Performance Intelligence

Andrew May

There's IQ. There's EQ. Introducing PQ. All things human performance with PQ founder, Andrew May, exploring the latest in human performance with an all-star cast of subject matter experts covering physical and psychological wellbeing, performance psychology, sport, business, entertainment, the performing arts, leadership, and science. Learn valuable lessons that can be applied to optimising performance in your personal and professional life. Performance Intelligence applies to the way we turn up in relationships and the way we turn up at work, it applies to the way we perform in front of 10,000 people and the way we perform in front of one.

  1. Friendship, Footy, and Future-Proofing | Wallabies James Slipper & Nic White

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    Friendship, Footy, and Future-Proofing | Wallabies James Slipper & Nic White

    How do you build a team where people will run through a wall for each other? Not metaphorically. Literally. James Slipper, the most capped Wallaby of all time. Nic White, the third most capped scrum half in Australian rugby history. Two men who've spent more time with each other than with their families, who've argued hard on the training paddock and sat next to each other every Tuesday team dinner for over a decade. Their answer isn't team building. It isn't trust falls. It isn't a values poster on the wall. Slips opens up on his 2018 rock bottom and the rebuild that gave him the longest career of any Wallaby in history. Nic on the chip on his shoulder that ran most of his career, the sepsis that nearly took him out after he hung up the boots, and the word he never used until now: fragile. Two careers. One friendship. A blueprint for the leaders who are tired of culture being a buzzword. 03:00 — How it started: Nic's first run-in with Slips on the field 05:10 — The relationship that goes deeper than friendship and why that matters for performance 07:30 — "If we brought corporates to watch a Wallabies camp, they'd go... do you guys even like each other?" 10:00 — The Tuesday night team dinner test and why everyone scanned the room for Slips 13:25 — Nic's career in one line: never really felt wanted. 77 test caps later, here's what kept him going 17:55 — The "f*** you" fuel: where it came from, and how long it ran on it 22:10 — When the chip on the shoulder finally became something else and the moment Nic stopped playing for himself 28:35 — Slips on stumbling into a career and what reinvention actually looks like 39:20 — Post-career surgery, sepsis, and the moment the invincible mindset ran out of road 43:05 — "Fragile." Not a word you expect from Nic White. What changed. 49:10 — The next generation: why today's players want to know the why, not just the what 49:45 — Disagree and commit: how high-performing teams hold both honesty and alignment at once Follow Nic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/white_nic/?hl=enFollow Slips on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesslipper/?hl=en Use Code "PQPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/ Interested in sharing your story? Email Producer Shannon at support@performanceintelligence.com today with your story and contact details. Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://performanceintelligence.com/keynotes/ Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/ Watch the Performance Intelligence Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@performanceintelligencepodcast If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

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    Bite Size: What an Olympic Recovery Scientist Really Thinks of Your Fitness Tracker | Shona Halson

    You've got more data on your body than any generation before you. Heart rate variability, readiness scores, recovery metrics. But are you actually recovering better? Dr Shona Halson is one of the world's leading recovery scientists. She's worked with Olympic athletes, elite sport, and high performers at every level. Her verdict on wearables is more nuanced than the marketing suggests, and more useful than most of the scores on your wrist. This one will change how you look at your morning metrics. You can find Shona at her LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/shona-halson-627b74268 Use Code "PQPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/ Interested in sharing your story? Email Producer Shannon at support@performanceintelligence.com today with your story and contact details. Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://performanceintelligence.com/keynotes/ Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/ Watch the Performance Intelligence Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@performanceintelligencepodcast If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

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  3. 181 The Recovery Crisis Nobody Talks About: Doctors, Executives, & the Burnout Myth | Andrew May on Healthed

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    181 The Recovery Crisis Nobody Talks About: Doctors, Executives, & the Burnout Myth | Andrew May on Healthed

