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TIDES by Yenza3TIDES Ep 43: Build Adversity Intelligence, Not Just Skills | ft. Ali UrenWhat if the real competitive advantage isn’t skills — but adversity intelligence?In this episode of TIDES, Shveta Malhan sits down with Ali Uren, founder of Kiikstart and creator of The Circular Workplace, to challenge the status quo of L&D, HR, and the myth of futureproofing.🔥 Why futureproofing is a lie🔁 What “Return on Skills” (ROS) really means💥 Why L&D doesn’t belong in HR🧠 How to build durable teams that can adapt and deliverIf you’re in HR, L&D, or org design — this episode is a must-watch.About our guest:Ali Uren is the founder of Kiikstart and the creat...
2025-09-2548 min
Notes on Resilience136: The Kindness Bank, with Ali UrenSend us a textNo one will listen to you and really embrace you unless they know that you're there with the right intentions.Ali Uren, founder of Kiikstart, challenges conventional thinking about what truly drives workplace success.The episode introduces Ali's powerful concept of the kindness bank--a framework where leaders make daily deposits through acts of generosity, attentiveness, and support. These deposits create a reserve from which leaders can draw when difficult conversations arise. Ali also explores adversity intelligence, the skill set, mindset, and attitude that allows individuals to transform c...
2025-08-0628 min
The Future Of Teamwork with Dane GroeneveldEmpowering Teams Through Generosity and Innovation with Ali UrenThis week on the Future of Teamwork podcast, Dane is joined by Ali Uren, founder of Kiikstart. Ali discusses her journey from advertising and marketing to corporate learning and innovative change management. The episode delves into the importance of generosity in leadership, conducting innovation capability reviews, and the concept of a 'kindness bank' to foster a positive work environment. Ali emphasizes the significance of empowering teams to turn individual and organizational challenges into opportunities. The discussion also covers integrating creative learning processes, building trust and ownership among team members, and leveraging human assets for long-term success. Key T...
2024-07-1647 min
The thecreativetalkpodcast's PodcastHow To Turn Challenges Into Opportunities?Stop Dreading, Start Thriving: How To Turn Challenges Into Opportunities with Ali Uren!
Life throws curveballs, that's a fact. But what if you could stop dreading them and start thriving from them instead?
This episode dives deep into the power of transforming challenges into opportunities with the amazing Ali Uren, Founder of Kiikstart and a LinkedIn Top Voice!
Get ready for a rollercoaster ride of valuable insights, actionable tips, and yes, even some laughs! Ali shares his secrets on how to reframe your mindset, discover hidden possibilities...
2024-06-0338 min
TEA The Entrepreneurial ArtistTOPIC: "CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE After - PART 2"- Tania/TEA Podcaster & Ali/Kiikstart talk Business for CreativesCUSTOMER EXPERIENCE - AFTERPART 2The beginning of a new year is a good opportunity to start planning for the year, thinking about what you might like to achieve, how much you would like to earn and the problems and successes you think you might have. Customer Experience is a good way of thinking about the planning and....in this podcast we discuss how we as creatives can look at engaging with customers once they become customers. Ali and Tania discuss the different methods of keeping touch with customers and when it wo...
2022-01-1036 min
TEA The Entrepreneurial ArtistTOPIC: "CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE Before - PART 1"- Tania/TEA Podcaster & Ali/Kiikstart talk Business for CreativesCUSTOMER EXPERIENCEPART 1In this podcast we discuss how we as creatives we want our customers to feel about our work before they become a customer. Ali and Tania discuss how understanding this helps in creating content for websites and social media to promote your creative work. Quite often the purchase of Art, Music and Creative Works can be a unique emotional experience for the customer and understanding that will help build an Arts Business.Ali Uren is a regular guest on this podcast and is highly regarded in t...
2021-12-0836 min
Milk Road podcastAli Uren of KiikStart & Switch in Ulverstone shares her experience, vision & journey about why creating new business models in Tasmania is so importantAli has a vast amount of experience helping business owners see change before it happens to them so they can build and execute plans that leverage opportunities working for them.
2021-12-051h 08
Talking TourismTalking Tourism Episode 88 - Designing an Employer Brand to Attract The Best Staff with Ali UrenAs founder and director of Kiikstart, Ali Uren specialises in business planning and learning, and has a passion for helping Tassie's visitor economy creatively design and redesign itself in response to challenges, gaps and threats. There's no better time than now to be talking about just that! In today's episode of Talking Tourism, Rachel Williams chats with Ali about how businesses can attract the best talent by thinking about the end-to-end staff experience. External skill development will continue to be important but, increasingly, businesses need to build brands that people actually want to work with. Al...
