This week we chat with Conor O'Malley

Conor is a leading executive coach, "the CEO's Caddy", who walks alongside his clients on their learning journey with him.

He is a professionally recognised certified coach with the International Coaching Federation and an accredited ontological coach with a graduate diploma from the internationally renowned Newfield Institute.

Conor is the founder of CoachAid and is on two advisory boards in the fields of safety and the Arts. He is a mentor in the field of women in leadership.

For 20 years before Conor became a coach, he held executive leadership roles in third party logistics, wholesale, retail and fast moving consumer goods, both in the United Kingdom and Australia

And of course he is the author of international best seller Trust: Begins and ends with self

On this episode we chat with Jo Burston.

Jo is the founder and CEO of Job Capital, a company she grew from nothing to $40M in less than 5 years , co-founder and director of Phronesis Academy and founder of the entrepreneurial movement Inspiring Rare Birds. Rare Birds works to promote opportunity for women in entrepreneurship.

Sharing entrepreneurial journeys is one of Rare Birds’ core offerings and Jo has so far published three books –Brilliant BusinessKids (Rare Birds), Australia's 50 Influential Women Entrepreneurs (Rare Birds) and #IFSHECANICAN. 

Jo has been recognised as one of Australia’s top entrepreneurs for the past six years and is a leading authority on global women’s entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship as a whole, and SMB markets. Jo is an active mentor for fast growth entrepreneurs both men and women, and is passionate about encouraging young Australians to endeavour to find out exactly who it is that they want to become, and create their own jobs to achieve this.

Jo is an active mentor for fast growth entrepreneurs and is an impactful, powerful and experienced speaker.

Kaley suffered from crippling shyness. One day, it was so bad, Kaley froze when a client asked her a question – in front of her boss!. Kaley was humiliated, so she decided something had to change. Kaley's solution? Have lunch with 100 strangers. What came next completely changed her life and potentially millions of others.

Since that painful day, Kaley has published a book and given a TEDx talk about her journey. Now, Kaley speaks all over the world to motivate others to step out of their comfort zone, connect with
people and live a more fulfilling life.

This week on the Fit for Disruption Show I chat with Xiaowen Xin

Xiaowen is a Product leader passionate about combining her analytical skills and engineering background with a user-focused mindset to create a compelling vision, define a strategy and lead cross-functional teams through execution, and earn customer love.

In her  last eight years with Google, Xiaowen has brought Google Cloud to new markets, made Android more secure, and made Chrome OS easier to use. Previous to that, Xiaowen has had  experience at a variety of organizations and roles, including as the CTO of a startup in China.

Xiaowen shares her stories of being a little girl growing up in Shanghai, in a time when there were no skyscrapers, through to living in the US and working for Google bringing to market some of the most incredible, and amazing innovations

We get insight into what it takes to innovate, develop and lead in an organisation as impactful as Google and the lessons that we can all apply in our own organisations.

This week on the Fit for Disruption Show we chat with Matteo Tassi – who is  Executive Education Senior Manager at The International Centre for Sport Studies - CIES, Matteo designs and implement learning experiences for sports executives.

Matteo  was born and grew up in a small town very close to Rome from a middle-class family. Who studied cultural anthropology first in Rome (MA) then in Naples (PhD).

After completing his PhD he left the academic career path and, after some diverse professional experiences, completed the FIFA International Master in Humanities, Management and Law of Sport; he then moved the Olympic Museum in Lausanne where he was in charge of creating and implementing cultural programmes related to the history of the Olympics with exhibitions and events.

He continued working across sport and museums and spent a year in Lyon consulting to the local football club (Olympique Lyonnais) for the creation of the club museum.

Since 2018 he has work at the International Centre for Sports Studies where he is  leading the Executive Education unit which implements executive programmes in sports management  for sports managers.

We chat with Matteo on;

• Anthropology, Sport and Religion
• The link between Sport and Religion
• What anthropology, sport and religion has to do with Innovation
• Matteo’s personal journey and perspectives on
  • Authenticity
  • Failure
  • Curiosity
  • Empathy

In this episode I chat with Sanae Endo - who, based in Japan is a Human Resources Senior Executive who has worked for some of the worlds largest organisations managing global change and transformational programs across cultural and geographical boundaries.

Sanae-san is an innovator, educator, diversity advocate and Otaku and Lean practitioner.

Sanae gives a fascinating insight into how some of the Japanese techniques and customs can actually help support you on your innovation journey and become Fit for Disruption.

