Humans of Purpose

Bernadette McDonald This week I bring you my conversation with Bernadette McDonald, CEO of the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH). The RCH has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 150 years. The RCH improves the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents through leadership in healthcare, research, and education. Leadership Victoria We are thrilled to be sponsored by Leadership Victoria until August. Leadership Victoria is an innovative, independent social enterprise. Their vision is purposeful leadership for an inclusive, equitable, and sustainable society and they exist to foster leadership that inspires, connects, and transforms. Check out LV's flagship Williamson Program (WCLP), applications are now open! Promotional Partners Our partnerships enable promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. We run just a handful of these campaigns per year to enable our social enterprise model. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package. Ready to partner? Just complete this short Partner Enquiry Form and we'll be in touch. Brand Partners Checkout our Partners Page to learn more about our growing suite of values-aligned partners that will soon offer you our valued listeners great discount opportunities- Chief Nutrition, beef bars (10% off, direct link) Nurecover, ice baths (20% off, direct link) Neon Treehouse, digital marketing Welly, healthy smoothies Bonny, elite doonas More information and discounted offerings to be rolled out over the coming weeks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Innovate For Impact You might have heard of Dan and Tracey via either their amazing podcast Innovate For Impact or their great consulting business Impacto Consulting. Innovate For Impact is the bite-sized podcast for busy leaders in the social sector who want practical ideas on how they can innovate for impact! Also checkout, my episode as a guest on their podcast aired a few weeks ago. Promotional Partnerships Our partnerships enable promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. We run just a handful of these campaigns per year to enable our social enterprise model. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package. Ready to partner? Just complete this short Partner Enquiry Form and we'll be in touch. Brand Partners Checkout our Partners Page to learn more about our growing suite of values-aligned partners that will soon offer you our valued listeners great discount opportunities- Chief Nutrition, beef bars (10% off, direct link) Nurecover, ice baths (20% off, direct link) Neon Treehouse, digital marketing Welly, healthy smoothies Bonny, elite doonas More information and discounted offerings to be rolled out over the coming weeks! Gold Member Love Humans of Purpose and sick of all the ads? Join as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose Gold Member like our rock star supporters Pravati (new), Noel, Kathy, Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Removal of all three ads per episode Early access to all episodes Full transcripts of all episodes Audio notes for all episodes Brokered intros to all podcast guests Sign Up today to get the optimal Humans of Purpose experience. No ads, just the good stuff! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eden Towers This week’s episode is sponsored by Eden Towers, a dynamic and innovative future food company that is shaking up the fresh produce industry with its cutting-edge vertical farming technology and downstream processing. Today you will hear from their impressive Co-Founder, Christian Prokscha. If you like what you hear, checkout their Swarmer Campaign to be part of the Eden Towers journey. Promotional Partnerships Our partnerships enable promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. We run just a handful of these campaigns per year to enable our social enterprise model. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package. Ready to partner? Just complete this short Partner Enquiry Form and we'll be in touch. Brand Partners Checkout our Partners Page to learn more about our growing suite of values-aligned partners that will soon offer you our valued listeners great discount opportunities- Neon Treehouse, digital marketing Welly, healthy smoothies Bonny, elite doonas Chief Nutrition, protein snacks (10% off, hit direct link) Nurecover, ice baths (15% off, hit direct link) More information and discounted offerings to be rolled out over the coming weeks! Gold Member Love Humans of Purpose and sick of all the ads? Join as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose Gold Member like our rock star supporters Pravati (new), Noel, Kathy, Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Removal of all three ads per episode Early access to all episodes Full transcripts of all episodes Audio notes for all episodes Brokered intros to all podcast guests Sign Up today to get the optimal Humans of Purpose experience. No ads, just the good stuff! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vanessa Gavan Vanessa is the Founder and Joint Managing Director of Maximus International. Maximus is a leadership performance firm. They challenge organisations and the leaders within to reach their full potential, find purpose and achieve lasting impact. They shape leaders who create the future. Brand Partners Checkout our Partners Page to learn more about our growing suite of values-aligned partners that will soon offer you our valued listeners great discount opportunities- Neon Treehouse, digital marketing Welly, healthy smoothies Bonny, elite doonas Chief Nutrition, protein snacks Nurecover, ice baths More information and discounted offerings to be rolled out over the coming weeks! Want to get your brand up there? Read on below- Promotional Partnerships Our partnerships enable promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. We run just a handful of these campaigns per year to enable our social enterprise model. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package. Ready to partner? Just complete this short Partner Enquiry Form and we'll be in touch. Gold Member Love Humans of Purpose and sick of all the ads? Join as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose Gold Member like our rock star supporters Pravati (new), Noel, Kathy, Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Removal of all three ads per episode Early access to all episodes Full transcripts of all episodes Audio notes for all episodes Brokered intros to all podcast guests Sign Up today to get the optimal Humans of Purpose experience. No ads, just the good stuff! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Tahnee Bridson Tahnee is the Founder of Hand n Hand Peer Support. Hand n Hand is a registered charity that provides free, confidential peer support for health professionals in Australia and New Zealand. Tahnee also works as a psychiatry registrar at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Orygen and is the winner of the 2022 Queensland Australian of The Year Award. Promotional Partnerships Our partnerships enable promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. We run just 5 of these campaigns per year to enable our social enterprise model. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package. Ready to partner? Just complete this short Partner Enquiry Form and we'll be in touch. Gold Member Love Humans of Purpose and sick of all the ads? Join as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose Gold Member like our rock star supporters Noel, Kathy, Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Removal of all three ads per episode Early access to all episodes Full transcripts of all episodes Audio notes for all episodes Brokered intros to all podcast guests Sign Up today to get the optimal Humans of Purpose experience. No ads, just the good stuff! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reflections Holiday Parks This week’s episode is sponsored by Reflections Holiday Parks. They are not your average holiday park, but are in fact Australia’s first holiday park group to be certified as a social enterprise. Social Enterprise certification for Reflection’s recognises their unique role as a profit-for-purpose Land Manager, reinvesting all profits into the 36 holiday parks and 43 community Crown reserves that they care for, for environmental and social benefit. Today you will hear from their inspiring leader and extremely well travelled, CEO, Nick Baker. Life's better outside, Where will your next caravanning and camping adventure take you? Gold Member Love Humans of Purpose and sick of all the ads? Join as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose Gold Member like our rock star supporters Noel, Kathy, Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Removal of all three ads per episode Early access to all episodes Full transcripts of all episodes Audio notes for all episodes Brokered intros to all podcast guests Sign Up today to get the optimal Humans of Purpose experience. No ads, just the good stuff! Promotional Partnerships Our partnerships enable promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. We run just 5 of these campaigns per year to enable our social enterprise model. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package. Ready to partner? Just complete this short Partner Enquiry Form and we'll be in touch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kate Sievert Kate is a Research Fellow at Deakin University’s Global Centre For Preventive Health and Nutrition, also known as GLOBE. GLOBE’s mission is innovative preventive health and nutrition research that empowers people and enables healthier environments. She is also Co-Founder and President at Health Food Systems Australia. Gold Member Love Humans of Purpose and sick of all the ads? Join as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose Gold Member like our rock star supporters Noel, Kathy, Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Removal of all three ads per episode Early access to all episodes Full transcripts of all episodes Audio notes for all episodes Brokered intros to all podcast guests Sign Up today to get the optimal Humans of Purpose experience. No ads, just the good stuff! Promotional Partnerships Our partnerships enable promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. We run just 5 of these campaigns per year to enable our social enterprise model. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package. Ready to partner? Just complete this short Partner Enquiry Form and we'll be in touch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tony Johannsen Tony is Family Violence Program Manager at TaskForce. TaskForce is a not for profit supporting Victorians in need, with a focus on drug and alcohol misuse, youth and family services, education and employment. Tony is also a highly experienced psychotherapist and behaviour change expert. His focus is on assisting people with changing their problematic behaviours and living more authentic and rewarding lives. Disclaimer A quick disclaimer that this episode touches on themes of family violence and associated trauma. If this causes you any discomfort I recommend stopping here and checking out any of our previous 282 episodes. Gold Member Love Humans of Purpose and sick of all the ads? Join as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose Gold Member like our rock star supporters Noel, Kathy, Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Removal of all three ads per episode Early access to all episodes Full transcripts of all episodes Audio notes for all episodes Brokered intros to all podcast guests Sign Up today to get the optimal Humans of Purpose experience. No ads, just the good stuff! Promotional Partnerships Our partnerships enable promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. We run just 5 of these campaigns per year to enable our social enterprise model. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package. Ready to partner? Just complete this short Partner Enquiry Form and we'll be in touch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Coolican Michael is Director at Cirqle Group. Cirqle Group is a technology recruitment and professional services company that exists to shift our world closer to kindness, sustainability, awareness and action. Gold Member Love Humans of Purpose and sick of all the ads? Join as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose Gold Member like our rock star supporters Noel, Kathy, Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Removal of all three ads per episode Early access to all episodes Full transcripts of all episodes Audio notes for all episodes Brokered intros to all podcast guests Sign Up today to get the optimal Humans of Purpose experience. No ads, just the good stuff! Promotional Partnerships Our partnerships enable promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. We run just 5 of these campaigns per year to enable our social enterprise model. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package. Ready to partner? Just complete this short Partner Enquiry Form and we'll be in touch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex Wadelton Alex is the Co-Founder and Creativity Evangelist at The Right Brain Workout. The Right Brain Workout works with companies, schools and people to help them harness their creativity and to help them improve the quality of their thinking and decision-making. Gold Member Love Humans of Purpose and sick of all the ads? Join as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose Gold Member like our rock star supporters Noel, Kathy, Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Removal of all three ads per episode Early access to all episodes Full transcripts of all episodes Audio notes for all episodes Brokered intros to all podcast guests Sign Up today to get the optimal Humans of Purpose experience. No ads, just the good stuff! Promotional Partnerships Our partnerships enable promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. We run just 5 of these campaigns per year to enable our social enterprise model. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package. Ready to partner? Just complete this short Partner Enquiry Form and we'll be in touch. Nurecover Deal Want to improve your health and wellbeing using cold therapy? I use the portable ice bath everyday and love the sense of calm and increased vitality it's been giving me. For less than $150, assembly in under 3 minutes and usage for under 10 minutes per day, it's become a core part of my wellbeing routine. Get Yours and enjoy a 15% discount using promo code MIKE94996 at checkout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.