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My mission is to help you unlock your potential to do more great work in far less time, whether you’re working as part of a team or flying solo, and to set you up for a richer life.

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Conversations with preeminent thought leaders from a variety of fields to help you think in a multi-disciplinary way, make better decisions, kick goals in your professional and personal life and better navigate what is fast becoming, a Brave New World.

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Episode #69: How to Run a Hackathon

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk hackathons, and how, while they are a great tool for bringing teams together to move quickly to build prototypes, are often done in a way that doesn't focus on problem solution fit, unique value proposition or business model.

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Episode #68: How VR/AR Will Change The Way We Buy

In this mid-week special we bring you the second live edition of Future Squared, in the form of a panel discussion, before an audience at Collective Campus.

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Episode #67: How to Be a Great Boss with Rene Boer

If your employees brought their A-game to work every day, what would it mean for your company’s performance? What would it mean for its ability to innovate and capture new growth opportunities?

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Episode #66: Increase your Return on Optimisation (ROO)

Many might remember the story of Eric Moussambani, the ‘Olympic swimmer’ from Equatorial Guinea who took 1:52.72 to complete his 100m swim at Sydney 2000, more than twice that of his nearest competitor.

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Episode #65: The ASX's Katherine Squire on DevOps, Cloud and Driving Culture Change

Katherine Squire is the General Manager of App Development and DevOps at the Australian Stock Exchange.

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Episode #64: Success Metrics for Corporate Innovation Programs and Teams

I was recently asked to partake in a discussion with a newly formed innovation team at an ASX20 company.

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Episode #63: Ash Maurya on Scaling Lean

Hailing from Austin, Texas, Ash Maurya is the founder of Leanstack. Since bootstrapping his last company seven years ago, he has launched five products and one peer-to-web application framework.

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Episode #62: Fast Fix Friday on Turning Bad Habits into Good Habits

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk about the power of turning bad habits into good habits and how it can have a profound impact on both your personal and professional life!

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Episode #61: Singularity University's Pascal Finette on Taking Moonshots

Pascal Finette heads up Entrepreneurship at Singularity University as well as SU Labs, its accelerator program which grows startups that are focused on tackling the world’s most intractable problems leveraging exponential technologies.

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Episode #60: Gyshido

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk "Gyshido" or Getting Your Shit Done, a movement spearheaded by Singularity University's Pascal Finette, who will be our very special guest on the next episode of Future Squared!

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Episode #59: Matchmakers and Marketplaces with MIT's Dick Schmalensee

This week's guest is Richard Schmalensee, the Howard W. Johnson Professor of Management Emeritus and Professor of Economics Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Episode #58: Fast Fix Friday on Disrupting Yourself

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk why you should disrupt yourself.

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Episode #57: My Lean Startup Journey *midweek bonus*

Tune in to hear what Steve has to say about his own lean startup journey.

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Episode #56: 500 Startups' Arnaud Bonzom talks How Huge Companies Engage Startups

In this episode I speak with Arnaud Bonzom, Director of Corporate Innovation at 500 Startups.

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Episode #55: Fast Lisp Friday on 13 Ways to Get Buy-In for Corporate Innovation

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday, I cover a topic that is the bane of existence for many a corporate employee which is getting buy in for corporate innovation

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Episode #54: Increase Employee Engagement with Spigit's Maggie Riad *midweek bonus*

Maggie brings more than 12 years of innovation management, market insight analysis and business strategy experience in the financial services sector

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Episode #53: From Theatre to Disruption with Sportbet's Head of Innovatoin, Leslie Barry

Tune into this episode to hear what Leslie Barry has to say about topics like why organisations like Sportsbet need to innovate, how to effectively partner up with startups, and many more.

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Episode #52: Fast Fix Friday on 50 Lessons from 50 Episodes! Thank You Everybody!

Thank you listeners, we've just turned 50...episodes that is, and to celebrate, I've put together a list of the 50 most memorable lessons from the first 50 episodes!

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Episode #51: Agile Government Starts With You *midweek keynote special*

Collective Campus recently hosted an event called Disrupt the Public Sector, as part of the Australian Government’s Innovation Month 2016.

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Episode #50: The Age of Discovery with Chris Kutarna

In milestone episode #50, I speak to Chris Kutarna, a two-time Governor General's Medallist, a Sauvé Fellow and Commonwealth Scholar, and a Fellow of the Oxford Martin School with a doctorate in politics from the University of Oxford.

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Episode #49: Kill Your Ego!

This Fast Fix Friday is all about your ego and why you should kill it!

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Episode #48: Techstars, Brexit and Corporate Accelerators with Max Kelly

Max Kelly is currently Managing Director of Techstars London.

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Episode #47: Fast Fix Friday on the Books and Resources that Will Change Your Life

This Fast Fix Friday covers off on all of the different books, podcasts and other resources that have made me and can make you a better professional and person in general.

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Episode #46: Building an Everyone Culture with Robert Kegan

Bob Kegan is a psychologist who teaches, researches, writes, and consults about adult development, adult learning, and professional development.

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Episode #45: 16 Productivity Hacks on (Not So) Fast Fix Friday

This (Not So) Fast Fix Friday focuses on some of my favourite productivity hacks, 16 of them in fact!

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Episode #44: Correcting our 7 Fatal Flaws of Thinking with Matthew E May

Matthew E May is the author of Amazon bestseller Winning the Brain Game: Fixing the 7 Fatal Flaws of Thinking.

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Episode #43: Fast Fix Friday on Why Australia's Innovation Transformation Won't Happen Overnight

This Fast Fix Friday focuses on the stakeholder short-termism that plagues not only Australia's Government, but those of countries around the world, as well as tech businesses, sports teams and entertainment companies.

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Episode #42: Innovation Tools with Evan Shellshear ***bonus episode***

In this bonus episode, I speak with Evan Shellshear, author of the newly released book, Innovation Tools.Innovation is hard work so you need the best tools. After years of research and dozens of case studies, those tools have been distilled into Evan Shellshear’s latest book.

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Episode #41: Transforming Children's Education with Angela Maiers

Angela Maiers is an educator, entrepreneur, leader, disruptor and visionary. She has been creating and leading change in education and enterprise for 25 years, teaching every level of school from kindergarten to graduate school and consulting with companies around the world

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Episode #40: Fast Fix Friday on Lean Marketing

In this episode I talk through 8 steps detailing how to pull off your own lean marketing strategy to find new customers for new products.

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Episode #39: The Future of the Global Economy with Parag Khanna

Parag Khanna is a leading global strategist, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is a CNN Global Contributor and Managing Partner of Hybrid Reality, a boutique geostrategic advisory firm.

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Episode #38: Fast Fix Friday on the Corporate Innovation Hierarchy of Needs

In this FFF, I dig a little deeper into what I’ll dub the Hierarchy of Needs for Corporate Innovation.

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Episode #37: Innovation = STEM + Creativity with David Cropley

In this midweek bonus, I speak with David Cropley, an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of South Australia.

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Episode #36: Google Ventures' Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky on Solving Big Problems in Just Five Days

In this episode, I bring you not one but two guests, Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky - co-authors of the book 'SPRINT - How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days'.

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Episode #35: Fast Fix Friday on Supporting Culture Change through Self Awareness

This Fast Fix Friday focuses on self awareness.

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Episode #34: The Art of Persuasive Leadership with Patrick King

Patrick King is a social interaction specialist based in San Francisco, California, and has been featured on numerous national publications such as Inc.com.

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Episode #33: The Sharing Economy with Arun Sundararajan

Arun Sundararajan is Professor and the Robert L. and Dale Atkins Rosen Faculty Fellow at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

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Episode #32: David Allen on Getting Things Done

David Allen is widely recognized as the world's leading expert on personal and organizational productivity.

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Episode #31: Creating a Culture of Innovation with Dave Gray

Dave Gray is an author and management consultant who works with the world's leading companies to develop and execute winning strategies.

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Episode #30: Fast Fix Friday on Setting Up a Corporate Innovation Project

This Fast Fix Friday focuses on the key questions you need to ask BEFORE embarking on an innovation project in order to optimise returns and give your organisation a significantly improved chance of success.

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Episode #29: Artificial Intelligence with Brian Christian

Brian Christian is the author of The Most Human Human, which was named a Wall Street Journal bestseller and a New Yorker favorite book of 2011, and has been translated into ten languages.

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Episode #28: Fast Fix Friday on Innovation Metrics

This Fast Fix Friday focuses on innovation metrics.

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Episode #27: Innovation Project Management with Paul R Williams

Paul R. Williams, PMP has over twenty years of project, program & portfolio management leadership experience with information technology, innovation management and strategic business initiatives in the investment, banking, insurance, legal, manufacturing and professional services industries.

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Episode #26: Fast Fix Friday on Engaging Startups and Small Companies to Drive Corporate Innovation

Today's Fast Fix Friday focuses on the power of engaging startups and small companies to drive corporate innovation efforts.

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Episode #25: Alex Tapscott on the Blockchain Revolution

Alex Tapscott is the CEO and Founder of Northwest Passage Ventures. For seven years in the Canadian and U.S. Capital markets, Alex has worked tirelessly to help entrepreneurs realize their goals, raising hundreds of millions of dollars in critical growth capital and providing sound advice and counsel.

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Episode #24: Neil Patel on Growth Hacking for Large Companies

In this episode I chat with top online marketer and one of the top influencers on the web, Neil Patel, serial entrepreneur, investor and blogger.

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Episode #23: Fast Fix Friday on Embracing Awkward Silences to Foster Creativity

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk awkward silences and why you should EMBRACE them rather than try and put an end to them by saying the first and usually least valuable thing that comes to mind.

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Episode #22: Rand Fishkin on Online Marketing for Large Companies

Rand Fishkin uses the ludicrous title, Wizard of Moz. He's founder and former CEO of one of the world’s fastest growing software companies Moz, an online marketing platform that is worth more than US$120M.

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Episode #21: Fast Fix Friday on the Five Minute Idea

Today's Fast Fix Friday focuses on the questions you can ask to come up with an idea worth exploring within five minutes.

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Episode #20: Evangelos Simoudis on Corporate VC, Incubators and M&A

In this episode we dive into some of Evangelos' thought leadership on topics pertaining to: - corporate VC - corporate accelerators and incubators - acquisition of startups

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Episode #19: Fast Fix Friday on Hacking the Corporate Culture

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk hacking the corporate culture to support innovation, a topic inspired by my recent interview with Silicon Valley godfather Steve Blank.

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Episode #18: Garrett Dunham on Corporate Startup Partnerships and Reverse Pitching

Garrett Dunham is an entrepreneur, speaker and startup advisor. He’s founded 2 accelerators, including Prebacked, a reverse hackathon connecting corporates with startups, and Singulairty University Labs

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Episode #17: Stop Treating Corporate Innovation Like a Project

In episode #17, I confront an issue that seems all too common amongst large organisations trying to deal with this thing called disruption.

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Episode #16: Fast Fix Friday - Pixar's Braintrust

In this episode, I look at Pixar's brain trust - a mechanism the company uses to do away with sugarcoating and the human tendencies to not say what we really think - which ultimately stands in the way of creativity and innovation.

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Episode #15: How to Increase Employee Productivity by 500% and Boost Innovation

In this podcast, co-founder Steve, talks about the importance of the 'flow' state in employees and productivity.

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Episode #14: Braden Kelley on Charting Change for Innovation

Braden Kelley is an experienced innovation and change speaker, trainer, and digital transformation strategist.

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Episode #13: Whitney Johnson on Disrupting Yourself

Whitney Johnson was recognized as one of the world’s most influential management thinkers in 2015, and was a finalist for the Top thinkers on Talent at the biennial Thinkers50 ceremony in London. She is best known for her work on driving corporate innovation through personal disruption.

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Episode #12 - Steve Blank on Corporate Innovation

Steve Blank is considered by many to be the godfather of Silicon Valley and is credited with spearheading the customer development model which birthed the lean startup, popularised by his former pupil Eric Ries' book of the same name

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Episode #11: Ted Rubin on going from ROI to Return on Relationship

In this episode of the Future² podcast, I had the pleasure of chatting with New York native and one of the most influential CMOs in the world, Ted Rubin.

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Episode #10: Lean Analytics for Large Companies with Ben Yoskovitz by Future² - Innovation

In this podcast, we talk to Ben Yoskovitz, the co-author of Lean Analytics, a guide for organisations who want to use data to grow new businesses faster.

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Episode #9: David Burkus on Rethinking Business as Usual

David Burkus is the author of The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas.

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Episode #8: David Binetti on the Innovation Options Framework - Measuring Learning in Dollars

David Binetti talks to us about Innovation Options, a valuation framework that supports measuring learning in dollars and helps organisations innovate faster with less risk.

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Episode #7: Kmart's Innovation Program Manager, Fabio Oliveira, Talks Innovation in Retail

We sat down with Kmart Australia's newly anointed Innovation Program Manager, Fabio Oliveira, to talk about innovation in retail.

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Episode #6: An Hour with Niel Robertson, World Champion Entrepreneur and Investor (not snooker player...)

In this episode of Future², we were lucky enough to be joined by world champion entrepreneur and investor, Niel Robertson

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Episode #5: Reinventing Higher Education with Annie Fergusson (airEDU)

In this podcast, we catch up with Annie Fergusson, change facilitator and founder of airEDU, a platform she is designing and building to resolve challenges in the higher education marketplace.

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Episode #4: Idea Platforms and Contests

In this short Future² podcast, find out some of the best methods for running idea contests in your organisation.

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Episode #3: Interview with NAB Labs' Humphrey Laubscher on Innovation in Banking

Our latest Future² podcast focuses on Innovation banking featuring Humphrey Laubscher, NAB Labs' Fintech Innovation Manager.

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Episode #2 - Futuresquared Corporate Hackathon EP

In this podcast, Sean Qian interviews Collective Campus co-founder Steve Glaveski to dissect what the corporate hackathon is, what the benefits are, how it's broken and how best to approach running one.

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Episode #1: Predictions For Enterprise Innovation 2016 with KPMG Innovate's Brenton Charnley

The rate of disruption to industry incumbents is increasing and 2015 was a testament to that.

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420. How to Do What You Love with Musician and Producer, Chris Temelco

Chris Themelco is a founding member, singer, songwriter, and guitarist for Australian metal band Orpheus Omega, founder and chief engineer at Monolith Studios, and producer for numerous heavy rock acts. Whether you’re a fan of heavy music or not, this conversation is an absolute must-listen for anybody wanting to make it in a competitive or creative pursuit - be it as a musician, entrepreneur, comedian, content creator, artist, athlete, or ‘influencer’.

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Episode #261: Book Summary: Behave - The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky

Here's a summary of neuroendocrinologist Robert Sapolsky’s 2017 book, Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst, which has been the best book I’ve read this year by far. I distilled the 680 page book into 40 Google Doc pages of notes and now aim to further distill some of the key points into this blog post for your consumption.

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Episode #259: Ben Greenfield on Total Body and Mind Optimisation

Ben Greenfield is a biohacker, human body and brain performance coach, ex-bodybuilder, Ironman triathlete, professional Spartan athlete, anti-aging consultant, speaker and author of the New York Times Bestseller “Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health and Life”.

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Episode #253: James Nguyen on the Evolution of You

James Nguyen is the co-founder and managing partner of Anti-Hero Capital, the first investment fund exclusively dedicated to investing in blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies using evolutionary science.

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Episode #243: Sherry Walling on the Art of Zen

Dr. Sherry Walling is the life force behind ZenFounder. She is a licensed clinical psychologist with extensive experience treating stress-related problems in high achieving people.

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Episode #231: My Smartphone Addiction and How I Overcame It

My Smartphone Addiction and How I Overcame It

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Episode #220: Expanding the Limits of Human Endurance with Alex Hutchinson

Alex Hutchinson is National Magazine Award-winning journalist who writes about the science of endurance for Runner’s World and Outside, and frequently contributes to other publications such as the New York Times and the New Yorker.

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Episode #199: The Difference Between Design Thinking, the Lean Startup, and Agile

As more large companies begin to embark upon audacious transformation plans and set up innovation teams, more corporate professionals are being introduced to a world in which terms like design thinking, lean, agile, pivot, experiment, fail, adapt and so on are used almost interchangeably.

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Episode #175: Peak Performance with Brad Stulberg

Brad Stulberg writes about health and the science of human performance.

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Episode #114: Mark Waldman on Neurowisdom in the Workplace

Listen to Mark Waldman, neuroscience researcher and creator of NeuroWisdom 101 talk about maintaining mindfulness throughout your whole day, brain training strategies, the power of daydreaming, and much more.

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437. The Ozempic Episode with Lucas Aoun - Benefits and Risks of the Wonder Weight Loss Drug

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436. From Zero to 200,000 Customers with Hey Bud's Alex Roslaniec

My guest today is Alex Roslaniec, hes a co-founder of fast-growing skincare company, Hey Bud.Hey Bud was founded just 4.5 years ago, and is today available in 130 countries, boasts 200,000 customers, and is stocked in 400 Priceline stores across Australia.

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435. How to Raise Venture Capital in 2024

Julia Krieger is the managing partner of Pari Passu Venture Partners, a network of founders supporting founders. She has been both an operator and a venture investor and so has unique perspectives on all things startups and VCs.

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434. Why Australia Will NEVER Be Silicon Valley

My guest today is Chris Saad, he’s a seasoned product and startup builder, co-host of The Startup Podcast, and former Head of Product at Uber's Developer Platform.

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433. Political Correctness in Comedy with Joe Avati

In this episode, I sit down with international touring comedian Joe Avati, known for his hilarious takes on Italian-Australian life and its cultural quirks.

