Hey! Thanks for tuning in to this weekend’s rewind. This conversation was recorded a few years ago, but wow—has it aged well. Today’s guest is the brilliant Stephen Shapiro, an innovation expert who's spent decades helping organisations grow by asking better questions and solving the right problems. Stephen shares how…
Hey, thanks for tuning in today! I'm still here in Sydney, fresh off a multi-day event. I obviously can’t reveal the client or all the details, but I can share a powerful takeaway from the experience—especially for those of you tuning in daily. Today’s topic? Precision in speech. Which, if…
Hey friends — coming at you from Sydney, where I’ve spent way too much time indoors today. Seriously, it was 4:30 PM before I even saw daylight. Not ideal. My Oura Ring told me my readiness score was 52 — yikes — but I rallied, stretched, ran a webinar for…
This episode is a bit of a pulse check. With all the disruption flying at us—AI, tech, changing markets—I’m keeping my head up, scanning the horizon, and thinking about what actually matters as we look ahead (but not too far ahead). Forget five-year plans. I’m talking 12-month windows. That’s as…
In today’s episode, I’m recapping my experience speaking at the Queensland Association of Collaborative Practice’s annual conference. It was an absolute honour to be the only non-lawyer on stage. But also, it gave me a chance to bring a fresh perspective to a room of highly skilled professionals. I kick…
I'm recording this episode ahead of a big week—I'm heading to Sydney for a mix of events and workshops, but before all that, I’m hosting something a little different. On Wednesday morning, I’m running a live webinar on May 21st, where I’ll be sharing behind-the-scenes, never-before-shared ideas from my workshops.…
This weekend rewind is a special one. I'm celebrating the two-year anniversary of my first real book — The 2-Hour Workshop Blueprint. (Yes, I did write a netball coaching manual back in the day, 😄). To mark the occasion, I’m replaying a juicy interview I did with Jessica Mudditt (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicamudditt/)…
I decided to re-release this conversation because earlier this week, I joined Ryan So Fly's (https://www.youtube.com/@ryansofly) YouTube creator community (only $5/month — well worth it), and it reminded me just how brilliant this chat was. Ryan So Fly is one of my favourite travel YouTubers. He’s funny, honest, insightful, and…
Today I’m taking you behind the scenes of my Everest Base Camp (and peak!) training journey — the real stuff. Injuries, gadgets, gear, and the surprising power of voice notes. In this episode, I share: • Why I enlisted coach Kyle Mooney from Experience Not Felt Possible (https://experiencenotfeltpossible.com/coaching/) • How…
I’ve got a couple of dogs—Quincey and Milo—and while I don’t talk about them enough on the pod, they’re a huge part of my life. Quincey is 14 now, and recently we’ve been getting some tests done because, well… he’s showing signs of ageing. Because when I requested health reports…
Today’s episode is inspired by a magical, unexpected post-speech conversation I had with a woman named Susan. Susan is originally from Ghana, and before I even got up to speak at the Mother’s Day event, she walked right up to me and said: "I feel like I need to be…
In today’s episode, I’m sharing the live speech I gave at a high school Mother’s Day event, in front of 300 daughters and mums sipping tea and passing cupcakes. It starts with me at ten years old, ashamed to be picked up in our brown, overheated Holden Camira… until my…
In today’s quick hit, I’m responding to a very interesting question I got from a friend-client on LinkedIn: “If AI can simulate different stakeholder perspectives, do we still need to engage them?” Here’s my take: Yes, use AI for speed, but not as a substitute for relationships. You can ask…
Hey, welcome to the Weekend Rewind My guest is Mike Knapp, and this chat was actually born from an unrecorded conversation we had where I said mid-way, “Wait—why aren’t we capturing this?!” Mike is a strategy advisor, coach, mural template wizard and meditation teacher (yep, all those things). In this…
I'm re-sharing my second chat with the world's leading body language expert, Mark Bowden (https://truthplane.com/home/people/mark-bowden/) . This was originally recorded during peak Zoom-fatigue era, when facilitators (myself included) were scrambling to figure out how the heck to connect, engage, and energise through a webcam. Why am I bringing this back…
Hey, thanks for jumping in today. I’m sharing some reflections from my 9-year wedding anniversary weekend—and how a random cookie run led me into one of Australia’s biggest copyright controversies. What happens when a viral baker is accused of copying recipes from a best-selling cookbook author? And what does this…
You know that line, “You teach what you most need to learn”? Well, that hit me—hard—during a session I ran last week. This episode is about how I ran a workshop on observation skills… and completely failed to observe the most obvious thing in front of me that very morning.…
We’ve been sold the dream: if you’re serious about growth, your first move is to hire help, usually a VA. But what if that’s not always the smart play? In this Talk the Walk session, we’ll challenge the default advice around scaling. Inspired by a sharp Alan Weiss insight (“hiring…
In this episode, I’m reflecting on a phrase that popped into my head while driving here: How do you become a One Take Wonder? You know, the kind of person who can just hit record and go — no second takes, no overthinking, just clarity, energy, and good-enough delivery. Here’s…
Last week I ran two virtual workshops for a global client—one at a beautiful 1:00 PM time slot (bless), and the second... at 5:00 AM. Yep. Coffee was very involved. In this episode, I’m sharing the behind-the-scenes of how I prepped and delivered these sessions—specifically when you're working across time…
I usually steer clear of politics on the pod, but after the Australian federal election over the weekend… I had to say something. Because honestly? It was a total non-event. No vision. No leadership. No spark. Just some tit-for-tat promises and reheated policies that felt like they were scraped from…
In this episode, I chat with the absolutely brilliant Maria McDonald, a Learning + Development Manager at Geocaching HQ. Maria’s story is one of those that starts in social work, pivots into office management, and then—thanks to the power of facilitation—lands in a dream career in L&D. 💥 We explore…
Hey, thanks for tuning into the Weekend Rewind – although technically we’re only rewinding one day to my latest Talk the Walk episode with the Rock Star of Consulting himself, Alan Weiss. This one’s a bit spicy. Alan threw me a challenge live, and truthfully? I missed the shot. No…
