The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal

“I went to university for one day, which was orientation day. And then this company asked if I wanted to work for them so I deferred University for a year, to get some work experience and then go travel. I never went back to University, I absolutely loved the work I was doing ” Take flight into Adam's journey - upbringing in Melbourne, Australia - view of his life as an adventure that has taken him all over the world - Europe, China and more recently Dallas in the USA. Hear about so many aspects, turning points, stories in his life including the desire for travel stemming from seeing his parents jet around, taking a break from school to go be a chef, working in the events business where he now runs a big chunk of the worlds largest events company. Some super cool magic moments in his journey including producing the 2006 commonwealth games in Australia and moving to Beijing to play a big role in the 2008 olympics.  Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more! This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

“Ask yourself this - how am I doing as a learner? It is existential, it’s like standing on the balcony of your own life and asking am I learning, how am I doing and at times being vulnerable, saying I don’t know, it’s not knowing. This can be quite challenging if you feel you need to be the leader who has to know everything.” Take flight into Conor's journey - upbringing in Europe with a Scottish father and an Irish mother, moving to Australia at a young age, the want to be a leader and setting milestones for his life. Conor candidly shares some of his painful learnings and also best moments, a major tipping point that led to moving into his  Coaching venture and hear about his latest book Trust, begins and ends with self - what that means, how it applies to everyone of us and a number of specific applications to ones life. Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more! This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

“Through the power of collaboration, I could yield such a benefit. If i had used paid advertising to generate the 7,000 members it would have costed me $10k plus. I replicated this approach and allowed me to build a community of 150,000 mothers.” Take flight into Katrina's journey - growing up in Perth, Australia being shown the ropes by her mum including a big focus on financial learnings and dreaming big. Hear about Katrina’s time from being in the corporate world to how starting a family led her to this exciting new adventure building a business centred around Marketing to mums. Being a mum herself, book author, business owner and global speaker, Katrina shares her learnings in life, painful moments , taking big leaps of faith and more! We also spend some time on mothers - How corporates are changing their view of parental leave, Katrina’s own experience, The Key trends with mums as consumers and a segment of the population critical to shopping behaviour - Fun fact: The average age of a mum is 25 in US and 31 in Australia. Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more! This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

“China had a lot of freedom to try new things, meet people & start ideas - I found it quite liberating and different to the narrative the world has of....China." Take flight into Ayesha's journey - growing up in Trinadad & Tobago in the Caribbean and interest in the sciences and journalism through her childhood and early years. Ayesha shares her global experiences in the foreign service which included 4 years in South Africa and 8 years in China - hear about global diplomacy, government relations and also how these workings are involving in this new covid world. Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more! This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

Welcome to episode 1 of a new segment on the show of short, sharp bonus episodes to provide original insights, in depth perspectives on topics and experiences you may not hear about everywhere. To kick us off, delighted to have Matt Dwyer join us, the Chief Tennis Officer at Tennis Australia and he shares how they managed to put on a global event with fans during a pandemic - hear about a number of aspects before, during and after the Australian Open that you may not have yet heard about. Some of the points covered in this conversation include: 1200 players & support staff from 100 cove affected countries to the most conservative city in the world (at that stage), coming in on 17 private jets. 14 day quarantine in Melbourne, 8 events in 1 week leading to the Australian Open main draw. Considerations prior to event? What went better than expected? Learning & sharing with other sports - the connected world of sport Differences in quarantine for individual athletes vs teams coming in as a group The psychology of players and how the leading players dealt with it vs the others How did the Tennis Australia organisation and their own people deal with putting on this event whilst being a member of the community and dealing with the public scrutiny? The TA executive team not being able to be together due to risk of speed of the virus Matt’s experience as an individual, tennis executive and sports lover Learnings for future events - appealing to at home fan, use of digital etc Let us know what you think - I’m excited to share these bonus episodes intermittently over the coming months alongside our normal episodes. ---------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more! This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

It's episode 30! Thank you for all the love and support on this journey to date with much more to come. “I did a lot of work experience in school and university before a radio reporting role at the ABC. It did take perseverance and knocking on doors, which is scary. I learnt a lot about the principles of journalism - persistent, be courteous, keep trying and don’t take no for an answer. Your job is to keep chasing people till you get them on for an interview.” Take flight into Kellie's journey - learning the importance of hard work early on and having the support of her parents and siblings - with a desire to go into music or radio. We talk about her early break, learnings being in the music industry, which seemed very glamorous on the outside but not as enjoyable whilst doing it. The concept of Flerning - failing & learning, Spending time at Oxford working for reuters learning from smart people around the world, personal setbacks including an injury that affected her ability for a period of time. Kellie shares her first hand insights on podcasting, finding the vision for the platform at the ABC in 2005 before the iPhone, what’s ahead for podcasting and her own venture into starting a podcasting consulting and production company Deadset Studios and Curveball Podcast Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more! This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

  “Life was quite and remote, we were 30 mins from the largest town - we kept ourselves entertained at home with sport and going to school. Lots of farmwork when I was younger, lots of practical upbringing - makes you a very capable person, driving the second i could touch the wheel. That upbringing in a farm gave me independence and trust to try and figure it out” Take flight into Kim's journey - Growing up in country Victoria in Australia, having an earthy and remote upbringing, interest in law from a young age & love for travel. Hear about a number of transitions & sabbaticals - what led to them, her experience and the next move in life. Kim provides perspective into having a successful corporate career whilst also building a food and wine blog and traveling to various corners of the world. The key takeaway that I hope resinates with you listening to this is to have self belief, take risks, and go all in when making strides in life. Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more! This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any shape or farm to fly high, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.  

“I had supervision from social workers and councillors who mentored me , what it is to support a young person at risk, being there for the right reasons, showing them how their behaviour is under their control and how the world is. A real experience for a young man figuring it out” - Tune in to hear the full story!  Take flight into Michael's journey - upbringing in the US, Growing up in a family that was not the traditional household with various challenges, finding a way out of that and going to uni & finding other interests including language and culture. I loved Michael’s experiences in different parts of the world - how they came about, what he learnt from it and how we can learn from it. Michael also shares his wide ranging career experiences in Medical and health research, biotech and international community work. Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more! This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any shape or farm to fly high, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

Take flight into Amanda's journey - growing up on a farm in Canberra (Australia) followed by high school in Melbourne, learnings spending time with the Aboriginal community in Darwin as part of her law degree and several years as a teacher in Shepparton in regional Victoria, Aus. We talk about intriguing concepts including intuition vs deliberate thinking in Amanda's journey, asking for help and saying I don’t know, fostering change by co-founding the Champions For Change at BCG, finding your passion which can be by trying many things and so much more! Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more! This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any shape or farm to fly high, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

  Take flight into Mike's journey - growing up in Brisbane, Australia as a shy kid with an entreprenurial itch. Hear about his journey to go on to become school captain, preferring street smarts to book smarts but persevering through academic study, scaling various businesses such as Vroom in the car rental industry! Mike talks about his first hand knowledge of cultural differences between Australian & Asian society (having lived in Hong Kong and now Singapore), his biggest failures and learnings and tune in to his podcast (The Business of Family) to hear from families that have succeded in building generational wealth and a culture of integrity and a values driven system to life. Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn for more! This episode & show is to inspire you to fly high, learning from value creators to help you be 1% better everyday.