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432. The One Page Marketing Plan with Allan Dib

Check out my conversation with author Allan Dib on the Future Squared podcast, and level up your marketing!

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431. Get 10X Better at Anything with Scott H Young

I was thrilled to welcome back Scott H. Young, a renowned writer, programmer, and avid learner. Scott is here to discuss his latest book, "Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery."

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430. So You Wanna Be an Influencer with Taryn Williams

Today's guest is the remarkable Taryn Williams, a veteran entrepreneur who founded Wink Models, The Right Fit (exited), The Influencer Agency (exited), and the innovative gifting service, #Gifted.

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429. Cage Kings: The Business of the UFC with Michael Thomsen

Michael Thomsen is a freelancer writer, author, and UFC tragic from New York. He is the author of Cage Kings: How an Unlikely Group of Moguls, Champions & Hustlers Transformed the UFC into a $10 Billion Industry, which unpacks the rapid rise of the UFC an mixed martial arts, the UFC’s business model and economics, the one man tour de force that is longtime UFC president Dana White, the role of the UFC’s owners over time - SEG, Zuffa and Ari Emanuel, and the organization’s anti-competitive behaviors and adversarial relationship with its fighters, which aren’t employees, but independent contractors - most of whom would earn more working a run of the mill admin job in the public sector.

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427. Building a Billion Dollar Venture Capital Fund with Blackbird's Niki Scevak

Niki Scevak is co-founder of Startmate, and founder and partner at Blackbird VC, Australia’s largest venture capital fund, with its 5th fund having raised AUD$1B (US$640M). Blackbird was an early investor in Canva, SafetyCulture, CultureAmp, BugCrowd, RedBubble, and many more, and has to date generated a net internal rate of return of 56%.

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428. Oliver Burkeman on Time Management for Mortals

Oliver Burkeman is a British author and journalist who has written for The Guardian and other publications. He was born in 1975 and has authored several books on topics such as time management, productivity, happiness, and self-help culture.

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426. The Mick Wall Story - Sex, Drugs & Rock and Roll

Mick Wall has spent over four decades interviewing rockstars and chronicling their amazing stories, and today, we're turning the tables on Mick Wall and unpacking his story in this marathon 3-hour and 40-minute, Joe Rogan-esque interview.

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425. The Electric Motorcycle Revolution with Dennis Savic

Dennis Savic is a pioneering entrepreneur and innovative thinker in the fields of electric vehicles and sustainable transportation.

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424. The Trillion Dollar SPace Economy with Torsten Hoffman

Torsten Hoffmann is a media entrepreneur, filmmaker, and technology investor. He has produced and directed several documentaries, including "Bitcoin: The End of Money As We Know It" and the award-winning "Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet" Torsten joins me today to talk about his forthcoming feature documentary, FORTITUDE: Forging the Trillion Dollar Space Economy, which uncovers how a few influential individuals with utopian ideas and vast fortunes are forging a trillion-dollar off-world industry, while inspiring millions of us back on Earth.

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423. Kevin Kelly: From Wired tgo Wisdom-Excellent Advice for Living

Kevin Kelly is a renowned technology writer, futurist, and entrepreneur who co-founded Wired magazine in 1993. He has authored several books on the impact of technology on society, including "The Inevitable" and "What Technology Wants." He is also a sought-after speaker and advisor on emerging technologies and their social and economic implications. His new book, Excellent Advice for Living: WIsdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier, distils Kelly’s timeless advice on everything from right living to setting ambitious goals, optimizing generosity, and cultivating compassion.

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422. Generative AI Risks and Opportunities with Mike Todasco

My guest today is Mike Todasco, former director of innovation at PayPal, and current self-imposed AI-researcher, and co-author of numerous AI-generated books under the pseudonym Alex Irons.

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421. Conquering the Startup Abyss, Navigating Economic Uncertainty, and the Global Banking Crisis with Daniel Cannizzaro

My guest today is Daniel Cannizzaro, founder of fintech company Parpera. I invited Dan back on to discuss the difficult landscape that startups find themselves in, and how Parpera has been navigating both macroeconomic challenges, and some very unique technical setbacks.

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419. Extend your Attention Span with Gloria Mark

Gloria Mark is a Chancellor’s Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. She’s been a visiting senior researcher at Microsoft Research since 2012 and is a recipient of the Google Research Award and the NSF Career award. She’s the author of the new book, Attention Span: Finding Focus for a Fulfilling Life, which unpacks how our brains operate in the digital world, why we can’t focus, and how we can take back control to find more success in our careers but also more health and wellness in our lives.

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418. Is Crypto a Scam? Debate with Theo Cox from Life Itself

Theo Cox is Head of Life Itself Labs, a multidisciplinary research institute and consultancy that works across economics, governance, strategy and technology, and innovates systemic solutions to complex global challenges.

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417. Our Critical Thinking Crisis And Affirmative Action In The Workplace with Josh Szeps

Josh Szeps is an Australian media personality, political satirist, and television presenter. He hosts Afternoon with Josh Szeps on ABC Radio, he hosts the incredibly popular podcast, Uncomfortable Conversations, and he has appeared on numerous high profile outlets over the years, including over a dozen appearances on the Joe Rogan Experience.

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416. Bringing Free Speech and User Rewards to Social Media with Bill Ottman of Minds

My guest today is Bill Ottman, he’s the co-creator and CEO of Minds - an alternative social media platform based on the blockchain that actively rewards users for their contributions, supports freedom of expression, and unlike many competing platforms, is not incentivized to polarize people for the sake of driving higher engagement.

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415. The Sandbox's Sebastian Borget on How Brands Can Leverage the Metaverse

My guest today is Sebastien Borget, co-founder and COO of The Sandbox, one of the world’s biggest and most popular metaverse platforms, with over 2 million wallets connected, and a token with a fully diluted market cap of over US$10 billion. The Sandbox is home to brands and icons such as Snoop Dogg, Adidas, Atari, Steve Aoki, The Walking Dead, and more.

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412. Talking DAOs with Global Coin Research Deal Lead, Jin Kang

Jin Kang is deal lead at Global Coin Research, an investment DAO that has poured over US$30M into over 40 deals since just last year, generating an astounding 30X+ return in the process.

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413. Crypto Index Funds with Index Coop's Crews Enochs

Crews Enochs is a core contributor to the product growth community & institutional working groups at Index Coop, a new-age web3 crypto index fund DAO aiming to become the Blackrock of crypto.

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414. Building the Metaverse with RFOX's Ben Fairbank

Ben Fairbank is the CEO and Founder of RFOX, a web3 platform on a mission to empower everyone to play, create and earn in an immersive metaverse without borders.

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411. Non-Fungible Tokens(NFTs) and Collectable Digital Art with Saatchi Art's Monty Preston

Monty Preston is the Manager of Art Advisory & Curation at Saatchi Art. Prior to joining Saatchi Art in 2018, she worked at female-led, industry-disrupting startups including Beauty Pie in London, where she managed content and creative, and The RealReal in San Francisco, where she specialized in luxury estate management with a focus on designer apparel and fine art.

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410: The Sh*t They Never Taught You with Adam Jones and Adam Ashton

In this episode, I interview the co-hosts of the popular podcast What You Will Learn, and now co-authors of The Sh*t They Never Taught You, Adam Jones and Adam Ashton, for a conversation on all things books and life.

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408: Andrew Bogut on Making it in Basketball, Social Justice Politics and the NBA, and Australia's Lockdowns

Andrew Bogut is one of Australia’s most decorated basketball exports. He was the first overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft, won an NBA championship in 2015 with the Golden State Warriors, and spent 15 years honing his craft in the States, making about US$120M in career earnings.

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Should You Stand Up or Sit Down at Work?

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5 Ways Sunlight and Vitamin D Improve Your Focus and Mood

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Are Early Birds REALLY More Productive Than Night Owls?

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Get More Done in Less Time with Parkinson's Law

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How to Beat Anxiety with the Physiological Sigh and Get Focused

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How To Beat Analysis Paralysis and Jumping to Conclusions

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4 Ways to Eat Carbs Without Crashing Afterwards

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5 Ways to Beat Zoom Fatigue

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Matt Mullenweg’s 5 Levels of Remote Work - you're probably at level 2.

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Was Rhonda Patrick Right about Fasting and Focus?

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Episode#407 Pizza's Paul Fenech on Making it Film & Television

Paul Fenech is an Australian filmmaker, film and television actor, director, producer, and writer. He is best known for writing, directing, producing, and starring in the television series Pizza, Swift and Shift Couriers, Housos and Bogan Hunters, and the motion picture Fat Pizza.

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Outsourcing 101: How to Cut Your Work Hours in Half

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S3E9: Automate Today to Crush Tomorrow

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PSA: Australia's Lockdown Laws

Sometimes you just have to stand up for your values.

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S3E8: How to Time Block for Maximum Productivity

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S3E7: Prioritization and the 80/20 Principle

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S3E6: Beware of Shallow Work Traps: Email, Slack, Social Media, and Meetings

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S3E5: Use Momentum to Beat Procrastination and Laziness

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S3E4: The Point of Diminishing Returns

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S3E3: The Value and Art of Saying "No"

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S3E1: Triggering the Flow State

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S3E2:Task Switching

What’s the number one thing holding your productivity back? ……You. It turns out that people switch screens once every 40 seconds in a typical workday. But when we switch screens, we suffer a cognitive switching penalty.

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Episode #406: Why the Right to Disconnect is a Bad Idea

The central idea behind the right to disconnect is that employees don’t have to take calls or read emails after work hours.

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S2E8: 12 Health Supplements to Boost Your Performance at Work

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Episode #405: Navigating Emotions and Healing the Heart with Amy Chan

Amy Chan is the Founder of Renew Breakup Bootcamp, a retreat that takes a scientific and spiritual approach to heal the heart.

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S2E7: How Fasting Helps You Become Super Focused

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S2E6: How Sunlight and Vitamin D Improves Your Focus, Mood, and Creativity

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S2E5: Overcoming Workplace Stress and Negative Emotions

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S2E4: How Being Social Helps You Focus At Work

In this episode, I explore the role that community was one of the four factors he identified (the others were attitude, nutrition, and movement), and it turns out that there is more to this than just anecdotal observations and theory, but it is grounded in science.

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S2E3: How Movement Plays in the Mind

In this episode, I explore the role that working from home is great unless you find yourself sedentary all day.

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S2E2: What to Eat to Stay Focused For Longer

In this episode, I explore the role that nutrition plays in sustaining our focus for longer while we work.

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S2E1: Body & Mind: How Sleep Optimizes Your Focus, Creativity, Memory, and Mood

In this episode, I explore the role that sleep plays in regulating our focus and attention, decision-making, emotions, problem solving, and creativity.

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S1E5: Values Alignment and Performance at Work

In this video, I explore the role that Values Alignment plays when it comes to performance at work and job satisfaction, and what you can do to define your values and use them in your decision making.

LISTEN

S1E4: Play To Your Strengths

In this video, I explore the role that STRENGTHS-ALIGNMENT plays in getting the best out of yourself every single day.

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S1E3: Are You Following the RIGHT Kind of Passion?

In this video, I explore the role that PASSION plays when it comes to our performance at work, and how there are TWO types of passion - one that leads to positive outcomes and emotional wellbeing, and one that leads to the VERY OPPOSITE.

LISTEN

S1E2: The Real Impact of Incentives at Work

In this video, I explore one of the four foundations of high performance, productivity, and effectiveness at work - extrinsic and intrinsic incentives.

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S1E1: The Science on Purpose and Performance at Work

In this video, I explore the role that PURPOSE plays when it comes to our performance at work.

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Introduction to Work/Flow Podcast

Welcome to the WorkFlow podcast.

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Episode #404: Cutting Corporate Red Tape and Bulls#!t with Martin Lindstrom

Martin Lindstrom is the founder and chairman of Lindstrom Company, a global branding & culture transformation firm, operating across five continents and more than 30 countries.

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Episode #403: Brad Feld on Depression and Work

Brad Feld is an American entrepreneur, author, blogger, and venture capitalist at Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado.

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Episode #402: Reinvent the Way You Work with Jonas Altman

In this episode of Future Squared, workologist and author of Shapers, Jonas Altman, joins Steve Glaveski to talk the future of work.

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Episode #400: From Fijian Refugee to Billion Dollar Supplement Empire with Izhar Basha

From humble beginnings with a small supplement retail store in Randwick, Izhar Basha has gone on to create and head internationally recognised and celebrated Australian supplements brand, EHPlabs.

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Episode #398: Reviving a 200-Year-Old Whisky Distillery with David Prior

David Prior is a lifelong entrepreneur. He founded Baroda Packaging, which was acquired in 2007, before turning his eye to yoghurt, with Five:AM Organics, which after just three years in the market was acquired for $80 million.

LISTEN

Episode #397: Gad Saad on Social Justice Politics at Work Future Squared with Steve Glaveski:

Gad Saad is a Lebanese-Canadian evolutionary psychologist at the John Molson School of Business who applies evolutionary psychology to marketing and consumer behaviour.

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Episode #396: SOWH1 - Why Disney and Generalists Thrive in a Pandemic World

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Episode #395: Becoming Financially Well with WeMoney's Dan Jovevski

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Episode #394: Get Twice as Much Done in Half the Time with Steve Glaveski

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Episode #393: My new book, Time Rich, is out today + 10 Productivity Tips

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Episode #392: Spotify's Censorship Moment: Joe Rogan, Podcasts and Politics

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Episode #391: Get Rich and Die Trying with John Roa

Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Author

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Episode #390: Daniel Cannizzaro talks Australian Fintech, Parpera

In this episode of Future Squared, founder of Aussie fintech Parpera, shares his journey from Melbourne's northwestern suburbs to EY and London Business School, before founding up and coming fintech, Parpera.

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Episode #389: The Low Touch Economy with Nick De Mey

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Episode #388: From Journalist to Poker Champion with Maria Konnikova

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Episode #387: Fighting Fear with Big Wave Surfer, Mark Mathews

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Episode #386: An interview with my mother, Miljana Glaveska

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Episode #385: Detoxification with Stefan Filippo

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Episode #384: Tony Nash on Building a 9-Figure Online Business - Part One

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Episode #383: Negotiate Anything with Alexandra Carter

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Episode #382: The Psychology of Friendship with Lydia Denworth

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Episode #381: Alex Osterwalder on Building an Invincible Company

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Episode #380: Rising From the Startup Ashes with Michael Fox

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Episode #379: Caring for Seniors During the Pandemic

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Episode #377: Boosting Your Immunity with Lucas Aoun

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Episode #378: Steve Blank talks Virus Survival Strategies for Business

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Episode #376: How to Avoid Going Crazy During COVID-19 Lockdown

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Episode #375: 23 Steps to Surviving COVID19 for Startups and Small Business

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Episode #374: COVID-19 and How to Crush Working From Home

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Episode #373: Turning Customers into Fans with David Meerman Scott

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437. The Ozempic Episode with Lucas Aoun - Benefits and Risks of the Wonder Weight Loss Drug

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436. From Zero to 200,000 Customers with Hey Bud's Alex Roslaniec

My guest today is Alex Roslaniec, hes a co-founder of fast-growing skincare company, Hey Bud.Hey Bud was founded just 4.5 years ago, and is today available in 130 countries, boasts 200,000 customers, and is stocked in 400 Priceline stores across Australia.

LISTEN

435. How to Raise Venture Capital in 2024

Julia Krieger is the managing partner of Pari Passu Venture Partners, a network of founders supporting founders. She has been both an operator and a venture investor and so has unique perspectives on all things startups and VCs.

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434. Why Australia Will NEVER Be Silicon Valley

My guest today is Chris Saad, he’s a seasoned product and startup builder, co-host of The Startup Podcast, and former Head of Product at Uber's Developer Platform.

LISTEN

433. Political Correctness in Comedy with Joe Avati

In this episode, I sit down with international touring comedian Joe Avati, known for his hilarious takes on Italian-Australian life and its cultural quirks.

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432. The One Page Marketing Plan with Allan Dib

Check out my conversation with author Allan Dib on the Future Squared podcast, and level up your marketing!

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431. Get 10X Better at Anything with Scott H Young

I was thrilled to welcome back Scott H. Young, a renowned writer, programmer, and avid learner. Scott is here to discuss his latest book, "Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery."

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430. So You Wanna Be an Influencer with Taryn Williams

Today's guest is the remarkable Taryn Williams, a veteran entrepreneur who founded Wink Models, The Right Fit (exited), The Influencer Agency (exited), and the innovative gifting service, #Gifted.

LISTEN

429. Cage Kings: The Business of the UFC with Michael Thomsen

Michael Thomsen is a freelancer writer, author, and UFC tragic from New York. He is the author of Cage Kings: How an Unlikely Group of Moguls, Champions & Hustlers Transformed the UFC into a $10 Billion Industry, which unpacks the rapid rise of the UFC an mixed martial arts, the UFC’s business model and economics, the one man tour de force that is longtime UFC president Dana White, the role of the UFC’s owners over time - SEG, Zuffa and Ari Emanuel, and the organization’s anti-competitive behaviors and adversarial relationship with its fighters, which aren’t employees, but independent contractors - most of whom would earn more working a run of the mill admin job in the public sector.

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427. Building a Billion Dollar Venture Capital Fund with Blackbird's Niki Scevak

Niki Scevak is co-founder of Startmate, and founder and partner at Blackbird VC, Australia’s largest venture capital fund, with its 5th fund having raised AUD$1B (US$640M). Blackbird was an early investor in Canva, SafetyCulture, CultureAmp, BugCrowd, RedBubble, and many more, and has to date generated a net internal rate of return of 56%.

