#323: SportsGrad Melbourne Meetup Panel, Featuring Bianca Litchfield from Collingwood FC, Brant Hubber from the AFL, and Pruthvi Shivaram from Gemba

“I’m still learning to fully understand the sports industry”

That was Pruthvi Shivaram at this past Thursday’s Meetup in Melbourne, where we hosted a panel featuring not only Pruthvi, but Brant Hubber and Bianca Litchfield.

In this chat, we go through a range of topics, including each of the panelists career journey’s and some valuable career advice for people from all perspectives, among other things.

If you’re in the UK and want to meet people in sport, come to our final SportsGrad Meetup in London on Wednesday July 3 here.

ABOUT THE PANEL:

Bianca Litchfield is the Community Foundation Partnerships Coordinator at Collingwood FC, specialising in developing partnerships to help facilitate Collingwood’s community programs.

Brant Hubber is the Partnerships Account Coordinator at the AFL, working with stakeholders to help deliver partnerships with the AFL.

Pruthvi Shivaram is a Strategy Consultant at Gemba, specialising in solving a range of commercial, strategic, or operational problems for clients relating to sport.

We cover:

• 09:13 – Panel begins
• 11:07 – How did Pruthvi end up in a consulting role?
• 16:09 - Bianca’s career journey
• 20:32 - What was Brant’s approach to get into the AFL?
• 27:24 - What does life at Gemba look like for Pruthvi?
• 30:46 - How can people learn about strategy?
• 35:10 - What does Bianca’s role look like?
• 39:24 - What did Gather Round look like for Brant?
• 45:17 - What kept Brant motivated in his early years at the AFL?
• 47:46 - How would the panel describe a managerial or leadership position and how would they lead effectively?
• 51:33 - How does Brant navigate being on maximum term contracts?
• 54:18 - How did Bianca progress to the Community Foundation Partnerships Coordinator role from her previous roles at Collingwood?
• 57:30 – Panel ends

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