Leading with Empathy (Formerly The Everyday Hero‪)‬ Mr. G

Join G and Allen Dodgson Tan​ on successfully investing and working in Cambodia as an expat or development sector worker. 

Cultural norms are arguably much more difficult to navigate than technical rules such as company registrations or permits which Allen conveniently summarizes in his book Essential Cambodia, now available on Amazon: 

Essential Cambodia: A Guide for Foreign Entrepreneurs, Investors and Managers: Tan, Mr. Allen Dodgson, Chifumi, Perigois, Jeff, Ly, Song: 9798985415117: Books: Amazon.com

Join G and Sarah on an honest discussion of her approach to environmental activism, one that doesn't use shame nor negativity gain behaviour change.

Sarah is a Digital Marketer, Environmental Activist and founder of Plastic Free Southeast Asia from Adelaide, South Australia. She has worked in Siem Reap, Cambodia (and all over Southeast Asia) and now lives in Sydney, Australia, where her work is cut out for her!

She’s been involved in many community initiatives from inspiring the people of Cambodia to reduce their plastic use to working with tourism businesses to have a triple-impact of staff, suppliers and guests changing the way they operate to take better care of the local environment and through her company Plastic Free Southeast Asia, has reached over 15,000 people in person with this important work.

Her vision is a cleaner and healthier world where environmental care is naturally our first thought.

Contact her for more information on her work below:

Instagram: Plastic Free with Sarah (@plasticfreeseaa) 

Website: Plastic Free Southeast Asia 

Facebook: Plastic Free SEA | Facebook

Join G and Georgia Murphy on a conversational discovery on animal welfare in Cambodia and how her business supports her vision for a world where animals are treated with respect and compassion, and an ideal world where every homeless cat has a home.

Georgia is a social entrepreneur, founder of Tangy Turtle kombucha and co-founder of Ministry of Cat, a rescue cat cafe and adoption centre in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Hailing from Tasmania, Australia, she moved to Cambodia 5 years ago to work on humanitarian disarmament projects before starting her own businesses.

Join G and Kate on a dialogue on how teachers and educators are integral to seeding and spreading empathy and compassion to children, the future leaders of our community.


This episode's everyday hero is Kate, a mother, Head of School and an influential figure in the world of education in Cambodia. She’s worked in education for two and a half decades from Asia to Africa, the US and now Cambodia, and regularly support the other educators, parents and children in her own time.



You can find here on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-o-connell-m-ed-89510671/

G and Sandy discuss Sandy's journey from corporate executive to social entrepreneur and explore a variety of topics from internal conflict of business owners, executives and the public, green-washing and the motivations of and difficulties of making life-altering choices. 



This episode's everyday hero is Sandy, an entrepreneur, environmental activist and honest force of nature who worked in advertising, interior design and sourcing, Asia for nearly 20 years from Singapore to Hong Kong and now Phnom Penh, and has decided to stay and provide her expertise and efforts to reducing the impact of single-plastic in Cambodia.

Life Coach and Entrepreneur Joey Ra gives some sound advice and insight to how people should take care of themselves during a crisis as well as other insights on community leadership. 



These insights were derived from clients and experience not only in Cambodia but across the world, we hope you find this helpful.