Imagine exiting a train station and rounding the corner in an urban part of London for the first time, on your own without knowing a single person to start studying in a Design School, after growing up in a small town. This is exactly the unlikely path taken by Lisa Scharoun, now Professor and Head of the School of Design. This never occurred to her growing up as one of 5 children in the middle of rural U.S.A.  As Steve Jobs famously quoted you can only join the dots looking backwards.

 What comes to your mind when you hear the word design? At first it invokes, fashion, architecture, and iPhones.  For example, it was the discovery of the design of DNA, the double helix, that it consists of two strands that wind around each other like a twisted ladder that led to the scientific and genomics revolution. The simple design came in 1953 by putting together pieces of a puzzle discovered by hundreds of scientists, starting with Friedrich Miescher in 1869.  Watson and Crick with the help of Rosalind Franklin, and others, used cardboard cut-outs on a table of the individual chemical components of the four bases (AC TG) and other nucleotide subunits that make-up the chemical structure of DNA. Watson and Crick shifted molecules around on their desktops. It took a team working together to discover the double helix built by nature’s simple design. Together they solved one of the most complex scientific problems, being the way, in which all living forms are connected to each other (see Pray et al., 2008, Nature Education 1(1):100). 
What could be more complex than designing our teams that flow. At the end of the day, the life of our team members, arises from a complex array of small daily decisions. From how we choose to get up in the morning, exercise, and the food we eat. In Lisa’s case it was exchanging letters with a family friend in Germany that meant she lived, studied, and worked in USA, UK, China, Singapore, and Australia and become an International expertise in Design. Her team used co-design and her mantra of ‘change by design’ to create a set of promotional posters for the Olympic Village that highlighted the history and significant contributions that Australian Paralympic athletes have contributed to sport. This set of posters, created for the London 2012 games, has subsequently been showcased at the US Embassy in Canberra as well as at every subsequent Paralympic Games. 
As we enter the post-pandemic covid era, the dominant issue we face our teams face is how to live sustainably within an economic model that demands consumption and growth. The puzzle pieces to this complex problem  are in need of a design solution. As David Attenborough said we know the solution to climate change is to re-wild the Earth. What could be more important than leaders that create teams with a global perspective that live by the mantra of change by finding a simple design.  Just as scientists discovered the double helix, the new challenge facing our leaders and teams is finding the design that sustains life in a complex world. Please join Lisa and I as discuss how to design teams that flow.

 Citation: Pray, L. (2008) Discovery of DNA structure and function: Watson and Crick. Nature Education 1(1):100
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Allison Feduccia, PhD is a neuropharmacologist, psychedelic researcher, and a builder of virtual and in-person communities. She is the Co-Founder of Psychedelic.Support and Project New Day. In these roles, Allison facilitates the spreading of evidence-based knowledge, connection to resources, and strategies for individuals to maximize the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelics through safe and responsible practices. Prior to this, she worked on studies researching psychedelics and treatments for mental health conditions at universities, NIH, and MAPS. 

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• What’s most promising about MDMA therapy?
• What is psychedelic.support? 
• What options are available for provider education and training?
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Vickie Simos talks about how martial arts can increase confidence, reduce anger, and lead to an overall boost in mental health. After years of self-doubt and self-deprecation, Vickie Simos  has made many discoveries about who she was and who she wants to be – a confident, strong person who considers herself worthy of all the best life has to offer. Thelo (Teach, Help, Elevate, Lives, Organically) was founded from these experiences and the desire to share her hard learned knowledge and help other people gain confidence in mind and body.

For the last decade Vickie has been involved in working with children, with various programs including Melbourne Kids Developmental Services, and the Active After School communities program, as well as mentoring and volunteering at various schools and organisations such as Anglicare. 
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Professor Rowena Barrett is an expert in thinking innovatively and being entrepreneurial to get things done. She is QUT’s latest Pro Vice-Chancellor driving the strategic priority for Entrepreneurship. She leads QUT Entrepreneurship, a team of passionate individuals with years of experience to deliver the whole-of-university initiative providing entrepreneurial skill and mindset learning opportunities for the entire QUT community. 

Rowena is an authentic leader bringing integrity, purpose and commitment to engaging widely. Her years as a researcher means she has academic and practical understanding of motivations and drivers for entrepreneurship. Rowena is a member of the Queensland Government’s Innovation Advisory Council which works alongside the Queensland's 4th Chief Entrepreneur to ensure collaboration, inclusion and diversity are hallmarks of the Queensland entrepreneurial ecosystem. 

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What does it take for a young woman raised in Brisbane Australia to become the PR manager of a top fashion brand in Sweden? Alice Betts started out of high school not knowing exactly what she wanted to do. But born adventurous, with a lot of ambition, and family support, she moved to Norway first, then Denmark and then got her first big break as an intern at ACNE Studios. She learnt Norwegian, Danish and Swedish starting at the age of 21.  She works fluently in Swedish as the PR manager for ACNE Studios for Scandinavia. ACNE stands for Ambition to Create Novel Expressions.   She is now about to head to Paris for fashion week.  You can learn how facing her biggest fears and taking large risks landed her a dream job. Thank you Alice Betts for inspiring others to do the same thing. You will agree with me that Alice's life reflects the ACNE brand.

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Need something to lift you and make you smile. Junction Park Primary school students visit the lab and learn about the brain. They ask the most fantastic questions and made us so happy. It is only fair that you are able to enjoy this one too. Thank you John Bray and Junction Park students for embracing neuroscience and the future. We may have some great scientists on the way.

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William Hynes is a Senior Advisor to the Secretary General and the Head of the New Approaches to Economic Challenges (NAEC) Unit which provides a space to question traditional economic ideas and offer new economic narratives, new tools, methods and policy approaches.

He previously worked as a Senior Economist at NAEC, Advisor in the Sherpa and Global Governance Unit, a policy analyst in the Development Co-operation Directorate and an Economic Affairs Officer at the World Trade Organisation.

William is an Associate Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, has a doctorate from Oxford University and was a Marie Curie Fellow at the London School of Economics.
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Today we are joined by Vanessa O'Hanlon, TV presenter, journalist and adventurer.  Facing fear of job loss, covid19 and career uncertainty. She jumped into her car and went on a roadtrip that changed her life. This plus many other adventures are what enable her to thrive despite the unknown. Her motto- wherever the fear is- lean into it and that is where the joy is to be found.

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Michelle Newnan lives in Melbourne with her husband and two children, a greyhound and a cat.  She is a full time Mum and works as a freelance photographer. Her family does the ice challenge, tracing and other exercises that focus on brain health. She is an amazing woman that is taking her family into a thriving mindset despite grief, tragedy and other life circumstances. An amazing interview with many pieces of advice to help other people in the same situation.

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Stepping into the unknown is something that Eleanor Carey has done over and over again. It is something that both excites and frightens her every single time. 
From cycling solo across Europe in search of a career change, to founding multiple businesses, to battling hurricanes, extreme sea sickness and sleep deprivation she has learned how to get comfortable being uncomfortable.
Spending 62 days at sea in a 7.5 metre boat, rowing day and night is just one part of Eleanor’s experience that has built her ability to adapt in such a wide variety of conditions and circumstances and continue stepping forward in the face of fear and uncertainty. 

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