    You know what you should be doing. More sleep. Better recovery. Less time running on empty. You have known it for years. So has every burned-out doctor, executive, and elite athlete Andrew May has ever worked with. The problem is not knowledge. It is the gap between knowing and doing. And most people are misdiagnosing the reason for that gap entirely. Andrew May is a Mental Skills and Leadership Coach who has worked with ASX executives, elite sporting teams (Wallabies), and the Australian Defence Force.  Andrew gets honest about his own near-burnout at 40, what it took to turn it around, and why even the most informed, high-functioning people are still getting recovery wrong. From there, it gets practical. What strategic recovery actually looks like inside a high-demand schedule. Why most people calling it burnout are actually chronically under-recovered. The exercise prescription that builds real performance capacity without flogging yourself. And how to finally close the gap between what you know and what you do. This one is for doctors. It is also for anyone who has been running hard for too long and suspects the wheels are starting to wobble. 00:00 Burnout rates in medicine are above 80%, yet doctors know more about the body than almost anyone. Why the gap? 05:14 Andrew's own near-burnout at 40: marriage breakdown, external validation, and the mate from Dubbo who cracked it open. 10:44 Most people calling it burnout are actually chronically under-recovered. Andrew explains the difference. 13:04 What strategic recovery looks like in practice, including how Andrew applies it with the Australian Defence Force. 20:25 Why physical activity is not recovery, and the exercise prescription that actually builds performance capacity. 26:02 Sleep deprivation degrades judgment, memory and decision-making. Andrew challenges the eight-hour myth. 28:47 A simple plate-based nutrition framework, intermittent fasting for men over 40, and why women need a different approach. 34:14 How to close the gap between knowing and doing: self-reflection, barrier mapping, and building real accountability. 40:10 Key messages, close, and why how you show up changes how everyone around you performs. This episode was originally published on the Healthed podcast with Dr David Lim. You can find the original interview here. Visit the Healthed website: https://www.healthed.com.au/ Use Code "PQPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/ Interested in sharing your story? Email Producer Shannon at support@performanceintelligence.com today with your story and contact details. Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://performanceintelligence.com/keynotes/ Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/ Watch the Performance Intelligence Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@performanceintelligencepodcast If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

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    Bite Size: How to Get Present When Pressure Spikes | Dr Michael Gervais

    Backstage. Heart hammering. Sweat beading. Every mental tool in the toolkit, breathing, self-talk, all of it, failed Dr Michael Gervais in real time. Michael is one of the world's leading performance psychologists and was moments away from presenting to the international body of sports psychologists. The researcher whose theory he was challenging was sitting in the front row. And he was falling apart. What pulled him back had nothing to do with technique. It was accidental. Mundane, even. And it became the foundation of a 27-year daily practice that he still runs today. Presence is not a personality trait. It is not something you either have or you don't. It is a trainable skill, and most of us have never once trained it deliberately. This conversation will change how you think about pressure, performance, and what it actually means to show up when the moment counts. You can find Dr Michael at his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmichaelgervais/Listen to the Finding Mastery Podcast: https://findingmastery.com/You can find JC at his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-clarke-1152a065/?originalSubdomain=au Use Code "PQPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/ Interested in sharing your story? Email Producer Shannon at support@performanceintelligence.com today with your story and contact details. Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://performanceintelligence.com/keynotes/ Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/ Watch the Performance Intelligence Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@performanceintelligencepodcast If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

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  5. 180 What Reality TV Gets Right About Human Behaviour that Business Gets so Wrong | Maz Farrelly (Producer X Factor & Big Brother)

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    180 What Reality TV Gets Right About Human Behaviour that Business Gets so Wrong | Maz Farrelly (Producer X Factor & Big Brother)