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428. Oliver Burkeman on Time Management for Mortals

Oliver Burkeman is a British author and journalist who has written for The Guardian and other publications. He was born in 1975 and has authored several books on topics such as time management, productivity, happiness, and self-help culture.

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426. The Mick Wall Story - Sex, Drugs & Rock and Roll

Mick Wall has spent over four decades interviewing rockstars and chronicling their amazing stories, and today, we're turning the tables on Mick Wall and unpacking his story in this marathon 3-hour and 40-minute, Joe Rogan-esque interview.

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425. The Electric Motorcycle Revolution with Dennis Savic

Dennis Savic is a pioneering entrepreneur and innovative thinker in the fields of electric vehicles and sustainable transportation.

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424. The Trillion Dollar SPace Economy with Torsten Hoffman

Torsten Hoffmann is a media entrepreneur, filmmaker, and technology investor. He has produced and directed several documentaries, including "Bitcoin: The End of Money As We Know It" and the award-winning "Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet" Torsten joins me today to talk about his forthcoming feature documentary, FORTITUDE: Forging the Trillion Dollar Space Economy, which uncovers how a few influential individuals with utopian ideas and vast fortunes are forging a trillion-dollar off-world industry, while inspiring millions of us back on Earth.

LISTEN

423. Kevin Kelly: From Wired tgo Wisdom-Excellent Advice for Living

Kevin Kelly is a renowned technology writer, futurist, and entrepreneur who co-founded Wired magazine in 1993. He has authored several books on the impact of technology on society, including "The Inevitable" and "What Technology Wants." He is also a sought-after speaker and advisor on emerging technologies and their social and economic implications. His new book, Excellent Advice for Living: WIsdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier, distils Kelly’s timeless advice on everything from right living to setting ambitious goals, optimizing generosity, and cultivating compassion.

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422. Generative AI Risks and Opportunities with Mike Todasco

My guest today is Mike Todasco, former director of innovation at PayPal, and current self-imposed AI-researcher, and co-author of numerous AI-generated books under the pseudonym Alex Irons.

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421. Conquering the Startup Abyss, Navigating Economic Uncertainty, and the Global Banking Crisis with Daniel Cannizzaro

My guest today is Daniel Cannizzaro, founder of fintech company Parpera. I invited Dan back on to discuss the difficult landscape that startups find themselves in, and how Parpera has been navigating both macroeconomic challenges, and some very unique technical setbacks.

LISTEN

419. Extend your Attention Span with Gloria Mark

Gloria Mark is a Chancellor’s Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. She’s been a visiting senior researcher at Microsoft Research since 2012 and is a recipient of the Google Research Award and the NSF Career award. She’s the author of the new book, Attention Span: Finding Focus for a Fulfilling Life, which unpacks how our brains operate in the digital world, why we can’t focus, and how we can take back control to find more success in our careers but also more health and wellness in our lives.

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418. Is Crypto a Scam? Debate with Theo Cox from Life Itself

Theo Cox is Head of Life Itself Labs, a multidisciplinary research institute and consultancy that works across economics, governance, strategy and technology, and innovates systemic solutions to complex global challenges.

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417. Our Critical Thinking Crisis And Affirmative Action In The Workplace with Josh Szeps

Josh Szeps is an Australian media personality, political satirist, and television presenter. He hosts Afternoon with Josh Szeps on ABC Radio, he hosts the incredibly popular podcast, Uncomfortable Conversations, and he has appeared on numerous high profile outlets over the years, including over a dozen appearances on the Joe Rogan Experience.

LISTEN

416. Bringing Free Speech and User Rewards to Social Media with Bill Ottman of Minds

My guest today is Bill Ottman, he’s the co-creator and CEO of Minds - an alternative social media platform based on the blockchain that actively rewards users for their contributions, supports freedom of expression, and unlike many competing platforms, is not incentivized to polarize people for the sake of driving higher engagement.

LISTEN

415. The Sandbox's Sebastian Borget on How Brands Can Leverage the Metaverse

My guest today is Sebastien Borget, co-founder and COO of The Sandbox, one of the world’s biggest and most popular metaverse platforms, with over 2 million wallets connected, and a token with a fully diluted market cap of over US$10 billion. The Sandbox is home to brands and icons such as Snoop Dogg, Adidas, Atari, Steve Aoki, The Walking Dead, and more.

LISTEN

412. Talking DAOs with Global Coin Research Deal Lead, Jin Kang

Jin Kang is deal lead at Global Coin Research, an investment DAO that has poured over US$30M into over 40 deals since just last year, generating an astounding 30X+ return in the process.

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413. Crypto Index Funds with Index Coop's Crews Enochs

Crews Enochs is a core contributor to the product growth community & institutional working groups at Index Coop, a new-age web3 crypto index fund DAO aiming to become the Blackrock of crypto.

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414. Building the Metaverse with RFOX's Ben Fairbank

Ben Fairbank is the CEO and Founder of RFOX, a web3 platform on a mission to empower everyone to play, create and earn in an immersive metaverse without borders.

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411. Non-Fungible Tokens(NFTs) and Collectable Digital Art with Saatchi Art's Monty Preston

Monty Preston is the Manager of Art Advisory & Curation at Saatchi Art. Prior to joining Saatchi Art in 2018, she worked at female-led, industry-disrupting startups including Beauty Pie in London, where she managed content and creative, and The RealReal in San Francisco, where she specialized in luxury estate management with a focus on designer apparel and fine art.

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410: The Sh*t They Never Taught You with Adam Jones and Adam Ashton

In this episode, I interview the co-hosts of the popular podcast What You Will Learn, and now co-authors of The Sh*t They Never Taught You, Adam Jones and Adam Ashton, for a conversation on all things books and life.

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408: Andrew Bogut on Making it in Basketball, Social Justice Politics and the NBA, and Australia's Lockdowns

Andrew Bogut is one of Australia’s most decorated basketball exports. He was the first overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft, won an NBA championship in 2015 with the Golden State Warriors, and spent 15 years honing his craft in the States, making about US$120M in career earnings.

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Should You Stand Up or Sit Down at Work?

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5 Ways Sunlight and Vitamin D Improve Your Focus and Mood

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Are Early Birds REALLY More Productive Than Night Owls?

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Get More Done in Less Time with Parkinson's Law

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How to Beat Anxiety with the Physiological Sigh and Get Focused

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How To Beat Analysis Paralysis and Jumping to Conclusions

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4 Ways to Eat Carbs Without Crashing Afterwards

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5 Ways to Beat Zoom Fatigue

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Matt Mullenweg’s 5 Levels of Remote Work - you're probably at level 2.

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Was Rhonda Patrick Right about Fasting and Focus?

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Episode#407 Pizza's Paul Fenech on Making it Film & Television

Paul Fenech is an Australian filmmaker, film and television actor, director, producer, and writer. He is best known for writing, directing, producing, and starring in the television series Pizza, Swift and Shift Couriers, Housos and Bogan Hunters, and the motion picture Fat Pizza.

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Outsourcing 101: How to Cut Your Work Hours in Half

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S3E9: Automate Today to Crush Tomorrow

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PSA: Australia's Lockdown Laws

Sometimes you just have to stand up for your values.

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S3E8: How to Time Block for Maximum Productivity

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S3E7: Prioritization and the 80/20 Principle

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S3E6: Beware of Shallow Work Traps: Email, Slack, Social Media, and Meetings

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S3E5: Use Momentum to Beat Procrastination and Laziness

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S3E4: The Point of Diminishing Returns

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S3E3: The Value and Art of Saying "No"

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S3E1: Triggering the Flow State

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S3E2:Task Switching

What’s the number one thing holding your productivity back? ……You. It turns out that people switch screens once every 40 seconds in a typical workday. But when we switch screens, we suffer a cognitive switching penalty.

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Episode #406: Why the Right to Disconnect is a Bad Idea

The central idea behind the right to disconnect is that employees don’t have to take calls or read emails after work hours.

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S2E8: 12 Health Supplements to Boost Your Performance at Work

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Episode #405: Navigating Emotions and Healing the Heart with Amy Chan

Amy Chan is the Founder of Renew Breakup Bootcamp, a retreat that takes a scientific and spiritual approach to heal the heart.

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S2E7: How Fasting Helps You Become Super Focused

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S2E6: How Sunlight and Vitamin D Improves Your Focus, Mood, and Creativity

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S2E5: Overcoming Workplace Stress and Negative Emotions

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S2E4: How Being Social Helps You Focus At Work

In this episode, I explore the role that community was one of the four factors he identified (the others were attitude, nutrition, and movement), and it turns out that there is more to this than just anecdotal observations and theory, but it is grounded in science.

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S2E3: How Movement Plays in the Mind

In this episode, I explore the role that working from home is great unless you find yourself sedentary all day.

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S2E2: What to Eat to Stay Focused For Longer

In this episode, I explore the role that nutrition plays in sustaining our focus for longer while we work.

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S2E1: Body & Mind: How Sleep Optimizes Your Focus, Creativity, Memory, and Mood

In this episode, I explore the role that sleep plays in regulating our focus and attention, decision-making, emotions, problem solving, and creativity.

LISTEN

S1E5: Values Alignment and Performance at Work

In this video, I explore the role that Values Alignment plays when it comes to performance at work and job satisfaction, and what you can do to define your values and use them in your decision making.

LISTEN

S1E4: Play To Your Strengths

In this video, I explore the role that STRENGTHS-ALIGNMENT plays in getting the best out of yourself every single day.

LISTEN

S1E3: Are You Following the RIGHT Kind of Passion?

In this video, I explore the role that PASSION plays when it comes to our performance at work, and how there are TWO types of passion - one that leads to positive outcomes and emotional wellbeing, and one that leads to the VERY OPPOSITE.

LISTEN

S1E2: The Real Impact of Incentives at Work

In this video, I explore one of the four foundations of high performance, productivity, and effectiveness at work - extrinsic and intrinsic incentives.

LISTEN

S1E1: The Science on Purpose and Performance at Work

In this video, I explore the role that PURPOSE plays when it comes to our performance at work.

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Introduction to Work/Flow Podcast

Welcome to the WorkFlow podcast.

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Episode #404: Cutting Corporate Red Tape and Bulls#!t with Martin Lindstrom

Martin Lindstrom is the founder and chairman of Lindstrom Company, a global branding & culture transformation firm, operating across five continents and more than 30 countries.

LISTEN

Episode #403: Brad Feld on Depression and Work

Brad Feld is an American entrepreneur, author, blogger, and venture capitalist at Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado.

LISTEN

Episode #402: Reinvent the Way You Work with Jonas Altman

In this episode of Future Squared, workologist and author of Shapers, Jonas Altman, joins Steve Glaveski to talk the future of work.

LISTEN

Episode #400: From Fijian Refugee to Billion Dollar Supplement Empire with Izhar Basha

From humble beginnings with a small supplement retail store in Randwick, Izhar Basha has gone on to create and head internationally recognised and celebrated Australian supplements brand, EHPlabs.

LISTEN

Episode #398: Reviving a 200-Year-Old Whisky Distillery with David Prior

David Prior is a lifelong entrepreneur. He founded Baroda Packaging, which was acquired in 2007, before turning his eye to yoghurt, with Five:AM Organics, which after just three years in the market was acquired for $80 million.

LISTEN

Episode #397: Gad Saad on Social Justice Politics at Work Future Squared with Steve Glaveski:

Gad Saad is a Lebanese-Canadian evolutionary psychologist at the John Molson School of Business who applies evolutionary psychology to marketing and consumer behaviour.

LISTEN

Episode #396: SOWH1 - Why Disney and Generalists Thrive in a Pandemic World

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Episode #395: Becoming Financially Well with WeMoney's Dan Jovevski

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Episode #394: Get Twice as Much Done in Half the Time with Steve Glaveski

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Episode #393: My new book, Time Rich, is out today + 10 Productivity Tips

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Episode #392: Spotify's Censorship Moment: Joe Rogan, Podcasts and Politics

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Episode #391: Get Rich and Die Trying with John Roa

Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Author

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Episode #390: Daniel Cannizzaro talks Australian Fintech, Parpera

In this episode of Future Squared, founder of Aussie fintech Parpera, shares his journey from Melbourne's northwestern suburbs to EY and London Business School, before founding up and coming fintech, Parpera.

LISTEN

Episode #389: The Low Touch Economy with Nick De Mey

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Episode #388: From Journalist to Poker Champion with Maria Konnikova

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Episode #387: Fighting Fear with Big Wave Surfer, Mark Mathews

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Episode #386: An interview with my mother, Miljana Glaveska

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Episode #385: Detoxification with Stefan Filippo

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Episode #384: Tony Nash on Building a 9-Figure Online Business - Part One

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Episode #383: Negotiate Anything with Alexandra Carter

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Episode #382: The Psychology of Friendship with Lydia Denworth

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Episode #381: Alex Osterwalder on Building an Invincible Company

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Episode #380: Rising From the Startup Ashes with Michael Fox

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Episode #379: Caring for Seniors During the Pandemic

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Episode #377: Boosting Your Immunity with Lucas Aoun

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Episode #378: Steve Blank talks Virus Survival Strategies for Business

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Episode #376: How to Avoid Going Crazy During COVID-19 Lockdown

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Episode #375: 23 Steps to Surviving COVID19 for Startups and Small Business

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Episode #374: COVID-19 and How to Crush Working From Home

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Episode #373: Turning Customers into Fans with David Meerman Scott

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437. The Ozempic Episode with Lucas Aoun - Benefits and Risks of the Wonder Weight Loss Drug

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436. From Zero to 200,000 Customers with Hey Bud's Alex Roslaniec

My guest today is Alex Roslaniec, hes a co-founder of fast-growing skincare company, Hey Bud.Hey Bud was founded just 4.5 years ago, and is today available in 130 countries, boasts 200,000 customers, and is stocked in 400 Priceline stores across Australia.

LISTEN

435. How to Raise Venture Capital in 2024

Julia Krieger is the managing partner of Pari Passu Venture Partners, a network of founders supporting founders. She has been both an operator and a venture investor and so has unique perspectives on all things startups and VCs.

LISTEN

434. Why Australia Will NEVER Be Silicon Valley

My guest today is Chris Saad, he’s a seasoned product and startup builder, co-host of The Startup Podcast, and former Head of Product at Uber's Developer Platform.

LISTEN

433. Political Correctness in Comedy with Joe Avati

In this episode, I sit down with international touring comedian Joe Avati, known for his hilarious takes on Italian-Australian life and its cultural quirks.

LISTEN

432. The One Page Marketing Plan with Allan Dib

Check out my conversation with author Allan Dib on the Future Squared podcast, and level up your marketing!

LISTEN

431. Get 10X Better at Anything with Scott H Young

I was thrilled to welcome back Scott H. Young, a renowned writer, programmer, and avid learner. Scott is here to discuss his latest book, "Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery."

LISTEN

430. So You Wanna Be an Influencer with Taryn Williams

Today's guest is the remarkable Taryn Williams, a veteran entrepreneur who founded Wink Models, The Right Fit (exited), The Influencer Agency (exited), and the innovative gifting service, #Gifted.

LISTEN

429. Cage Kings: The Business of the UFC with Michael Thomsen

Michael Thomsen is a freelancer writer, author, and UFC tragic from New York. He is the author of Cage Kings: How an Unlikely Group of Moguls, Champions & Hustlers Transformed the UFC into a $10 Billion Industry, which unpacks the rapid rise of the UFC an mixed martial arts, the UFC’s business model and economics, the one man tour de force that is longtime UFC president Dana White, the role of the UFC’s owners over time - SEG, Zuffa and Ari Emanuel, and the organization’s anti-competitive behaviors and adversarial relationship with its fighters, which aren’t employees, but independent contractors - most of whom would earn more working a run of the mill admin job in the public sector.

LISTEN

427. Building a Billion Dollar Venture Capital Fund with Blackbird's Niki Scevak

Niki Scevak is co-founder of Startmate, and founder and partner at Blackbird VC, Australia’s largest venture capital fund, with its 5th fund having raised AUD$1B (US$640M). Blackbird was an early investor in Canva, SafetyCulture, CultureAmp, BugCrowd, RedBubble, and many more, and has to date generated a net internal rate of return of 56%.

LISTEN

428. Oliver Burkeman on Time Management for Mortals

Oliver Burkeman is a British author and journalist who has written for The Guardian and other publications. He was born in 1975 and has authored several books on topics such as time management, productivity, happiness, and self-help culture.

LISTEN

426. The Mick Wall Story - Sex, Drugs & Rock and Roll

Mick Wall has spent over four decades interviewing rockstars and chronicling their amazing stories, and today, we're turning the tables on Mick Wall and unpacking his story in this marathon 3-hour and 40-minute, Joe Rogan-esque interview.

LISTEN

425. The Electric Motorcycle Revolution with Dennis Savic

Dennis Savic is a pioneering entrepreneur and innovative thinker in the fields of electric vehicles and sustainable transportation.

LISTEN

424. The Trillion Dollar SPace Economy with Torsten Hoffman

Torsten Hoffmann is a media entrepreneur, filmmaker, and technology investor. He has produced and directed several documentaries, including "Bitcoin: The End of Money As We Know It" and the award-winning "Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet" Torsten joins me today to talk about his forthcoming feature documentary, FORTITUDE: Forging the Trillion Dollar Space Economy, which uncovers how a few influential individuals with utopian ideas and vast fortunes are forging a trillion-dollar off-world industry, while inspiring millions of us back on Earth.

