Florence Guild

Recorded live from 200 George, Soren Trampedach chats with best-selling author, commentator and presenter, Jamila Rizvi about the transformation of leadership in the new world of work, as well as the human capacity for resilience and the need for belonging.

Host - Jon Yeo – Head of Curation, TEDxMelbourne Speakers - Yasmin Poole (Youth Advocate), Kyle Redman (newDemocracy Foundation) and Andrea Carson (Political Scientist & Journalist What is Democracy? Recently we've seen democracy take some wild and extraordinary turns. With left and right politics looking more similar than different, it has allowed extreme politics and the vocal minority to hold the interest of the community. Whether we like it or not, it has forced us to think about democracy and wonder if it works in most countries. Has traditional democracy become complacent? Are the needs of the people now too complex for democracy to truly understand the community's needs and respond quickly? We ask the question - What IS democracy today and does it actually meet our needs? With so much news and opinion coming from social media and a few media networks, who has the responsibility in curating these extreme views and yet still allow the vigorous conversations required of a modern democracy?

Recorded live from Work Club Barangaroo. What exactly is the Metaverse? What effect will it have on Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs? How can small businesses and entrepreneurs utilize the Metaverse to have greater impact? Our expert panellists will share learnings on why and how we should prepare for a new digital renaissance and what the Metaverse means in terms of employment opportunities, investments, and entirely new business models. Listen now.

​​Sasha Kutabah Sarago is a proud Wadjanbarra Yidinji, Jirrbal and African-American woman. Sasha’s traditional Country spans from Atherton Tablelands, Daintree to Tully, known as the Bama (Rainforest People) of Far North Queensland. A former model, Sasha grew frustrated by the invisibility of women of colour in fashion and media. Tired of importing overseas publications to see reflections of herself, Sasha had an epiphany. In 2011, Sasha founded Ascension, Australia’s first Indigenous and ethnic women’s lifestyle magazine. https://ascensionmag.com/ Last year, Sasha graced the stage for TEDxSydney 2020, where she shared her story on how she re-claimed her femininity and Aboriginality by redefining beauty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDMxAlTitgc&ab_channel=TEDxTalks This podcast, hosted by Fenella Kernebone explores the concept of beauty through the eyes of a first nations woman. An inspiring conversation with Sasha Kutabah Sarago.

Work Club founder Soren Trampendach speaks with Christina Gerakiteys and Lisa Andrews, Co-CEO's of Singularity University about using exponential technologies to tackle the world’s biggest challenges and benefit humanity.

Speakers Tamara DiMattina, Olivia Tyler, Tonia Bastyan Type Live Conversation About this conversation “Emerging economies can’t follow the rulebook of the past by forging a path to industrialisation using fossil-fuel technologies”.1 Climate Change is real and inevitable, and business as usual is over. How do we save the planet, and make sure growth continues to lift billions out of poverty? How do we move forward in a clean, green way? “Society is becoming more and more eco-conscious, demanding ethical practices, responsible behaviour and innovation to cut excess. And in response, brands are creating products, services, packaging, and new systems that are as desirable and functional as they are eco-friendly.” 2 We are now on the cusp of quite an exciting tipping point where investors, customers and the broader community are expecting and (rewarding!) those organisations and brands that are operating well and support regeneration: “restoring ecosystems, rebalancing our climate, and building economies that thrive, while allowing people and the planet to thrive, too.”2 In this interactive panel, we discuss how brands are playing a decisive role in creating a new sustainable way of doing business and find out how your business can join the only way forward. Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! For more information on our serviced office spaces and speaker conversations in Sydney and Melbourne please visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker JoAnna Ferrari Type Live Conversation About this conversation In the face of uncertainty and risk, how do we respond to change and challenges? How do we grow our confidence and abilities to achieve our goals and desires? According to JoAnna Ferrari – “The Transition Specialist” -, it is about tapping into what she’s called “The Champions Mind”: the ability to instantaneously accessing all your resources and come up with the right response and resolutions. We all have this Champions Mind within us – always have – what keeps us stuck and unable to use it when we need it, is listening to our other mind, our scared learned mind. So many of us crush our own dreams, we shy away from opportunity and reduce our own ability to go after the things we really want in our lives. But what if we could simply break this pattern? What if we can literally free ourselves to grow, win and succeed at anything even in the toughest of situations? What if the quickest way to face change and beat fear is by learning to change and adjust you, not the situation? More About The Speaker JoAnna Ferrari, ‘The Transition Specialist’, has transitioned or reinvented herself over 21 times during her life. She has transitioned from child to entrepreneur at 15, from sales to executive at 34, from executive to international speaker at 38, moving her life and family from Chicago to Australia at 46 to be the CEO of a major business. None of these transitions would be as big a change or challenge as she encountered at 53 in her gender transition from male to female. JoAnna Ferrari teaches audiences how to harness the power of transitions with models and formulas she designed called ’Trans-Behavioural Science’ developed from drawing on her 30 plus years as a successful business leader combined with her incredible life experiences. JoAnna has consulted business over 140 countries, has been the interim CEO and executive of corporations in three countries and has 17 years as a professional speaker around the world. JoAnna's Linkedin: JoAnna Ferrari JoAnna's Website: joannaferrari.com Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! For more information on our serviced office spaces and speaker conversations in Sydney and Melbourne please visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Suzanne Boccalatte Type Live Conversation About this conversation We’re living in a time of unrivalled connectivity with near limitless access to information at our fingertips—this is an attention-grabbing culture and it doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. It’s been said we now suffer from constant restlessness, feeling that we need to do more, to move faster and break things to succeed. This is the heart of our modern times. Have we lost the ability to slow down and find pause and concentrate—essential to be creative and successful? The solution is not unwavering pure focus, but our ability to learn how to manage the distractions around us. We need to practice this both online and offline. We will always find things to distract us, whether it was the television last century, the Internet or something else in the future. Today we are suspicious of the pause, and often see it as unnecessary or self-indulgent, as opposed to being essential to finding balance and resilience. Yet our greatest art, music and ideas for every technological breakthrough — originated here in those moments of unencumbered contemplation and concentrated attentiveness. Now try it for yourself, pause and smell the flowers, I dare you. More About The Speaker Suzanne Boccalatte has led a multifaceted creative life as a designer, artist, educator, publisher and writer. She is Professor Art & Design at UNSW. In 1990 she founded Boccalatte, an award-winning design practice, working with some of Australia’s most significant cultural and arts brands, with a mission to create work that encourages curiosity, foster culture and enrich society. She publishes and co-edits Trunk—an award-winning compendium with contributors from the global creative community, the next volume is on ‘Breath’. Suzanne has always enjoyed working in the cultural and creative industries where shifts in attitudes and mindsets emerge first. Conversation Notes - Attention is a resource, and we only have so much of it. We’ve become suspicious of the pause instead of embracing it. - The technological revolution has promised us more time, but now we’re busier than ever. - We feel that we’re in a constant state of restlessness, in a world with a deep sense of fragmentation and isolation. - We need to learn to be alone, without feeling like we’re lonely. - Our best ideas and thoughts come from our own company, when we’re in deep consciousness. “For us to be truly successful and be amongst ourselves, we need to take more pause. We need to pay attention to our experiences and our senses.” - Suzanne Boccalatte Suzanne's Linkedin: Suzanne Boccalatte Suzanne's Website: boccalatte.com Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! For more information on our serviced office spaces and speaker conversations in Sydney and Melbourne please visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Dr Jared Cooney Horvath, PhD, MEd Type Live Conversation About this conversation How do we make sense of reality and how does our brain process the world around us? The answer to these questions may not be as simple or straightforward as you think. During this Florence Guild conversation Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath will take us on trip through the brain, shedding light on the power of stories to drive our perception and focus; and how we can change them in order to beneficially guide our own (and others’) focus. The ideas explored during this session can help advertisers better grab attention, branders build stronger memories, and trainers better impact their students & clients. More About The Speaker Jared Cooney Horvath (PhD, MEd) is an expert in the field of Educational Neuroscience with a focus on human learning, memory, and attention. He has conducted research and lectured at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, the University of Melbourne, and over 100 schools internationally. Jared has published 5 books, over 30 research articles, and his work has been featured in numerous popular publications, including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, WIRED, The Economist, and ABC’s Catalyst. He currently serves as Director of LME Global: a team dedicated to bringing the latest in brain and behavioural research to businesses and organisations. Conversation Notes - The stories we use to make sense of the world – in terms of how it works or how it functions – drive who we are and how we live. - These stories drive our perceptions, rather than the other way around. - This is the fundamental power of focus. - The concepts we use affect the coder in our brain, which affects the character in our body. - Our concepts not only affect the way we see things, but what those things mean to us. “You can literally see, feel and hear the world the way you think it should exist, not the way it actually exists” - Dr Jared Cooney Horvath, PhD, MEd Jared's Linkedin: Jared Cooney Horvath Jared's Twitter: @JCHorvath Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! For more information on our serviced office spaces and speaker conversations in Sydney and Melbourne please click here or contact us.