    Most people think they're pretty good at reading people. Maz Farrelly says they're not, including you.  Maz has sat across from more than 20,000 people across 30 years of television production. Big Brother. X Factor. Celebrity Apprentice. She has watched people try to hide, perform, charm and deceive their way through a room. She knows exactly what they're doing. Maz shares what three decades of casting, producing and reading talent has taught her about human behaviour, and why most of us are missing signals that are right in front of us. She unpacks her ABCDE framework for reading anyone in the first minute, explains why the word "authentic" is almost always a red flag, and tells the story of the moment Arnold Schwarzenegger taught her something fundamental about how culture actually travels through a team. 30 years of watching humans perform under pressure will teach you things no leadership course ever could. If you want to get better at reading people, hiring well, or simply understanding what you're signalling before you open your mouth, this conversation will change how you walk into your next room. 00:00 Meet Maz Farrelly — 30 years, 20,000+ interviews, Big Brother to X Factor02:37 Can you spot a star before they blow up? The reality TV casting truth03:00 Why sincerity beats talent — even being "sincerely awful" works05:46 The 10,000 hours debate: Gladwell vs. Epstein on mastery and range09:21 How to read anyone in the first minute — the A-B-C-D-E framework10:28 Clothes, body language, content, delivery, entertainment — what yours says about you13:46 Charisma: why it makes great CEOs, cult leaders, and con artists16:00 Big Brother casting gold — the man living in a car park with a British accent35:10 Maz reads the host live — and nails it39:33 The authenticity myth: why saying "I'm authentic" proves you're not44:57 Confidence paradox — the moment you think you've cracked it, you're done55:08 How to find out who you really are: the question framework that actually works57:09 Why failure is where the smart money is59:54 Women read the room differently — and why that's not a compliment to society1:06:00 Attention is currency: what Ozzy Osbourne and McEnroe understood that most don't1:11:15 Ozzy Osbourne, ants, and a straw — completely on brand1:14:23 Arnold Schwarzenegger, Paula Yates, and one very awkward seven minutes1:18:13 The leadership lesson Arnold didn't know he was teaching1:21:01 Why most people can read a stranger in three seconds and don't realise it Find Maz at: https://www.mazspeaksglobal.com/Download Maz's Speaker Kit: https://www.mazspeaksglobal.com/#speakerkitWhy You Should Book Maz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maz-speaks/details/recommendations/?detailScreenTabIndex=0 Use Code "PQPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/ Interested in sharing your story? Email Producer Shannon at support@performanceintelligence.com today with your story and contact details. Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://performanceintelligence.com/keynotes/ Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/ Watch the Performance Intelligence Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@performanceintelligencepodcast If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

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    Bite Size: The Simple Science of Living Longer That Nobody Talks About | Dr Paul Batman

    8 blokes showed up to help a mate with prostate cancer. They cleaned his house, mowed his lawn, scrubbed his kitchen. 3 hours of work. No gym. No program. No heart rate monitor. Dr Paul Batman ran the numbers afterwards and told them what they'd actually done. The equivalent of three five-hour marathons. Most of us have been thinking about movement the wrong way. We wait for the perfect workout, the blocked hour, the gym membership we'll actually use. Meanwhile the people living longest are the ones carrying their own groceries, climbing their own stairs, and mowing their own lawns. Dr Paul Batman is an exercise physiologist, university academic, and one of Australia's leading voices on active living. In this conversation, he breaks down what METs actually mean, why fitness snacks work, and how to build more movement into the life you already have, without overhauling any of it. You can find Dr Paul at his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-paul-batman-9092a052/ Use Code "PQPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/ Interested in sharing your story? Email Producer Shannon at support@performanceintelligence.com today with your story and contact details. Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://performanceintelligence.com/keynotes/ Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/ Watch the Performance Intelligence Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@performanceintelligencepodcast If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

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  7. 179 The Science of ADHD Part 2: What High Performers, Women & Kids Are Never Told About Their Brain | Lindy Hadges

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    179 The Science of ADHD Part 2: What High Performers, Women & Kids Are Never Told About Their Brain | Lindy Hadges

