Humans of Purpose

Humans of Purpose

Each week, your host Mike Davis brings you inspiring conversations with purpose-driven leaders from our local community.Guests join Mike for a relaxed conversation at his home to discuss their life and career journey, purpose and how they create social impact through their work.Tea, coffee or single malt whiskey are served as we traverse meaningful subjects and gain insights into business and community. Wisdom, experience and banter are combined to offer you a supreme 45-minute podcast immersion.

Episodes

June 3, 2024 39 mins
Steve Davis This week on the podcast, I’m thrilled to bring you my conversation with Steve Davis, otherwise known as my dad!  Dad and I are very close and this is really an informal conversation where I wanted to ask dad some of the biggest things he's learned about living well as he recently turned 75, despite appearing as though he is in his 50s.  Professor Stephen Davis AO is the Professor of Translational Neuroscience at the ...
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May 20, 2024 44 mins

Cam McLeod

This week on the podcast, I’m thrilled to bring you my conversation with Cam McLeod. Cam is CEO at The Huddle.

The Huddle’s purpose is improving education and employment outcomes for young people through the power of sport.

Born out of the role and value of sport and the influence the North Melbourne Football Club plays in connecting people across different ages, genders, and cultures; The Huddle was established in 201...

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May 12, 2024 17 mins
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Rugare Gomo

This week on the podcast, I’m thrilled to bring you my conversation with Rugare Gomo. Rugare is a High Performance Life & Business Coach. Rugare is a recent author of his first book Dreams: Forging My Own Path

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April 28, 2024 19 mins
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April 22, 2024 48 mins

Katy Barfield OAM

This week on the podcast, I’m thrilled to bring you my conversation with Katy Barfield OAM. Katy is the Founder and CEO at Yume Food. Yume Food is a social enterprise committed to helping Australia halve food waste by 2030.

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April 14, 2024 7 mins
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Georgina Camp

Georgina is the Director of Partnerships and Growth at Huber Social. She is also the Founder and Chair of the Wellbeing Intelligence Network.

Huber Social’s mission is to direct resources to have the greatest impact and leave no one behind. To achieve this, they measure social impact through a common yardstick; measuring progress in terms of overall wellbeing and identifying priority needs. 

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March 26, 2024 48 mins

Rachael McLennan

This week on the podcast, I’m thrilled to bring you my conversation with Rachael McLennan. Rachael is the Co-Founder and CEO of People for Purpose.

People for Purpose work with individuals, for-purpose organisations, social enterprises and corporates to maximise their social impact.

Get in touch with the team at People for Purpose today.

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March 19, 2024 51 mins

Jasper Vallance

This week on the podcast, I’m thrilled to bring you my conversation with Jasper Vallance. Jasper is the Founder of StepUp. StepUp is about supporting individual’s, start-up’s and social enterprises on their journey of impact and growth.  Beyond StepUp, Jasper is big in the sober party scene having run Xstatic Sunsets, EPIC themed dance parties and festivals igniting collective joy, connection and natural play.

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March 12, 2024 49 mins

Tina Funder

This week on the podcast, I’m thrilled to bring you my conversation with Tina Funder. Tina is the Founder and CEO of ALT.Leather as well as the Founder of LOM Australia.

ALT.Leather is creating Australia's first 100% bio-based leather alternative. This enables the creation of textiles that upcycle waste are 100% bio-based and animal free, contain zero plastics and are Australian made.

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March 5, 2024 36 mins

Zara Torre

Zara is the Founder and CEO of The Difference. The Difference is Australia’s first round up app for giving. Start making your difference today by downloading The Difference mobile app here!

Think Raiz or other savings apps that round up your transactions to the dollar but instead of that money going into a savings account it goes towards a range of well-vetted, cause specific charities. 

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February 27, 2024 47 mins

Rebecca Houghton

Rebecca is the CEO of BoldHR. BoldHR is dedicated to building B-Suite leaders with C-Suite impact. What does this mean? Quite simply helping middle managers become top performers, who can create impact and become far more effective in both mindset, strategy and execution.

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February 20, 2024 48 mins

Melanie Greblo

Melanie is the Founder and CEO of Scriibed and Banksia Academy. Scriibed is tapping an under-represented remote workforce to enable their full participation whilst delivering excellence to customers.

The program is designed for impact, from employment models to support programs for women facing barriers to employment due to trauma. 

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February 13, 2024 53 mins

Jason Fox

Dr Jason Fox is a Wizard-Philosopher masquerading as a leadership futurist. He is an accomplished author, keynote speaker, blogger and facilitator of participatory learning and leadership programs spanning a range of key topics. Checkout his superb blog The Museletter too!

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February 6, 2024 50 mins

Kon Karapanagiotidis OAM

Kon is the CEO and Founder of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC). Kon was recently named Melburnian of the Year.  The ASRC is Australia’s largest human rights organisation providing support to people seeking asylum.   Kon is also the co-author of an amazing Greek vegetarian cookbook, Philoxenia, which he produced with his mum, Sia.   Register to be part of the ASRC's Feast for Freedom this year, whe...

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January 30, 2024 48 mins

C Care

C Care is a leading front-line community organisation supporting individuals and families experiencing food insecurity and social isolation. They are all about connecting the community through food and friendship. 

Today I’m speaking with CEO, Rabbi Shlomo Nathanson and Philanthropy Manager Stacey Dodge.

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Krystian Seibert Krystian is Associate Commissioner at the Productivity Commission. The Productivity Commission provides independent research and advice to Government on economic, social and environmental issues affecting the welfare of Australians.   Krystian is currently leading the Productivity Commission's Philanthropy Inquiry, which is the most wide-ranging review of public policy settings for philanthropy in Australian histor...

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January 16, 2024 49 mins

Lee Schofield

Lee is Co-Founder of Future For Now. Future For Now are your strategic partners, educators, and guides in the ever-evolving world of Artificial Intelligence, automation, and low code technologies.

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