LISTEN

423. Kevin Kelly: From Wired tgo Wisdom-Excellent Advice for Living

Kevin Kelly is a renowned technology writer, futurist, and entrepreneur who co-founded Wired magazine in 1993. He has authored several books on the impact of technology on society, including "The Inevitable" and "What Technology Wants." He is also a sought-after speaker and advisor on emerging technologies and their social and economic implications. His new book, Excellent Advice for Living: WIsdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier, distils Kelly’s timeless advice on everything from right living to setting ambitious goals, optimizing generosity, and cultivating compassion.

LISTEN

422. Generative AI Risks and Opportunities with Mike Todasco

My guest today is Mike Todasco, former director of innovation at PayPal, and current self-imposed AI-researcher, and co-author of numerous AI-generated books under the pseudonym Alex Irons.

LISTEN

421. Conquering the Startup Abyss, Navigating Economic Uncertainty, and the Global Banking Crisis with Daniel Cannizzaro

My guest today is Daniel Cannizzaro, founder of fintech company Parpera. I invited Dan back on to discuss the difficult landscape that startups find themselves in, and how Parpera has been navigating both macroeconomic challenges, and some very unique technical setbacks.

LISTEN

419. Extend your Attention Span with Gloria Mark

Gloria Mark is a Chancellor’s Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. She’s been a visiting senior researcher at Microsoft Research since 2012 and is a recipient of the Google Research Award and the NSF Career award. She’s the author of the new book, Attention Span: Finding Focus for a Fulfilling Life, which unpacks how our brains operate in the digital world, why we can’t focus, and how we can take back control to find more success in our careers but also more health and wellness in our lives.

LISTEN

418. Is Crypto a Scam? Debate with Theo Cox from Life Itself

Theo Cox is Head of Life Itself Labs, a multidisciplinary research institute and consultancy that works across economics, governance, strategy and technology, and innovates systemic solutions to complex global challenges.

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417. Our Critical Thinking Crisis And Affirmative Action In The Workplace with Josh Szeps

Josh Szeps is an Australian media personality, political satirist, and television presenter. He hosts Afternoon with Josh Szeps on ABC Radio, he hosts the incredibly popular podcast, Uncomfortable Conversations, and he has appeared on numerous high profile outlets over the years, including over a dozen appearances on the Joe Rogan Experience.

LISTEN

416. Bringing Free Speech and User Rewards to Social Media with Bill Ottman of Minds

My guest today is Bill Ottman, he’s the co-creator and CEO of Minds - an alternative social media platform based on the blockchain that actively rewards users for their contributions, supports freedom of expression, and unlike many competing platforms, is not incentivized to polarize people for the sake of driving higher engagement.

LISTEN

415. The Sandbox's Sebastian Borget on How Brands Can Leverage the Metaverse

My guest today is Sebastien Borget, co-founder and COO of The Sandbox, one of the world’s biggest and most popular metaverse platforms, with over 2 million wallets connected, and a token with a fully diluted market cap of over US$10 billion. The Sandbox is home to brands and icons such as Snoop Dogg, Adidas, Atari, Steve Aoki, The Walking Dead, and more.

LISTEN

412. Talking DAOs with Global Coin Research Deal Lead, Jin Kang

Jin Kang is deal lead at Global Coin Research, an investment DAO that has poured over US$30M into over 40 deals since just last year, generating an astounding 30X+ return in the process.

LISTEN

413. Crypto Index Funds with Index Coop's Crews Enochs

Crews Enochs is a core contributor to the product growth community & institutional working groups at Index Coop, a new-age web3 crypto index fund DAO aiming to become the Blackrock of crypto.

LISTEN

414. Building the Metaverse with RFOX's Ben Fairbank

Ben Fairbank is the CEO and Founder of RFOX, a web3 platform on a mission to empower everyone to play, create and earn in an immersive metaverse without borders.

LISTEN

411. Non-Fungible Tokens(NFTs) and Collectable Digital Art with Saatchi Art's Monty Preston

Monty Preston is the Manager of Art Advisory & Curation at Saatchi Art. Prior to joining Saatchi Art in 2018, she worked at female-led, industry-disrupting startups including Beauty Pie in London, where she managed content and creative, and The RealReal in San Francisco, where she specialized in luxury estate management with a focus on designer apparel and fine art.

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410: The Sh*t They Never Taught You with Adam Jones and Adam Ashton

In this episode, I interview the co-hosts of the popular podcast What You Will Learn, and now co-authors of The Sh*t They Never Taught You, Adam Jones and Adam Ashton, for a conversation on all things books and life.

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408: Andrew Bogut on Making it in Basketball, Social Justice Politics and the NBA, and Australia's Lockdowns

Andrew Bogut is one of Australia’s most decorated basketball exports. He was the first overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft, won an NBA championship in 2015 with the Golden State Warriors, and spent 15 years honing his craft in the States, making about US$120M in career earnings.

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Should You Stand Up or Sit Down at Work?

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5 Ways Sunlight and Vitamin D Improve Your Focus and Mood

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Are Early Birds REALLY More Productive Than Night Owls?

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Get More Done in Less Time with Parkinson's Law

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How to Beat Anxiety with the Physiological Sigh and Get Focused

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How To Beat Analysis Paralysis and Jumping to Conclusions

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4 Ways to Eat Carbs Without Crashing Afterwards

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5 Ways to Beat Zoom Fatigue

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Matt Mullenweg’s 5 Levels of Remote Work - you're probably at level 2.

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Was Rhonda Patrick Right about Fasting and Focus?

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Episode#407 Pizza's Paul Fenech on Making it Film & Television

Paul Fenech is an Australian filmmaker, film and television actor, director, producer, and writer. He is best known for writing, directing, producing, and starring in the television series Pizza, Swift and Shift Couriers, Housos and Bogan Hunters, and the motion picture Fat Pizza.

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Outsourcing 101: How to Cut Your Work Hours in Half

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S3E9: Automate Today to Crush Tomorrow

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PSA: Australia's Lockdown Laws

Sometimes you just have to stand up for your values.

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S3E8: How to Time Block for Maximum Productivity

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S3E7: Prioritization and the 80/20 Principle

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S3E6: Beware of Shallow Work Traps: Email, Slack, Social Media, and Meetings

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S3E5: Use Momentum to Beat Procrastination and Laziness

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S3E4: The Point of Diminishing Returns

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S3E3: The Value and Art of Saying "No"

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S3E1: Triggering the Flow State

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S3E2:Task Switching

What’s the number one thing holding your productivity back? ……You. It turns out that people switch screens once every 40 seconds in a typical workday. But when we switch screens, we suffer a cognitive switching penalty.

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Episode #406: Why the Right to Disconnect is a Bad Idea

The central idea behind the right to disconnect is that employees don’t have to take calls or read emails after work hours.

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S2E8: 12 Health Supplements to Boost Your Performance at Work

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Episode #405: Navigating Emotions and Healing the Heart with Amy Chan

Amy Chan is the Founder of Renew Breakup Bootcamp, a retreat that takes a scientific and spiritual approach to heal the heart.

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S2E7: How Fasting Helps You Become Super Focused

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S2E6: How Sunlight and Vitamin D Improves Your Focus, Mood, and Creativity

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S2E5: Overcoming Workplace Stress and Negative Emotions

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S2E4: How Being Social Helps You Focus At Work

In this episode, I explore the role that community was one of the four factors he identified (the others were attitude, nutrition, and movement), and it turns out that there is more to this than just anecdotal observations and theory, but it is grounded in science.

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S2E3: How Movement Plays in the Mind

In this episode, I explore the role that working from home is great unless you find yourself sedentary all day.

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S2E2: What to Eat to Stay Focused For Longer

In this episode, I explore the role that nutrition plays in sustaining our focus for longer while we work.

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S2E1: Body & Mind: How Sleep Optimizes Your Focus, Creativity, Memory, and Mood

In this episode, I explore the role that sleep plays in regulating our focus and attention, decision-making, emotions, problem solving, and creativity.

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S1E5: Values Alignment and Performance at Work

In this video, I explore the role that Values Alignment plays when it comes to performance at work and job satisfaction, and what you can do to define your values and use them in your decision making.

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S1E4: Play To Your Strengths

In this video, I explore the role that STRENGTHS-ALIGNMENT plays in getting the best out of yourself every single day.

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S1E3: Are You Following the RIGHT Kind of Passion?

In this video, I explore the role that PASSION plays when it comes to our performance at work, and how there are TWO types of passion - one that leads to positive outcomes and emotional wellbeing, and one that leads to the VERY OPPOSITE.

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S1E2: The Real Impact of Incentives at Work

In this video, I explore one of the four foundations of high performance, productivity, and effectiveness at work - extrinsic and intrinsic incentives.

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S1E1: The Science on Purpose and Performance at Work

In this video, I explore the role that PURPOSE plays when it comes to our performance at work.

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Introduction to Work/Flow Podcast

Welcome to the WorkFlow podcast.

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Episode #404: Cutting Corporate Red Tape and Bulls#!t with Martin Lindstrom

Martin Lindstrom is the founder and chairman of Lindstrom Company, a global branding & culture transformation firm, operating across five continents and more than 30 countries.

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Episode #403: Brad Feld on Depression and Work

Brad Feld is an American entrepreneur, author, blogger, and venture capitalist at Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado.

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Episode #402: Reinvent the Way You Work with Jonas Altman

In this episode of Future Squared, workologist and author of Shapers, Jonas Altman, joins Steve Glaveski to talk the future of work.

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Episode #400: From Fijian Refugee to Billion Dollar Supplement Empire with Izhar Basha

From humble beginnings with a small supplement retail store in Randwick, Izhar Basha has gone on to create and head internationally recognised and celebrated Australian supplements brand, EHPlabs.

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Episode #398: Reviving a 200-Year-Old Whisky Distillery with David Prior

David Prior is a lifelong entrepreneur. He founded Baroda Packaging, which was acquired in 2007, before turning his eye to yoghurt, with Five:AM Organics, which after just three years in the market was acquired for $80 million.

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Episode #397: Gad Saad on Social Justice Politics at Work Future Squared with Steve Glaveski:

Gad Saad is a Lebanese-Canadian evolutionary psychologist at the John Molson School of Business who applies evolutionary psychology to marketing and consumer behaviour.

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Episode #396: SOWH1 - Why Disney and Generalists Thrive in a Pandemic World

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Episode #395: Becoming Financially Well with WeMoney's Dan Jovevski

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Episode #394: Get Twice as Much Done in Half the Time with Steve Glaveski

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Episode #393: My new book, Time Rich, is out today + 10 Productivity Tips

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Episode #392: Spotify's Censorship Moment: Joe Rogan, Podcasts and Politics

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Episode #391: Get Rich and Die Trying with John Roa

Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Author

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Episode #390: Daniel Cannizzaro talks Australian Fintech, Parpera

In this episode of Future Squared, founder of Aussie fintech Parpera, shares his journey from Melbourne's northwestern suburbs to EY and London Business School, before founding up and coming fintech, Parpera.

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Episode #389: The Low Touch Economy with Nick De Mey

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Episode #388: From Journalist to Poker Champion with Maria Konnikova

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Episode #387: Fighting Fear with Big Wave Surfer, Mark Mathews

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Episode #386: An interview with my mother, Miljana Glaveska

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Episode #385: Detoxification with Stefan Filippo

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Episode #384: Tony Nash on Building a 9-Figure Online Business - Part One

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Episode #383: Negotiate Anything with Alexandra Carter

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Episode #382: The Psychology of Friendship with Lydia Denworth

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Episode #381: Alex Osterwalder on Building an Invincible Company

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Episode #380: Rising From the Startup Ashes with Michael Fox

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Episode #379: Caring for Seniors During the Pandemic

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Episode #377: Boosting Your Immunity with Lucas Aoun

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Episode #378: Steve Blank talks Virus Survival Strategies for Business

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Episode #376: How to Avoid Going Crazy During COVID-19 Lockdown

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Episode #375: 23 Steps to Surviving COVID19 for Startups and Small Business

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Episode #374: COVID-19 and How to Crush Working From Home

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Episode #373: Turning Customers into Fans with David Meerman Scott

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437. The Ozempic Episode with Lucas Aoun - Benefits and Risks of the Wonder Weight Loss Drug

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436. From Zero to 200,000 Customers with Hey Bud's Alex Roslaniec

My guest today is Alex Roslaniec, hes a co-founder of fast-growing skincare company, Hey Bud.Hey Bud was founded just 4.5 years ago, and is today available in 130 countries, boasts 200,000 customers, and is stocked in 400 Priceline stores across Australia.

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435. How to Raise Venture Capital in 2024

Julia Krieger is the managing partner of Pari Passu Venture Partners, a network of founders supporting founders. She has been both an operator and a venture investor and so has unique perspectives on all things startups and VCs.

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434. Why Australia Will NEVER Be Silicon Valley

My guest today is Chris Saad, he’s a seasoned product and startup builder, co-host of The Startup Podcast, and former Head of Product at Uber's Developer Platform.

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433. Political Correctness in Comedy with Joe Avati

In this episode, I sit down with international touring comedian Joe Avati, known for his hilarious takes on Italian-Australian life and its cultural quirks.

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432. The One Page Marketing Plan with Allan Dib

Check out my conversation with author Allan Dib on the Future Squared podcast, and level up your marketing!

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431. Get 10X Better at Anything with Scott H Young

I was thrilled to welcome back Scott H. Young, a renowned writer, programmer, and avid learner. Scott is here to discuss his latest book, "Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery."

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430. So You Wanna Be an Influencer with Taryn Williams

Today's guest is the remarkable Taryn Williams, a veteran entrepreneur who founded Wink Models, The Right Fit (exited), The Influencer Agency (exited), and the innovative gifting service, #Gifted.

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429. Cage Kings: The Business of the UFC with Michael Thomsen

Michael Thomsen is a freelancer writer, author, and UFC tragic from New York. He is the author of Cage Kings: How an Unlikely Group of Moguls, Champions & Hustlers Transformed the UFC into a $10 Billion Industry, which unpacks the rapid rise of the UFC an mixed martial arts, the UFC’s business model and economics, the one man tour de force that is longtime UFC president Dana White, the role of the UFC’s owners over time - SEG, Zuffa and Ari Emanuel, and the organization’s anti-competitive behaviors and adversarial relationship with its fighters, which aren’t employees, but independent contractors - most of whom would earn more working a run of the mill admin job in the public sector.

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427. Building a Billion Dollar Venture Capital Fund with Blackbird's Niki Scevak

Niki Scevak is co-founder of Startmate, and founder and partner at Blackbird VC, Australia’s largest venture capital fund, with its 5th fund having raised AUD$1B (US$640M). Blackbird was an early investor in Canva, SafetyCulture, CultureAmp, BugCrowd, RedBubble, and many more, and has to date generated a net internal rate of return of 56%.

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428. Oliver Burkeman on Time Management for Mortals

Oliver Burkeman is a British author and journalist who has written for The Guardian and other publications. He was born in 1975 and has authored several books on topics such as time management, productivity, happiness, and self-help culture.

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426. The Mick Wall Story - Sex, Drugs & Rock and Roll

Mick Wall has spent over four decades interviewing rockstars and chronicling their amazing stories, and today, we're turning the tables on Mick Wall and unpacking his story in this marathon 3-hour and 40-minute, Joe Rogan-esque interview.

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425. The Electric Motorcycle Revolution with Dennis Savic

Dennis Savic is a pioneering entrepreneur and innovative thinker in the fields of electric vehicles and sustainable transportation.

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424. The Trillion Dollar SPace Economy with Torsten Hoffman

Torsten Hoffmann is a media entrepreneur, filmmaker, and technology investor. He has produced and directed several documentaries, including "Bitcoin: The End of Money As We Know It" and the award-winning "Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet" Torsten joins me today to talk about his forthcoming feature documentary, FORTITUDE: Forging the Trillion Dollar Space Economy, which uncovers how a few influential individuals with utopian ideas and vast fortunes are forging a trillion-dollar off-world industry, while inspiring millions of us back on Earth.

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423. Kevin Kelly: From Wired tgo Wisdom-Excellent Advice for Living

Kevin Kelly is a renowned technology writer, futurist, and entrepreneur who co-founded Wired magazine in 1993. He has authored several books on the impact of technology on society, including "The Inevitable" and "What Technology Wants." He is also a sought-after speaker and advisor on emerging technologies and their social and economic implications. His new book, Excellent Advice for Living: WIsdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier, distils Kelly’s timeless advice on everything from right living to setting ambitious goals, optimizing generosity, and cultivating compassion.

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422. Generative AI Risks and Opportunities with Mike Todasco

My guest today is Mike Todasco, former director of innovation at PayPal, and current self-imposed AI-researcher, and co-author of numerous AI-generated books under the pseudonym Alex Irons.

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421. Conquering the Startup Abyss, Navigating Economic Uncertainty, and the Global Banking Crisis with Daniel Cannizzaro

My guest today is Daniel Cannizzaro, founder of fintech company Parpera. I invited Dan back on to discuss the difficult landscape that startups find themselves in, and how Parpera has been navigating both macroeconomic challenges, and some very unique technical setbacks.

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419. Extend your Attention Span with Gloria Mark

Gloria Mark is a Chancellor’s Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. She’s been a visiting senior researcher at Microsoft Research since 2012 and is a recipient of the Google Research Award and the NSF Career award. She’s the author of the new book, Attention Span: Finding Focus for a Fulfilling Life, which unpacks how our brains operate in the digital world, why we can’t focus, and how we can take back control to find more success in our careers but also more health and wellness in our lives.

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418. Is Crypto a Scam? Debate with Theo Cox from Life Itself

Theo Cox is Head of Life Itself Labs, a multidisciplinary research institute and consultancy that works across economics, governance, strategy and technology, and innovates systemic solutions to complex global challenges.

