
Transformative Purpose with Aaron Pang
Hi, I'm Aaron Pang. Penguin author, speaker, and your podcast host, ex-Microsoft, Lalamove, and Korn Ferry.
In 2019, my 3-month-old son suffocated in my arms for five minutes. The same year, I was trolled on social media, cancelled during the social movement.
I started to spread positivity through my books, talks, and podcast.
My next book 'Shh...Give me a moment: The Superpower of Introverts' will be out in July 2025.
Latest episodes

Oct 4, 2021 • 31min
Why We Should Read More
Waki Chuang joins with Aaron Pang to share his favourite books and why he thinks reading can help us build kindness, have an open attitude, provide us with a sense of serendipity and help us learn and develop a better version of us.
Waki is the founder of Reading Outpost 閱讀前哨站. A native Taiwanese and an avid reader who grew his email list from zero to more than 13,000 loyal followers in less than a couple of years.
About Transformative Purpose
Every week we speak to some of the world's most successful leaders and unsung heroes about what each and every one of us can do differently to make a better world. Our mission is to help you relearn and rediscover to become a better future-self.
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Support the showFrom the author of Unstuck, Aaron was emotionally stuck after a life lesson that happened in April 2019. He founded Transformative Purpose, a media and education platform to share inspiration and ideas, and help people become better at what they do. TP is a top 3% globally ranked Apple podcast. Previous guests include global CEO and entrepreneurs, scientists, psychologists, Olympian and professional athletes, authors, coaches, parents and many more.
For more inspiration and ideas, check out:
Self-help book - Unstuck on Amazon
Transformative Journal on Amazon
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Sep 24, 2021 • 34min
How to Help Children and Adults Learn Better
Vincent Siu chats with Aaron Pang on how to make learning and education stick. He's going to share with us on the importance of reinforcing imagination with young children through analog play and and how parents, educators and leaders can make education and training more effective by making it fun. Vincent is the Founder and CEO of Press Start Academy.
Everyone loves having a little bit of fun.
About Transformative Purpose
Every week we speak to some of the world's most successful leaders and unsung heroes about what each and every one of us can do differently to make a better world. Our mission is to help you relearn and rediscover to become a better future-self.
Follow us on Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram
Support the showFrom the author of Unstuck, Aaron was emotionally stuck after a life lesson that happened in April 2019. He founded Transformative Purpose, a media and education platform to share inspiration and ideas, and help people become better at what they do. TP is a top 3% globally ranked Apple podcast. Previous guests include global CEO and entrepreneurs, scientists, psychologists, Olympian and professional athletes, authors, coaches, parents and many more.
For more inspiration and ideas, check out:
Self-help book - Unstuck on Amazon
Transformative Journal on Amazon
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Contact us for workshops
Sponsor our epsidoe

Sep 6, 2021 • 32min
How Blockchain Will Change Our Future
Yifan He joins with Aaron Pang to talk about the progress of blockchain, how blockchain can improve society, issues with crypto-trading and his prediction of where blockchain is headed for the next ten years! Yifan is the CEO of Red Date Technology, the founding architect firm who built Blockchain Service Network (BSN).
About Transformative Purpose
Every week we speak to some of the world's most successful leaders and unsung heroes about what each and every one of us can do differently to make a better world. Our mission is to help you relearn and rediscover to become a better future-self.
Follow us on Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram
Support the showFrom the author of Unstuck, Aaron was emotionally stuck after a life lesson that happened in April 2019. He founded Transformative Purpose, a media and education platform to share inspiration and ideas, and help people become better at what they do. TP is a top 3% globally ranked Apple podcast. Previous guests include global CEO and entrepreneurs, scientists, psychologists, Olympian and professional athletes, authors, coaches, parents and many more.
For more inspiration and ideas, check out:
Self-help book - Unstuck on Amazon
Transformative Journal on Amazon
Become a speaker
Contact us for workshops
Sponsor our epsidoe