Speaker Michel Hogan Type Live Conversation About this conversation Brand is stuck in a time warp of thinking as “ing” or “re” dominated by marketing and advertising models and interests. This does not help organisations to sustainably navigate the complex relationship between what they do, how they do it and why they do it. Let’s begin with a mind-shift about a brand as a result of the promises you keep. Of all an organization’s (or individual’s) actions and decisions. Built on a foundation of their purpose and values. And delivered through people’s experience. Because when you take what you care about and use it to help shape the promises you make, you’re more likely to keep them. When you put your purpose to work in even the unheroic actions and decisions, they’re more likely to reflect it and become reasons to believe. So, what promises are you making and how are you keeping them? More About The Speaker Michel Hogan is an independent thinker and adviser. After 15 years in the US, Michel returned to Australia where she continues her practice helping individuals and organisations make promises they can keep and keep the promises they make with a robust, resilient brand as the result. Michel is a regular contributor and sought-after commentator on brand, organisations and people’s experience, writing weekly for SmartCompany.com.au and is the author of Between Making Money and World Peace; A Brand Blogthology on Purpose, Values and Keeping Your Promises. Conversation Notes - A brand is the result of promises that you keep, or those that you don’t. - A brand is a result. It’s an achievement, not a creation. - The fundamental ingredients to any brand are the purpose and values behind it. - We live in a world where people get hired for what they do, but get fired (or leave) for who they are. - It is so rare to walk into an organisation and for someone to tell you what they do and how it connects to what they care about. “How and why you make promises is really important. Too many organisations make promises and work out how to keep them later” – Michel Hogan Michel's Linkedin: Michel Hogan Michel's Twitter: @michelhogan Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! For more information on our serviced office spaces and speaker conversations in Sydney and Melbourne please click here or contact us.

Speaker Sérgio Brodsky Type Live Conversation About this conversation Aggressive urbanisation and middle-class growth have compromised the delivery of appropriate public utility services for urban residents' wellbeing worldwide. Enters Urban Brand-Utility (UBU), the emerging thinking and practice reframing brand communications as a catalyst for sustainable development via people-public-private-partnerships and radically innovative use of media. UBU applications happen when brand communications touchpoints elevate their role from being mere messengers to delivering public utility services that supplement cities' infrastructure, alleviating urbanisation’s growing pains. By enhancing instead of interrupting people's moments this approach is a response to the decay of the advertising model, offering the conditions for ingenious advertising to step up from eye-catching stunts onto an infrastructure of creative, urban resiliency. To enable a virtuous circle, cities would then arrange for tax breaks, rebates, R&D contributions or other types of incentives. This way, marketing budgets are effectively turned into marketing investment funds where returns are reaped by brand, monetary and societal metrics. More About The Speaker Sergio Brodsky (LL.M, MBA), internationally experienced marketing strategist, regular columnist at Marketing Magazine, scholar of the prestigious The Marketing Academy and Chairman of its Alumni program. Sérgio is a sought-after speaker regularly featured on local and international circuits. Sérgio began his career as an IP lawyer before pivoting towards brand strategy, media and innovation, internationally. He is passionate about cities, culture and the role of brands and technology in society. Follow him on Twitter: @brandKzar Conversation Notes - When it comes to a brand it’s not about what ‘matters’, it’s about what doesn’t matter. It’s the intangibles, it’s the meaning. - Fundamentally, return on investment will always be a key consideration. Going forward, this will mean creating value beyond the billboard. - The DNA for any advertising campaign is a big idea, which often comes from a big ego. This idea is only expressed once we’re interrupted. - Advertising does not change behaviour, it only prompts our behaviour. The context upon which the advertisement takes place changes behaviour. - Brands that are good for people are also great for business. “If you only build your brand, you will die. If you just sell your product, you’ll become irrelevant. It’s an orchestration of both, you need to sell your stuff and your story.” - Sérgio Brodsky Sérgio's Linkedin: Sérgio Brodsky Sérgio's Twitter: @brandKzar Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe!

Speakers Dr Tim Rayner and Diana Renner Type Live Conversation About this conversation As leaders, we are rewarded for our knowledge and expertise. However, our knowledge may also limit our perspective. In new, unfamiliar and uncertain situations, what we know can restrict our ability to think differently and see problems in a fresh light. The more we harness received knowledge, the less we learn about the situation, and the narrower our point of view becomes. In these volatile and uncertain times, it is vital that leaders learn to see problems in the broadest possible light. Leaders need to cultivate a new relationship to uncertainty – one that is attentive, authentic, and generative; that involves letting go of knowing and control; and contributes to their ability to see the broader system. Instead of rushing to close down the experience of uncertainty, leaders must learn to sustain the experience and turn uncertainty into an experience of raw possibility. The art of focus in uncertainty is about zooming in and zooming out. More About The Speakers Dr Tim Rayner Dr Tim Rayner is the Director of Education and Culture at The Merrier. He is an internationally-recognised philosopher and action educator with over 10 years experience working in social entrepreneurship and leadership development. Tim’s recent book, Hacker Culture and the New Rules of Innovation, explores the impact of software hacking and startup culture on 21st century business innovation. He teaches ‘Leadership, Teams and Scalability’ in the MBA (Entrepreneurship) Program at UTS Business School. Diana Renner Diana Renner is an organisational consultant, teacher and award-winning author. As the director and co-founder of the Uncharted Leadership Institute and the creator of Not Knowing and Not Doing Labs, Diana helps individuals and organisations develop new skills to navigate uncertainty and make progress on complex challenges. Diana is the co-author of Not Knowing: the art of turning uncertainty into possibility, awarded 2015 Management Book of the Year in the U.K. and translated in 10 languages, and Not Doing: the art of effortless action, published in 2018. Conversation Notes - Uncertainty has a lot to do with the culture surrounding expertise and leadership within our society. - As humans, we’re naturally wired to want to know and experience everything. - Emotions are not simply our responses to the world, emotions are the response to the way our body cognitively responds to the world. - Our brain loves taking shortcuts, but sometimes it prevents us from looking at things with fresh eyes. So when we stop looking, we miss out. - Uncertainty is a doorway to discovery, so long as we embrace it. “Mystery is an enticement and an invitation to learning” – Dr Tim Rayner Tim's Linkedin: Tim Rayner Tim's Twitter: @timrayner01 Diana's Linkedin: Diana Renner Diana's Twitter: @notknowinglab Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! For more information on our serviced office spaces and speaker conversations in Sydney and Melbourne please email events@workclubglobal.com.

Speaker Professor Joe Urbany Type Live Conversation About Work Club Global Work Club Global is for people and organisations who want to break free from the rigid, conventions of traditional working. Those who have freedom of movement, curiosity of mind, diversity of thought and courage of spirit to transition effortlessly between work, life and leisure. Work Club provides collaborative working spaces to stimulate and energise its members and encourages conversations to spark creativity. About this conversation As commoditisation inevitably hits industries, organisations struggle deeply with differentiation and financial growth. Opportunities for competitive advantage, though, are often missed because of consistent misalignment between firm decision-makers and what customers actually value. We’ll discuss how “disruptive customer insights” can be applied to drive growth through differentiated strategy, innovation, enhanced customer experience and ultimately deliver financial results. More About The Speaker Joe Urbany, Ph.D. is Professor of Marketing in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, Illinois. He was previously Associate Dean of Graduate Programs in the College. He received his Ph.D. from Ohio University. Professor Urbany’s research and large volume of published work focuses on managerial decision-making, competitive strategy and buyer behaviour. He also consults to a wide range of organisations. He has been cited by several media outlets, including U.S. News and World Report, USA Today, MSNBC, the Wall Street Journal, and in other international media. Conversation Notes - Disruption is not only about change, it’s about opportunity. - Disrupt the value that customers feel they deserve, and what they actually receive. - The way you beat competitors is to understand customer decision making better than they do. Do this by conceptualising customer needs and work out how that relates to what is provided in your offering. - It’s very important to get very focused on each customer and each competitor, that’s where you get the depth of insight and actionable opportunities. - There’s nothing more motivating than someone thinking you’re something you’re not. There’s also nothing more motivating than someone not recognising something you are. “We tend to think of disruption as an ‘external’ focus, but we need to disrupt our internal organisation first. That’s where it all begins.” Joe's Linkedin: Joe Urbany Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! For more information on our serviced office spaces and speaker conversations in Sydney and Melbourne please click here or contact us.