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417. Our Critical Thinking Crisis And Affirmative Action In The Workplace with Josh Szeps

Josh Szeps is an Australian media personality, political satirist, and television presenter. He hosts Afternoon with Josh Szeps on ABC Radio, he hosts the incredibly popular podcast, Uncomfortable Conversations, and he has appeared on numerous high profile outlets over the years, including over a dozen appearances on the Joe Rogan Experience.

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416. Bringing Free Speech and User Rewards to Social Media with Bill Ottman of Minds

My guest today is Bill Ottman, he’s the co-creator and CEO of Minds - an alternative social media platform based on the blockchain that actively rewards users for their contributions, supports freedom of expression, and unlike many competing platforms, is not incentivized to polarize people for the sake of driving higher engagement.

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415. The Sandbox's Sebastian Borget on How Brands Can Leverage the Metaverse

My guest today is Sebastien Borget, co-founder and COO of The Sandbox, one of the world’s biggest and most popular metaverse platforms, with over 2 million wallets connected, and a token with a fully diluted market cap of over US$10 billion. The Sandbox is home to brands and icons such as Snoop Dogg, Adidas, Atari, Steve Aoki, The Walking Dead, and more.

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412. Talking DAOs with Global Coin Research Deal Lead, Jin Kang

Jin Kang is deal lead at Global Coin Research, an investment DAO that has poured over US$30M into over 40 deals since just last year, generating an astounding 30X+ return in the process.

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413. Crypto Index Funds with Index Coop's Crews Enochs

Crews Enochs is a core contributor to the product growth community & institutional working groups at Index Coop, a new-age web3 crypto index fund DAO aiming to become the Blackrock of crypto.

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414. Building the Metaverse with RFOX's Ben Fairbank

Ben Fairbank is the CEO and Founder of RFOX, a web3 platform on a mission to empower everyone to play, create and earn in an immersive metaverse without borders.

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411. Non-Fungible Tokens(NFTs) and Collectable Digital Art with Saatchi Art's Monty Preston

Monty Preston is the Manager of Art Advisory & Curation at Saatchi Art. Prior to joining Saatchi Art in 2018, she worked at female-led, industry-disrupting startups including Beauty Pie in London, where she managed content and creative, and The RealReal in San Francisco, where she specialized in luxury estate management with a focus on designer apparel and fine art.

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410: The Sh*t They Never Taught You with Adam Jones and Adam Ashton

In this episode, I interview the co-hosts of the popular podcast What You Will Learn, and now co-authors of The Sh*t They Never Taught You, Adam Jones and Adam Ashton, for a conversation on all things books and life.

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408: Andrew Bogut on Making it in Basketball, Social Justice Politics and the NBA, and Australia's Lockdowns

Andrew Bogut is one of Australia’s most decorated basketball exports. He was the first overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft, won an NBA championship in 2015 with the Golden State Warriors, and spent 15 years honing his craft in the States, making about US$120M in career earnings.

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Should You Stand Up or Sit Down at Work?

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5 Ways Sunlight and Vitamin D Improve Your Focus and Mood

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Are Early Birds REALLY More Productive Than Night Owls?

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Get More Done in Less Time with Parkinson's Law

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How to Beat Anxiety with the Physiological Sigh and Get Focused

LISTEN

How To Beat Analysis Paralysis and Jumping to Conclusions

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4 Ways to Eat Carbs Without Crashing Afterwards

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5 Ways to Beat Zoom Fatigue

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Matt Mullenweg’s 5 Levels of Remote Work - you're probably at level 2.

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Was Rhonda Patrick Right about Fasting and Focus?

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Episode#407 Pizza's Paul Fenech on Making it Film & Television

Paul Fenech is an Australian filmmaker, film and television actor, director, producer, and writer. He is best known for writing, directing, producing, and starring in the television series Pizza, Swift and Shift Couriers, Housos and Bogan Hunters, and the motion picture Fat Pizza.

LISTEN

Outsourcing 101: How to Cut Your Work Hours in Half

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S3E9: Automate Today to Crush Tomorrow

LISTEN

PSA: Australia's Lockdown Laws

Sometimes you just have to stand up for your values.

LISTEN

S3E8: How to Time Block for Maximum Productivity

LISTEN

S3E7: Prioritization and the 80/20 Principle

LISTEN

S3E6: Beware of Shallow Work Traps: Email, Slack, Social Media, and Meetings

LISTEN

S3E5: Use Momentum to Beat Procrastination and Laziness

LISTEN

S3E4: The Point of Diminishing Returns

LISTEN

S3E3: The Value and Art of Saying "No"

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S3E1: Triggering the Flow State

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S3E2:Task Switching

What’s the number one thing holding your productivity back? ……You. It turns out that people switch screens once every 40 seconds in a typical workday. But when we switch screens, we suffer a cognitive switching penalty.

LISTEN

Episode #406: Why the Right to Disconnect is a Bad Idea

The central idea behind the right to disconnect is that employees don’t have to take calls or read emails after work hours.

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S2E8: 12 Health Supplements to Boost Your Performance at Work

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Episode #405: Navigating Emotions and Healing the Heart with Amy Chan

Amy Chan is the Founder of Renew Breakup Bootcamp, a retreat that takes a scientific and spiritual approach to heal the heart.

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S2E7: How Fasting Helps You Become Super Focused

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S2E6: How Sunlight and Vitamin D Improves Your Focus, Mood, and Creativity

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S2E5: Overcoming Workplace Stress and Negative Emotions

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S2E4: How Being Social Helps You Focus At Work

In this episode, I explore the role that community was one of the four factors he identified (the others were attitude, nutrition, and movement), and it turns out that there is more to this than just anecdotal observations and theory, but it is grounded in science.

LISTEN

S2E3: How Movement Plays in the Mind

In this episode, I explore the role that working from home is great unless you find yourself sedentary all day.

LISTEN

S2E2: What to Eat to Stay Focused For Longer

In this episode, I explore the role that nutrition plays in sustaining our focus for longer while we work.

LISTEN

S2E1: Body & Mind: How Sleep Optimizes Your Focus, Creativity, Memory, and Mood

In this episode, I explore the role that sleep plays in regulating our focus and attention, decision-making, emotions, problem solving, and creativity.

LISTEN

S1E5: Values Alignment and Performance at Work

In this video, I explore the role that Values Alignment plays when it comes to performance at work and job satisfaction, and what you can do to define your values and use them in your decision making.

LISTEN

S1E4: Play To Your Strengths

In this video, I explore the role that STRENGTHS-ALIGNMENT plays in getting the best out of yourself every single day.

LISTEN

S1E3: Are You Following the RIGHT Kind of Passion?

In this video, I explore the role that PASSION plays when it comes to our performance at work, and how there are TWO types of passion - one that leads to positive outcomes and emotional wellbeing, and one that leads to the VERY OPPOSITE.

LISTEN

S1E2: The Real Impact of Incentives at Work

In this video, I explore one of the four foundations of high performance, productivity, and effectiveness at work - extrinsic and intrinsic incentives.

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S1E1: The Science on Purpose and Performance at Work

In this video, I explore the role that PURPOSE plays when it comes to our performance at work.

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Introduction to Work/Flow Podcast

Welcome to the WorkFlow podcast.

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Episode #404: Cutting Corporate Red Tape and Bulls#!t with Martin Lindstrom

Martin Lindstrom is the founder and chairman of Lindstrom Company, a global branding & culture transformation firm, operating across five continents and more than 30 countries.

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Episode #403: Brad Feld on Depression and Work

Brad Feld is an American entrepreneur, author, blogger, and venture capitalist at Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado.

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Episode #402: Reinvent the Way You Work with Jonas Altman

In this episode of Future Squared, workologist and author of Shapers, Jonas Altman, joins Steve Glaveski to talk the future of work.

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Episode #400: From Fijian Refugee to Billion Dollar Supplement Empire with Izhar Basha

From humble beginnings with a small supplement retail store in Randwick, Izhar Basha has gone on to create and head internationally recognised and celebrated Australian supplements brand, EHPlabs.

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Episode #398: Reviving a 200-Year-Old Whisky Distillery with David Prior

David Prior is a lifelong entrepreneur. He founded Baroda Packaging, which was acquired in 2007, before turning his eye to yoghurt, with Five:AM Organics, which after just three years in the market was acquired for $80 million.

LISTEN

Episode #397: Gad Saad on Social Justice Politics at Work Future Squared with Steve Glaveski:

Gad Saad is a Lebanese-Canadian evolutionary psychologist at the John Molson School of Business who applies evolutionary psychology to marketing and consumer behaviour.

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Episode #396: SOWH1 - Why Disney and Generalists Thrive in a Pandemic World

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Episode #395: Becoming Financially Well with WeMoney's Dan Jovevski

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Episode #394: Get Twice as Much Done in Half the Time with Steve Glaveski

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Episode #393: My new book, Time Rich, is out today + 10 Productivity Tips

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Episode #392: Spotify's Censorship Moment: Joe Rogan, Podcasts and Politics

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Episode #391: Get Rich and Die Trying with John Roa

Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Author

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Episode #390: Daniel Cannizzaro talks Australian Fintech, Parpera

In this episode of Future Squared, founder of Aussie fintech Parpera, shares his journey from Melbourne's northwestern suburbs to EY and London Business School, before founding up and coming fintech, Parpera.

LISTEN

Episode #389: The Low Touch Economy with Nick De Mey

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Episode #388: From Journalist to Poker Champion with Maria Konnikova

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Episode #387: Fighting Fear with Big Wave Surfer, Mark Mathews

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Episode #386: An interview with my mother, Miljana Glaveska

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Episode #385: Detoxification with Stefan Filippo

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Episode #384: Tony Nash on Building a 9-Figure Online Business - Part One

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Episode #383: Negotiate Anything with Alexandra Carter

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Episode #382: The Psychology of Friendship with Lydia Denworth

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Episode #381: Alex Osterwalder on Building an Invincible Company

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Episode #380: Rising From the Startup Ashes with Michael Fox

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Episode #379: Caring for Seniors During the Pandemic

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Episode #377: Boosting Your Immunity with Lucas Aoun

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Episode #378: Steve Blank talks Virus Survival Strategies for Business

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Episode #376: How to Avoid Going Crazy During COVID-19 Lockdown

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Episode #375: 23 Steps to Surviving COVID19 for Startups and Small Business

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Episode #374: COVID-19 and How to Crush Working From Home

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Episode #373: Turning Customers into Fans with David Meerman Scott

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Episode #69: How to Run a Hackathon

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk hackathons, and how, while they are a great tool for bringing teams together to move quickly to build prototypes, are often done in a way that doesn't focus on problem solution fit, unique value proposition or business model.

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Episode #68: How VR/AR Will Change The Way We Buy

In this mid-week special we bring you the second live edition of Future Squared, in the form of a panel discussion, before an audience at Collective Campus.

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Episode #67: How to Be a Great Boss with Rene Boer

If your employees brought their A-game to work every day, what would it mean for your company’s performance? What would it mean for its ability to innovate and capture new growth opportunities?

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Episode #66: Increase your Return on Optimisation (ROO)

Many might remember the story of Eric Moussambani, the ‘Olympic swimmer’ from Equatorial Guinea who took 1:52.72 to complete his 100m swim at Sydney 2000, more than twice that of his nearest competitor.

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Episode #65: The ASX's Katherine Squire on DevOps, Cloud and Driving Culture Change

Katherine Squire is the General Manager of App Development and DevOps at the Australian Stock Exchange.

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Episode #64: Success Metrics for Corporate Innovation Programs and Teams

I was recently asked to partake in a discussion with a newly formed innovation team at an ASX20 company.

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Episode #63: Ash Maurya on Scaling Lean

Hailing from Austin, Texas, Ash Maurya is the founder of Leanstack. Since bootstrapping his last company seven years ago, he has launched five products and one peer-to-web application framework.

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Episode #62: Fast Fix Friday on Turning Bad Habits into Good Habits

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk about the power of turning bad habits into good habits and how it can have a profound impact on both your personal and professional life!

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Episode #61: Singularity University's Pascal Finette on Taking Moonshots

Pascal Finette heads up Entrepreneurship at Singularity University as well as SU Labs, its accelerator program which grows startups that are focused on tackling the world’s most intractable problems leveraging exponential technologies.

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Episode #60: Gyshido

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk "Gyshido" or Getting Your Shit Done, a movement spearheaded by Singularity University's Pascal Finette, who will be our very special guest on the next episode of Future Squared!

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Episode #59: Matchmakers and Marketplaces with MIT's Dick Schmalensee

This week's guest is Richard Schmalensee, the Howard W. Johnson Professor of Management Emeritus and Professor of Economics Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Episode #58: Fast Fix Friday on Disrupting Yourself

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk why you should disrupt yourself.

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Episode #57: My Lean Startup Journey *midweek bonus*

Tune in to hear what Steve has to say about his own lean startup journey.

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Episode #56: 500 Startups' Arnaud Bonzom talks How Huge Companies Engage Startups

In this episode I speak with Arnaud Bonzom, Director of Corporate Innovation at 500 Startups.

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Episode #55: Fast Lisp Friday on 13 Ways to Get Buy-In for Corporate Innovation

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday, I cover a topic that is the bane of existence for many a corporate employee which is getting buy in for corporate innovation

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Episode #54: Increase Employee Engagement with Spigit's Maggie Riad *midweek bonus*

Maggie brings more than 12 years of innovation management, market insight analysis and business strategy experience in the financial services sector

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Episode #53: From Theatre to Disruption with Sportbet's Head of Innovatoin, Leslie Barry

Tune into this episode to hear what Leslie Barry has to say about topics like why organisations like Sportsbet need to innovate, how to effectively partner up with startups, and many more.

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Episode #52: Fast Fix Friday on 50 Lessons from 50 Episodes! Thank You Everybody!

Thank you listeners, we've just turned 50...episodes that is, and to celebrate, I've put together a list of the 50 most memorable lessons from the first 50 episodes!

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Episode #51: Agile Government Starts With You *midweek keynote special*

Collective Campus recently hosted an event called Disrupt the Public Sector, as part of the Australian Government’s Innovation Month 2016.

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Episode #50: The Age of Discovery with Chris Kutarna

In milestone episode #50, I speak to Chris Kutarna, a two-time Governor General's Medallist, a Sauvé Fellow and Commonwealth Scholar, and a Fellow of the Oxford Martin School with a doctorate in politics from the University of Oxford.

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Episode #49: Kill Your Ego!

This Fast Fix Friday is all about your ego and why you should kill it!

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Episode #48: Techstars, Brexit and Corporate Accelerators with Max Kelly

Max Kelly is currently Managing Director of Techstars London.

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Episode #47: Fast Fix Friday on the Books and Resources that Will Change Your Life

This Fast Fix Friday covers off on all of the different books, podcasts and other resources that have made me and can make you a better professional and person in general.

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Episode #46: Building an Everyone Culture with Robert Kegan

Bob Kegan is a psychologist who teaches, researches, writes, and consults about adult development, adult learning, and professional development.

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Episode #45: 16 Productivity Hacks on (Not So) Fast Fix Friday

This (Not So) Fast Fix Friday focuses on some of my favourite productivity hacks, 16 of them in fact!

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Episode #44: Correcting our 7 Fatal Flaws of Thinking with Matthew E May

Matthew E May is the author of Amazon bestseller Winning the Brain Game: Fixing the 7 Fatal Flaws of Thinking.

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Episode #43: Fast Fix Friday on Why Australia's Innovation Transformation Won't Happen Overnight

This Fast Fix Friday focuses on the stakeholder short-termism that plagues not only Australia's Government, but those of countries around the world, as well as tech businesses, sports teams and entertainment companies.

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Episode #42: Innovation Tools with Evan Shellshear ***bonus episode***

In this bonus episode, I speak with Evan Shellshear, author of the newly released book, Innovation Tools.Innovation is hard work so you need the best tools. After years of research and dozens of case studies, those tools have been distilled into Evan Shellshear’s latest book.

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Episode #41: Transforming Children's Education with Angela Maiers

Angela Maiers is an educator, entrepreneur, leader, disruptor and visionary. She has been creating and leading change in education and enterprise for 25 years, teaching every level of school from kindergarten to graduate school and consulting with companies around the world

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Episode #40: Fast Fix Friday on Lean Marketing

In this episode I talk through 8 steps detailing how to pull off your own lean marketing strategy to find new customers for new products.

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Episode #39: The Future of the Global Economy with Parag Khanna

Parag Khanna is a leading global strategist, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is a CNN Global Contributor and Managing Partner of Hybrid Reality, a boutique geostrategic advisory firm.

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Episode #38: Fast Fix Friday on the Corporate Innovation Hierarchy of Needs

In this FFF, I dig a little deeper into what I’ll dub the Hierarchy of Needs for Corporate Innovation.

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Episode #37: Innovation = STEM + Creativity with David Cropley

In this midweek bonus, I speak with David Cropley, an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of South Australia.

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Episode #36: Google Ventures' Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky on Solving Big Problems in Just Five Days

In this episode, I bring you not one but two guests, Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky - co-authors of the book 'SPRINT - How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days'.

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Episode #35: Fast Fix Friday on Supporting Culture Change through Self Awareness

This Fast Fix Friday focuses on self awareness.

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Episode #33: The Sharing Economy with Arun Sundararajan

Arun Sundararajan is Professor and the Robert L. and Dale Atkins Rosen Faculty Fellow at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

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Episode #34: The Art of Persuasive Leadership with Patrick King

Patrick King is a social interaction specialist based in San Francisco, California, and has been featured on numerous national publications such as Inc.com.

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Episode #32: David Allen on Getting Things Done

David Allen is widely recognized as the world's leading expert on personal and organizational productivity.

