In Episode #10 of 💎Brilliant Perth💎 I chat to film maker Damon Gameau. Creator of some of Australia's most impactful documentaries; That Sugar Film and the recently released 2040. 2040 is more than a film, it's a movement for action on climate change. All the necessary solutions are available to us now, and Damon is calling for leadership for the future of our living planet. It's time to join the Re-Generation! 

My 3 key takeaways:

💎#1  If you haven't seen 2040 yet, go and see it! Then head over to whatsyour2040.com and create your personalised action plan! 

💎#2 The Circular Economy is coming! And it's up to the Re Generation to make it happen.  

💎#3 Once again, seaweed will save the world!

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 In Episode #9 of 💎Brilliant Perth💎 I'm chatting with Gareth Durant from DSIL Global. Gareth is a truly authentic facilitator and designer, rocking his personality whatever room he is in! We chat about his work globally with DSIL, how he learnt and continues to learn the art of facilitating and  the incredible diversity of work he's doing. This chat is for anyone working in social impact, those looking to gain or hone their skills in facilitating and anyone who wants to get a fresh perspective on innovation. 

My 3 key takeaways: 

💎#1  Get on to the Liberating Structures toolkit for facilitators if you are looking for radical ways to include and unleash everyone in the room! Open-source is the best! There's also a local meetup group in Perth for users, check them out here. 

💎#2 Own it. Show up to work with your personality, wear your heart on your sleeve. Be like Gareth. 

💎#3 What if we could experience a city through a variety of lenses, and in doing so deeply empathize with people from varying culture, race, religion, you name it? Wouldn't that be brilliant! 

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In Episode #8 of 💎Brilliant Perth💎 I'm chatting with Dr Gino Kelley and Ezzard Bryant Jr, from the Digital Transformation team at Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA).  They have 162 schools in the state and CEWA's approach to digital transformation and systems change is a story that I'm really excited to share. I chat with Gino and Ezzard about systemic design, technology and the future of education in our great state. If you're a teacher/educator or are just passionate about technology, data science and systems change in education, you should definitely tune in to this one!

My 3 key takeaways: 

💎#1  Virtual classrooms are a thing! 

💎#2 It's overwhelming the amount of technology in education these days, digital transformation of an educational system requires an appreciation of complexity and a systemic design approach. 

💎#3 It's great to see that well-being is being considered in the technology agenda when it comes to education. 

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In Episode #7 of 💎Brilliant Perth💎 I'm chatting with the brilliant Georgina Camp, CEO and Founder of Huber Social. Georgie has just moved back to Perth from Sydney and is doing some incredible work with Huber locally and globally. We chat about her career in management consulting, why she's so passionate about measuring success through human well-being and why she moved back home to our Brilliant City!

My 3 key takeaways: 

💎#1 If you want to help people you should be accountable to their needs, so let's measure well-being when targeting impact!

💎#2 Community is thriving in Perth and is what lures our most brilliant people back!  

💎#3 Quantifying our progress against The United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals is a tricky one, and should be driven by an overlying well-being measurement. Countries like Bhutan are moving away from GDP to well-being (and happiness) as a measure of progress.  

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In Episode #6 of 💎Brilliant Perth💎 I'm chatting with the brilliant Clare Sarah Johnson, founder of Feed The Holy. Clare is one of THE emerging facilitators and hosts in Perth right now, and I was blown away when I met her and attended one of her workshops. I just had to get her on the show! 

Clare and I chat about optimal wellbeing and peak performance of humans, hedonic engineering, leadership & the emerging science of Flow. It's a pretty epic chat! This is one not to miss! 

My 3 key takeaways: 

💎#1  Understand what 'Flow' is and where you are already experiencing it in your life. New to the concept of Flow? Take the Flow Genome Project: Flow Profile Quiz as a great starting point. 

💎#2 The 'Flow cycle' has four phases ( Struggle > Release > FLOW > Recovery).  You can 'hack' Flow by understanding the 23 universal triggers, then design your life and habits to enduce more frequent 'Flow' states.  

