Jemi Jeng is the founder of Penny, a home-buying and financial empowerment platform helping women take confident steps toward property ownership and long-term financial security. With a career spanning law, policy, and tech, she has worked across government tackling complex social and policy challenges before turning her focus to women’s financial independence.

A passionate advocate for equity and inclusion, she believes that financial systems should be accessible to everyone, and that literacy, confidence, and access are key to changing that, particularly for women. Through Penny, she is building the tools, resources, and community women need to overcome barriers to homeownership and wealth-building.

Connect with her on:

Penny website: https://urpenny.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jemi-jeng

Mariane Power is a Neuroinclusive Leadership and Systems Strategist dedicated to advancing the personal and professional capabilities of neurodivergent individuals, their families and teams. With her unique blend of clinical expertise and lived experience as a Neurodivergent professional, Mariane is a sought-after speaker, Executive Coach, and consultant for organisations striving to integrate inclusive work-life design with neuroscience, positive and performance psychology principles, to unlock the potential of diverse teams.

Recognised as a World Class Education Top Innovator by Uplink and Deloitte Global, Mariane is the author of The IMPACT Mindset Theory and creator of the IMPACT Framework. As the host of Classroom 5.0, a podcast exploring the future of work, learning, and leadership, Mariane continues to shape conversations on building communities and workplaces that leverage cognitive diversity to drive sustainable innovation for impact.

Connect with her on:

Website: https://www.marianepower.com.au/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marianepower/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianepower/

Steve Baty is the co-founder of the award-winning design studio Meld Collective, founder of Australia's largest design conference UX Australia, and director of the Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence. As one of the most influential designers in Australia, whose work spans over 30 years - Steve has previously held positions as the former CEO of the Australian Design Council, and president of the IXDA. He is the co-author of Designing Tomorrow.

Connect with him on:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevebaty/

Meld Collective Website: https://www.meldcollective.com.au/

Keegan Luiters is an expert in team performance.

He is an author, speaker, coach and facilitator. Applying evidence based approaches, Keegan works with individuals, teams and organisations to deliver sustained performance outcomes.

Connect with Keegan:

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

Learn more about his most recent book Teamership:

https://www.teamership.com.au/

Martin Tomitsch is a professor of design, and head of the Transdisciplinary School at UTS. He is a founding member of the Life Centred Design Collective, as well as former head of design at The University of Sydney. An author of several renowned books in design such as, "Making Cities Smarter and "Design, Think, Make, Break, Repeat"; Martin's latest book Designing Tomorrow won a 2024 Good Design Award for communication design.

Connect with him on:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martintomitsch/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martintomitsch/

Website: https://www.martintomitsch.com/

Link to "Designing Tomorrow" book: https://www.designingtomorrowbook.com/

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Alan is the co-founder of Sh8peshifters, and a creative professional with a truly diverse background. Over the past 24 years, he has worked as an illustrator, graphic designer, art director, film director, writer, producer, strategic designer, academic and teacher. He has won awards for his films and his illustration work has been featured in national exhibitions and publications. He has also spoken and scribed at numerous conferences and events.

Connect with him on:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-tl-chen/

Shapeshifters website: https://www.shapeshifterscreative.com.au/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fable_us?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MTh3emZmd2owZHZ3OA==

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Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Josh Bradshaw’s previously led product design teams at Rezdy & Domain Group, and he’s now the Head of Product at PaidRight. Josh describes himself as a father, a designer, a story-teller and a product thinker. His mantra is “design doesn’t belong to designers” and he lives that out through collaboration and facilitation. Josh was also the very first Think Visual! speaker — and we’re excited to have him back.

Connect with him on:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-bradshaw-b228b533/

Music:

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Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Ben Pecotich is a designer, coach, and founder of Dynamic4 – a B Corp focused on regenerative leadership and design for happier communities and sustainable business practices. With over 30 years of experience leading strategic change across Asia-Pacific, UK, and Europe, he founded Dynamic4 in 2001, using human-centered design to integrate strategy, design, and technology. Ben is also the author of 'Solve Problems That Matter' and co-founder of Sydney Design Thinking.

Connect with him on: Linkedin: / benpecotich

Dynamic4 Website: https://dynamic4.com/

Ben's book "Solve Problems that Matter": https://dynamic4.com/solve-problems-t...

Music:

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Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Ewan Hall is an agile coach and a leader of workplace social advocacy. He has come to see creativity as vital to all roles and an essential ingredient in how we collectively reimagine our global systems.

Connect with him on:

Linkedin: / ewanhall-visualchangeagent

Instagram: / atwvisual

Resources mentioned in the conversation:

Graphic Gear: Neuland markers reseller in Australia https://graphicgear.com.au/

Mike Rohde's Sketchnote Army: https://sketchnotearmy.com

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Sophie Matrai is a product designer with an incredible journey.

Connect with her on Linkedin:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-matrai/

She mentors on ADP List:

https://adplist.org/mentors/sophie-matrai