Speaker Jamie Skella Type Live Conversation About Work Club Global Work Club Global is for people and organisations who want to break free from the rigid, conventions of traditional working. Those who have freedom of movement, curiosity of mind, diversity of thought and courage of spirit to transition effortlessly between work, life and leisure. Work Club provides collaborative working spaces to stimulate and energise its members and encourages conversations to spark creativity. About this conversation Technologist and entrepreneur Jamie Skella has spent two decades designing, building and advising of businesses across blockchain, IoT, and even future food. Formerly Executive Director at MiVote, a not-for-profit democratic movement, Jamie has since gone on to co-found one of Australia’s first blockchain projects, Horizon State. A company focused on redesigning how societies collaboratively make decisions using emerging technology – and how to arrive at high-quality decisions – Horizon State has built a community empowerment and secure voting platform that delivers unprecedented trust through the integrity and post-unforgeable attributes of distributed ledger technology. More About The Speaker Jamie Skella joins Florence Guild to explain Blockchain in simple terms, walk us through the Horizon State story, and gets us to think big picture about the opportunity that blockchain enabled disruption presents – as well as the risks and opportunities that come along with it. Decentralisation and disintermediation is on the horizon, whether you’re ready for it or not. Conversation Notes - Blockchain can be framed as a digitised and synchronized notebook, designed to replace how society organises itself. - It provides for an equitable and disintermediated society where we can redistribute wealth and potentially even save the environment. - In the long-term, the banks will need to make way for the rapid influx of change. - At this stage, developer tools are young and a lot more quality design work needs to be in place. - The accountability and transparency present in the system will always counteract the criminal element. Quote “It’s not the technology we need to stop, or slow, or fix – it’s the people. Technology is agnostic, all technology can be used for good and for bad.” Jamie's Linkedin: Jamie Skella Jamie's Twitter: Jamie Skella Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! For more information on our serviced office spaces and speaker conversations in Sydney and Melbourne contact us at events@workclubglobal.com.

Ep 27: Miles Davis, Autonomous Cars and the Adjacent Possible - Jacyl Shaw by Florence Guild

