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Folks, this is a wonderful reflective piece by purposeful pioneer Mike Davis, the founder, originator and host of the Humans of Purpose podcast. Mike published the article in LinkedIn, you can also read it on the platform. It’s quite a moving read for us, as we take the reigns of the podcast, and hope to … Read more
Thank you to the wonderful team at Primer for this incredible piece on our work and how we’ve supported Sarah* to change the trajectory of her life after abuse. It is an honour and privilege to work with women like Sarah* and to be part of the solution to gender-based violence by focusing on financial … Read more
Exploring the power of innovative thinking in addressing systemic issues, particularly in youth detention, and the importance of nurturing new ideas for a better society.
We had a compelling conversation with John Thwaites on Humans of Purpose Podcast Episode #73 this week. John is Chair at ClimateWorks Australia and the Monash Sustainable Development Institute. He’s one of six Co-Chairs of the Leadership Council of the global Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). During John’s political career, he was central to several major … Read more
We’re thrilled to have Richard Hames joining us on Podcast Episode #72. Richard is an entrepreneur, strategic futurist, mentor and author. He is the Founder and Executive Director at the Centre for the Future, Founding Partner at Hames McGregor + Partners, Chairman of the Asian Foresight Institute, an elected Fellow of the World Academy of Art … Read more
Episode #71 guest, Rowan Brookes, brings inspiration and energy into the podcast all at once. Rowan is Director of Education for the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University, Co-Founder of STEMsidebyside, a widely published author, keen adventurer and athlete. She works to improve equity in STEM as a Member for the Women’s Advisory Roundtable for the … Read more
Simon is Director of Consulting at Social Ventures Australia as well as Chair of the SIMNA Ltd National Board and Co-Chair of Social Value International. We are incredibly lucky to have Simon bring his wealth of knowledge and understanding about impact measurement into the podcast! Evaluating success, especially for efforts that seek change people’s lives, is … Read more
Podcast Episode #69 guest is the stellar Felicity Furey. She’s Co-Founder of Power of Engineering and Machinam. She’s a social entrepreneur, engineer, and sought after speaker. In the conversation, you’ll hear all about the fierce work she is doing in STEM and education spaces. Echoing some of the sentiments of last week’s podcast guest, Ally Watson (Code Like A … Read more
Episode #68 Podcast guest, Ally Watson, epitomises every wonderful thing about girl power. In this podcast conversation, she spoke about her journey into the weird and wonderful world of coding, starting a social enterprise, and what it really means to collaborate with your community. The world of coding and IT is vastly underrepresented when it … Read more
The incredible and deeply passionate human being on this week’s episode of the Humans of Purpose Podcast is Louka Parry. He’s Director of Academy and Training at Education Changemakers, and is a self proclaimed “action-based optimist”. After the passing of his grandfather, Louka was confronted by the realisation of how short life is, and developed an insatiable … Read more
Where do we begin with our most recent guest for Podcast Episode #66, Adam Jacoby? He’s a serial innovator with a notable portfolio of start up experience. Currently, he wears his MiVote hat (as pictured) which he knows he’ll be working seriously hard on until he removes it in 2023. Adam is the Founder and Chief … Read more
We are so honoured to introduce the influential Dr Lea Waters PhD on Podcast Episode #65. Lea is Professor and Founding Director of the Positive Psychology Centre at the University of Melbourne and has been there for over 20 years. She is also President of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA), a registered psychologist, a TEDx speaker, … Read more
