What’s Next with Dr Jo is where rule-breakers, system-shakers, and beautifully unconventional career stories live.
The podcast features conversations with people who didn’t just climb the ladder, they built a new one when the old one wasn’t made for them.
Guests span all industries, including CEOs, HR directors, entrepreneurs, creatives, influencers, policymakers, and leaders across business, education, arts, and public life. What connects them is not their title, but how they’ve navigated change, uncertainty, ambition, and purpose.
The conversation covers Kyle's journey from transitioning to weightlifting, balancing education and elite sport, pursuing teaching, challenges and decision-making, pivoting and coping with setbacks, and the Commonwealth Games experience. It highlights the themes of career transition, education-sport balance, and resilience in the face of setbacks. The conversation delves into the mental resilience of athletes and the challenges they face in terms of funding and support. It also explores the rigorous qualification process for the Olympics and the financial barriers that athletes encounter. Additionally, it highlights the lack of financial support for athletes and the intensity of Olympic training. The conversation concludes with a focus on mental health and the post-Olympic experience. The conversation delves into Kyle's mental health struggles post-Olympics, his journey of self-discovery, retirement from weightlifting, and future plans. It also highlights the importance of supportive partnerships and career transitions.
Takeaways
Pivoting in career and sport
Balancing education and elite sport Mental resilience in sports
Challenges of funding and support for athletes Mental health challenges
Support networks
Chapters
00:00 Commonwealth Games and Reflection
23:00 The Rigorous Qualification Process
28:03 Financial Struggles of Young Athletes
33:53 The Pressure of Olympic Competition
39:17 Mental Health Struggles and Self-Discovery
46:33 Supportive Partnerships and Career Transition
29 Apr 2026
What's Next with Dr Jo? featuring Estelle Cutler
The conversation covers the career perceptions of Gen Z, the process of navigating career choices, the importance of industry placements and experience, and the development of confidence and skills through internships and work experience. The conversation covers the importance of diverse work experience and communication skills, negotiating university placement and internships, challenges of university placement policies, and the significance of societal engagement and industry collaboration. It emphasizes the need for young people and institutions to work together, inspire young people to do placements, and acknowledge the limits that young people have today.
Takeaways
Gen Z and Career Perceptions
Navigating Career Choices
Industry Placements and Experience
Confidence and Skill Development Diversity in Work Experience
Negotiating University Placement
Importance of Societal Engagement
Industry-University Collaboration
Chapters
00:00 Gen Z and Career Perceptions
08:24 Industry Placements and Experience
24:51 Confidence and Skill Development
30:11 Negotiating University Placement and Internship
36:35 Importance of Societal Engagement and Industry Collaboration
8 Apr 2026
What's Next with Dr Jo? featuring Sandra Duarte
Sandra Duarte shares her inspiring career journey, from overcoming self-doubt to becoming a successful CEO and industry leader. She emphasizes the importance of mentorship and empowering young people, as well as the need for a positive workplace culture. Her transition to consulting and leadership training reflects her commitment to creating high-performing teams and positive work environments. The conversation explores the changing dynamic of work, the impact of compassionate leadership on employee well-being, the cultural shift in leadership styles, the importance of positive work culture, and advice for young professionals entering the workforce.
Takeaways
Overcoming self-doubt and seeking opportunities
Empowering and mentoring young people Compassionate leadership drives employee well-being and productivity
Positive work culture is essential for employee satisfaction and retention
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Sandra Duarte's Career
05:25 First Break in the Publishing Industry
13:00 Overcoming Fear of Rejection and Seeking Opportunities
33:10 The Changing Dynamic of Work
44:10 Cultural Shift in Leadership Styles
52:10 The Importance of Positive Work Culture
59:27 Advice for Young Professionals
31 Mar 2026
What's Next? with Dr Jo featuring Hayley Scrivenor
Can you build a meaningful career in the arts and still be practical?
In this episode of What’s Next with Dr Jo, I’m joined by acclaimed author Hayley Scrivenor for a thoughtful and honest conversation about pursuing creative work while building a sustainable career and a full life beyond it.
We unpack the myth that careers in the arts are unrealistic, and instead explore what it actually looks like to take your creative practice seriously, without putting everything else at risk.
Hayley shares practical insights on:
Building a Plan B alongside your artistic career
Developing skills that support creative work over time
Staying authentic in your voice and career choices
Navigating uncertainty in creative industries
Why your career should be part of your life: not your whole identity
This conversation is for anyone who has ever been told their passion isn’t practical — and for educators, parents, and young people thinking differently about what meaningful careers can look like.
Because creative careers aren’t just possible, they’re powerful, purposeful, and often built in beautifully unconventional ways.
🎧 Listen now to hear how authenticity, creativity, and practical planning can exist side by side.
11 Mar 2026
'What's Next with Dr Jo' featuring Corey Tutt
Dr Jo meets Associate Professor Corey Tutt, the Founder and CEO of Deadly Science. From the science labs, to THE most important voice in First Nations STEM education, we hear how grit, determination, and a willingness to push the edges led Corey Tutt to a career of purpose and passion.
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