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Why do we work? Besides the obvious (rent, bills, food etc) what do we expect from work? The expectation from work for most people has shifted from just utility to meaning and purpose. The aim of this podcast is to explore the journeys of those among us who have fought their demons and have found true meaning in the work they do.
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Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
On Meaning Work # 28: Tom Campbell
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Welcome to another episode of the 'On Meaningful Work' podcast.
In this episode I speak with Tom Campbell, AFL football star and the co-founder of Footy for Climate.
About Tom
Tom Campbell is an AFL player with St Kilda Football Club, and has played 12 seasons with the Western Bulldogs, North Melbourne and St Kilda Football Clubs.
Over the past decade, Tom has been an ambassador for a number of charities including Stand Up Events (tackling homophobia and gender discrimination in sport) and The Les Twentyman Foundation (supporting at-risk youth) and he co-founded Footy for Climate.
Tom is passionate about protecting the future of the planet and footy, and through Footy for Climate he supports AFL M&W players to use their public platform to advocate for greater climate action and give back to the grassroots of the game
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
On Meaningful Work ep#27: Nick Savaidis
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Hello all and welcome to another episode of the On Meaningful Work podcast
We have a very special episode with the founder of the ethical fashion label etiko: Nick Savaidis
We have a wide ranging conversation touching on Nick's childhood in Melbourne in 50's, the Greek immigrant experience, the fledgling garment industry that sprang up in the suburbs, setting up social enterprises in remote communities, the reasons for ethical fashion and the trials of being an entrepreneur. We cover alot!
About Nick:
Nick Savaidis is the founder of Etiko which was recently voted Australia’s Best All-Round Sustainable Retailer in the inaugural National Online Retailers Sustainability Awards.
After working in the education field Nick was involved in establishing and managing a number of social enterprises on remote indigenous communities in the Northern Territory in the early 1990’s.
In the early 2000’s he introduced No Sweat the world’s first ethically focussed on to the Australian market place before launching his own Etiko brand in 2006.
A street fashion brand for conscious and conscientious consumers Etiko is not only Fairtrade certified, it’s also a B Corp and a registered social enterprise (via Social Traders). In 2016 Etiko became the first fashion brand to ever win an Australian Human Rights Award for its efforts in addressing the exploitation of workers and farmers in fashion supply chains.
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
On Meaningful Work #26: Anna McCracken
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Anna is a social strategist, storyteller and adventurer, starting her career in Social Work before moving into human rights law. Anna's nomadic lifestyle over the decade has allowed her to travel to nearly every nook and cranny in Australia, listening deeply to the stories of communities and working in partnership to translate these to government & business in creative ways. Anna’s lived experience of managing lifelong chronic health issues has influenced her drive to challenge the current business as usual paradigm. Anna works across Australia weaving her depth of experience, her personal story and her deep love of storytelling and nature to guide businesses into relational ways of being.
Monday Jan 23, 2023
On Meaningful Work ep #25: Leyla Acaroglu
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Dr. Leyla Acaroglu is an internationally-known sustainability provocateur, sociologist, and award-winning designer, focused on systems thinking, sustainability sciences and creative change-making. She was named Champion of the Earth by the United Nations, Change-Maker by Linkedin and is a mainstage TED speaker who leads presentations with leaders around the world on activating positive change for a sustainable, circular and regenerative future. He TED talk on Paper beats Plastic? has more than 1.4M views. As a serial social entrepreneur, she founded The UnSchool, an experimental knowledge lab for adults, developed the Disruptive Design Method and is CEO of creative agency, Disrupt Design.
Monday Dec 12, 2022
On Meaningful with Simon Griffiths CEO of Who Gives a Crap
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the On Meaningful Work podcast
We have an incredible guest this week in Simon Griffiths, the CEO and Cofounder of Who Gives a Crap.
Who Gives A Crap is an Aussie B Corp that sells good looking, forest friendly toilet paper, paper towels and tissues direct-to-consumer. Who Gives A Crap donates 50% of their profits to help build toilets for those in need. As much as Simon loves toilet paper, he helped start the business for its impact, with the company on a mission to improve access to hygiene, clean water and basic sanitation in developing countries. Since founding the company back in 2013, Who Gives A Crap has donated more than $10 million.
We cover a lot in this episode, from Simon’s childhood in Perth, his first jobs, his motivations for getting into social entrepreneurship and how the legendary Who Gives A Crap came to be. It is an incredible journey and I hope you enjoy this episode.
Thursday Dec 01, 2022
On Meaningful Work ep #23: Tony Corrales
Thursday Dec 01, 2022
Thursday Dec 01, 2022
Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the On Meaningful Work podcast. In this episode I speak with Tony Corrales. Tony has an incredible story - he is originally from England and originally a punk musician , yes he headlined a punk rock band that toured the world. Since then and since moving to Australia Tony has spent the last 10 years working between online and offline marketing for not for profit organisations, along with consulting work in digital strategy and operations.
In 2020 he launched the ethical fashion label Noskin along with the Producing with Purpose podcast, which is now evolving into PWP Studios where he and his team provide consulting services and coming soon, online education to make your good business a great business.
Please note: The thing I fear the most while recording a podcast to not happen..happened. The SD card got full and it stopped recording midway though. Tony was gracious enough to backtrack and re-record..but there maybe some continuity issues. So my apologies for that.
