's largest education institution for entrepreneurs, The Entourage, which has a community of 300,000 members. Jack's vision is to improve traditional education by introducing a style of learning that puts the individual first. Under his leadership, The Entourage was awarded the 4th Best Place to Work in Australia by BRW magazine.

Jack also hosts the Sky Business series 'Entrepreneurs' and has been listed in the BRW Young Rich List since 2014. He is the author of several books including UnProfessional and his latest book UnWritten, reached bestseller status in just one week.

In this interview Jack talks about his journey, his views on the changing education landscape and the near death of his business in 2016. In particular he discusses how he got through that adversity and the lessons he has learned from it.

Dan Gregory is the Co-Founder of strategic think-tank, The Impossible Institute™, who describes himself as being in the business of making smart people... people smart! He works as a speaker, author, consultant and social commentator and his passion is human behaviour and the elements of influence - what inspires and engages our people, our customers, our communities and ourselves.

Dan has worked as a stand up comedian, developed new product lines for Coca-Cola and Unilever, been a regular on ABC TV's "Gruen" series and launched engagement campaigns for companies as varied as Vodafone, MTV and the United Nations. He is also the co-author, along with Kieran Flanagan, of Selfish, Scared and Stupid: Stop Fighting Human Nature And Increase Your Performance, Engagement And Influence.

In this interview Dan discusses his thoughts on human behaviour, advertising, leadership, sales, the future of the workplace and the skills required to be successful.

Allen Liao is a founder, designer and writer. At the age of 20 he founded Tzukuri and led the creation of Unlosable Glasses, a multidisciplinary project of business, design, and engineering.

Allen's story is amazing. He started out knowing nothing about how to build and develop eyewear - and ended up with garage full of manufacturing machines. In the process he recruited several world leaders to help him along the journey, raised capital, and got a product to market. A true "garage" startup story.

In this interview we discuss Allen's thoughts on design, the challenges he faced building hardware, and the personal impact on him including being hospitalised along the way - the emotional rollercoaster of startups!

Building businesses in Australia and Canada, Andrea's been engrossed in the entrepreneurial and Startup community since 2000. Due to her business successes and involvement within the community, she was awarded the NSW Telstra Young Businesswoman of the Year, the NSW Telstra Small Business of the Year and has been listed on the BRW Fast 100 list along with numerous other industry and business awards. However, Andreas thirst for adventure doesn't finish there, she has travelled the globe via train, plane, boat, rickshaw and even most recently - motorbike.

Today's episode is particularly special, as Andrea speaks openly about the emotional rollercoaster that she went on when her business went into administration and how that impacted her both professionally, but more importantly personally. Andrea is particularly raw and brave in this interview and her story and her spirit are just amazing.

In this episode I interview Frank Cuiuli - the founder and CEO of Pivot - a data driven, integrative health and wellness business service in Sydney.

When it comes to Peak Performance and Flow Science, Frank Cuiuli is a leading practitioner and neuro physics therapist. Frank has 30+ years competing at elite levels as a martial artist, and has held senior sales leadership positions in global technology companies.

He also an entrepreneur, having co-founded and subsequently sold Velteo, a leading sales force.com integrator.

Frank talks about peak performance, his views on executive health and what it takes to be a great leader. Lots of great material in this interview. I hope you enjoy it.

This episode was brought to you by The Founder Lab who deliver courses and programs to help build better founders. You can find out more at www.thefounderlab.com.au and if you would like to find out more about me or the podcast, then check out www.jamiepride.com.

In this episode, I interview Ben Sharp - Ben is a business leader, mentor and investor. He has 20 years experience in sales, marketing, operations and strategy in the digital media and ad technology industry.

Ben co-founded Allure Media which was subsequently sold to Fairfax in 2012, and then went on to launch the AdRoll business into Australia in 2014.

As a mentor and investor he has supported Conversant Media, helped launch Audience Republic, and more recently operated as an Entrepreneur in Residence for the QUT Collider Accelerator programme. Ben is also an active Angel investor into a range of early stage businesses.

Ben shares his views on angel investing, what it takes to be a great startup founder and how he has overcome adversity in his career.

This episode was brought to you by The Founder Lab who deliver courses and programs to help build better founders. You can find out more at www.thefounderlab.com.au and if you would like to find out more about me or the podcast, then check out www.jamiepride.com.

In this episode, we are extremely fortunate to have Matthew Bardsley - the CEO of MedicalDirector - an australian healthcare technology company that has over 17,000 healthcare providers using its platform and it processes more than 70 million patient consultations every year. Matt is an amazing guy and has a 20-year track record of leadership in technology and software, 15 of which have been in health.

Matt started his career as a computer programmer, before moving on to develop medical imaging technology used in radiology. In 1999, at just 26, he founded medical software company Digital Diagnostic Imaging (DDI) Health, which provided digital solutions for accessing high-quality diagnostic images of patients. Following a fifteen-year role as a Chief Information Officer in healthcare, Matt was appointed MedicalDirector's CEO in 2016.

Matt shares his views on leadership, building a vision and managing culture in a high growth corporate environment. He also shares his views on failure, dealing with stress and how he manages his days. Its is great episode I hope you enjoy it.

This episode was brought to you by The Founder Lab who provide courses and programs to help build better founders. You can find out more at www.thefounderlab.com.au and if you would like to find out more about me or the podcast, then check out www.jamiepride.com.