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Episode #31: Creating a Culture of Innovation with Dave Gray

Dave Gray is an author and management consultant who works with the world's leading companies to develop and execute winning strategies.

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Episode #30: Fast Fix Friday on Setting Up a Corporate Innovation Project

This Fast Fix Friday focuses on the key questions you need to ask BEFORE embarking on an innovation project in order to optimise returns and give your organisation a significantly improved chance of success.

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Episode #29: Artificial Intelligence with Brian Christian

Brian Christian is the author of The Most Human Human, which was named a Wall Street Journal bestseller and a New Yorker favorite book of 2011, and has been translated into ten languages.

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Episode #28: Fast Fix Friday on Innovation Metrics

This Fast Fix Friday focuses on innovation metrics.

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Episode #27: Innovation Project Management with Paul R Williams

Paul R. Williams, PMP has over twenty years of project, program & portfolio management leadership experience with information technology, innovation management and strategic business initiatives in the investment, banking, insurance, legal, manufacturing and professional services industries.

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Episode #26: Fast Fix Friday on Engaging Startups and Small Companies to Drive Corporate Innovation

Today's Fast Fix Friday focuses on the power of engaging startups and small companies to drive corporate innovation efforts.

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Episode #25: Alex Tapscott on the Blockchain Revolution

Alex Tapscott is the CEO and Founder of Northwest Passage Ventures. For seven years in the Canadian and U.S. Capital markets, Alex has worked tirelessly to help entrepreneurs realize their goals, raising hundreds of millions of dollars in critical growth capital and providing sound advice and counsel.

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Episode #24: Neil Patel on Growth Hacking for Large Companies

In this episode I chat with top online marketer and one of the top influencers on the web, Neil Patel, serial entrepreneur, investor and blogger.

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Episode #23: Fast Fix Friday on Embracing Awkward Silences to Foster Creativity

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk awkward silences and why you should EMBRACE them rather than try and put an end to them by saying the first and usually least valuable thing that comes to mind.

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Episode #22: Rand Fishkin on Online Marketing for Large Companies

Rand Fishkin uses the ludicrous title, Wizard of Moz. He's founder and former CEO of one of the world’s fastest growing software companies Moz, an online marketing platform that is worth more than US$120M.

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Episode #21: Fast Fix Friday on the Five Minute Idea

Today's Fast Fix Friday focuses on the questions you can ask to come up with an idea worth exploring within five minutes.

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Episode #20: Evangelos Simoudis on Corporate VC, Incubators and M&A

In this episode we dive into some of Evangelos' thought leadership on topics pertaining to: - corporate VC - corporate accelerators and incubators - acquisition of startups

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Episode #18: Garrett Dunham on Corporate Startup Partnerships and Reverse Pitching

Garrett Dunham is an entrepreneur, speaker and startup advisor. He’s founded 2 accelerators, including Prebacked, a reverse hackathon connecting corporates with startups, and Singulairty University Labs

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Episode #19: Fast Fix Friday on Hacking the Corporate Culture

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk hacking the corporate culture to support innovation, a topic inspired by my recent interview with Silicon Valley godfather Steve Blank.

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Episode #17: Stop Treating Corporate Innovation Like a Project

In episode #17, I confront an issue that seems all too common amongst large organisations trying to deal with this thing called disruption.

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Episode #16: Fast Fix Friday - Pixar's Braintrust

In this episode, I look at Pixar's brain trust - a mechanism the company uses to do away with sugarcoating and the human tendencies to not say what we really think - which ultimately stands in the way of creativity and innovation.

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Episode #15: How to Increase Employee Productivity by 500% and Boost Innovation

In this podcast, co-founder Steve, talks about the importance of the 'flow' state in employees and productivity.

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Episode #14: Braden Kelley on Charting Change for Innovation

Braden Kelley is an experienced innovation and change speaker, trainer, and digital transformation strategist.

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Episode #13: Whitney Johnson on Disrupting Yourself

Whitney Johnson was recognized as one of the world’s most influential management thinkers in 2015, and was a finalist for the Top thinkers on Talent at the biennial Thinkers50 ceremony in London. She is best known for her work on driving corporate innovation through personal disruption.

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Episode #12 - Steve Blank on Corporate Innovation

Steve Blank is considered by many to be the godfather of Silicon Valley and is credited with spearheading the customer development model which birthed the lean startup, popularised by his former pupil Eric Ries' book of the same name

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Episode #11: Ted Rubin on going from ROI to Return on Relationship

In this episode of the Future² podcast, I had the pleasure of chatting with New York native and one of the most influential CMOs in the world, Ted Rubin.

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Episode #10: Lean Analytics for Large Companies with Ben Yoskovitz by Future² - Innovation

In this podcast, we talk to Ben Yoskovitz, the co-author of Lean Analytics, a guide for organisations who want to use data to grow new businesses faster.

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Episode #9: David Burkus on Rethinking Business as Usual

David Burkus is the author of The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas.

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Episode #8: David Binetti on the Innovation Options Framework - Measuring Learning in Dollars

David Binetti talks to us about Innovation Options, a valuation framework that supports measuring learning in dollars and helps organisations innovate faster with less risk.

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Episode #7: Kmart's Innovation Program Manager, Fabio Oliveira, Talks Innovation in Retail

We sat down with Kmart Australia's newly anointed Innovation Program Manager, Fabio Oliveira, to talk about innovation in retail.

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Episode #6: An Hour with Niel Robertson, World Champion Entrepreneur and Investor (not snooker player...)

In this episode of Future², we were lucky enough to be joined by world champion entrepreneur and investor, Niel Robertson

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Episode #5: Reinventing Higher Education with Annie Fergusson (airEDU)

In this podcast, we catch up with Annie Fergusson, change facilitator and founder of airEDU, a platform she is designing and building to resolve challenges in the higher education marketplace.

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Episode #4: Idea Platforms and Contests

In this short Future² podcast, find out some of the best methods for running idea contests in your organisation.

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Episode #3: Interview with NAB Labs' Humphrey Laubscher on Innovation in Banking

Our latest Future² podcast focuses on Innovation banking featuring Humphrey Laubscher, NAB Labs' Fintech Innovation Manager.

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Episode #2 - Futuresquared Corporate Hackathon EP

In this podcast, Sean Qian interviews Collective Campus co-founder Steve Glaveski to dissect what the corporate hackathon is, what the benefits are, how it's broken and how best to approach running one.

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Episode #1: Predictions For Enterprise Innovation 2016 with KPMG Innovate's Brenton Charnley

The rate of disruption to industry incumbents is increasing and 2015 was a testament to that.

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420. How to Do What You Love with Musician and Producer, Chris Temelco

Chris Themelco is a founding member, singer, songwriter, and guitarist for Australian metal band Orpheus Omega, founder and chief engineer at Monolith Studios, and producer for numerous heavy rock acts. Whether you’re a fan of heavy music or not, this conversation is an absolute must-listen for anybody wanting to make it in a competitive or creative pursuit - be it as a musician, entrepreneur, comedian, content creator, artist, athlete, or ‘influencer’.

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437. The Ozempic Episode with Lucas Aoun - Benefits and Risks of the Wonder Weight Loss Drug

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436. From Zero to 200,000 Customers with Hey Bud's Alex Roslaniec

My guest today is Alex Roslaniec, hes a co-founder of fast-growing skincare company, Hey Bud.Hey Bud was founded just 4.5 years ago, and is today available in 130 countries, boasts 200,000 customers, and is stocked in 400 Priceline stores across Australia.

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435. How to Raise Venture Capital in 2024

Julia Krieger is the managing partner of Pari Passu Venture Partners, a network of founders supporting founders. She has been both an operator and a venture investor and so has unique perspectives on all things startups and VCs.

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434. Why Australia Will NEVER Be Silicon Valley

My guest today is Chris Saad, he’s a seasoned product and startup builder, co-host of The Startup Podcast, and former Head of Product at Uber's Developer Platform.

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433. Political Correctness in Comedy with Joe Avati

In this episode, I sit down with international touring comedian Joe Avati, known for his hilarious takes on Italian-Australian life and its cultural quirks.

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432. The One Page Marketing Plan with Allan Dib

Check out my conversation with author Allan Dib on the Future Squared podcast, and level up your marketing!

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431. Get 10X Better at Anything with Scott H Young

I was thrilled to welcome back Scott H. Young, a renowned writer, programmer, and avid learner. Scott is here to discuss his latest book, "Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery."

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430. So You Wanna Be an Influencer with Taryn Williams

Today's guest is the remarkable Taryn Williams, a veteran entrepreneur who founded Wink Models, The Right Fit (exited), The Influencer Agency (exited), and the innovative gifting service, #Gifted.

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429. Cage Kings: The Business of the UFC with Michael Thomsen

Michael Thomsen is a freelancer writer, author, and UFC tragic from New York. He is the author of Cage Kings: How an Unlikely Group of Moguls, Champions & Hustlers Transformed the UFC into a $10 Billion Industry, which unpacks the rapid rise of the UFC an mixed martial arts, the UFC’s business model and economics, the one man tour de force that is longtime UFC president Dana White, the role of the UFC’s owners over time - SEG, Zuffa and Ari Emanuel, and the organization’s anti-competitive behaviors and adversarial relationship with its fighters, which aren’t employees, but independent contractors - most of whom would earn more working a run of the mill admin job in the public sector.

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427. Building a Billion Dollar Venture Capital Fund with Blackbird's Niki Scevak

Niki Scevak is co-founder of Startmate, and founder and partner at Blackbird VC, Australia’s largest venture capital fund, with its 5th fund having raised AUD$1B (US$640M). Blackbird was an early investor in Canva, SafetyCulture, CultureAmp, BugCrowd, RedBubble, and many more, and has to date generated a net internal rate of return of 56%.

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428. Oliver Burkeman on Time Management for Mortals

Oliver Burkeman is a British author and journalist who has written for The Guardian and other publications. He was born in 1975 and has authored several books on topics such as time management, productivity, happiness, and self-help culture.

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426. The Mick Wall Story - Sex, Drugs & Rock and Roll

Mick Wall has spent over four decades interviewing rockstars and chronicling their amazing stories, and today, we're turning the tables on Mick Wall and unpacking his story in this marathon 3-hour and 40-minute, Joe Rogan-esque interview.

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425. The Electric Motorcycle Revolution with Dennis Savic

Dennis Savic is a pioneering entrepreneur and innovative thinker in the fields of electric vehicles and sustainable transportation.

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424. The Trillion Dollar SPace Economy with Torsten Hoffman

Torsten Hoffmann is a media entrepreneur, filmmaker, and technology investor. He has produced and directed several documentaries, including "Bitcoin: The End of Money As We Know It" and the award-winning "Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet" Torsten joins me today to talk about his forthcoming feature documentary, FORTITUDE: Forging the Trillion Dollar Space Economy, which uncovers how a few influential individuals with utopian ideas and vast fortunes are forging a trillion-dollar off-world industry, while inspiring millions of us back on Earth.

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423. Kevin Kelly: From Wired tgo Wisdom-Excellent Advice for Living

Kevin Kelly is a renowned technology writer, futurist, and entrepreneur who co-founded Wired magazine in 1993. He has authored several books on the impact of technology on society, including "The Inevitable" and "What Technology Wants." He is also a sought-after speaker and advisor on emerging technologies and their social and economic implications. His new book, Excellent Advice for Living: WIsdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier, distils Kelly’s timeless advice on everything from right living to setting ambitious goals, optimizing generosity, and cultivating compassion.

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422. Generative AI Risks and Opportunities with Mike Todasco

My guest today is Mike Todasco, former director of innovation at PayPal, and current self-imposed AI-researcher, and co-author of numerous AI-generated books under the pseudonym Alex Irons.

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421. Conquering the Startup Abyss, Navigating Economic Uncertainty, and the Global Banking Crisis with Daniel Cannizzaro

My guest today is Daniel Cannizzaro, founder of fintech company Parpera. I invited Dan back on to discuss the difficult landscape that startups find themselves in, and how Parpera has been navigating both macroeconomic challenges, and some very unique technical setbacks.

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419. Extend your Attention Span with Gloria Mark

Gloria Mark is a Chancellor’s Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. She’s been a visiting senior researcher at Microsoft Research since 2012 and is a recipient of the Google Research Award and the NSF Career award. She’s the author of the new book, Attention Span: Finding Focus for a Fulfilling Life, which unpacks how our brains operate in the digital world, why we can’t focus, and how we can take back control to find more success in our careers but also more health and wellness in our lives.

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418. Is Crypto a Scam? Debate with Theo Cox from Life Itself

Theo Cox is Head of Life Itself Labs, a multidisciplinary research institute and consultancy that works across economics, governance, strategy and technology, and innovates systemic solutions to complex global challenges.

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417. Our Critical Thinking Crisis And Affirmative Action In The Workplace with Josh Szeps

Josh Szeps is an Australian media personality, political satirist, and television presenter. He hosts Afternoon with Josh Szeps on ABC Radio, he hosts the incredibly popular podcast, Uncomfortable Conversations, and he has appeared on numerous high profile outlets over the years, including over a dozen appearances on the Joe Rogan Experience.

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416. Bringing Free Speech and User Rewards to Social Media with Bill Ottman of Minds

My guest today is Bill Ottman, he’s the co-creator and CEO of Minds - an alternative social media platform based on the blockchain that actively rewards users for their contributions, supports freedom of expression, and unlike many competing platforms, is not incentivized to polarize people for the sake of driving higher engagement.

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415. The Sandbox's Sebastian Borget on How Brands Can Leverage the Metaverse

My guest today is Sebastien Borget, co-founder and COO of The Sandbox, one of the world’s biggest and most popular metaverse platforms, with over 2 million wallets connected, and a token with a fully diluted market cap of over US$10 billion. The Sandbox is home to brands and icons such as Snoop Dogg, Adidas, Atari, Steve Aoki, The Walking Dead, and more.

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412. Talking DAOs with Global Coin Research Deal Lead, Jin Kang

Jin Kang is deal lead at Global Coin Research, an investment DAO that has poured over US$30M into over 40 deals since just last year, generating an astounding 30X+ return in the process.

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413. Crypto Index Funds with Index Coop's Crews Enochs

Crews Enochs is a core contributor to the product growth community & institutional working groups at Index Coop, a new-age web3 crypto index fund DAO aiming to become the Blackrock of crypto.

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414. Building the Metaverse with RFOX's Ben Fairbank

Ben Fairbank is the CEO and Founder of RFOX, a web3 platform on a mission to empower everyone to play, create and earn in an immersive metaverse without borders.

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411. Non-Fungible Tokens(NFTs) and Collectable Digital Art with Saatchi Art's Monty Preston

Monty Preston is the Manager of Art Advisory & Curation at Saatchi Art. Prior to joining Saatchi Art in 2018, she worked at female-led, industry-disrupting startups including Beauty Pie in London, where she managed content and creative, and The RealReal in San Francisco, where she specialized in luxury estate management with a focus on designer apparel and fine art.

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410: The Sh*t They Never Taught You with Adam Jones and Adam Ashton

In this episode, I interview the co-hosts of the popular podcast What You Will Learn, and now co-authors of The Sh*t They Never Taught You, Adam Jones and Adam Ashton, for a conversation on all things books and life.

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408: Andrew Bogut on Making it in Basketball, Social Justice Politics and the NBA, and Australia's Lockdowns

Andrew Bogut is one of Australia’s most decorated basketball exports. He was the first overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft, won an NBA championship in 2015 with the Golden State Warriors, and spent 15 years honing his craft in the States, making about US$120M in career earnings.

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Should You Stand Up or Sit Down at Work?

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5 Ways Sunlight and Vitamin D Improve Your Focus and Mood

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Are Early Birds REALLY More Productive Than Night Owls?

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Get More Done in Less Time with Parkinson's Law

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How to Beat Anxiety with the Physiological Sigh and Get Focused

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How To Beat Analysis Paralysis and Jumping to Conclusions

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4 Ways to Eat Carbs Without Crashing Afterwards

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5 Ways to Beat Zoom Fatigue

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Matt Mullenweg’s 5 Levels of Remote Work - you're probably at level 2.

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Was Rhonda Patrick Right about Fasting and Focus?

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Episode#407 Pizza's Paul Fenech on Making it Film & Television

Paul Fenech is an Australian filmmaker, film and television actor, director, producer, and writer. He is best known for writing, directing, producing, and starring in the television series Pizza, Swift and Shift Couriers, Housos and Bogan Hunters, and the motion picture Fat Pizza.

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Outsourcing 101: How to Cut Your Work Hours in Half

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S3E9: Automate Today to Crush Tomorrow

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PSA: Australia's Lockdown Laws

Sometimes you just have to stand up for your values.

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S3E8: How to Time Block for Maximum Productivity

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S3E7: Prioritization and the 80/20 Principle

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S3E6: Beware of Shallow Work Traps: Email, Slack, Social Media, and Meetings

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S3E5: Use Momentum to Beat Procrastination and Laziness

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S3E4: The Point of Diminishing Returns

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S3E3: The Value and Art of Saying "No"

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S3E1: Triggering the Flow State

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S3E2:Task Switching

What’s the number one thing holding your productivity back? ……You. It turns out that people switch screens once every 40 seconds in a typical workday. But when we switch screens, we suffer a cognitive switching penalty.

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Episode #406: Why the Right to Disconnect is a Bad Idea

The central idea behind the right to disconnect is that employees don’t have to take calls or read emails after work hours.

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S2E8: 12 Health Supplements to Boost Your Performance at Work

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Episode #405: Navigating Emotions and Healing the Heart with Amy Chan

Amy Chan is the Founder of Renew Breakup Bootcamp, a retreat that takes a scientific and spiritual approach to heal the heart.