Aug 31, 2021 • 52min
How To Talk To Different Generations
Fyiona Yong chats with Aaron Pang on how to manage generational diversity and work through differences. After a 14-year successful career at Shell, a Malaysian Chinese who grew up in Germany named Fyiona told her dad she wanted to leave her job and pursue something of her own. Her father said to her at lunch, "why do you millennials all like to chase after your dream!" Fyiona was intrigued by the question. Through this discovery and conversation, she found out the crazy adventure that her father once did when he was 19 years old.
Fyiona is an intergenerational leadership coach. She works with leaders and young talents to help them understand each other better. Different generations have more similarities than you think.
Are we listening to understand or listening to respond and give advice?
About Transformative Purpose
Every week we speak to some of the world's most successful leaders and unsung heroes about what each and every one of us can do differently to make a better world. Our mission is to help you relearn and rediscover to become a better future-self.
Follow us on Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram
Support the showFrom the author of Unstuck, Aaron was emotionally stuck after a life lesson that happened in April 2019. He founded Transformative Purpose, a media and education platform to share inspiration and ideas, and help people become better at what they do. TP is a top 3% globally ranked Apple podcast. Previous guests include global CEO and entrepreneurs, scientists, psychologists, Olympian and professional athletes, authors, coaches, parents and many more.
For more inspiration and ideas, check out:
Self-help book - Unstuck on Amazon
Transformative Journal on Amazon
Become a speaker
Contact us for workshops
Sponsor our epsidoe

Aug 24, 2021 • 40min
When You Only Have 4% Chance to Live
Michael Crossland chats with Aaron Pang about how despite spending a third of his life in illness, he emerged seeking to bring a change in the world we live in.
Michael is one of the world's most sought after inspirational speaker and has shared the stages with Sir Richard Branson, Dalai Lama and Tony Robbins. He is the author of Everything Will Be OK: A Story of Hope, Love and Perspective. From battling all odds to surviving a rare form of life-threatening cancer, overcoming an impossible drug trial, fighting for his son's life, Michael teaches us that we all are capable of achieving anything in life - if we simply replace fear with faith. Michael is a proud father of two children and firmly believes that a parent's love has no bounds.
To purchase a copy of his book Everything Will Be OK, click here.
About Transformative Purpose
Every week we speak to some of the world's most successful leaders and unsung heroes about what each and every one of us can do differently to make a better world. Our mission is to help you relearn and rediscover to become a better future-self.
Follow us on Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram
Support the showFrom the author of Unstuck, Aaron was emotionally stuck after a life lesson that happened in April 2019. He founded Transformative Purpose, a media and education platform to share inspiration and ideas, and help people become better at what they do. TP is a top 3% globally ranked Apple podcast. Previous guests include global CEO and entrepreneurs, scientists, psychologists, Olympian and professional athletes, authors, coaches, parents and many more.
For more inspiration and ideas, check out:
Self-help book - Unstuck on Amazon
Transformative Journal on Amazon
Become a speaker
Contact us for workshops
Sponsor our epsidoe

Aug 17, 2021 • 47min
How To Solve Problems Creatively with Design Thinking
Stephen Wong sits down with Aaron Pang to talk about how we can build better communities and businesses through design thinking.
Stephen is the former CEO of Asia Miles. He is using big data, design thinking, innovation and technology for his two social enterprises, me2you and newgig.me Stephen is a household name in Asia when it comes to design thinking, one of the early pioneers who brought design thinking into Hong Kong. He and his team had to oversee 10 million customers and 700 business partners in the ecosystem when he was the former CEO at Asia Miles.
About Transformative Purpose
Every week we speak to some of the world's most successful leaders and unsung heroes about what each and every one of us can do differently to make a better world. Our mission is to help you relearn and rediscover to become a better future-self.
Follow us on Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram
Support the showFrom the author of Unstuck, Aaron was emotionally stuck after a life lesson that happened in April 2019. He founded Transformative Purpose, a media and education platform to share inspiration and ideas, and help people become better at what they do. TP is a top 3% globally ranked Apple podcast. Previous guests include global CEO and entrepreneurs, scientists, psychologists, Olympian and professional athletes, authors, coaches, parents and many more.
For more inspiration and ideas, check out:
Self-help book - Unstuck on Amazon
Transformative Journal on Amazon
Become a speaker
Contact us for workshops
Sponsor our epsidoe