Speaker Dr Natalia Nikolova Type Live Conversation About this conversation We are at the outset of one of the most turbulent periods of what Joseph Schumpeter termed creative destruction. New technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, blockchain, internet of things, and big data will impact every organisation and every job. The only way to survive this creative destruction is to be part of it. For established organisations, this means fostering a culture of innovation and intrapreneurship that supports innovative initiatives and practices within existing organisations. For individual workers, the implication is to invest in skills and capabilities that will enable them to develop an entrepreneurial, future-oriented mindset, and the ability to work with people from diverse disciplines and backgrounds. Both are not easy to accomplish. In this event, Natalia shares insights from academic research and industry best practice on intrapreneurship as well as my personal experiences of cultivating students’ skills and capabilities necessary for the future of work. More About The Speaker Dr Natalia Nikolova is a Senior Lecturer in Management at the University of Technology Sydney Business School and the Director of UTS’ newly developed, innovative MBA. Her research focuses on organisational practices, strategy, innovation and leadership and seeks to provide students, the business community and the public with a deeper understanding of the opportunities and challenges associated with the future of work. Natalia specializes in designing learning experiences and courses that prepare students for the future of work through the development of ‘enterprise’ skills, such as complex problem-solving, critical thinking, communication, teamworking and project management skills. Conversation Notes – Work is changing so rapidly, we cannot assume our skills will hold forever. We need to be opening to constantly acquiring new skills and opening ourselves up to new experiences. – Education providers need to plan for the future of work, adapting the platform they teach on, the content they’re providing and their business models going forward. – Businesses need to adopt an innovation process, ascertaining how to better meet customer needs and implement financial support initiatives – As an employee, we need to be open to collaboration with new backgrounds and perspectives. It’s about being comfortable being uncomfortable. – Leadership within organisations plays a big part in this, particularly by drawing on the skillsets and agendas from different technical understanding within the team. Natalia’s Linkedin: Natalia Nikolova Natalia’s UTS Profile: Natalia Nikolova Quote “We have to be open to new experiences, we can’t rely entirely on our skills and knowledge. We need to keep learning, keep experimenting.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Christina Gerakiteys Type Live Conversation About this conversation What will it mean to live in an ExpONEntial society? Is ‘one’ a singular or a collective? Will we upload consciousness and merge with AI, or is The Singularity our uploading into a collective consciousness? Nothing is certain beyond our own values and behaviours. Yet if we look to nature we realise we each play our part in an improvisatory whole. Honey bees have an extraordinary social structure. Each bee has a defined function within the hive. A honey bee colony is a well-run organisation. And the ocean is made up of immeasurable numbers of singularly powerless droplets. Together they create a powerful mass that covers over 70% of the planet. The power of one can be dictatorial. Or it can be the collected unity of voices, steering the world to compassion and love. Will we become a society of singular units, or a collective? Do we exist as individuals or as individuations of a collective whole? More About The Speaker Christina Gerakiteys is a creativity and innovation catalyst. Her purpose is to ignite hearts and minds to what is possible, so individuals are empowered to create an incredible life. Christina’s depth of knowledge and engaging style have made her a popular presenter at major conferences including SingularityU Australia Summit, Vivid Ideas and Creative Innovation. A self-confessed lifelong learner, she is a recent graduate of the Executive Program at Singularity University (Cuperitno, Silicon Valley) and is currently undertaking doctorate studies in Creativity and Innovation. Conversation Notes - In our dynamic and complex world, there are no real answers to problems – we never know what the true solution may be. - Our lives are changing at a faster rate than ever before, which provides for both challenges and opportunities. - We are a collection of the things we read, hear and say. - As a human race, we are working in a ‘collective consciousness’ for the betterment of humanity. - The world belongs to the people who are dreamers, who have grand visions. You need to ask yourself: What’s your mass transformative purpose? What’s the change you want to see in the world? Christina's Linkedin: Christina Gerakiteys Quote “Don’t be scared to be the source. Don’t be scared to come up with new ideas, that’s where the magic lies.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Mark Zawacki Type Live Conversation About this conversation The world’s population is currently 7.6 billion inhabitants, which according to WHO is expected to increase dramatically to approximately 9.8 billion inhabitants by 2050. That’s a lot of new mouths to feed and those hockey stick growth projections we all saw as kids is now actually happening. In this talk, Mark will address the myriad of severe challenges in feeding ‘the next 2 billion’ people, some emerging solutions with their respective advantages & disadvantages, and the worldwide leadership imperative required to address such a truly global challenge. More About The Speaker Mark Zawacki is an advisor, researcher and investor. Based in San Francisco, he’s worked in over 80 counties to date in a wide variety of sectors including financial services, retail, media, telco, manufacturing, healthcare & pharmaceuticals and government. He has spent a considerable amount of time in the past few years researching the global agriculture sector and assessing it’s state of readiness to feed 9.8B inhabitants. Mark has previously resided in Australia (twice) and remains a very frequent visitor. His Australian clients have included CBA, Telstra, AMP, the NRMA, Challenger, Clearview Financial, Financial Wisdom and Colonial First State. He’s also been an Advisor to Cure Brain Cancer Foundation in Australia. Conversation Notes - As countries get richer they consume more resource-heavy foods – thus placing more pressure on the global food distribution system. - The solution stems from two markets: which production methods could assist an increase in supply or which consumption means could manage demand? - An assessment of the scalability and viability of initiatives such as rooftop gardens, container farms, vertical farms and urban farms is often overlooked. - In the last five years there’s been dramatic improvement decision-making but going forward, solving the waste problem is not addressing the issue. - “On an individual level, if we all ate lower on the food chain – it would have a profound impact on the health of the world population”. Mark's Linkedin: Mark Zawacki Mark's Twitter: @markzawacki Quote “We need to ask ourselves, how do we lessen the impact of what we do to this Earth day by day.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Dom Price Type Live Conversation About this conversation Innovation is the buzzword of the moment, and let’s be honest, as an economy and society, we’re pretty terrible at it. So let’s dissect, talk myths, and then talk action. More About The Speaker Born to Joy in the harsh Manchester winter of '77. Well travelled, slight maverick who always speaks his mind. Currently, the Team Doctor and Head of R&D at Atlassian, the Australian tech company that breaks the mould. Conversation Notes - Innovation exists in the right environment: we need to create the space, time and freedom to explore that. - Most organisations dangle the carrot, but they stop people getting it. - Experiment and engage in your pursuits to overcome the barriers. - Organisations need to match the right people with the right environment – and that’s a two-way process. - The challenge for diversity is finding the right proxities, without making it tokenist. - The key to a successful and high performing team is balance. - Selfless leadership: the best leaders are creating leaders, who are creating leaders. Dom's Linkedin: Dominic Price Dom's Twitter: @domprice Quote “You have to not only be willing to be wrong, but assume you’re wrong and be passionate about it. Argue like you’re right, listen like you’re wrong.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Dom Price Type Live Conversation About this conversation Innovation is the buzzword of the moment, and let’s be honest, as an economy and society, we’re pretty terrible at it. So let’s dissect, talk myths, and then talk action. More About The Speaker Born to Joy in the harsh Manchester winter of '77. Well travelled, slight maverick who always speaks his mind. Currently, the Team Doctor and Head of R&D at Atlassian, the Australian tech company that breaks the mould. Conversation Notes - Innovation exists in the right environment: we need to create the space, time and freedom to explore that. - Most organisations dangle the carrot, but they stop people getting it. - Experiment and engage in your pursuits to overcome the barriers. - Organisations need to match the right people with the right environment – and that’s a two-way process. - The challenge for diversity is finding the right proxities, without making it tokenist. - The key to a successful and high performing team is balance. - Selfless leadership: the best leaders are creating leaders, who are creating leaders. Dom's Linkedin: Dominic Price Dom's Twitter: @domprice Quote “You have to not only be willing to be wrong, but assume you’re wrong and be passionate about it. Argue like you’re right, listen like you’re wrong.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Mikey Ellis Type Live Conversation About this conversation Companies do a lot of work and spend a lot of time and money on employee engagement. Whether it be surveys, workshops, motivational speakers and off-sites, it is believed that engagement translates to productivity and profit. In this podcast, Mikey explores what’s worked and what hasn’t for Vinomofo, with a focus on what it takes to have your team truly engaged and aligned with the company’s mission. More About The Speaker Mikey is an experienced educator, facilitator and speaker specialising in human behaviour and building revolutionary company culture. “Imagine if we could bring our true, genuine, authentic self to work, to do work that is an expression of our purpose – creating workplaces where this is the norm, that’s what’s exciting to me.” Conversation Notes - Company culture is not something that is defined and upheld by a small group of people – all employees become co-creators of culture - As culture evolves, and we should allow it to do so, it needs certain frameworks and guidelines - Whether it’s defined or not in our mission statement or values, culture is what people ‘feel’ - You need to have a clear set of employees to step back and say: ‘is what we do in alignment with what we’d say we’d do?’ - As employees make the progression into leadership, you have to upskill them to deal with people and processes - Don’t expect people to do what they don’t want to, help them find their unique fit in a cohesive workplace Mikey's Linkedin: Michael Ellis Mikey's Twitter: @mikeyellis13 Quote “The key to a successful company is having the right people in the right time working for the right thing. It’s all about the people.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Kristen Hansen Type Live Conversation About this conversation Drawing from the latest neuroscience research, Kristen will summarise the findings in a framework called NeuroTREAD – how to think, regulate, engage, adapt and develop with the brain in mind. Think – Interpret core brain functions and what impacts effective decision making. Regulate – Recognise the brain’s emotional triggers, response to stress and build resilience. Engage – Develop strategies to understand the brain’s emotional and engagement responses to build engaged teams. Adapt – Lead teams effectively through change by utilising the brain’s “neuroplasticity” while recognising the resistance to and capability to change. Develop – Develop the keys to the brain’s ability to learn and develop through a brain-based coaching technique and regular feedback strategies. More About The Speaker Kristen Hansen is the founder of EnHansen Performance, supporting managers to build leadership, resilience, adaptability, creativity, coaching, self-management and engagement skills Kristen draws from her Post Graduate studies in Neuroscience of Leadership and 20 years of management roles with major Australian organisations. Kristen has been an accredited Executive Coach with the International Coaching Federation, a Master Trainer in Emotional Intelligence and accredited in PRISM Brain Mapping. Kristen works with major corporations like Telstra, Google and NRMA in the areas of leadership, sales and performance. Conversation Notes - Neuroscience adds traction to personal and leadership development, as it is underpinned by science. - We need to be in a reward state to optimise performance, rather than a threat state. It’s about asking “how do I get my both my own and my teams brain operating?” - Great leadership is about not only creating a positive self, but also an environment for others. - When you have a busy brain, you’re less likely to have those reflective ‘aha’ moments. - Help others gain perspective during conversations: ask them what outcome do you want, what thinking are you doing, what decisions have you made, what are you feeling? Kristen's Linkedin: Kristen Hansen Kristen's Website: enhansenperformance.com.au/ Quote “Neuroscience allows us to make better decisions, regulate our emotions and ultimately, influence others.