Corinna Galliano is a researcher at the University of Sydney Business School whose work sits at the intersection of entrepreneurship, paradox theory, and how founders experience the tensions most business schools teach as strategy problems. Born in Italy, trained as a structural civil engineer, then a management consultant - she left everything behind at 35 and started over in Australia.

A Vedic meditation teacher trained under Thom Knowles, including three months in the Himalayas. Corinna has an unusual range.

A conversation about transformation you can't see while it's happening, the identity paradox hiding inside every startup, and the childhood belief that worry keeps you safe.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction - Dr Corinna Galliano 

1:20 How transformation actually feels from the inside

3:04 Teaching entrepreneurship as a process, not a trait 

9:14 How to connect students with their why 

13:15 Corinna's story - engineering, Italy, and the plan that collapsed 

19:42 The loneliness that clarifies - arriving in Australia at 35 

25:10 Vedic meditation & what stillness gave her 

32:18 Leading with a hypothesis - effectuation in practice 

39:37 The identity paradox hiding inside every startup 

41:21 What childhood belief did you have to let go of?

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Monty Hamilton co-founded UBank inside NAB, Australia’s first digital bank, then built Belong inside Telstra in just eight weeks, from brief to launch.

He has spent his career launching new ventures from inside large organisations and has since led digital transformation at PwC and TELUS Digital across 30+ countries.

A conversation about creating space for change, corporate innovation and why progress beats perfection.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction and Overview of TELUS Digital

01:52 The Rapid Launch of Belong: A Case Study

05:11 Building New Ventures Within Large Organisations

09:45 The Importance of Speed in Transformation

13:39 Navigating Crisis: UBank's Launch During the GFC

19:47 The Evolution of Digital Banking and Compliance

22:58 Innovation in Banking: The Australian Experience

25:54 Leadership and Empowerment in Change Management

30:35 The Importance of Relationships in Professional Growth

34:36 Cultural Insights from Global Business Practices

38:56 Childhood Beliefs and Professional Optimism

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Nicholle Lindner has built a portfolio career across CBA, NAB, Westpac, AT Kearney, Capgemini, Gartner and Unisys. She completed a Masters in AI before it was fashionable and her innovation philosophy is grounded in giving people "room to roam" - think Western Plains, not Taronga.

A conversation about portfolio careers, the GFC as a teacher, and why success is a journey, not a ladder.

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Gareth Jones built a talent consulting firm, sold it to Mercer, and spun it back out as Revolve Partners.

A talented golfer, he treats business like a season: you can't play at 100% every round and expect to be sharp for championship moments.

A conversation about growth through subtraction and managing energy for when it counts.

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CEO Rob Samuels is 8th generation at Maker's Mark.

His grandparents walked away from 160 years of family whiskey to start fresh - then didn't profit for 25 years.

Now Rob is pioneering regenerative agriculture, rebuilding soil health while making bourbon.

A conversation about legacy, purposeful inefficiency, and why nature is the real maker.

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Conversations about transformation with leaders who are still in the arena. The guests here aren't theorists. They're practitioners who've transformed themselves, transformed systems, and know what it costs to do both.

Host Ashton Jones grew up in housing commission, learned to swim at 34 to compete in triathlons, and is now a director at Australia's largest wealth manager. He's writing Bold Water - a book about transformation as reclamation.

First episode coming soon.