Coronomics🦠

Jum is a former journalist-turned-founder of Jump Start Communications (http://jumpstartcomms.com/), a training company that tailors energetic and interactive workshops for young people, that introduces them to the fundamentals of engaging and effective communication and other integral life skills. I spoke to Jum about the growing problem that society is facing in a lack of sound interpersonal skills, particularly in young people, the impact that COVID is having on catalysing what could be a huge problem to wellbeing outcomes, and what Jum is doing about it.

Sage is the co-founder of Golden Grind, a brand that celebrates turmeric as a natural medicine. She is also a part-owner of WINK models and has already successfully exited another D2C brand, Be Bliss Baby. I spoke to Sage about her unusual journey to where she is today, her passion for wellness and sustainability, and her hustle as an entrepreneur.

Jodie Imam is the GM of https://sbeaustralia.org/, is a startup mentor to startups and founders around Australia, and has successfully built at least 2 businesses (that I know of) and exited one of them to Airtasker. Jodie's success is closely linked to her ability to build and nurture communities, and we sat down to chat about the role community can play in personal and business success and how we can use communities to navigate crises.

Gil is a creative technologist specialising in providing students with access to maker technology in order to achieve better learning outcomes. He also works with businesses to help them harness the power of maker tools to support better commercial outcomes. I spoke to him specifically about why the maker community can help learning outcomes and how COVID has impacted this. For more information about Gil, head to http://www.thekoshertonystark.com/

Felicia is a founder of https://www.launchlink.co/, a PR firm for tech companies operating out of the USA and Australia. I spoke with Felicia about building a global company from day 0, gender equality, and how covid is impacting both of these things.

Jared is a neuoscientist who specialises in teaching and learning. At the crossroads between the laboratory and the classroom, Jared spends most of his time working directly with schools or helping companies, schools and organizations to improve training, education, impact, and engagement. We discussed how humans learn and the impact that the coronacrisis might have on training and education.

Lina is the creator of Circulo, a service that hosts online video calls where you can connect with like-minded individuals to engage in meaningful conversations on topics that you care about. I spoke to Lina about the power of great conversations and how we can find peace through conversation.

Sergio Brodsky is one of Australia's leading marketing thinkers and writers, and is the author of the model "Urban Brand Utility" (UBU), which proposes a model for media and communications within the circular/doughnut economy framework. I chatted to Sergio about UBU and the impact that Covid-19 might have on its adoption.

John Graham-Cumming is the CTO of Cloudflare, a company that you may have never heard of, but can thank for its impact on how speedy, reliable, and fast your websites, apps, and web programs are. As CTO, John is responsible for the technical infrastructure of a company that's business is, well, technical infrastructure for the world's internet. Cloudflare have played a huge role in the democratisation of the internet, so I sat down with John to understand his thoughts re: the short and long-term impacts of Coronavirus within the context of the role that the Internet plays. Enjoy!

Jonathan Courtney is a founder and CEO of AJ&SMart, an innovation and design studio based in Berlin. He is also the author of recently-released title, Workshopper Playbook, a handbook for solving complex problems fast.

One of the founding figures behind modern Customer Experience, Joe and his partner Jim Gilmore wrote a seminal article, which subsequently became a book, titled "Welcome to the Experience Economy". Originally authored in 1998, Joe foreshadowed the rise of the gig economy and the importance of customer experience. I interviewed him on his thoughts regarding the impact of Covid-19 on the Experience Economy.

Matt is the author of The Grid, a guide to business strategy that is brilliantly written by a designer. Former to being a strategy consultant, Matt was (and still is) a thought leader in Customer Experience via his consultancy, Methodical, and his other book, the Ten Princples Behind Great Customer Experiences. Matt, whilst careful with his words, has a lot to say. As such, this podcast is broken down into two bite-size chunks for your enjoyment.

Matt is the author of The Grid, a guide to business strategy that is brilliantly written by a designer. Former to being a strategy consultant, Matt was (and still is) a thought leader in Customer Experience via his consultancy, Methodical, and his other book, the Ten Princples Behind Great Customer Experiences. Matt, whilst careful with his words, has a lot to say. As such, this podcast is broken down into two bite-size chunks for your enjoyment.