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Tiffany Gray Type Live Conversation About this conversation Insights from the latest research in neuroscience can provide us with a pathway to more fulfilling experiences. Emotions have always been a tricky realm to navigate; until now that is. We now know how understanding the key operating principles of the brain - when used wisely - can be harnessed and utilised as brain hacks. Our brain is constantly being seduced by our environment and as a result our brain changes in ways that we are mostly unaware of. Increasing your self-awareness, understanding your emotional states and learning to read the triggers will help you to take control and direct how your brain changes. Take the opportunity to learn and explore how the brain puts out the call and how your mind decides whether to listen. More About The Speaker Tiffany Gray, Director at PRISM Brain Mapping Australia has had over 25 years working experience in leadership roles; specialising in leading sales, business improvement, human resource, organisation development and change teams. Tiffany has supported her practical work experience with tertiary studies in Bachelor of Business (HR & IR), Graduate Diploma in Innovation and Service Management, Post Graduate Diploma in NeuroLeadership and a Masters in Applied Science. Tiffany is active in finding new ways to enable organisations to change and develop. PRISM Brain Mapping holds the exclusive Australia and New Zealand license for PRISM - the most comprehensive neuroscience-based profiling tool. Tiffany is the only Australian accredited PRISM master trainer (1 of 4 globally). She can provide the latest in neuroscience developments and how to apply them to your work setting to improve business and leadership performance and to increase employee engagement. Tiffany works with leading-edge organisations that are committed to enhancing the working experience of their employees and gain greater bottom-line results. Her areas of expertise include leadership and team coaching and the strategic development and facilitation of change management, coaching, leadership and safety programs. Conversation Notes - We spend a lot of time looking after our physical selves, without actually asking ourselves how we are from an emotional standpoint. - It’s important to understand how to regulate your emotions, understand where you are in the world and what that means for you. - Everyone works below the line, not everyone works above the line: the ability to make decisions, create, innovate, and focus our attention. Stretch yourself. - For each difficult moment or emotion, ask yourself “how can I reframe this?” - We have a physical and emotional response before our cognitive response comes to the fore. Tiffany's Linkedin: Tiffany Gray Tiffany's Profile: enhansenperformance.com.au/profile-tiffany-gray/ Quote “Don’t ignore your emotions, embrace them. Acknowledge your emotions, step into it, own it.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Grant Herbert Type Live Conversation About this conversation Leaders today are navigating massive change created by constant economic uncertainty, shifting consumer expectations, technological advancement and significant generational differences. Professionals traditionally have high cognitive intelligence (IQ) and technical skill, however, they are not often well trained to deal with issues requiring social and emotional intelligence (SEIQ). A major challenge we see in every organisation is when great technicians are becoming leaders. Time poor and overstressed people often ask us, “How am I supposed to lead others when I am not really sure how to lead myself?” This mindset and lack of “soft skills” can lead to micro-managing or abrasive leadership on the one hand and a loss of self-confidence, translating into a drop in performance, on the other. How many times have you seen a new manager or leader lose their mojo or have a negative influence on the people around them? The cost is high right across the professional arena. In this podcast, Grant shows us why Emotional Intelligence is a crucial skill set to overcome these issues and how to develop them in yourself and others. More About The Speaker Describing himself as an ordinary guy, with an outstanding wife and 5 amazing kids, Grant has a passionate message to share about being authentic and living the life you were created to live. With over 35 years as a leadership trainer and coach, Grant has learned that the key to developing others is to first help them replace the mindsets and behaviours that are currently sabotaging their results. Once that platform is built, they actually implement what he teaches. This ensures you get a high ROI. Whether it is in the corporate boardroom, the business seminar or the conference venue, he inspires in you a desire to change and then shows you how to do so. In his own authentic yet powerful way, Grant guides you through your surface story into the real issues hidden below. Conversation Notes - Emotions are linked to behaviour. We need to have an environment of support and accountability to allow the time and space to change our behaviour. - Regardless of your technical skills, without emotional intelligence you can fall short in your ability and confidence to work with others. - Emotional intelligence is a life-long learning process and continual journey. - By developing social emotional intelligence in leadership, we can reduce stress and conflict and increase productivity and engagement. - Artificial intelligence is coming our way, but we will never be successful if we take out the human element. - As leaders, we need to make sure we’re always coming from a position of cause, rather than effect. Grant's Linkedin: Grant Herbert Grant's Website: grantherbert.com Quote “What we need to ask is how can I lead me, before I can expect to lead others?” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speakers Phill Nosworthy & Dr Angus Hervey Type Live Conversation About this conversation We live in a world of extraordinary possibility. However, it is also a world of distraction, indecision and procrastination. Focus and courage, it would seem are a potent antidote and strategy. Listen to cult favourites Phill Nosworthy and Dr Angus Hervey discuss how to focus on what matters most. More About The Speakers Phill Nosworthy Phill is a researcher, Keynote Speaker and Co-Founder of Switch Learning + Development. He works alongside brands like Microsoft, Universal Music and ING as a speaker, facilitator and social impact strategist and has been described as a The Meaning Maker - a unique professional who creates new paths for the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs. Most importantly Phill is a Dad to Zander (human) and Chica (French bulldog fur child) and is still head over heels in love with the girl he fell for in high school. They live in Sydney’s northern beaches, spend around 100 nights a year travelling internationally and love camping under big starry skies next to raging fires. Dr Angus Hervey Dr Angus Hervey is Co-founder of Future Crunch, a platform for intelligent thinking about the future of science and technology, and former manager of Random Hacks of Kindness, a global initiative from Google, IBM, Microsoft, NASA and the World Bank to create open-source technology solutions to social challenges. Former manager of Global Policy, one of the world's leading international political journals. He holds a PhD in Government and a Masters in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics, where he was also the Ralph Miliband Scholar from 2009 to 2012. Conversation Notes Topic: The Intricacies, Aspects and Determinants of Focus. - Fundamentally, if you don’t know what you’re looking for, explore with an open mind. - Think about what you are bringing in to focus. Are you looking for the right thing? Are you looking in the right places? - A key aspect to focus is linking your aspirational self to your actual self. - You can’t focus on what you’re doing or where you’re going unless you know who you are. - Think about how our understanding of tomorrow informs the decisions we make today. - A lack of clarity manifests in procrastination, indecision, emotional turmoil within us. The four C’s form the cornerstones to focus: - Challenges – they satisfy the soul - Connections - the way we connect with others - Contributions - go after something bigger than yourself - Control – look to gain mastery Phill's Linkedin: Phill Nosworthy Angus' Linkedin: Angus Hervey Phill's Website: phillnosworthy.com Future Crunch's Website: futurecrun.ch Quote “Unless we understand who we’re speaking to, it’s impossible to hone in and figure out what we’re looking for or where we’re looking for it.” Dr Angus Hervey Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! iTunes Stitcher Radio Soundcloud To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Kaila Colbin Type Live Conversation About this conversation To wrap up our ‘Antidisciplinary Future’ speaker series, we have partnered with SingularityU Australia Summit and Pause Fest to bring you the future. What do nanotechnology, bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, and robotics have in common, and, more importantly, what do they have to do with you? Join Singularity University’s Australian Ambassador for a startling look at the dramatic implications of exponential technologies, and some insight into how we might better prepare ourselves to adapt and thrive in a dynamically changing world. More About Kaila Kaila Colbin is the New Zealand and Australian Ambassador for Singularity University. She is also the Co-Founder and Chair of the non-profit Ministry of Awesome, Curator of TEDxChristchurch and TEDxScottBase, Chair of the New York-based Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, Deputy Chair of CORE Education Ltd, a board member of Canterbury Development Corporation Holdings Ltd and a Certified ExO Consultant with ExO Works. Conversation Notes - How is it possible that an artificial intelligence system predicted that Donald Trump would win the US election weeks beforehand? - The doubling curve of computer price-performance explains why today’s smartphones have access to more information than Bill Clinton had the entire time he was president. - It’s not just about computing. This doubling phenomenon applies to any technology once it becomes ‘information enabled’. - The difference in something following a linear trajectory and something following a doubling curve is insane. Our brains are not wired for this. - It is not about what technology is available at any given point in time. That is not the key thing. The key thing is how technology changes over time. - What has to come together for mass uptake of the technology? It’s not just the technology that has to be ready, the regulatory environment has to be ready, the market appetite has to be ready, the investment environment has to be ready. When all those things come together, that’s when we hit that inflection point. - These technologies are now starting to converge. So now we have to consider what happens when something like exponential progression in AI hits exponential in something like robotics or biotechnology. Or bioengineering converges with 3D printing at the atomic scale? When we can literally print matter atom by atom? What happens is that everything accelerates even faster. Kaila’s Linkedin: K Colbin SingularityU Australia Summit’s Website: singularityuaustraliasummit.com SingularityU’s Website: su.org Quote “Every new computer starts at the sum total of all the knowledge of all the previous computers – which is why these things progress exponentially. We’re continually using better tools to build better tools. So, that’s the terror, but it is also the opportunity.