6 episodes

Growth Magic is a podcast exploring the techniques of exceptional leaders and how they weave together ingenuity, intent and serendipity to realise big things. We invite storytellers from business, champions of impact, fast-growth entrepreneurs and executors of major change to reveal their secrets and share their vision for the new world.

Growth Magic Hugh Evans and Liz Wise

    • Entrepreneurship

Growth Magic is a podcast exploring the techniques of exceptional leaders and how they weave together ingenuity, intent and serendipity to realise big things. We invite storytellers from business, champions of impact, fast-growth entrepreneurs and executors of major change to reveal their secrets and share their vision for the new world.

    Jo Burston - Businesses who win in the future, have diversity and inclusion at their core. Powerhouse CEO and founder, Jo Burston is leading the charge, converting adversaries to allies to ensure that women have a seat and a voice at the table.

    Jo Burston - Businesses who win in the future, have diversity and inclusion at their core. Powerhouse CEO and founder, Jo Burston is leading the charge, converting adversaries to allies to ensure that women have a seat and a voice at the table.

    Cut through the virtue war and head straight for business impact with our latest episode about diversity and inclusion in the workplace for women. Entrepreneurial powerhouse CEO of Inspiring Rare Birds & Job Capital, Jo Burston, is on a quest to improve the way that women are seen, respected, and rewarded at work. Join our hosts, Hugh Evans and Liz Wise, as they chat with Jo about the D&I issues that have been blocking change, and the immediate actions that anyone can take t...

    • 31 min
    Joseph Healy - Building a banking unicorn from a blank sheet of paper

    Joseph Healy - Building a banking unicorn from a blank sheet of paper

    With a 2 billion dollar market cap, Judo Bank has one goal: To be Australia's most trusted SME bank. Founder and CEO of JUDO bank, Joseph Healy told Growth Magic their different approach to banking, with less bureaucracy and a more human approach and how they are planning to stay on track in taking on the big banks. Episode notes: Introduction: Judo Bank is valued at 1.9 billion, making it one of Australia’s rare business Unicorns. Judo is a ‘challenger bank’ with a “high-touch, high-te...

    • 38 min
    Rachel Higham - the transformation pathway to a truly modern, global enterprise.

    Rachel Higham - the transformation pathway to a truly modern, global enterprise.

    For all of you large scale transformation and culture nerds out there, this episode is for you. Join us as we speak to Rachel Higham, former MD of Technology at BT, and now Chief Information Officer at WPP, about what it takes to co-design a totally new way for 14,000 people in technology to work.

    • 20 min
    Rodrigo Baggio - Bridging the divide with digital empowerment: From drug lords to drivers of social change

    Rodrigo Baggio - Bridging the divide with digital empowerment: From drug lords to drivers of social change

    Today we're joined by Rodrigo Baggio - an outstanding leader who has an amazing impact on the lives of millions of young people. 25 years ago, Rodrigo created Recode to fight the digital divide. Recode delivers training in entrepreneurship and digital tools, supporting facilitators in low-income communities to reprogram their realities. Show notes:The vision for Recode - Empowering people through technologyPiloting a technology centre in the most violent slum in Rio de Janeiro

    • 42 min
    Jim Estill - Zero to $2Billion, and now onto creating the global courier disruptor

    Jim Estill - Zero to $2Billion, and now onto creating the global courier disruptor

    Jim Estill is a Canadian technology entrepreneur, executive, and philanthropist. He was a founding board member of Research in Motion, the creators of BlackBerry. Jim's first business was EMJ Data Systems, which listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. He went on to build DaisyTek to 250 million in revenues, and while at the helm of Synnex, he took them from 800 million to 2 billion dollars in sales. Jim's new venture is called ShipperBee, the Uber of the parcel delivery world.Show notes:How Shi...

    • 29 min
    Brian Von Herzen - The pandemic: a gateway to transforming our civilisation

    Brian Von Herzen - The pandemic: a gateway to transforming our civilisation

    Today we're joined by the incredible Brian Von Herzen, one of the loveliest guys in EnviroTech. Brian is the Founder and Executive Director of the Climate Foundation, he is the prestigious Hertz fellowship recipient and he's the founder of Cair Planes. Brian is Silicon Valley alum, an ocean scientist, an engineer and a serial entrepreneur.Cair Planes; hyperbaric therapy for Covid-19 patientsBrain’s journey into climate science and marine permacultureOcean kelp forests and seaweed farming; reg...

    • 25 min