Archives: Podcasts

We explore innovation in the financial services space, sitting down for a chat with Melissa Witheriff, head of digital innovation at Credit Union Australia.

We chat with Gautam Mishra, CEO of Australian platform inkl, a digital news marketplace that unlocks the world’s biggest news publishers, a bit like a Spotify or Netflix for news.

We chat with Steve Traplin, the head of Groupon in APAC, to chat about the company’s growth in Australia over the years and how it has evolved its approach as it looks to become a daily habit for consumers.

We chat with Tashi Dorjee, the cofounder and chief space officer at TwoSpace, a startup that transforms restaurants closed during the day into a network of coworking spaces, about how it went about getting partners on board and why hotels are interested in working with the business.

We chat with REA Group’s chief inventor Nigel Dalton about the lessons he learned about disruption while working at Lonely Planet, what innovation looks like at a 23 year old startup that’s now an ASX-listed giant worth billions, and why REA Group can’t just rely on the clicks coming to realestate.com.au and needs to keep reinventing itself.

We chat with Sarah Moran, cofounder and CEO of Girl Geek Academy, about the organisation’s work and in particular its partnership with National Australia Bank, where Sarah spent a year as a Girl Geek in Residence.

We chat to Hugh Fahy, the GM of Engineering at MYOB, about the growth of MYOB, the development of the Future Makers program and its DevelopHER initiative, and the company’s culture.

We had a chat to Hein Vogel, the managing director of the Emerging Companies division at Investec, an “entrepreneurial-focused” investment bank, about the development of the Emerging Companies division, what it’s looking for in portfolio companies and what, in turn, it can offer them, and the Australian startup landscape.

We chat to Anna Lee, the chief operating officer at online fashion retailer The Iconic, about the growth of the company, the importance of the customer, and how The Iconic stays agile now it’s grown to more than 500 staff.

We talk with Ben Pfisterer, country manager for Square Australia, about the growth of Square in Australia, how it has gone about forming its partnerships, and its place in the local fintech landscape.

We talk with Peter O’Connell, cofounder and CEO of Amaysim, about his experience in the telco sector, and the process of setting up and launching Amaysim.

We sat down to talk with Mick Spencer, founder and CEO of OnTheGo, about the origins of the business, its approach to finding and working with customers, and how the partnership with Wesfarmers came about and what it entails.

We chat with Leigh Gibson, Tech Area Lead in the Customer Self Service tribe at ANZ, bout life at ANZ, which has been undergoing a transformation in the way it works and in its approach to innovation over the last year, along with her work mentoring other women in tech through initiatives such as the… Read more »

We chat about AI with Richard Kimber, cofounder and CEO of artificial intelligence startup Daisee, about Daisee’s development and growth, and how it’s been helped along by corporate relationships.

We chat about office space with Paul Edwards, General Manager of Workplace Experiences at Mirvac, about the future of work, what Mirvac learned from the development and running of the first Hoist space, and what makes a ‘smart precinct’.