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speakers Noga Edelstein and Elke Keeley – Co-Founders at UrbanYou Mike Rosenbaum – CEO & Founder of Spacer Marty Newkirk – Fleet Manager at Car Next Door Type Live Conversation About this conversation The 2-sided marketplace model and the On-Demand Economy are here to stay. The “Uberisation” trend is spreading to more verticals, as consumers become more demanding of “instant gratification” and technology enables delivery of services in a streamlined and cost-efficient way. It is far more cost-effective to share resources than invest in ownership. This applies to physical assets as well as labour. Florence Guild will discuss access over ownership and the new 2 sided marketplace business model with some of Australia’s leaders in the on-demand economy. Meet UrbanYou, Spacer, and Car Next Door and learn how they are taking the 2 sided marketplace to the next level. UrbanYou offers prescreened household service providers to busy professionals. Spacer brings together people with space with people who need storage; i.e. Tinder for storage. Car Next Door brings car owners together with car renters. Conversation Notes - The sharing economy is now becoming mainstream. Many people are used to using Uber and Air BNB. Pretty much everyone, now, is doing it. That wave of change in consumer behaviour has allowed businesses like ours (Car Next Door) to flourish. - Mindset is one of the big things to overcome because of the fact that, in our society, at least for the last 100 – 200 years, individual ownership has been the norm, and everybody has always owned everything that they’ve needed to use. - It is possible to free people from the ‘one car, one person’ mentality. Cars sit idle 96% of the time. - The rise of reviews is both a benefit and a detriment to online businesses. - Everyone loves to have a say. The danger is that businesses or contractors can live and die by their reviews. - The world is changing very quickly and some of the (innovation and regulation) laws were written without the internet in mind and without sharing economy platforms in mind. New sharing economy businesses are keen to work with governments to address changes in things like the Trade Practices Act and consumer laws. The industry does need some regulation around it because everybody would be better off if the guidelines were clear. - The focus is to keep things really simple, have options available, and to give the consumer the best possible experience. Noga’s Linkedin: Noga Edelstein Elke’s Linkedin: Elke Keeley UrbanYou’s Website: urbanyou.com.au Mike’s LinkedIn: Michael Rosenbaum Spacer’s Website: spacer.com.au Marty’s LinkedIn: Marty Newkirk Car Next Door’s Website: carnextdoor.com.au Quote “With consumer behaviour, especially with the millennials, it is instant gratification that they want … and they are willing to embrace this way of being. Not long ago we were all too scared to use a credit card to buy a product online yet now we will go and stay in someone’s home overseas whom we have never met before. So, the on-demand phenomenon is not so much, ‘When is it coming?’ It’s here, and it’s expected now.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speakers Justin Passaportis – General Manager, Victoria & South Australia at GoGet Carshare Danielle Sampson – Director of Partnerships and Experiences at Base Commons Type Live Conversation About this conversation While not owning assets has been standard practice for heavy machinery and non-mission-critical functions for decades, recently there’s been an accelerating trend towards outsourcing even day-to-day assets – business wise and in our private lives. In the on-demand economy, accessing is better than possessing. The “Uberisation” trend is spreading to more verticals as technology is enabling delivery of services in a streamlined and cost-efficient way. It is far more cost-effective to share resources than invest in ownership. Florence Guild will discuss access over ownership with some of Australia’s leaders in the on-demand economy. Meet GoGet and Base Commons and learn how they are taking the shared-economy to the next level. Base Commons curates experiences and co-living spaces for a new generation. GoGet brings all the joys of a car with none of the hassles. Conversation Notes - One of the biggest challenges to asset-sharing is breaking down the concept that we need to own things. The concept works, but there is a huge need for behavioural and value shifts to happen first. - Early adopters are the people who are willing to let go of the closely-held idea of ownership in lieu of convenience. They are comfortable in just being able to access the resources they need as they need them. - Shared asset models are already established in other areas such as co-working spaces and membership-based software usage. - What underpins the sharing economy is the aspect of community and a better way of using some of the resources that we do have. - Car share exists as one complement in many as part of a transport system. - - Public transport should still form the backbone of the system. - The concept of the suburban house with the white picket fence hasn’t gone away. Co-living is not the answer for everyone, but we need to see how it can sit alongside the current development process. - The more people who share, the more likely we will have compassion and understanding in society at a broader level – about each other as human beings, but also about our belongings and what they mean to us. Justin’s Linkedin: Justin Passaportis GoGet’s Website: goget.com.au Danielle’s LinkedIn: Danielle S. Base Commons’ Website: basecommons.com Quote “We need to think intelligently about these things rather than just resting on the laurels of what’s been happening for centuries.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speakers Georgia Beattie – CEO of Startup Victoria Ben Williamson –Co-founder at dealPad Danielle Szetho – CEO of FinTech Australia Facilitated by Sibel Buyukbaykal - Investment Associate at Reinventure (Westpac's Venture Capital arm) Type Live Conversation About this conversation London, Singapore, New York – these are the markets people think of when they think FinTech. They are rich in talent, have loads of capital, and are homes to some of the world’s biggest financial institutions. However, for a tiny nation of 23m, Australia has a strong case to be a world-leading FinTech market. With almost 600 FinTech Startups and growing – more than Hong Kong and possibly even Singapore – Australia’s rapidly maturing FinTech ecosystem is getting noticed, attracting strong investment from international VCs and Banks. Join the Florence Guild panel with Danielle Szetho – FinTech Australia CEO, Georgia Beattie – StartUp Victoria CEO, and Ben Williamson – Co-Founder dealPad; and find out about the evolution of Australia’s FinTech industry, its unique strengths, where the world’s FinTech leaders are focusing on the future, and the stories of Australian start-ups that are storming the world stage. Conversation Notes - Lots of innovation happening in Australian FinTech - from the consumer level (using data to customise and optimise service offerings) – through to the backend (AI, blockchain technologies, changing how you structure financial services). - Larger financial organisations such are not set up to meet the needs of startups. Startups need help with getting access to capital. Opportunities for smaller companies/FinTechs to fill the gap. - Blockchain is developing well here with increasing conversations with Chinese blockchain organisations. - Healthy local ecosystems developing in Australia based around startups, including HealthTech, andFinTech. Important to be aware what type of business you are and what industry you are in, so you can immerse yourself in the relevant ecosystem. - Key participants or core areas in startup ecosystems include: + Regulation technology/policies + Talent + Capital + Physical spaces to work - Invoice financing is a rapidly growing area. - Untapped potential in commercialising PhD research. - Australia is very friendly to ICO’s but regulation is a reality. Danielle's Linkedin: Danielle Szetho Danielle's Twitter: @mdm_z FinTech Australia Website: fintechaustralia.org.au StartupVic's Linkedin: Startup Victoria StartupVic's Twitter: @startupvic StartupVic's Website: startupvictoria.com.au dealPad's Linkedin: dealPad Ben Williamson's Linkedin: Ben Williamson Quote “Australia is now the second largest alternative finance market in the Asia Pacific region after China.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Danielle Szetho Type Live Conversation About this conversation London, Singapore, New York - these are the markets people think of when they think FinTech. They are rich in talent, have loads of capital, and are homes to some of the world's biggest financial institutions. However, for a tiny nation of 23m, Australia has a strong case to be a world-leading FinTech market. With almost 600 FinTech Startups and growing - more than Hong Kong and possibly even Singapore - Australia's rapidly maturing FinTech ecosystem is getting noticed, attracting strong investment from international VCs and Banks. FinTech Australia's CEO, Danielle Szetho, talks through the evolution of Australia's FinTech industry including the Fintech-friendly policy agenda that has helped it thrive. She also shares insights into Australia's unique FinTech strengths, where the world's FinTech leaders are focusing for the future, and the stories of Australian startups that are storming the world stage. Conversation notes - The Australian FinTech industry now represents 10,000 people. 16% of the start-up sector. - Venture capital increased from $450 million investment in the FinTech sector in 2014 to around $700 million in 2016 and it is still growing. - That’s 250% growth at a time when the rest of the world is going backwards by about 50% in terms ofFinTech investment. - Australia has a very well-regulatedFinTech environment. Forward thinking and very well regarded internationally. There is also a strong trend towards regulatory unification across the world. - Having such a regulated sector inevitably means that the cost for compliance is high. Many of these costs are manual processes that businesses are now using data technology to automate. - Australia has many other industries with similar compliance hurdles such as the medical and agricultural sectors. Australia is becoming increasingly well known for looking at how to leverage the intersections betweenFinTech and other industries. - Blockchain companies are starting to focus on usingFinTech applications for international remittances and trade finance and settlements. - Australian organisations are exploring the core capabilities we have across multiple industry verticals and putting them together to develop specialised niche applications which can also be sold internationally. More about Danielle Danielle Szetho is the CEO of FinTech Australia, the national FinTech industry association. She is dedicated to building a supportive and collaborative FinTech policy platform that will realise Australia's ambitions of being a world-leading market for FinTech innovation and investment. During her career she has cultivated a diverse set of skills from leadership roles in functions such as Strategy/Transformation, Business Development, Product Management, Data Analytics, Advertising/Marketing and Design/UX and it is this unique skill set that has led to the phenomenal success seen at FinTech Australia since its inception in 2016. Danielle is a member of the ASIC Digital Finance Advisory Committee and is on the Steering Committee for FinTech Victoria. She is also the FinTech Track curator for SPARK Festival Sydney and is a passionate advocate for Women in FinTech. Danielle's Linkedin: Danielle Szetho Danielle's Twitter: @mdm_z FinTech Australia Website: fintechaustralia.org.au Quote “There is a fine line between supporting innovation in this sector without hamstringing it or overregulating it so that you’re actually hampering its growth and being able to protect the consumers that we serve.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Phill Nosworthy Type Live Conversation About this conversation Ours is a world of teams, tribes and movements. For as long as there have been humans, we have obsessed with the power and potential of the group. Now, more than ever before, smart leaders must know how to harness their own storytelling and tribe building potential to create something meaningful. In this fireside conversation, Phill Nosworthy unpacks lessons from the greatest movements the world has ever seen. Conversation notes - Identity is built in, through and because of the groups that we are aligned to and that can be problematic. - Every time a consumer engages with a brand they see that as something that affirms their identity and something that they ‘find’ themselves in. Now, products and services are just the tip of the iceberg and are part of a bigger conversation about what that brand stands for. - Any time a movement is going to happen you are going to need 3 things: A strong leader, an idea, and a group of people who buy into both the leader’s vision and the idea itself. - Movements are defined by either the ‘dragon-slaying’ approach (standing against something) or the ‘missionary’ approach (standing for something). The 3 pillars behind creating a movement are reframing an idea, mainlining it, and playing it long. - Which brands do you believe fit the criteria of building a movement and why? - Which brands have transcended the products they create and represent something more to people. What do they represent? - Movements and tribes are built on the actions of individuals because the intentions are all well and good but, as the saying goes, the road to hell is lined with good intentions. Actions are what drive outcomes. More about Phill Phill Nosworthy is a researcher, Keynote Speaker and Co-Founder of Switch Learning + Development. He works alongside brands like Microsoft, Universal Music and ING as a speaker, facilitator and social impact strategist and has been described as a The Meaning Maker - a unique professional who creates new paths for the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs. Most importantly Phill is a Dad to Zander (human) and Chica (French bulldog fur child) and is still head over heels in love with the girl he fell for in high school. They live in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, spend around 100 nights a year travelling internationally and love camping under big starry skies next to raging fires. Phill's Linkedin: Phill Nosworthy Phill's Website: phillnosworthy.com Switch L+D Website: switchld.com Switch L+D Instagram: @switchld Switch L+D Facebook: @switchld Quote “What we are seeing in the way that people are doing life right now, are the hallmarks of movements that are really obvious. If organisations and their leaders can understand what those hallmarks are they can also design for those hallmarks and make it easier for people to be a part of what it is that they’re building.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com.

