The Purpose Edge

Shayne Evans was an up and coming architect, designing fancy houses for rich clients, and was seemingly at his pinnacle when he realised it wasn’t as fulfilling as he thought it would be.

In this conversation, Shayne talks about how he made the adjustment to a new type of working within his chosen and treasured profession. Not surprisingly, that had a lot to do with purpose - not just saying it but building it into the fabric of the business at Stanton Dahl that he now leads.

You can email the show via [email protected] and find out more about purpose-based approaches to personal, professional and business success at philpreston.com.au 

Theme music is the track “Rhododendron" by Phil Preston and John Nichols performing as South of the Big Smoke (back in the day).

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This chat with Scott Ko provides insights into making sense of purpose in life, sustaining a social enterprise and the criminality of pineapple on pizza!

Scott is the Acting CEO of Leadership Victoria and the founder of ColourSpace Gallery, a social enterprise helping to create greater accessibility to art in public and work spaces, as well as income for artists.

We explore the process of making sense of purpose in life - because it’s seldom a fancy one line statement - as well as Scott’s journey to the world of social enterprise that’s a vehicle for making a difference at scale.

Putting his comments about pineapple on pizza aside(!), this conversation has many great tips in it.

You can email the show via [email protected] and find out more about purpose-based approaches to personal, professional and business success at philpreston.com.au

Theme music is the track “Rhododendron" by Phil Preston and John Nichols performing as South of the Big Smoke (back in the day).

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Lisa Evan’s life changed suddenly and unexpectedly, and she talks about how she courageously navigated this challenge and came out ahead! She is perhaps unique in claiming she’s practiced midwifery in both a literal and figurative sense!

There’s more to this episode than meets the eye, with themes of tackling adversity, toxic work cultures, transitioning out of roles in large organisations and job fulfilment.

You can find out more about her business Speaking Savvy and her Soft Skills for Leaders podcast.

You can email the show via [email protected] and find out more about purpose-based approaches to personal, professional and business success at philpreston.com.au 

Theme music is the track “Rhododendron" by Phil Preston and John Nichols performing as South of the Big Smoke (back in the day).

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A short update from Phil about exciting weekly new episodes ahead!

Michael Kennedy is qualified to talk about earthquakes in both the literal and figurative sense. In fact, being in a major earthquake zone saw him take up a new hobby that has had a big influence on his sense of meaning, purpose and wellbeing in life.

Plus, he’s worked for a company that puts purpose at the centre of everything it does, and it’s interesting to hear about the positive impact this has on the workforce.

If you’re in Australia, you can find out more about its vast network of park runs, and they operate in many other countries as well.

You can email the show via [email protected] and find out more about purpose-based approaches to personal, professional and business challenges at philpreston.com.au

Theme music is the track “Rhododendron" by Phil Preston and John Nichols performing as South of the Big Smoke (back in the day).

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Jaqui Lane is a business historian, author, book coach, publisher ... she basically loves anything to do with books and that has been the backbone of her career and life’s journey. However the downturn triggered by the global financial crisis in 2008 saw her confronting and clarifying what she really values in life.

Plus, Jaqui talks about what it takes to be an effective non-profit director, how wealthy families think about their purpose and many other things in this enlightening episode of The Purpose Edge.

You can email the show via [email protected] and find out more about purpose-based approaches to personal, professional and business challenges at philpreston.com.au

Theme music is the track “Rhododendron" by Phil Preston and John Nichols performing as South of the Big Smoke (back in the day).

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Claire O’Rourke has long been involved in climate advocacy, however the brutality of the bushfires of 2019-2020 in Australia sent her on a quest to find out how people in business and in communities around the country are responding with their heads, hearts and hands. We talk about what she discovered and more in this wonderful episode of The Purpose Edge.

Her book, Together We Can, published by Allen & Unwin, has many uplifting stories and includes a fresh framework for maximising impact which you can apply to any issue you care about - even if you’re time poor.

You can email the show via [email protected] and find out more about purpose-based approaches to personal, professional and business challenges at philpreston.com.au

Theme music is the track “Rhododendron" by Phil Preston and John Nichols performing as South of the Big Smoke (back in the day).

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