💎#3 Humans are operating below baseline and Flow will help us to unlock the potential for thriving in the new world and drive societal wellbeing.

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In Episode #5 of 💎Brilliant Perth💎 I'm over in Melbourne once more, chatting with brilliant engineer and designer Myles Coker about community-led innovation. Myles leads GHD's global Smart Seeds program and has successfully navigated the change from civil engineer to strategic designer.  He's had an incredibly rewarding career since starting with GHD as a graduate in 2008, and is an inspiration for the direction that the engineering industry is headed.  

My 3 key takeaways: 

💎#1 Live by the ten commandments of an intrapreneur to succeed when driving change from within!  

💎#2 Co-design and co-creation are key to community-led innovation. Bring them with you on a journey of change. 

💎#3 If you don't have great ideas? Support those around you that do.  

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In Episode #4 of 💎Brilliant Perth💎 I'm over in Melbourne, chatting with the brilliant Tim Kalladay about artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship. Tim and I met as civil engineers and intrapreneurs at GHD in 2018. He's now incubated at YBF ventures in Melbourne, as a mathemetician and software developer; and the founder of Piccard.ai. Tim and I chat about his journey as a corporate intrapreneur, and why his passion for Artificial Intelligence and entrepreneurship was the deciding factor in leaving a full-time job to start Piccard. 

My 4 key takeaways: 

💎#1 Know the organisation you work in as an intrapreneur, and ask yourself is this the environment I want to be in? Am I an intra or entrepreneur? 

💎#2 Tim explains the difference in risk profiles and appetites of various organisations, and why some of his ideas as an intrapreneur weren't a good fit. 

💎#3 How to name your startup, by aligning with your story and personal values. What's in a name? 

💎#4 A Brilliant City is one that uses AI to drive efficiency (of things like time and resources) while also considering the mental health and well-being of people

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 In Episode #3 of 💎Brilliant Perth💎and our very first episode in Perth, I sit down with Dr Ben Chan. Ben works as a Senior Practitioner for the Presencing Institute (an initiative from MIT in the United States) across Jakarta, Perth and Singapore. Ben started his career as a desalination engineer before attaining a doctorate in business. Ben's current work includes supporting the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) at UWA in Perth and running the I.D.E.A.S. innovation program with the Indonesian government. 

My 3 key takeaways: 

💎#1 Understanding the difference between entrepreneurism and entrepreneurship

💎#2 Tri-sector innovation is the best systemic approach to scale impact and shift society forward to a more sustainable and equitable future

💎#3 Theory U is a powerful tool for awareness-based systems change and driving impact at scale

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In Episode #2 of 💎Brilliant Perth💎 (and part 2 of my Indonesia trip) I sit down with Lisa Tanti at her incredible art workshop in South Jakarta. Lisa started her career as an environmental designer in fashion before pursuing her passion in arts, soaping and teaching sustainability to kids. It's a heart-warming chat about change. At the heart of it? Creative ways of re-using waste.  

My 3 key takeaways: 

💎#1 The power of art and making with our hands, is vital to creativity and innovation. The A in ESTEAM is essential! 

💎#2 Teaching and educating children is a nifty way to shift their parents habits! 

💎#3 Waste + education makes a powerful metaphor for change, but it all comes back to design! 

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Welcome to the first episode of 💎Brilliant Perth💎, I first sit down for a short-introduction to this new podcast, with Kelsey Brymer, to discuss the show's purpose.

Followed by my first interview with David Christian, the CEO and founder of Evoware. Evoware is a seaweed bio-plastic product company and social enterprise based in Jakarta. Dave and I chat everything from founder f%#& ups and failures, to scaling his business, to the world's first bio-degradable condom! Dave is a lovely bloke and one of my favourite Circular economy entrepreneurs I've met since starting Holonic. 

My 3 key takeaways: 

💎#1 You don't need to finish a degree to start a business and be successful

💎#2 Bio-materials will drive the new Circular economy and save the oceans from petro-chemical based plastics  

💎#3 You'll be having 'generative sex' soon enough, with a Noridom (the world's first biodegradable condom) 

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