Speaker Olga Cuesta Type Live Conversation About this conversation Engaging a crowd and transforming them into communities has become vital for faster growth in business. Innovative ideas and customer communities come to life because of how we engage with them: customer feedback loop, gamification, rewards systems, UX, CX, you name it. Companies want to be innovative, but are they willing to take risks? And how much risk is too much? Olga shares practical ways in which to start Transformational Innovation and create a customer community. Conversation notes - What is the difference between innovation and invention? - Examples of great innovation that didn’t involve invention and why they worked. - Innovation is really about shifting behaviours. - What instigates the need for innovation? - Innovation comes in 3 forms: core, adjacent, and transformational. - How do they differ? - It’s not just about the risks taken by organisations but the risks that we, as individuals, are willing to take. Organisations are made up of every one of us. - Success comes in creating something unique and delivering something you truly want to deliver. More about Olga After a number of rewarding years in international investment banking as Vice President of JP Morgan’s Global Technology team, she became an MBA Director with CEU San Pablo. Olga has extensive experience in building capability and engagement, influencing and consulting senior leaders and executives, most recently at National Australia Bank in NabLabs and currently at Medibank as Head of Customer Experience and Design. Olga has always been fascinated by what drives people and the human mind, the patterns formed in our thinking and the impact these patterns have in our lives as well as the factors that create outstanding performance. This has provided a platform to combine her studies in Economics with Behavioural Science, NLP and Positive Psychology. Olga's Linkedin: Olga Cuesta Quote “If you are not failing, you are not trying hard enough – not being risky enough. Not catastrophic failure but controlled, measured failure that allows you to push the boundaries in a safe environment. That is the risk - pushing to the limit but assessing. At that point, you learn and you iterate.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Prof. Toby Walsh Type Live Conversation About this conversation As AI is starting to make real progress, there is a large appetite to understand where it might be taking us. Toby Walsh, a leading researcher in Artificial Intelligence, will help us understand why AI is making headlines today and why we appear to be making such significant progress. He will also discuss where AI might take us and what AI is not yet capable of, and probably won’t be capable of for some time to come. Finally, he will provide a panorama of what the associated societal risks are, and how AI is both part of the problem and most likely part of the cure. Conversation notes - Why are we making more progress with AI now than ever before? - What are the current limitations of AI? - It will take a long time before machines get as intelligent as us, let alone more intelligent than us. Machines are very slow learners. - What can we do with AI now? - We will spend more and more time interacting with machines. AI is the operating system of the future. We will all benefit greatly. - One thing we should worry about very soon is the impact that AI will have on employment. - What’s left for humans if machines are also doing the cognitive tasks? - We are going to have to change our society in radical ways to deal with the change. - The future is not fixed. The future is the product of decisions we as a society make We get to choose the future we want to live in. More about Toby Toby Walsh is one of the world’s leading researchers in Artificial Intelligence. He is a Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of New South Wales and leads a research group at Data61, Australia’s Centre of Excellence for ICT Research. He has been elected a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of AI for his contributions to AI research, and has won the prestigious Humboldt research award. He has previously held research positions in England, Scotland, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland and Sweden. Toby's Linkedin: Toby Walsh Toby's Twitter: @tobywalsh UNSW: cse.unsw.edu.au/~tw/ Toby's Book: It's Alive! Artificial Intelligence from the Logic Piano to Killer Robots Quote “Life-long education is going to be the only way we keep ahead of machines. We have to ensure we have a society that ensures that everyone has the ability and freedom to keep on re-skilling themselves so that they keep themselves employable.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Anders Sörman-Nilsson Type Live Conversation About this conversation We are at the knee of the curve of exponentiality. If you thought yesterday was fast, you haven’t imagined the pace of tomorrow yet. Meanwhile, many organisations are run in a way that is perfectly prepared for a world that no longer exist – yesterday. The future is a blend of the virtual and the physical, the digital and the analogue. And brands that know how to blend work, life, sleep, creativity, presence, absence, and output – seamlessly – both globally and locally, are those that are flexibly prepared for a place where we will spend the rest of our lives – the future. Conversation notes - What is exponentiality? - How does the world of exponentiality affect your life? - Are there certain human behaviours that do not accept the fastness of the digital world? - Technology has changed the way people work and that changes how people will retire - Successful business strategies join the analogue and digital worlds - How does seamlessness disrupt traditional industries? More about Anders Anders Sörman-Nilsson is a global futurist and innovation strategist who helps leaders decode trends, decipher what’s next and turn provocative questions into proactive strategies. With an average of 240 international travel days a year, Anders’ view is that the future and the now are converging in a city or start-up near you, giving the curious, the creative and the courageous a competitive and sustainable edge. At the same time, that same future contains fearsome forecasts for futurephobes. This Swedish-Australian futurist has shared the stage with Hillary Clinton, Nobel Laureates, and European and Australian heads of state. He is an active member of TEDGlobal, has keynoted at TEDx in the United States and Australia, was nominated to the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders in 2015, and was the keynote speaker at the G20’s Y20 Summit in Australia. His thought leadership has been featured in international media like Monocle, Business Insider, Sky News Business, Financial Review, CIO Magazine and Boss. He is the author of the books Digilogue: how to win the digital minds and analogue hearts of tomorrow’s customers, Thinque Funky: Upgrade Your Thinking, and his latest book Seamless: the futurephile's guide to leading digital adaptation and human transformation published by Wiley in January 2017. His presentations are meticulously researched, highly energetic and always fascinating with content tailored to the audience, which is why clients like Apple, Cisco, Mercedes Benz, Hilton, SAP, Gartner and Macquarie Bank have turned to Anders over the years to help them turn research into foresight and business impact. Julian's Linkedin: Anders Sörman-Nilsson Julian's Twitter: @asormannilsson Thinquetank Facebook: @Thinquetank Quote “She (Anders’ mother) thinks of the future as digitally dehumanized and I think of the world; say the world of ACORN's, a world of the Proteus effect, or an aging of an avatar that can actually nudge us (you should read up on Richard Fowlers book 'Nudge' if you haven't done so) into smarter decisions today that will impact us not just in the short term but positively also in the long term.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Julian Waters-Lynch Type Live Conversation About this conversation How should we think about the future? What are some of the most disruptive trends when it comes to work practices and organisational life? And what will this mean for work, learning and social organisation? In this podcast,  Julian explores the different technologies disrupting how we work, and the effect they will have on organisational life. Conversation notes - How should we think about the future in general? - Different ways of looking at the future. Preferences, values, and biases. - ‘We’ve been here before’ versus ‘This time it’s really different’. - What are the megatrends that will shape the future of work? - What do they mean? What are the possible consequences? - What are the social implications of these trends? - How should we respond to this individually, organisationally, and institutionally? Books mentioned - Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital, by Carlota Perez - The inevitable: understanding the 12 great forces that will shape our future, by Kevin Kelly - Capital in the 21st century, by Thomas Piketty - Postcapitalism: a guide to our future, by Paul Mason - Inventing the future: post capitalism and a world of work, by Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams - The time well spent movement, by Tristan Harris - Deep work: rules for focused success in a distracted world, by Cal Newport More about Julian Julian is an industry fellow in enterprise and innovation at RMIT University where he researches emerging forms of work and organising and their relationship with existing organisational and social theory. His PhD research was an ethnography of the early phase of Coworking in Melbourne. Over the past fifteen years he has found himself getting paid to play piano, translate Spanish, teach classes in primary, secondary and tertiary education institutions, mentor social entrepreneurs, run a startup accelerator, make coffee, design leadership programs, and host talks on work futures (not in that order). Julian's Linkedin: Julian Waters-Lynch Julian's Twitter: @jwaterslynch Spark the Change: sparkthechange.com.au Quote “The future is a series of disruptive trends. There are seeds in the present that we can look at and follow along an innovation and option curve that will grow to be big opportunities or issues in the future. We go back 20 years and see Steve Jobs coming back to Apple or Sergey and Larry forgoing their PhD program and starting Google … We would expect certain seeds in the present, like bitcoin and blockchain, to expand in the future.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Prof. Roy Green Type Live Conversation About this conversation Australia faces many challenges, not the least of which is the transition to a post-mining-boom economy. Yet old habits die hard, and governments at all levels and of all persuasions are clinging to a world we must leave behind rather than shaping the one we need to embrace. This is a world where ideas do matter, and can be translated into value for our economy and society. Are we up to the challenge? Conversation notes - How do you move to a knowledge-based economy and society? - Who will drive change? - How do young people view work? - How do societies help shape the future of work? - Social movements have to shape politicians - The future of societies will be shaped by businesses, higher education, community organisations, and public services More about Roy Roy Green is Dean of the UTS Business School at the University of Technology Sydney. His doctorate is from the University of Cambridge and he has worked in universities, business and government in Australia and overseas. Roy has published widely in the areas of innovation policy and management and undertaken projects with the OECD and European Commission. Roy chaired the Australian Government’s Innovative Regions Centre and CSIRO Manufacturing Sector Advisory Council, and he has served on the Prime Minister’s Manufacturing Taskforce and as expert adviser to the recent Senate Innovation System inquiry. He was last year appointed chair of the Queensland Competition Authority. Roy's Twitter: @DeanRoyGreen Quote "We have to move like any successful society in the 21st century, and become a knowledge-based society with a knowledge-based economy. That means investing in our knowledge not threatening universities and higher education." Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Riley Batchelor Type Live Conversation About this conversation Technology is disrupting and enhancing the education industry at a rapid pace. Australia's edtech industry is booming and taking on the world. Hear about the future trends in education driven by technology and startup practices. Conversation notes - What are the drivers of change in the education industry? - Blockchain technology - Online learning space: MOOC’s - How will education look in 2025? - Unaccredited learning growth - Are universities losing their competitive edge? - Learning becomes a lifelong journey and courses are taken as needed More about Riley Riley is a serial tech entrepreneur, investor and startup advisor. Riley is currently CEO of EduGrowth, Australia’s edtech acceleration network. Riley has founded 5 technology startups over the last 13 years, with 3 successful exits to date. Riley was the local partner of General Assembly Asia Pacific. Through a joint venture with the US-based digital skills education startup, he opened General Assembly in Sydney in 2012, later expanding it to Melbourne, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Riley is passionate about changing lives through education and improving education models through technology. Riley's LinkedIn: Riley Batchelor Riley's Twitter: @riley_batchelor EduGrowth: edugrowth.com.au EduGrowth’s Twitter: @edugrowthaus EduGrowth’s Facebook: @EduGrowthAus Quote "In Australia, we have an amazing platform to become one of the top 3-5 edtech hubs globally. We have a huge education industry. I'm sure most of the folks in here already know this but education is our largest service export industry to the tune of about 21 billion dollars a year. At any one time, there are about 500,000-600,000 international students in the country. There are big dollars there - it's our biggest export (beyond the stuff that we rip out of the ground). It's an amazing platform we have. We have 43 high quality, well-established universities in Australia, a relatively good school system and we have some fantastic foundations for the country to make the most of what's happening in disrupting this space." Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Aaron Tait Type Live Conversation About this conversation There are few sectors more important in the world than education, yet the basic makeup of many schools does not look all that different from how they did one hundred years ago. In an era where the world is changing at an incredibly rapid pace, education needs to be ahead of the curve. Aaron Tait is an impact innovator and is optimistic about the changes that are happening in schools, led by teachers, school leaders, entrepreneurs and most importantly kids, and at the Florence Guild event will share both a positive outlook for the future alongside some practical tools for those who want to be part of the next wave of education change. More about Aaron Aaron is the co-founder and Director of Innovation at Education Changemakers, and is a global leader in innovation for impact. He is the co-author of the Wiley published book ‘Edupreneur’, the lead on Australia’s first K-12 focused education accelerator, and the founder of Edupreneur 2017, Australia’s first K-12 focused edtech conference. Aaron is a former Australian military officer, has led development projects in Africa for the last decade, is a Bateman Scholar from Cambridge University and holds three Masters degrees. Aaron is also a co-founder of the Spark* International Accelerator and YGAP, an organisation that has significantly changed the lives of more than 400,000 people living in poverty. He is a Village Capital Fellow and in 2015 was named as the FYA Social Entrepreneur of the Year alongside his wife Kaitlin who is pregnant with their first son who is due in October! Aaron's LinkedIn: Aaron Tait Aaron's Twitter: @aaronjtait Education Changemakers: educationchangemakers.com Aaron's Book: Edupreneur: Unleashing Teacher Led Innovation in Schools by Aaron Tait and Dave Faulkner YGAP – Spark: sparkinternational.org/spark-ygap Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Luca Belgiorno-Nettis Type Live Conversation About this conversation When ‘Starship Enterprise’ took off 250 years ago, the middle classes began to make the modern world with accelerating speed and yes, it must be said, with some adverse consequences. But there is no better spaceship, no better sputnik, known to mankind. Working and trading are fundamental to human relations. But business doesn’t usually factor in negative effects to the community at large – what economists euphemistically call ‘externalities’. For example, cities need open space, which business doesn’t address. Therefore ‘Steamship Democracy’ is needed alongside ‘Enterprise’. It’s a steamship, because it’s slower, but it actually needs to be faster, to anticipate business and promote the common good. Conversation notes - Why Starship Enterprise and Steamship Democracy? - What’s wrong with politics? - Why contemporary elections are throwing up the least disliked politicians - The reasons behind suboptimal government - Why sortition or a jury system are the remedies to our current political problem - What are citizen juries? - How can we make politicians accountable? - Should there be a trial before implementing? More about Luca Luca Belgiorno-Nettis is the Managing Director of Transfield Holdings, and Prisma Investments – a private family office. He has a B. Arch. (UNSW) and a Dip. in Urb. Est. Mngmt. (UTS) and is also a member of the UTS Vice-Chancellor’s Industry Advisory Board. In 2004 he founded The newDemocracy Foundation, a non-for-profit research organization focused on political reform. In 2009 he was awarded an AM for his work in arts and the community generally, and in 2014 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Western Sydney University. newDemocracy Foundation: newdemocracy.com.au Transfield Holdings: transfield.com.au Prisma Investments: prisma.net.au Quote “There are many good elements to our democratic system. The rule of law, the separation of powers, the freedom of the press, the freedom of association etc.. But I think the lack of respect for politicians is the biggest single concern. I think that we’ve gradually lost faith in our political parties and politicians whoever they are or whoever they claim to represent.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Nicholas Gruen Type Live Conversation About this conversation Brexit and the rise of Donald Trump have humiliated political elites. But we led the pack in 2013 when the elites in Australia’s Parliament humiliated themselves – abolishing carbon pricing when a predominant majority of parliamentarians understood it was folly. Why did they do it? To meet the imperatives of political combat in our vox pop democracy. Today democracy is synonymous with representation by election. But another way of representing the people enjoys far more community support and a far older lineage: Representation by sortition or selection by lot as occurs in juries. Injecting more sortition into our existing democracy could bring it back from what’s looking increasingly like the brink. Conversation notes  - What's wrong with politics and why the world is sliding into the worst economic situation since the Great Depression? - The reason why we live in a VOX POP democracy - Australia’s leadership model - Why participatory and direct democracy will make things worse and not better - The origins of democracy and elections, those times when democracy was a dirty word - Citizen Juries, what are they? How do they work? - Example of citizen’s juries in the City of Melbourne, Switzerland and US and how they operate - A simple solution for our current complex democracy problem: an upper house elected by lot, a citizen’s chamber More about Nicholas Nicholas Gruen is a policy economist, entrepreneur and commentator on our economy, society and innovation. He advised two cabinet ministers in the 1980s and 90s, taught at ANU and sat on the Productivity Commission (then Industry Commission) from 1993 to 1997. He directed the New Directions project at the Business Council from 1997 to 2000. He is CEO of Lateral Economics, Visiting Professor at Kings College London Policy Institute and Adjunct Professor at UTS Business School, Chair of the Open Knowledge Foundation (Australia) and Patron of the Australian Digital Alliance. He chaired The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI) from 2010 to 2016, the Federal Government’s Innovation Australia in 2013-14 and in 2009 chaired the Government 2.0 Taskforce. Nicholas’ LinkedIn: Nicholas Gruen Nicholas’s Twitter: @NGruen1 Lateral Economics’ website: lateraleconomics.com.au Quote “My vision is of a citizen's chamber like the bull's eye like the Athenian bullseye. […] Think of the House of Commons and the House of Lords in the UK. Think of the House of Representatives in the Senate in the United States. Think of the Legislative Council and the start of the Legislative Assembly and the legislative council in most states of Australia which was a property franchise and you get the picture. And I simply want to flip that around to an upper house or an additional Upper House elected by a lot which would, by the way, have stopped us abolishing carbon pricing and the system”. Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Adam A Jacoby Type Live Conversation About this conversation Having spent five years redesigning democracy to better cater for the world it now needs to serve, the MiVote Movement has been featured in books, worldwide media and was a finalist at the Singularity University Grand Global Challenge Awards 2016. Widely considered the most robust democracy innovation in the world, hear from the Founder about why democracy is broken and how a growing band of global democracy warriors are taking on governments all over the world with a ten year goal of being the largest single branded political movement on earth, winning seats in 50 global parliaments and emancipating the voice of 3 billion people. Conversation notes - What is democracy today? What’s the difference between democracy and politics? - What would democracy look like if it was a product created by an entrepreneur after the Internet era? - The problems with our current democratic system and the MiVote interventions to solve them. - Other democracy warriors around the world, common goals and differences with MiVote - The non-binary conversation MiVote proposes and how they write policy MiVote chapters around the world and who supports it, from Hollywood to Silicon Valley - How fake news benefit the Trumps of the world and the importance of transparent elections - Why we need to change the model that has been serving for more than 100 years More about Adam Adam is a serial innovator with a twenty-year global history of starting fast growth businesses. Outspoken and opinionated with a revolutionary bent, Adam has a Masters of Entrepreneurship & Innovation and has studied at the Judge Business School, Cambridge University. Adam’s start up footprint includes; IMS Sports, LifeLounge.com, Learning from Legends and the global Mummu group of Companies (Mummu Sport, Cycling & Talent) which were 2013 finalists in the Anthill Cool Company Awards (global category), #40 BRW Fast Starter 2015 and Top 10 in Smart Company’s Smart50 Awards 2015. With deep expertise in fast growth business development, Adam was the CEO of BRW’s 2010 Fastest Growing Private Company (under $100M), Sportsnet Corporation. Adam is the Founder & Chief Steward of political movement MiVote which was a finalist in the 2016 Singularity University Grand Global Challenge Awards. Adam’s LinkedIn: Adam A Jacoby Adam’s Twitter: @adamajacoby MiVote’s website: mivote.org.au Quote “We’re still governing ourselves under the same model as 100 years ago. So the model in which we decide and make communal decisions was built for a world that doesn’t even exist anymore.” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com

