Growth Magic is a podcast exploring the techniques of exceptional leaders and how they weave together ingenuity, intent and serendipity to realise big things. We invite storytellers from business, champions of impact, fast-growth entrepreneurs and executors of major change to reveal their secrets and share their vision for the new world.
Meredith Whittaker - Debunking the AI Story: Ethics, Big-Tech Power, and Where to From Here.
Join our host, Hugh Evans, for a provocative conversation with AI ethics trailblazer and truth-seeker Meredith Whittaker. Meredith, president of Signal and co-founder of the AI Now Institute, shares her critical insights on the current state of AI, the dangers of concentrated tech power, and the need for a more equitable approach to the field. Discover how Meredith’s journey at Google shaped her views and why she believes real progress lies in smaller, community-led tech solutions. This episo...
1 Feb 2024
Jo Burston - Businesses who win in the future, have diversity and inclusion at their core. Powerhouse CEO and founder, Jo Burston is leading the charge, converting adversaries to allies to ensure that women have a seat and a voice at the table.
Cut through the virtue war and head straight for business impact with our latest episode about diversity and inclusion in the workplace for women. Entrepreneurial powerhouse CEO of Inspiring Rare Birds & Job Capital, Jo Burston, is on a quest to improve the way that women are seen, respected, and rewarded at work. Join our hosts, Hugh Evans and Liz Wise, as they chat with Jo about the D&I issues that have been blocking change, and the immediate actions that anyone can take t...
6 Sept 2023
Rodrigo Baggio - Bridging the divide with digital empowerment: From favelas to drivers of social change
Today we're joined by Rodrigo Baggio - an outstanding leader who has an amazing impact on the lives of millions of young people. 25 years ago, Rodrigo created Recode to fight the digital divide. Recode delivers training in entrepreneurship and digital tools, supporting facilitators in low-income communities to reprogram their realities. Show notes:The vision for Recode - Empowering people through technologyPiloting a technology centre in the most violent slum in Rio de JaneiroSubsc...
7 Jul 2022
Joseph Healy - Building a banking unicorn from a blank sheet of paper
With a 2 billion dollar market cap, Judo Bank has one goal: To be Australia's most trusted SME bank. Founder and CEO of JUDO bank, Joseph Healy told Growth Magic their different approach to banking, with less bureaucracy and a more human approach and how they are planning to stay on track in taking on the big banks. Episode notes: Introduction: Judo Bank is valued at 1.9 billion, making it one of Australia’s rare business Unicorns. Judo is a ‘challenger bank’ with a “high-touch, high-te...
1 Feb 2022
Jim Estill - Zero to $2Billion, and now onto creating the global courier disruptor
Jim Estill is a Canadian technology entrepreneur, executive, and philanthropist. He was a founding board member of Research in Motion, the creators of BlackBerry. Jim's first business was EMJ Data Systems, which listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. He went on to build DaisyTek to 250 million in revenues, and while at the helm of Synnex, he took them from 800 million to 2 billion dollars in sales. Jim's new venture is called ShipperBee, the Uber of the parcel delivery world.Show notes:How Shi...
19 Mar 2021
Rachel Higham - the transformation pathway to a truly modern, global enterprise.
For all of you large scale transformation and culture nerds out there, this episode is for you. Join us as we speak to Rachel Higham, former MD of Technology at BT, and now Chief Information Officer at WPP, about what it takes to co-design a totally new way for 14,000 people in technology to work.Subscribe at www.growthmagic.fm
13 Oct 2020
Brian Von Herzen - The pandemic: a gateway to transforming our civilisation
Today we're joined by the incredible Brian Von Herzen, one of the loveliest guys in EnviroTech. Brian is the Founder and Executive Director of the Climate Foundation, he is the prestigious Hertz fellowship recipient and he's the founder of Cair Planes. Brian is Silicon Valley alum, an ocean scientist, an engineer and a serial entrepreneur.Cair Planes; hyperbaric therapy for Covid-19 patientsBrain’s journey into climate science and marine permacultureOcean kelp forests and seaweed farming; reg...
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