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S2E7: How Fasting Helps You Become Super Focused

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S2E6: How Sunlight and Vitamin D Improves Your Focus, Mood, and Creativity

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S2E5: Overcoming Workplace Stress and Negative Emotions

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S2E4: How Being Social Helps You Focus At Work

In this episode, I explore the role that community was one of the four factors he identified (the others were attitude, nutrition, and movement), and it turns out that there is more to this than just anecdotal observations and theory, but it is grounded in science.

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S2E3: How Movement Plays in the Mind

In this episode, I explore the role that working from home is great unless you find yourself sedentary all day.

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S2E2: What to Eat to Stay Focused For Longer

In this episode, I explore the role that nutrition plays in sustaining our focus for longer while we work.

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S2E1: Body & Mind: How Sleep Optimizes Your Focus, Creativity, Memory, and Mood

In this episode, I explore the role that sleep plays in regulating our focus and attention, decision-making, emotions, problem solving, and creativity.

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S1E5: Values Alignment and Performance at Work

In this video, I explore the role that Values Alignment plays when it comes to performance at work and job satisfaction, and what you can do to define your values and use them in your decision making.

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S1E4: Play To Your Strengths

In this video, I explore the role that STRENGTHS-ALIGNMENT plays in getting the best out of yourself every single day.

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S1E3: Are You Following the RIGHT Kind of Passion?

In this video, I explore the role that PASSION plays when it comes to our performance at work, and how there are TWO types of passion - one that leads to positive outcomes and emotional wellbeing, and one that leads to the VERY OPPOSITE.

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S1E2: The Real Impact of Incentives at Work

In this video, I explore one of the four foundations of high performance, productivity, and effectiveness at work - extrinsic and intrinsic incentives.

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S1E1: The Science on Purpose and Performance at Work

In this video, I explore the role that PURPOSE plays when it comes to our performance at work.

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Introduction to Work/Flow Podcast

Welcome to the WorkFlow podcast.

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Episode #404: Cutting Corporate Red Tape and Bulls#!t with Martin Lindstrom

Martin Lindstrom is the founder and chairman of Lindstrom Company, a global branding & culture transformation firm, operating across five continents and more than 30 countries.

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Episode #403: Brad Feld on Depression and Work

Brad Feld is an American entrepreneur, author, blogger, and venture capitalist at Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado.

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Episode #402: Reinvent the Way You Work with Jonas Altman

In this episode of Future Squared, workologist and author of Shapers, Jonas Altman, joins Steve Glaveski to talk the future of work.

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Episode #400: From Fijian Refugee to Billion Dollar Supplement Empire with Izhar Basha

From humble beginnings with a small supplement retail store in Randwick, Izhar Basha has gone on to create and head internationally recognised and celebrated Australian supplements brand, EHPlabs.

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Episode #398: Reviving a 200-Year-Old Whisky Distillery with David Prior

David Prior is a lifelong entrepreneur. He founded Baroda Packaging, which was acquired in 2007, before turning his eye to yoghurt, with Five:AM Organics, which after just three years in the market was acquired for $80 million.

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Episode #397: Gad Saad on Social Justice Politics at Work Future Squared with Steve Glaveski:

Gad Saad is a Lebanese-Canadian evolutionary psychologist at the John Molson School of Business who applies evolutionary psychology to marketing and consumer behaviour.

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Episode #396: SOWH1 - Why Disney and Generalists Thrive in a Pandemic World

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Episode #395: Becoming Financially Well with WeMoney's Dan Jovevski

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Episode #394: Get Twice as Much Done in Half the Time with Steve Glaveski

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Episode #393: My new book, Time Rich, is out today + 10 Productivity Tips

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Episode #392: Spotify's Censorship Moment: Joe Rogan, Podcasts and Politics

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Episode #391: Get Rich and Die Trying with John Roa

Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Author

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Episode #390: Daniel Cannizzaro talks Australian Fintech, Parpera

In this episode of Future Squared, founder of Aussie fintech Parpera, shares his journey from Melbourne's northwestern suburbs to EY and London Business School, before founding up and coming fintech, Parpera.

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Episode #389: The Low Touch Economy with Nick De Mey

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Episode #388: From Journalist to Poker Champion with Maria Konnikova

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Episode #387: Fighting Fear with Big Wave Surfer, Mark Mathews

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Episode #386: An interview with my mother, Miljana Glaveska

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Episode #385: Detoxification with Stefan Filippo

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Episode #384: Tony Nash on Building a 9-Figure Online Business - Part One

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Episode #383: Negotiate Anything with Alexandra Carter

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Episode #382: The Psychology of Friendship with Lydia Denworth

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Episode #381: Alex Osterwalder on Building an Invincible Company

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Episode #380: Rising From the Startup Ashes with Michael Fox

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Episode #379: Caring for Seniors During the Pandemic

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Episode #377: Boosting Your Immunity with Lucas Aoun

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Episode #378: Steve Blank talks Virus Survival Strategies for Business

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Episode #376: How to Avoid Going Crazy During COVID-19 Lockdown

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Episode #375: 23 Steps to Surviving COVID19 for Startups and Small Business

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Episode #374: COVID-19 and How to Crush Working From Home

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Episode #373: Turning Customers into Fans with David Meerman Scott

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437. The Ozempic Episode with Lucas Aoun - Benefits and Risks of the Wonder Weight Loss Drug

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436. From Zero to 200,000 Customers with Hey Bud's Alex Roslaniec

My guest today is Alex Roslaniec, hes a co-founder of fast-growing skincare company, Hey Bud.Hey Bud was founded just 4.5 years ago, and is today available in 130 countries, boasts 200,000 customers, and is stocked in 400 Priceline stores across Australia.

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435. How to Raise Venture Capital in 2024

Julia Krieger is the managing partner of Pari Passu Venture Partners, a network of founders supporting founders. She has been both an operator and a venture investor and so has unique perspectives on all things startups and VCs.

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434. Why Australia Will NEVER Be Silicon Valley

My guest today is Chris Saad, he’s a seasoned product and startup builder, co-host of The Startup Podcast, and former Head of Product at Uber's Developer Platform.

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433. Political Correctness in Comedy with Joe Avati

In this episode, I sit down with international touring comedian Joe Avati, known for his hilarious takes on Italian-Australian life and its cultural quirks.

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432. The One Page Marketing Plan with Allan Dib

Check out my conversation with author Allan Dib on the Future Squared podcast, and level up your marketing!

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431. Get 10X Better at Anything with Scott H Young

I was thrilled to welcome back Scott H. Young, a renowned writer, programmer, and avid learner. Scott is here to discuss his latest book, "Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery."

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430. So You Wanna Be an Influencer with Taryn Williams

Today's guest is the remarkable Taryn Williams, a veteran entrepreneur who founded Wink Models, The Right Fit (exited), The Influencer Agency (exited), and the innovative gifting service, #Gifted.

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429. Cage Kings: The Business of the UFC with Michael Thomsen

Michael Thomsen is a freelancer writer, author, and UFC tragic from New York. He is the author of Cage Kings: How an Unlikely Group of Moguls, Champions & Hustlers Transformed the UFC into a $10 Billion Industry, which unpacks the rapid rise of the UFC an mixed martial arts, the UFC’s business model and economics, the one man tour de force that is longtime UFC president Dana White, the role of the UFC’s owners over time - SEG, Zuffa and Ari Emanuel, and the organization’s anti-competitive behaviors and adversarial relationship with its fighters, which aren’t employees, but independent contractors - most of whom would earn more working a run of the mill admin job in the public sector.

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427. Building a Billion Dollar Venture Capital Fund with Blackbird's Niki Scevak

Niki Scevak is co-founder of Startmate, and founder and partner at Blackbird VC, Australia’s largest venture capital fund, with its 5th fund having raised AUD$1B (US$640M). Blackbird was an early investor in Canva, SafetyCulture, CultureAmp, BugCrowd, RedBubble, and many more, and has to date generated a net internal rate of return of 56%.

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428. Oliver Burkeman on Time Management for Mortals

Oliver Burkeman is a British author and journalist who has written for The Guardian and other publications. He was born in 1975 and has authored several books on topics such as time management, productivity, happiness, and self-help culture.

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426. The Mick Wall Story - Sex, Drugs & Rock and Roll

Mick Wall has spent over four decades interviewing rockstars and chronicling their amazing stories, and today, we're turning the tables on Mick Wall and unpacking his story in this marathon 3-hour and 40-minute, Joe Rogan-esque interview.

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425. The Electric Motorcycle Revolution with Dennis Savic

Dennis Savic is a pioneering entrepreneur and innovative thinker in the fields of electric vehicles and sustainable transportation.

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424. The Trillion Dollar SPace Economy with Torsten Hoffman

Torsten Hoffmann is a media entrepreneur, filmmaker, and technology investor. He has produced and directed several documentaries, including "Bitcoin: The End of Money As We Know It" and the award-winning "Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet" Torsten joins me today to talk about his forthcoming feature documentary, FORTITUDE: Forging the Trillion Dollar Space Economy, which uncovers how a few influential individuals with utopian ideas and vast fortunes are forging a trillion-dollar off-world industry, while inspiring millions of us back on Earth.

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423. Kevin Kelly: From Wired tgo Wisdom-Excellent Advice for Living

Kevin Kelly is a renowned technology writer, futurist, and entrepreneur who co-founded Wired magazine in 1993. He has authored several books on the impact of technology on society, including "The Inevitable" and "What Technology Wants." He is also a sought-after speaker and advisor on emerging technologies and their social and economic implications. His new book, Excellent Advice for Living: WIsdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier, distils Kelly’s timeless advice on everything from right living to setting ambitious goals, optimizing generosity, and cultivating compassion.

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422. Generative AI Risks and Opportunities with Mike Todasco

My guest today is Mike Todasco, former director of innovation at PayPal, and current self-imposed AI-researcher, and co-author of numerous AI-generated books under the pseudonym Alex Irons.

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421. Conquering the Startup Abyss, Navigating Economic Uncertainty, and the Global Banking Crisis with Daniel Cannizzaro

My guest today is Daniel Cannizzaro, founder of fintech company Parpera. I invited Dan back on to discuss the difficult landscape that startups find themselves in, and how Parpera has been navigating both macroeconomic challenges, and some very unique technical setbacks.

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419. Extend your Attention Span with Gloria Mark

Gloria Mark is a Chancellor’s Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. She’s been a visiting senior researcher at Microsoft Research since 2012 and is a recipient of the Google Research Award and the NSF Career award. She’s the author of the new book, Attention Span: Finding Focus for a Fulfilling Life, which unpacks how our brains operate in the digital world, why we can’t focus, and how we can take back control to find more success in our careers but also more health and wellness in our lives.

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418. Is Crypto a Scam? Debate with Theo Cox from Life Itself

Theo Cox is Head of Life Itself Labs, a multidisciplinary research institute and consultancy that works across economics, governance, strategy and technology, and innovates systemic solutions to complex global challenges.

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417. Our Critical Thinking Crisis And Affirmative Action In The Workplace with Josh Szeps

Josh Szeps is an Australian media personality, political satirist, and television presenter. He hosts Afternoon with Josh Szeps on ABC Radio, he hosts the incredibly popular podcast, Uncomfortable Conversations, and he has appeared on numerous high profile outlets over the years, including over a dozen appearances on the Joe Rogan Experience.

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416. Bringing Free Speech and User Rewards to Social Media with Bill Ottman of Minds

My guest today is Bill Ottman, he’s the co-creator and CEO of Minds - an alternative social media platform based on the blockchain that actively rewards users for their contributions, supports freedom of expression, and unlike many competing platforms, is not incentivized to polarize people for the sake of driving higher engagement.

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415. The Sandbox's Sebastian Borget on How Brands Can Leverage the Metaverse

My guest today is Sebastien Borget, co-founder and COO of The Sandbox, one of the world’s biggest and most popular metaverse platforms, with over 2 million wallets connected, and a token with a fully diluted market cap of over US$10 billion. The Sandbox is home to brands and icons such as Snoop Dogg, Adidas, Atari, Steve Aoki, The Walking Dead, and more.

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412. Talking DAOs with Global Coin Research Deal Lead, Jin Kang

Jin Kang is deal lead at Global Coin Research, an investment DAO that has poured over US$30M into over 40 deals since just last year, generating an astounding 30X+ return in the process.

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413. Crypto Index Funds with Index Coop's Crews Enochs

Crews Enochs is a core contributor to the product growth community & institutional working groups at Index Coop, a new-age web3 crypto index fund DAO aiming to become the Blackrock of crypto.

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414. Building the Metaverse with RFOX's Ben Fairbank

Ben Fairbank is the CEO and Founder of RFOX, a web3 platform on a mission to empower everyone to play, create and earn in an immersive metaverse without borders.

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411. Non-Fungible Tokens(NFTs) and Collectable Digital Art with Saatchi Art's Monty Preston

Monty Preston is the Manager of Art Advisory & Curation at Saatchi Art. Prior to joining Saatchi Art in 2018, she worked at female-led, industry-disrupting startups including Beauty Pie in London, where she managed content and creative, and The RealReal in San Francisco, where she specialized in luxury estate management with a focus on designer apparel and fine art.

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410: The Sh*t They Never Taught You with Adam Jones and Adam Ashton

In this episode, I interview the co-hosts of the popular podcast What You Will Learn, and now co-authors of The Sh*t They Never Taught You, Adam Jones and Adam Ashton, for a conversation on all things books and life.

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408: Andrew Bogut on Making it in Basketball, Social Justice Politics and the NBA, and Australia's Lockdowns

Andrew Bogut is one of Australia’s most decorated basketball exports. He was the first overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft, won an NBA championship in 2015 with the Golden State Warriors, and spent 15 years honing his craft in the States, making about US$120M in career earnings.

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Should You Stand Up or Sit Down at Work?

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5 Ways Sunlight and Vitamin D Improve Your Focus and Mood

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Are Early Birds REALLY More Productive Than Night Owls?

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Get More Done in Less Time with Parkinson's Law

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How to Beat Anxiety with the Physiological Sigh and Get Focused

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How To Beat Analysis Paralysis and Jumping to Conclusions

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4 Ways to Eat Carbs Without Crashing Afterwards

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5 Ways to Beat Zoom Fatigue

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Matt Mullenweg’s 5 Levels of Remote Work - you're probably at level 2.

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Was Rhonda Patrick Right about Fasting and Focus?

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Episode#407 Pizza's Paul Fenech on Making it Film & Television

Paul Fenech is an Australian filmmaker, film and television actor, director, producer, and writer. He is best known for writing, directing, producing, and starring in the television series Pizza, Swift and Shift Couriers, Housos and Bogan Hunters, and the motion picture Fat Pizza.

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Outsourcing 101: How to Cut Your Work Hours in Half

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S3E9: Automate Today to Crush Tomorrow

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PSA: Australia's Lockdown Laws

Sometimes you just have to stand up for your values.

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S3E8: How to Time Block for Maximum Productivity

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S3E7: Prioritization and the 80/20 Principle

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S3E6: Beware of Shallow Work Traps: Email, Slack, Social Media, and Meetings

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S3E5: Use Momentum to Beat Procrastination and Laziness

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S3E4: The Point of Diminishing Returns

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S3E3: The Value and Art of Saying "No"

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S3E1: Triggering the Flow State

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S3E2:Task Switching

What’s the number one thing holding your productivity back? ……You. It turns out that people switch screens once every 40 seconds in a typical workday. But when we switch screens, we suffer a cognitive switching penalty.

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Episode #406: Why the Right to Disconnect is a Bad Idea

The central idea behind the right to disconnect is that employees don’t have to take calls or read emails after work hours.

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S2E8: 12 Health Supplements to Boost Your Performance at Work

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Episode #405: Navigating Emotions and Healing the Heart with Amy Chan

Amy Chan is the Founder of Renew Breakup Bootcamp, a retreat that takes a scientific and spiritual approach to heal the heart.

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S2E7: How Fasting Helps You Become Super Focused

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S2E6: How Sunlight and Vitamin D Improves Your Focus, Mood, and Creativity

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S2E5: Overcoming Workplace Stress and Negative Emotions

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S2E4: How Being Social Helps You Focus At Work

In this episode, I explore the role that community was one of the four factors he identified (the others were attitude, nutrition, and movement), and it turns out that there is more to this than just anecdotal observations and theory, but it is grounded in science.

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S2E3: How Movement Plays in the Mind

In this episode, I explore the role that working from home is great unless you find yourself sedentary all day.

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S2E2: What to Eat to Stay Focused For Longer

In this episode, I explore the role that nutrition plays in sustaining our focus for longer while we work.

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S2E1: Body & Mind: How Sleep Optimizes Your Focus, Creativity, Memory, and Mood

In this episode, I explore the role that sleep plays in regulating our focus and attention, decision-making, emotions, problem solving, and creativity.

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S1E5: Values Alignment and Performance at Work

In this video, I explore the role that Values Alignment plays when it comes to performance at work and job satisfaction, and what you can do to define your values and use them in your decision making.

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S1E4: Play To Your Strengths

In this video, I explore the role that STRENGTHS-ALIGNMENT plays in getting the best out of yourself every single day.

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S1E3: Are You Following the RIGHT Kind of Passion?

In this video, I explore the role that PASSION plays when it comes to our performance at work, and how there are TWO types of passion - one that leads to positive outcomes and emotional wellbeing, and one that leads to the VERY OPPOSITE.

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S1E2: The Real Impact of Incentives at Work

In this video, I explore one of the four foundations of high performance, productivity, and effectiveness at work - extrinsic and intrinsic incentives.