Speaker Soren Trampedach Type Live Conversation About this conversation A passionate observer and engineer of what makes work work, Soren Trampedach is Work Club’s visionary. He returns to the floor of Florence Guild to expand on his latest obsession: the anti-disciplinary approach crucial for creating the conditions for innovation. Evolving from his emphasis on the importance of diversity, Trampedach assesses traditional working structures and brings them squarely into the Information Age. Believing the merit of an organisation will in future lie in its ability to successfully harness alternative and unexpected sources for solutions, this event will have you rethinking everything you know about industry, productivity, management and mapping your own career. An unmissable Florence Guild. Conversation notes - What is the antidisciplinary future? - How and why is the traditional way of work changing? - Big businesses will be disrupted by new technologies and more nymble companies. - Key elements of the antidisciplinary future: staff on demand, community, engagement, algorithms, leverage assets - How can a community drive change, “push vs pull”? - Experimentation and work culture vs strategic planning - The power of the collective - Work Club and Florence Guild ethos More about Soren A thought-leader on innovation and the new work culture, Soren Trampedach has an impressive 20-year career in leadership positions, and continues to provide consultancy on workplace optimisation to industry leaders such as Google, Deloitte, NAB and Facebook. Soren created Work Club to provide established businesses with a unique, boutique solution to the challenges posed by the rapid pace of change in the working environment. A truly international citizen, Soren has lived and worked in Denmark, England, Germany, Ireland, Spain, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and now Australia. He speaks Danish, English, German, Spanish, Swedish and Norwegian, plus has knowledge of Mandarin. Work Club: workclubglobal.com OLLO Group: ollogroup.com Soren’s LinkedIn: Soren Trampedach Quote “Business is around what’s the future of business, what’s the future of work and how can we try and adjust or look ahead as much as possible and be prepared. And it doesn’t matter whether we are that individual working from home or a big corporation. It’s really the same, I think for everyone. […] The systems that are going to appear more and more are going to be almost impossible for us to predict or understand. So again, it comes back to how do we structure ourselves to respond to that uncertainty as well as the uncertainty of not knowing” Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! To join us at Work Club Sydney or Melbourne for our speaker conversations, email us at events@workclubglobal.com. For more information on Work Club, visit workclubglobal.com