    Most conversations about ADHD stop at the diagnosis. This one goes further. ADHD expert, Lindy Hadges, gets specific across the three groups where ADHD is most misunderstood and most consequential: high performers in business and sport; women, who are being diagnosed in their mid-50s after decades of masking; and children, whose ADHD behaviours look very different at home than at school. Lindy is an ADHD specialist, clinician, and director of the ADHD Foundation Australia. She brings science, honesty and genuine compassion to a conversation that is long overdue. If someone in your life needed to hear this, send it to them. 1:45 Why the 9 to 5 desk job is one of the worst environments for the ADHD brain, and what works instead. 4:20 Brain breaks, pulsing and the panoramic gaze: practical strategies for ADHD in a corporate role. 5:55 How the ADHD brain self-medicates with stress, deadlines and adrenaline, and why that often backfires. 7:40 Why ADHD brains need protein every two hours, and why fasting may be working against the ADHD brain. 12:15 The only way to recharge an ADHD brain to 100% and why it has to be done alone. 15:15 ADHD and sleep: why the brain skips REM, the long term costs of that, and what magnesium can do about it. 17:50 Why ADHD people need a body double, what that relationship looks like when done well, and how to avoid making it exploitative. 22:20 Self disclosure at work: who to tell, what to say, and why transparency protects the whole team. 27:30 ADHD in women: why it's chronically underdiagnosed and why menopause is one of the most common triggers for late diagnosis. 31:05 The grief of late diagnosis at 55: finally understanding three failed marriages. 33:40 Lindy's choice to homeschool five children, and what the classroom gets fundamentally wrong for ADHD kids. 37:25 The brain girdle: why ADHD children behave at school and fall apart at home, and what parents can do. 41:35 Practical school advice: Montessori, monthly brain break days, and what good classrooms can look like. 47:30 What Lindy wants to see in the next ten years: moving past both deficit language and toxic positivity. 50:25 Where to get help: ADHD Foundation Australia, low-cost counselling, and the next practical step to take today. View the ADHD Cake model: https://performanceintelligence.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ADHD-Cake-of-Understanding.pngFind out more about the ADHD Foundation: https://adhdfoundation.org.au/about-usConnect with Lindy: https://ccaa.net.au/practitioner/200102-14/ Use Code "PQPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/ Interested in sharing your story? Email Producer Shannon at support@performanceintelligence.com today with your story and contact details. Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://performanceintelligence.com/keynotes/ Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/ Watch the Performance Intelligence Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@performanceintelligencepodcast If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

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    Bite Size: How to Redeploy Yourself Before AI Redeploys You | Andrea Clarke

    A leader from one of Australia's biggest banks called Andrea Clarke with a problem. 5000 employees. 1 AI tool. 0 opens. Not one person had clicked the app. Andrea's response wasn't to talk about technology. It was to talk about fear. Because what that leader was really dealing with wasn't a training gap or a communication failure. It was something older and more fundamental: we are not wired for change. We are wired to protect what we have, conserve energy, and stay exactly where we feel safe. Status. Identity. The quiet confidence of knowing how to do your job well. AI doesn't just threaten people's roles. It threatens all of it at once. Andrea Clarke is one of Australia's leading voices on change leadership, and in this Bite Size she makes a case that most leaders aren't ready to hear: the problem with your AI rollout started before you introduced the tool. You skipped the conversation people actually needed.  Still on the fence? Andrea has these words: Redeploy yourself before AI redeploys you. Subscribe to the Performance Intelligence Podcast for more. You can find Andrea at her website: https://www.andreaclarke.com.au/Or at her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreaclarke2020 Use Code "PQPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/ Interested in sharing your story? Email Producer Shannon at support@performanceintelligence.com today with your story and contact details. Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://performanceintelligence.com/keynotes/ Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/ Watch the Performance Intelligence Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@performanceintelligencepodcast If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

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There's IQ. There's EQ. Introducing PQ. All things human performance with PQ founder, Andrew May, exploring the latest in human performance with an all-star cast of subject matter experts covering physical and psychological wellbeing, performance psychology, sport, business, entertainment, the performing arts, leadership, and science. Learn valuable lessons that can be applied to optimising performance in your personal and professional life. Performance Intelligence applies to the way we turn up in relationships and the way we turn up at work, it applies to the way we perform in front of 10,000 people and the way we perform in front of one.

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