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S1E1: The Science on Purpose and Performance at Work

In this video, I explore the role that PURPOSE plays when it comes to our performance at work.

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Introduction to Work/Flow Podcast

Welcome to the WorkFlow podcast.

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Episode #404: Cutting Corporate Red Tape and Bulls#!t with Martin Lindstrom

Martin Lindstrom is the founder and chairman of Lindstrom Company, a global branding & culture transformation firm, operating across five continents and more than 30 countries.

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Episode #403: Brad Feld on Depression and Work

Brad Feld is an American entrepreneur, author, blogger, and venture capitalist at Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado.

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Episode #402: Reinvent the Way You Work with Jonas Altman

In this episode of Future Squared, workologist and author of Shapers, Jonas Altman, joins Steve Glaveski to talk the future of work.

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Episode #400: From Fijian Refugee to Billion Dollar Supplement Empire with Izhar Basha

From humble beginnings with a small supplement retail store in Randwick, Izhar Basha has gone on to create and head internationally recognised and celebrated Australian supplements brand, EHPlabs.

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Episode #398: Reviving a 200-Year-Old Whisky Distillery with David Prior

David Prior is a lifelong entrepreneur. He founded Baroda Packaging, which was acquired in 2007, before turning his eye to yoghurt, with Five:AM Organics, which after just three years in the market was acquired for $80 million.

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Episode #397: Gad Saad on Social Justice Politics at Work Future Squared with Steve Glaveski:

Gad Saad is a Lebanese-Canadian evolutionary psychologist at the John Molson School of Business who applies evolutionary psychology to marketing and consumer behaviour.

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Episode #396: SOWH1 - Why Disney and Generalists Thrive in a Pandemic World

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Episode #395: Becoming Financially Well with WeMoney's Dan Jovevski

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Episode #394: Get Twice as Much Done in Half the Time with Steve Glaveski

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Episode #393: My new book, Time Rich, is out today + 10 Productivity Tips

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Episode #392: Spotify's Censorship Moment: Joe Rogan, Podcasts and Politics

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Episode #391: Get Rich and Die Trying with John Roa

Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Author

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Episode #390: Daniel Cannizzaro talks Australian Fintech, Parpera

In this episode of Future Squared, founder of Aussie fintech Parpera, shares his journey from Melbourne's northwestern suburbs to EY and London Business School, before founding up and coming fintech, Parpera.

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Episode #389: The Low Touch Economy with Nick De Mey

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Episode #388: From Journalist to Poker Champion with Maria Konnikova

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Episode #387: Fighting Fear with Big Wave Surfer, Mark Mathews

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Episode #386: An interview with my mother, Miljana Glaveska

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Episode #385: Detoxification with Stefan Filippo

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Episode #384: Tony Nash on Building a 9-Figure Online Business - Part One

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Episode #383: Negotiate Anything with Alexandra Carter

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Episode #382: The Psychology of Friendship with Lydia Denworth

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Episode #381: Alex Osterwalder on Building an Invincible Company

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Episode #380: Rising From the Startup Ashes with Michael Fox

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Episode #379: Caring for Seniors During the Pandemic

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Episode #377: Boosting Your Immunity with Lucas Aoun

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Episode #378: Steve Blank talks Virus Survival Strategies for Business

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Episode #376: How to Avoid Going Crazy During COVID-19 Lockdown

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Episode #375: 23 Steps to Surviving COVID19 for Startups and Small Business

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Episode #374: COVID-19 and How to Crush Working From Home

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Episode #373: Turning Customers into Fans with David Meerman Scott

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Episode #69: How to Run a Hackathon

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk hackathons, and how, while they are a great tool for bringing teams together to move quickly to build prototypes, are often done in a way that doesn't focus on problem solution fit, unique value proposition or business model.

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Episode #68: How VR/AR Will Change The Way We Buy

In this mid-week special we bring you the second live edition of Future Squared, in the form of a panel discussion, before an audience at Collective Campus.

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Episode #67: How to Be a Great Boss with Rene Boer

If your employees brought their A-game to work every day, what would it mean for your company’s performance? What would it mean for its ability to innovate and capture new growth opportunities?

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Episode #66: Increase your Return on Optimisation (ROO)

Many might remember the story of Eric Moussambani, the ‘Olympic swimmer’ from Equatorial Guinea who took 1:52.72 to complete his 100m swim at Sydney 2000, more than twice that of his nearest competitor.

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Episode #65: The ASX's Katherine Squire on DevOps, Cloud and Driving Culture Change

Katherine Squire is the General Manager of App Development and DevOps at the Australian Stock Exchange.

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Episode #64: Success Metrics for Corporate Innovation Programs and Teams

I was recently asked to partake in a discussion with a newly formed innovation team at an ASX20 company.

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Episode #63: Ash Maurya on Scaling Lean

Hailing from Austin, Texas, Ash Maurya is the founder of Leanstack. Since bootstrapping his last company seven years ago, he has launched five products and one peer-to-web application framework.

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Episode #62: Fast Fix Friday on Turning Bad Habits into Good Habits

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk about the power of turning bad habits into good habits and how it can have a profound impact on both your personal and professional life!

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Episode #61: Singularity University's Pascal Finette on Taking Moonshots

Pascal Finette heads up Entrepreneurship at Singularity University as well as SU Labs, its accelerator program which grows startups that are focused on tackling the world’s most intractable problems leveraging exponential technologies.

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Episode #60: Gyshido

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk "Gyshido" or Getting Your Shit Done, a movement spearheaded by Singularity University's Pascal Finette, who will be our very special guest on the next episode of Future Squared!

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Episode #59: Matchmakers and Marketplaces with MIT's Dick Schmalensee

This week's guest is Richard Schmalensee, the Howard W. Johnson Professor of Management Emeritus and Professor of Economics Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Episode #58: Fast Fix Friday on Disrupting Yourself

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk why you should disrupt yourself.

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Episode #57: My Lean Startup Journey *midweek bonus*

Tune in to hear what Steve has to say about his own lean startup journey.

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Episode #56: 500 Startups' Arnaud Bonzom talks How Huge Companies Engage Startups

In this episode I speak with Arnaud Bonzom, Director of Corporate Innovation at 500 Startups.

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Episode #55: Fast Lisp Friday on 13 Ways to Get Buy-In for Corporate Innovation

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday, I cover a topic that is the bane of existence for many a corporate employee which is getting buy in for corporate innovation

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Episode #54: Increase Employee Engagement with Spigit's Maggie Riad *midweek bonus*

Maggie brings more than 12 years of innovation management, market insight analysis and business strategy experience in the financial services sector

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Episode #53: From Theatre to Disruption with Sportbet's Head of Innovatoin, Leslie Barry

Tune into this episode to hear what Leslie Barry has to say about topics like why organisations like Sportsbet need to innovate, how to effectively partner up with startups, and many more.

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Episode #52: Fast Fix Friday on 50 Lessons from 50 Episodes! Thank You Everybody!

Thank you listeners, we've just turned 50...episodes that is, and to celebrate, I've put together a list of the 50 most memorable lessons from the first 50 episodes!

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Episode #51: Agile Government Starts With You *midweek keynote special*

Collective Campus recently hosted an event called Disrupt the Public Sector, as part of the Australian Government’s Innovation Month 2016.

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Episode #50: The Age of Discovery with Chris Kutarna

In milestone episode #50, I speak to Chris Kutarna, a two-time Governor General's Medallist, a Sauvé Fellow and Commonwealth Scholar, and a Fellow of the Oxford Martin School with a doctorate in politics from the University of Oxford.

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Episode #49: Kill Your Ego!

This Fast Fix Friday is all about your ego and why you should kill it!

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Episode #48: Techstars, Brexit and Corporate Accelerators with Max Kelly

Max Kelly is currently Managing Director of Techstars London.

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Episode #47: Fast Fix Friday on the Books and Resources that Will Change Your Life

This Fast Fix Friday covers off on all of the different books, podcasts and other resources that have made me and can make you a better professional and person in general.

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Episode #46: Building an Everyone Culture with Robert Kegan

Bob Kegan is a psychologist who teaches, researches, writes, and consults about adult development, adult learning, and professional development.

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Episode #45: 16 Productivity Hacks on (Not So) Fast Fix Friday

This (Not So) Fast Fix Friday focuses on some of my favourite productivity hacks, 16 of them in fact!

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Episode #44: Correcting our 7 Fatal Flaws of Thinking with Matthew E May

Matthew E May is the author of Amazon bestseller Winning the Brain Game: Fixing the 7 Fatal Flaws of Thinking.

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Episode #43: Fast Fix Friday on Why Australia's Innovation Transformation Won't Happen Overnight

This Fast Fix Friday focuses on the stakeholder short-termism that plagues not only Australia's Government, but those of countries around the world, as well as tech businesses, sports teams and entertainment companies.

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Episode #42: Innovation Tools with Evan Shellshear ***bonus episode***

In this bonus episode, I speak with Evan Shellshear, author of the newly released book, Innovation Tools.Innovation is hard work so you need the best tools. After years of research and dozens of case studies, those tools have been distilled into Evan Shellshear’s latest book.

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Episode #41: Transforming Children's Education with Angela Maiers

Angela Maiers is an educator, entrepreneur, leader, disruptor and visionary. She has been creating and leading change in education and enterprise for 25 years, teaching every level of school from kindergarten to graduate school and consulting with companies around the world

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Episode #40: Fast Fix Friday on Lean Marketing

In this episode I talk through 8 steps detailing how to pull off your own lean marketing strategy to find new customers for new products.

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Episode #39: The Future of the Global Economy with Parag Khanna

Parag Khanna is a leading global strategist, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is a CNN Global Contributor and Managing Partner of Hybrid Reality, a boutique geostrategic advisory firm.

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Episode #38: Fast Fix Friday on the Corporate Innovation Hierarchy of Needs

In this FFF, I dig a little deeper into what I’ll dub the Hierarchy of Needs for Corporate Innovation.

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Episode #37: Innovation = STEM + Creativity with David Cropley

In this midweek bonus, I speak with David Cropley, an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of South Australia.

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Episode #36: Google Ventures' Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky on Solving Big Problems in Just Five Days

In this episode, I bring you not one but two guests, Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky - co-authors of the book 'SPRINT - How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days'.

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Episode #35: Fast Fix Friday on Supporting Culture Change through Self Awareness

This Fast Fix Friday focuses on self awareness.

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Episode #33: The Sharing Economy with Arun Sundararajan

Arun Sundararajan is Professor and the Robert L. and Dale Atkins Rosen Faculty Fellow at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

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Episode #34: The Art of Persuasive Leadership with Patrick King

Patrick King is a social interaction specialist based in San Francisco, California, and has been featured on numerous national publications such as Inc.com.

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Episode #32: David Allen on Getting Things Done

David Allen is widely recognized as the world's leading expert on personal and organizational productivity.

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Episode #31: Creating a Culture of Innovation with Dave Gray

Dave Gray is an author and management consultant who works with the world's leading companies to develop and execute winning strategies.

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Episode #30: Fast Fix Friday on Setting Up a Corporate Innovation Project

This Fast Fix Friday focuses on the key questions you need to ask BEFORE embarking on an innovation project in order to optimise returns and give your organisation a significantly improved chance of success.

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Episode #29: Artificial Intelligence with Brian Christian

Brian Christian is the author of The Most Human Human, which was named a Wall Street Journal bestseller and a New Yorker favorite book of 2011, and has been translated into ten languages.

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Episode #28: Fast Fix Friday on Innovation Metrics

This Fast Fix Friday focuses on innovation metrics.

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Episode #27: Innovation Project Management with Paul R Williams

Paul R. Williams, PMP has over twenty years of project, program & portfolio management leadership experience with information technology, innovation management and strategic business initiatives in the investment, banking, insurance, legal, manufacturing and professional services industries.

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Episode #26: Fast Fix Friday on Engaging Startups and Small Companies to Drive Corporate Innovation

Today's Fast Fix Friday focuses on the power of engaging startups and small companies to drive corporate innovation efforts.

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Episode #25: Alex Tapscott on the Blockchain Revolution

Alex Tapscott is the CEO and Founder of Northwest Passage Ventures. For seven years in the Canadian and U.S. Capital markets, Alex has worked tirelessly to help entrepreneurs realize their goals, raising hundreds of millions of dollars in critical growth capital and providing sound advice and counsel.

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Episode #24: Neil Patel on Growth Hacking for Large Companies

In this episode I chat with top online marketer and one of the top influencers on the web, Neil Patel, serial entrepreneur, investor and blogger.

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Episode #23: Fast Fix Friday on Embracing Awkward Silences to Foster Creativity

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk awkward silences and why you should EMBRACE them rather than try and put an end to them by saying the first and usually least valuable thing that comes to mind.

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Episode #22: Rand Fishkin on Online Marketing for Large Companies

Rand Fishkin uses the ludicrous title, Wizard of Moz. He's founder and former CEO of one of the world’s fastest growing software companies Moz, an online marketing platform that is worth more than US$120M.

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Episode #21: Fast Fix Friday on the Five Minute Idea

Today's Fast Fix Friday focuses on the questions you can ask to come up with an idea worth exploring within five minutes.

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Episode #20: Evangelos Simoudis on Corporate VC, Incubators and M&A

In this episode we dive into some of Evangelos' thought leadership on topics pertaining to: - corporate VC - corporate accelerators and incubators - acquisition of startups

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Episode #18: Garrett Dunham on Corporate Startup Partnerships and Reverse Pitching

Garrett Dunham is an entrepreneur, speaker and startup advisor. He’s founded 2 accelerators, including Prebacked, a reverse hackathon connecting corporates with startups, and Singulairty University Labs

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Episode #19: Fast Fix Friday on Hacking the Corporate Culture

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk hacking the corporate culture to support innovation, a topic inspired by my recent interview with Silicon Valley godfather Steve Blank.

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Episode #17: Stop Treating Corporate Innovation Like a Project

In episode #17, I confront an issue that seems all too common amongst large organisations trying to deal with this thing called disruption.

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Episode #16: Fast Fix Friday - Pixar's Braintrust

In this episode, I look at Pixar's brain trust - a mechanism the company uses to do away with sugarcoating and the human tendencies to not say what we really think - which ultimately stands in the way of creativity and innovation.

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Episode #15: How to Increase Employee Productivity by 500% and Boost Innovation

In this podcast, co-founder Steve, talks about the importance of the 'flow' state in employees and productivity.

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Episode #14: Braden Kelley on Charting Change for Innovation

Braden Kelley is an experienced innovation and change speaker, trainer, and digital transformation strategist.

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Episode #13: Whitney Johnson on Disrupting Yourself

Whitney Johnson was recognized as one of the world’s most influential management thinkers in 2015, and was a finalist for the Top thinkers on Talent at the biennial Thinkers50 ceremony in London. She is best known for her work on driving corporate innovation through personal disruption.

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Episode #12 - Steve Blank on Corporate Innovation

Steve Blank is considered by many to be the godfather of Silicon Valley and is credited with spearheading the customer development model which birthed the lean startup, popularised by his former pupil Eric Ries' book of the same name

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Episode #11: Ted Rubin on going from ROI to Return on Relationship

In this episode of the Future² podcast, I had the pleasure of chatting with New York native and one of the most influential CMOs in the world, Ted Rubin.

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Episode #10: Lean Analytics for Large Companies with Ben Yoskovitz by Future² - Innovation

In this podcast, we talk to Ben Yoskovitz, the co-author of Lean Analytics, a guide for organisations who want to use data to grow new businesses faster.

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Episode #9: David Burkus on Rethinking Business as Usual

David Burkus is the author of The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas.

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Episode #8: David Binetti on the Innovation Options Framework - Measuring Learning in Dollars

David Binetti talks to us about Innovation Options, a valuation framework that supports measuring learning in dollars and helps organisations innovate faster with less risk.

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Episode #7: Kmart's Innovation Program Manager, Fabio Oliveira, Talks Innovation in Retail

We sat down with Kmart Australia's newly anointed Innovation Program Manager, Fabio Oliveira, to talk about innovation in retail.

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Episode #6: An Hour with Niel Robertson, World Champion Entrepreneur and Investor (not snooker player...)

In this episode of Future², we were lucky enough to be joined by world champion entrepreneur and investor, Niel Robertson

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Episode #5: Reinventing Higher Education with Annie Fergusson (airEDU)

In this podcast, we catch up with Annie Fergusson, change facilitator and founder of airEDU, a platform she is designing and building to resolve challenges in the higher education marketplace.

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Episode #4: Idea Platforms and Contests

In this short Future² podcast, find out some of the best methods for running idea contests in your organisation.

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Episode #3: Interview with NAB Labs' Humphrey Laubscher on Innovation in Banking

Our latest Future² podcast focuses on Innovation banking featuring Humphrey Laubscher, NAB Labs' Fintech Innovation Manager.

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Episode #2 - Futuresquared Corporate Hackathon EP

In this podcast, Sean Qian interviews Collective Campus co-founder Steve Glaveski to dissect what the corporate hackathon is, what the benefits are, how it's broken and how best to approach running one.

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Episode #1: Predictions For Enterprise Innovation 2016 with KPMG Innovate's Brenton Charnley

The rate of disruption to industry incumbents is increasing and 2015 was a testament to that.

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420. How to Do What You Love with Musician and Producer, Chris Temelco

Chris Themelco is a founding member, singer, songwriter, and guitarist for Australian metal band Orpheus Omega, founder and chief engineer at Monolith Studios, and producer for numerous heavy rock acts. Whether you’re a fan of heavy music or not, this conversation is an absolute must-listen for anybody wanting to make it in a competitive or creative pursuit - be it as a musician, entrepreneur, comedian, content creator, artist, athlete, or ‘influencer’.

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