Aug 11, 2021 • 31min
How to Create a Memorable Customer Experience
Ricky Cheung joins with Aaron Pang to share how Rosewood builds a purposeful workforce through The Calling and relationship hospitality. We will explore a wide range of topics such as the importance of looking after humans and their feelings as companies push towards digital, what the right culture in a business looks like and how Rosewood empowers their people to greet customers without giving them any operating manual / playbook, but still managed to impress Aaron with their above and beyond service!
Ricky currently looks after global talent acquisition for Rosewood Hotel Group, an international luxury hotel group.
About Transformative Purpose
Every week we speak to some of the world's most successful leaders and unsung heroes about what each and every one of us can do differently to make a better world. Our mission is to help you relearn and rediscover to become a better future-self.
Follow us on Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram
Support the showFrom the author of Unstuck, Aaron was emotionally stuck after a life lesson that happened in April 2019. He founded Transformative Purpose, a media and education platform to share inspiration and ideas, and help people become better at what they do. TP is a top 3% globally ranked Apple podcast. Previous guests include global CEO and entrepreneurs, scientists, psychologists, Olympian and professional athletes, authors, coaches, parents and many more.
For more inspiration and ideas, check out:
Self-help book - Unstuck on Amazon
Transformative Journal on Amazon
Become a speaker
Contact us for workshops
Sponsor our epsidoe

Aug 5, 2021 • 24min
How to Overcome Postpartum Depression for Mothers
May Tran, Founder of Parent Poppin and our guest for today’s episode, explains how their cafe helps supercharge young parents in Australia overcome the anxiety post-childbirth.
After a brief episode of postpartum anxiety and the associated treatment, May realized the experience had transformed her into a liberated and genuinely happy person. She discovered the need and power of holding open conversations around the same to help young parents begin a brand new chapter of their lives. Quitting her corporate life to switch to working with startups, May found herself aligned with her vision of building a rejuvenating environment for young parents, Parent Poppin.
To learn more about Transformative Purpose, please visit https://transformativepurpose.com/
Support the showFrom the author of Unstuck, Aaron was emotionally stuck after a life lesson that happened in April 2019. He founded Transformative Purpose, a media and education platform to share inspiration and ideas, and help people become better at what they do. TP is a top 3% globally ranked Apple podcast. Previous guests include global CEO and entrepreneurs, scientists, psychologists, Olympian and professional athletes, authors, coaches, parents and many more.
For more inspiration and ideas, check out:
Self-help book - Unstuck on Amazon
Transformative Journal on Amazon
Become a speaker
Contact us for workshops
Sponsor our epsidoe

Jul 29, 2021 • 33min
How To Tell Asian Parents To Quit Your Finance Job
Fion Leung, CEO and co-founder of Time Auction, shares her inspiring journey from investment banking to leading a charity advocating volunteerism. She discusses the challenges of pivoting careers, revealing how she transformed a side project into a global initiative achieving 90,000 volunteer hours. Fion also reflects on the pressures of non-traditional career choices, the importance of mentorship, and the significant impact of community engagement on personal growth. Join her in uncovering the power of giving back and its transformative effects.

Jul 21, 2021 • 48min
How To Build A Successful Business in China As Russian
Ashely Dudarenok joins with Aaron Pang to share her journey moving from Russia to China to pursue her studies and how the experience seeded her business career going forward. Ashley also discusses being a woman entrepreneur while explaining that the Chinese market has seen more businesswomen than many other countries in the world. She will also touch on insights about Chinese consumer behaviours, marketing in China and recent regulations facing internet companies.
Ashley founded two successful businesses - Alarice (social media agency) and ChoZan (training company).
About Transformative Purpose
Every week we speak to some of the world's most successful leaders and unsung heroes about what each and every one of us can do differently to make a better world. Our mission is to help you relearn and rediscover to become a better future-self.
Follow us on Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram
Support the showFrom the author of Unstuck, Aaron was emotionally stuck after a life lesson that happened in April 2019. He founded Transformative Purpose, a media and education platform to share inspiration and ideas, and help people become better at what they do. TP is a top 3% globally ranked Apple podcast. Previous guests include global CEO and entrepreneurs, scientists, psychologists, Olympian and professional athletes, authors, coaches, parents and many more.
For more inspiration and ideas, check out:
Self-help book - Unstuck on Amazon
Transformative Journal on Amazon
Become a speaker
Contact us for workshops
Sponsor our epsidoe