We also learn about Sanae-san and her journey growing up in San Fransisco region, and what it was like growing up as a Japanese child in a Western environment. We learn how this helped shape the incredible person she is - one of resilience, adaptability and empathy

On this episode we chat with Deepti Pahwa. Deepti gives valuable insight into the role that Innovation plays in the design of the future of Health as well ensuring that Values are front and centre of the design process. Deepti is a wonderful story teller as she takes you on a journey through her childhood, the lessons she learned growing up, her education and career in fashion and living, working and leading in multiple countries. Deepti shares concepts of storytelling, trust, resilience and placing people who are at most need front and centre of innovation.

Deepti is Chief Innovation Officer at Contakt World, and Executive Creative Concept Designer & Co-host of "Contakt The World" Podcast Series(upcoming in December).

In her current role at Contakt World, She leverages design thinking expertise, human-centricity, ethical design frameworks and purpose-driven mindset for designing innovative digital solutions for public health.

She believes that the power of being human lies in empathy – something that cannot be automated or outsourced. Her current role spans from driving Product and Platform Innovations, Brand strategy & community narratives for Storytelling, as well as designing and building a culture for Innovation & creativity. She has been a core member of MIT Safe Paths (Pathcheck) since the start of COVID19, as a way to have a meaningful impact on containing the pandemic.

She currently also Co-leads MIT Africa Conference for Digital pandemic response, that works with public health leaders on designing digital contact tracing and digital management of testing, vaccines & health verification for infectious diseases. She is dedicated to leverage her design expertise to advance technology for the benefit of humanity and is commitment to serving the needs of marginalised communities and making public health equitable & accessible, and thus aligned with the vision of Contakt World.

She is well-recognised Stanford GSB LEAD alum with Executive Education in Corporate Innovation and has been a recipient of 3 Intellectual contribution awards for Strategic Leadership in Innovation, and Design for Disruption. She is also Founding partner of several Stanford alumni/student entrepreneurship & innovation clubs aimed at empowering the global communities building disruptive solutions to reduce the gap between developing & developed world.

She has contributed to the Bulletin of the Technical Committee on Data Engineering(IEEE) and co-authors several research papers on using design to Optimize for Human-Tech Partnerships, Characteristics that Make Data Useful to Public Health for Reducing Disease Transmission, Holistic Contact Tracing Digital solutions, Building architecture of trust in Data ecosystems, Role of Empathy and Design for the Future of Digital Health, Privacy and ethics in data architectures, and data interoperability for digital health solutions.

Her current work spans at the intersection of public health & technology, and is designed around Perceptions, Attitudes, and Adoption of technology, privacy issues, potential use of real-world GPS data for Public health use, understanding how tracers handle the data, Flexible Technology to Maximize Public Health Utility and synthesizing systems-level frameworks and ecosystems design in the form of collaborative approach to innovation for the public good. She has a strong sense of interest & curiosity, and has values set in diversity & inclusion that help her navigate complex problems and drive towards innovative solutions.

She is an explorer at heart and has lived on 3 continents, in 4 countries and 9 cities, with her current home in Switzerland. In pursuit of discovery and learning from various cultures, she has extensively traveled across 55+ countries. She is also a self-taught photographer and draws inspiration from the world around her with a sincere passion for all things photography - beautiful light, fresh food, sincere people, and inspiring spaces.

 

LINKEDIN

https://www.linkedin.com/in/deeptigpahwa/

 

WEBSITE

https://www.contakt.world/

 

BOOK DEEPTI REFERS TO

'The why you are here cafe'

https://www.bookdepository.com/Why-Are-You-Here-Cafe-John-P-Strelecky/9780749927172?pdg=dsa-391663266418:cmp-1581209885:adg-62419551529:crv-303055744927:pos-:dev-m&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrI6EjvGc7QIVCeN3Ch1lbwnQEAAYASAAEgKfbvD_BwE

On this episode of the Fit for Disruption Show I chat with Dr Jeri Childers with a focus on educating emerging generations in Innovation and Entrepreneurship through STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths).   WIth a focus on looking after the 'underdog', and championing Female emerging leaders, Dr Jeri Childers provides incredible insight into linking Education with Industry   Dr Jeri Childers is the Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the University of Technology Sydney Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Jeri is the founding Director of the UTS Techcelerator, which enables early-stage tech founders to prototype and validate their commercial deep tech solutions in world-class facilities and maker spaces.

She develops teams with a focus on entrepreneurial mindsets, agile project management, use of design thinking and creative methods for problem solving, customer validation, and commercialisation strategies.

