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
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
The wonderful Natalie Kyriacou is our guest for Episode #64. She’s the passionate Founder and CEO of the environmental conservation social enterprise My Green World. In the conversation, Nat got very real with us about her own journey of working in wildlife, starting the organisation, and the opportunities for humans and animals to coexist peacefully. My … Read more
Episode #63 of the Humans of Purpose Podcast features Amanda Goodman. She’s Head of Syndication and Director, Giant Leap at Impact Investment Group (IIG); but Amanda’s portfolio encompasses a wide gamut of incredible work within the impact space. She’s also a Director at Stand Up, a Director at The Observership Program, and Deputy Chair of RIAA’s Impact … Read more
For Episode #62 of Humans of Purpose, we have Paul Hellier, Founder of Fair Food Forager. The totally down to earth and humble Paul is doing incredible work in promoting ethical food sources and is ultimately leading by example. Fair Food Forager seeks to shape the way consumers form their decisions on where they get … Read more
Episode #61 of Humans of Purpose featuring the energetic and bold Madeleine Grummet came out earlier this week. Mads is creating and sustaining social impact through her work and projects. She co-founded GirledWorld which is an ed-tech start-up that is boldly changing the world, one girl at a time. They’re geared on skill-building for next … Read more