Friday Nov 18, 2022
On Meaningful Work #22: Dr. Agustin Chevez
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Hello All and welcome to another episode of the On Meaningful Work podcast.
This one is a little bit different. Firstly its a live recording. Secondly the format is a little different. Rather than my usual formula of tracing a person's journey and trying to distil how they came to find meaning and purpose in the work they do, this interview traces a literal journey. Dr. Chevez wanted to think about the future of work and the likely environments that will support our working lives without any distraction..so he walked from Melbourne to Sydney. It took him 42 days. The book he wrote is a distillation of his ideas and insights from that walk. This interview is a discussion about Dr. Chevez'z book and the ideas he captured about the future of work and how we can find meaning and purpose in the work that we do
About Dr. Chevez:
As an architect and academic, Dr Agustin Chevez has dedicated his career to understanding the notion of work and uncovering environments that best support our working lives. Agustin’s interest in the relationship between people, space and technology saw him pursue a PhD on the evolution of workplace architecture as a consequence of technology development. His work has been presented at various international forums and publications. Agustin is a workplace consultant, an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Centre For Design Innovation, Swinburne University, and an Honorary Fellow at the school of Management and Marketing, University of Melbourne.
Friday Aug 12, 2022
On Meaningful Work Episode #21: Matthew Boyd
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Hello all and welcome to another episode of the On Meaningful Work podcast. In this episode I am thrilled to be speaking with Matthew Boyd. Matt is the cofounder of Vollie and now the founder of Natureboss. In this episode we dig into Matt's various adventures from growing up in England, immigrating to Australia and establishing himself in Advertising here in Melbourne. A volunteer stint at the Royal Children's Hospital changed Matt's perception of work and inspired him to found Vollie. We dig deep into his entrepreneurial journey and the grit required to get Vollie off the ground. I loved this conversation, I learned a lot from Matt and I hope you do too
About Matt
Matthew is the CEO of NatureBoss, an online marketplace which connects corporate teams with environmental groups that can facilitate meaningful experiences in nature. NatureBoss is on a mission to evolve the way businesses connect with the environment.
Prior to NatureBoss, Matt Co-Founded Vollie, an online marketplace that is unlocking a new style of skills-based remote volunteering. In 5 years of operation, Vollie has seen 5,000+ social impact projects completed to date, through 300,000+ skilled volunteering hours, generating over $5.7 million of savings to the current 1,200+ non-profits using the service. Prior to Vollie, Matt has 10 years experience in a Marketing, Operations and Business development, and have been responsible for running projects that have contributed close to $10 million for NFP organisations.
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
On Meaningful Work #20: Dr. Armida Fernandez
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Hello Everyone and welcome to another episode of the On Meaningful work podcast. In this episode I speak with Dr. Armida Fernandez. Dr. Fernandez started her career working with Mumbai’s urban poor in one of the biggest public hospitals there. Within that labyrinthine system Dr. Fernandez was able to implement real change in how medicine and care were to be administered with a real focus on women and newborn health. When she noticed that the problem of women/newborn health was too multifaceted to be solved within the confines of a public hospital she founded SNEHA a not-for-profit that focused on the health of women and children in Dharavi (Mumbai’s biggest slum) - SNEHA has now grown to 490+ staff working across various communities. Throughout her career Dr Ferandez has worked in extremely challenging circumstances, but she has tackled problems with an entrepreneurial zeal. She has demonstrated enormous confidence in her vision and has backed that up with an ability to articulate that vision and bring people along. It was a pleasure speaking with her
About Dr. Fernandez
Dr. Armida Fernandez is the retired dean of Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital in Mumbai where she was Head of the Dept of Neonatology. She is also retired as the Medical Director of the Holy Family Hospital, Mumbai. She is the founding trustee at SNEHA, an NGO working on health, nutrition and violence in Mumbai's urban slums. She is also the founder of the Romilla palliative care centre. . Her key areas of expertise and interest are promotion of breastfeeding and the care of new born babies especially among the urban poor of Mumbai. She started the first Human Milk Bank in Asia and has developed many low cost techniques for survival of new born babies. She was named an Ashoka Fellow in 2004 and is the past president of the National Neonatology Forum.
Thursday May 26, 2022
On Meaningful Work #19: Dr. Hayden Richards
Thursday May 26, 2022
Thursday May 26, 2022
Hello all and welcome come to another episode of the On Meaningful Work podcast.
This is a special episode as I get to chat with my friend for about 25 years Dr. Hayden Richards. We chat about Hayden’s childhood on the Gold Coast in Australia, dealing with being a deep introvert as a young person, the decision to become a doctor, the meaning of success and his road to entrepreneurship. I had a blast with this one!!
About Dr. Hayden Richards
Hayden is an emergency physician and co-founder of Critical Conversations, a company focused on taking the lessons learned from difficult conversations in the emergency room and bringing them to the broader community. His main focus is on the development and delivery of experiential workshops where participants are supported to build their skills in challenging communication, and emotional intelligence. He has worked with hundreds of professionals in this capacity, both in healthcare and a variety of other industries. He also has a Youtube channel called Comms Lab, where he packages his learnings into delicious, bite-sized video treats. He works on the premise that the process of acquiring these skills can be fun and intrinsically rewarding, AND the most valuable investment anyone could make. As someone who struggled with communication when he was younger, he sees himself as living proof of that.
His website: haydenrichards.com.au