Jeri is a certified coach and uses the world-first people analytics tool Fingerprint for Success with students, staff, and industry leaders to develop leadership and founder strengths and enable teams to perform better together.

Jeri focuses her research on female leader and founder career and venture development, entrepreneurial mindsets, leading for innovation, and entrepreneurial education.

Dr Childers designs and delivers leadership development activities that inspire women leading organisations and launching new ventures. Jeri curates a professional development series for female founders and leaders called Advancing Women in Tech and has been a mentor for Inspiring Rare Birds for many years before becoming an Inspiring Rare Birds Ambassador. In this role Jeri founded the UTS Female Founder Mentoring Program. Jeri is a champion of gender equality, diversity and inclusions and empowers female leaders at each career stage.

Jeri also enjoys competitive yacht racing, motorcycle riding, and making art.   UTS Techcelerator https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-engineering-and-information-technology/research-faculty-engineering-and-it/funding/techcelerator   UTS Innovation and Entrepreneurship https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/entrepreneurship
Dr Jeri Childers LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerichilders/

Matthew Webber LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewcwebber/   Matthew Webber email [email protected]  

Imagine if you got to learn about imagination, creativity, innovation and organisational culture from someone that was trained and mentored by some of Disney's greatest Imagineers and Illustrators of all time.

Lisa Sibilia, Co-CEO of Youtopian, leads digital transformation in education & enterprise to upskill talents at a global scale using AI XR technologies. By combining remote collaboration capabilities with digital work instructions for skills training, performance analytics, banking and e-commerce, along with worldwide innovation to break down barriers and innovate at the speed of change. Lisa is also leading top universities shifting labs online and enabling language learning through the Total Physical Response method and AI XR technologies. With over a decade of experiences in leading transformative projects in learning and development, Lisa strives to change lives and organizations across the world through cross-industry intelligence and adaptive leadership techniques learned through reverse-engineering her life.

 

Lisa\ is a former Disney cast member, graduated from the Stanford Graduate School of Business LEAD Corporate Innovation Executive Education Program, received her Masters in Educational Leadership & Administration from Montclair State University and her BA from The Pennsylvania State University in Communication Arts & Sciences. Lisa was recognized by the Stanford LEAD program for the 2019 Intellectual Contribution Award for Neuroscience in Customer Experience Design.  She is the Co-Chair of the Stanford LEAD Mentor Network supporting 500+ leaders worldwide. Lisa was also awarded the Governor’s Educator of the Year honor in New Jersey for her excellence in management of internal and external stakeholders advancing interdisciplinary collaboration through dynamic instruction and as District Education Committee Chair for an arts partnership connecting over a dozen schools. She is also on the Board of Trustees for GTBOOL.

https://youtopian.world/

Difficult conversations. Consider the dichotomy of people dying of hunger and obesity on the same planet or the fact there is a $41B child sex trafficking industry (yes an industry with Supply and Demand).

Difficult conversations are becoming more necessary in a Disruptive world - whether that be at an individual level, an organisational level or a societal level.

Ideas are generated through conversations - and if we confront the difficult conversations can you imagine the impact?

In this episode of Fit for Disruption, I speak with Ronsley Vaz

Ronsley Vaz is a speaker, author, and marketer. He has an MBA in Psychology and Leadership, a Masters in Software Engineering a Diploma in Financial Services and is founder of founder of award winning marketing agency Amplify

As a board member of Free to Shine, an organisation that prevents sex trafficking, Ronsley is an advocate and ambassador for women’s rights and believes that girls should be in schools rather than brothels.

 

After listening to this show You should go and check out Ronsleys TEDx talk - it will leave you with goosebumps - and it is maybe one of the most important talks you will listen to in your life.

 

Links are below

 

TED TALK

https://www.ted.com/talks/ronsley_vaz_the_perfect_recipe_for_a_deep_conversation

 

MUST AMPLIFY

https://mustamplify.com/

 

WE ARE PODCAST

https://wearepodcast.com/

 

 

Contact Matthew

MENARK WEBSITE

https://www.menark.com.au/

 

EMAIL

[email protected]

 

FIT FOR DISRUPTION BOOK

Australia

https://www.amazon.com.au/Fit-Disruption-transform-business-thrive/dp/1989737048/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1605504324&sr=8-1

 

USA

https://www.amazon.com/Fit-Disruption-transform-business-thrive/dp/1989737048/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1605504353&sr=8-1