Lizi Hamer: Embrace the Glitches

Aug 31, 2022

Lizi Hamer, the Executive Creative Director at Octagon APAC and co-founder of No2ndPlace, excels in using sport for social change. In this engaging conversation, she highlights the advantages of practicing radical candor in feedback. Lizi discusses the importance of inner resilience, particularly for women in male-dominated industries, and shares insights on balancing boundaries in hybrid work environments. Her passion for storytelling shines as she encourages embracing glitches and setbacks as opportunities for growth, fostering diversity in leadership.

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Intro

00:00 • 2min

Courageous Leadership in Creative Spaces

01:40 • 12min

Building Resilience in Creativity

13:55 • 2min

Navigating Feedback in Creative Collaboration

15:40 • 2min

Empowering Leadership Through Boundaries

17:58 • 13min

Expanding Perspectives and Embracing Diversity in Leadership

31:26 • 3min

In this week’s episode, I speak to Lizi Hamer, Executive Creative Director, Octagon APAC.

Tune in now to hear us chat about being a female creative in a male-dominated industry and the power of glitches and why they can be positive.
Lizi also shares her thoughts about the future of hybrid work and the opportunities that will give us to invite new talent into our teams.

Key takeaways include:

● How to build inner resilience in yourself and your team
● How to give people feedback that builds them up
● How to marry up your own boundaries with company boundaries

Lizi has co-built the foundations of a new kind of agency; No2ndPlace. An agency using the power of sport to create enduring social change.

Working with brands, sports bodies, not-for-profits and athletes to drive awareness and impact societal issues; No2ndPlace brings together a collective of Australia’s strongest social advocates to create meaningful work that helps the world win.

Lizi’s award-winning campaigns have brought a blind man’s world to life, challenged masculinity in Australia, created the live trophy at Japan Rugby World Cup, changed country law for a more sustainable future; leading Lizi to be labeled as one of the most creative women in the world.

She has a magnetic ability to form smart partnerships, give generous ideas, and is constantly Story Hunting.

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