Episodes

Hey, thanks for tuning in today! Yesterday I shared my crazy little experiment with you—what would happen if I gave myself just 12 hours to see if a brand-new event idea had legs? No venue, no speakers, no fancy marketing—jus...

Today’s episode is a first: I’m recording this while riding my exercise bike (training for Nepal waits for no one!). I wanted to share what’s happening in real time with Con Con . At this stage, it’s still a fictional event—b...

Truth be told, I had no idea what I was going to talk about when I hit record. So, I did what I often do when I’m stuck: I asked ChatGPT to give me 10 episode title ideas. Instead of choosing one, I decided to read them out l...

Today I’m answering a great question from a friend: “Do you decide to write a book and then pick the topic, or do you already have the topic and then decide to write?” For me, the answer was simple — I just wanted to be an au...

What this one’s about: I riff on a killer Diary of a CEO roundtable (Codie Sanchez, Alex Hormozi, Daniel Priestley) and share a study on grooming, attractiveness and pay—plus my $150 Mecca “makeup school” hack I used before a...

We’re all doing great work… but is it working? Today I chat with Kevin M. Yates, the global L&D detective who measures whether learning fulfills its purpose. He shows us how to move beyond smile sheets and activity metrics to...

Guest: Nikki Bush — human potential & parenting expert, bestselling author of Future-Proof Yourself , Certified Speaking Professional, and the first woman inducted into the Professional Speakers Association of South Africa Ha...

I shared fresh stories from last night’s IABC Queensland event where I road-tested my Work Fame concept—no slides, just prompts, energy, and a few spicy truths about standing out. In this episode The serendipity start: rockin...

I’ve just left Day 1 of the Queensland Association of Special Education Leaders conference (QASEL) at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre. I’m speaking on Day 3 (“The Dark Arts of Engagement”), so I snuck in early to ...

I recorded this one from the couch—with the heater blasting and my iPad out—while rejigging workshop sequences. Today I confess something small-but-useful I was wrong about: Strava . For years I resisted it (I thought you nee...

Today I broke my own rules from The 2-Hour Workshop Blueprint … then remembered why they exist. I tried to type a workshop outline straight into a doc at the café (hello, friction and tab-opening). So I shut the laptop, order...

Today I’m handing the mic to my friend (and brand wizard) Jason Knight . If you’ve ever looked at my site and thought, “Whoa—this is… different,” you’ll love this one. Jason and I share a long backstory—from L&D days to Red C...

Today, I’m chatting to someone who also shares my love for the Clifton Strengths tool. It’s all well and good to find a tool you love, that echoes back what you think + feel about yourself but more importantly? It’s what you ...

Today I poured a long black (Alan poured a martini) and we got spicy about feedback: smile sheets, unsolicited opinions, and why being liked is overrated compared to being respected . Alan shares why he was often hired to dis...

This week my book The 2-Hour Workshop Blueprint has been popping like Jenny Blake’s “serendipity popcorn” — in places and moments I didn’t plan In this episode The word that flattens a room (and what to do instead) Why assets...

As many of you know, Bangkok is my favourite city in the world. I love it so much my car number plate even says Bangkok . So when I saw Bangkok Airways—Thailand’s boutique airline—making headlines this week, I knew I had to s...

In 2025, can simply delivering on what you promised make you exceptional? Today’s episode is part rant, part reminder. I share the saga of Chris’s 1979 Pontiac Trans Am restoration — from the iconic “screaming chicken” sticke...

Today I’m handing the mic to my friend John Anthony from Transcend — or as I call him, JA . We met at the MBS Rooftop event last year and I’ve been a fan of his perspective (and his knack for weaving music into his message) e...

On Friday night, I may have committed a dinner party faux pas… by turning into that person—the one who can’t believe you don’t use Apple products. Over bubbles and red wine with Kirsty Lewis, I launched into an enthusiastic d...

There are some conversations where you can just feel the depth of thought—and this episode with Jo Fitzgerald is one of them. I met Jo when she came over to Brisbane earlier this year, and straight away I knew I wanted to hit...

Today’s Weekend Rewind is part practical masterclass, part business therapy—and I absolutely loved it. My guest is Brendon Baker, someone I’ve known for a couple of years through the Alan Weiss community. We’ve collaborated, ...

In this episode, I’m sharing the audio version of my latest Substack article: The Case for Being Uncoachable: Why Trusting Yourself Beats Following the Map (Sometimes). Inspired by a real-life moment where I told Google Maps ...

Every time I tell someone I’m heading to Nepal for a high-altitude trek, I get a flood of advice: what to pack, how to train, gear recommendations, you name it. It's well-intentioned—but also overwhelming. In today’s solo epi...

In today’s episode, I share a powerful acronym that captures the chaotic, unpredictable, and fog-filled world we’re navigating in 2025 and beyond. You’ve probably heard of VUCA — Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous — a te...