2021-10-3131 min
TEA The Entrepreneurial ArtistA chat with Ali Uren, Founder & Knowledge Entrepreneur at KiikstartAli Uren is a regular guest on this podcast and is highly regarded in the field of business innovation and leadership, delivering Innovation and Leadership from gaps, threats and risks."We've never been one for putting people in boxes - ourselves included."Kiikstart is based in Australia but with a global focus. We are unique in the fact that we find innovation and new business opportunities from skill gaps, threats and risks.The experiences of 2020 have largely shown that while the speed of innovation has increased, the processes, business...
2021-10-2149 min
TEA The Entrepreneurial ArtistTOPIC: "IT IS OK TO TURN RIGHT"- Tania/TEA Podcaster & Ali/Kiikstart talk Business for CreativesIT IS OK TO TURN RIGHT "I really enjoyed this very honest chat with Ali from Kiikstart. It is an interesting idea to discuss the concept of letting go of ego and change course for a short time if that is what is needed in your business and life." Tania Podcaster/Founder TEA The Entrepreneurial ArtistBoth Ali and Tania talk about examples in their own businesses/life and the impacts that made for them both.This link will take you to all the podcasts and worksheets that Ali fr...
2021-09-1336 min
TEA The Entrepreneurial ArtistTOPIC: BACK TO THE FUTURE- Tania/TEA Podcaster & Ali/Kiikstart talk Business for CreativesIt was a fantastic chat with Ali from Kiikstart, lots of ideas to think about when building your business and the communications you have representing your creative business.I love the idea of going "Back to the Future" and using some of the ideas from the past, a handwritten letter, personalized emails and maybe a phone call instead of a message/text.Ali and I both believe technology in all its different forms provide fantastic tools to build our businesses and maybe going "Back to the Future" is a great way to add value to...
2021-07-2735 min
TEA The Entrepreneurial ArtistTOPIC: SOCIAL MEDIA Part B - Tania/TEA Podcaster & Ali/Kiikstart talk Business for CreativesAli asks this question on this podcast!“If your social media presence was a person what traits and characteristics would you use to describe it? Think about it from a holistic perspective – the good and bad. Remember our brands are ever changing.”This podcast is all about SOCIAL MEDIA and Part B of our discussionsTania talks about how to suspend or delete your Facebook social media account, to do this go to:SettingsYour Facebook InformationDeactivation/DeletionAnother tip Tania talked about is when you log into accounts like Zoom o...
2021-06-1627 min
TEA The Entrepreneurial ArtistTOPIC: SOCIAL MEDIA Part A - Tania/TEA Podcaster & Ali/Kiikstart talk Business for CreativesIn this podcast Ali from Kiikstart and Tania from TEA Podcast discuss the benefits and problems that can arise from social media. Also discussed, how to analysis which social media platform is best for your arts business and for your own mental health as well as other topics including Tania talking about her own addiction to social media and how giving up one of the platforms has been of great benefit to the arts business and personally.Visit this link to revisit documentation that Kiikstart has provided listeners of this podcasthttp://www.tkicreativephotography.com.au/p...
2021-06-0436 min
TEA The Entrepreneurial ArtistTOPIC: How Golf in the Zone applies to Artists & Creatives! Michelle Zone High & Tania TEA PodcastIn this podcast Michelle talks about Golf! Yes that's right! Michelle talks about being in the zone and the power of being present with what is now and how powerful that is.Tania and Michelle talk about the strategies that is discussed in different podcasts with Ali from Kiikstart and how important the strategies are to know and be prepared. Once you are prepared for a meeting with a gallery or an event or any situation that is important to you and your creative business then being in the zone and present in that moment how that wil...
2021-06-0323 min
TEA The Entrepreneurial ArtistTOPIC: MEETINGS - Tania/TEA Podcaster & Ali/Kiikstart talk Business for CreativesMEETINGSMaking the most from “Meetings”For creatives this can be meeting with a gallery, other artists with the idea of working together, councils for grants or any meeting that involves talking about your arts business.With some homework and preparation great opportunities can come from a meeting or you may miss a great opportunity by not being prepared!“Know what a meeting looks like before you even start” Ali, KiikstartAli from Kiikstart has made available for listeners of TEA The Entrepreneurial Artist Podcast a checklist to make the most...
2021-04-2441 min
TEA The Entrepreneurial ArtistTOPIC: "WHAT GREAT/SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE FOR YOU" and how to achieve it! - Michelle/Zone High & Tania/TEA PodcastIn this podcast Michelle from Zone High and Tania from TEA The Entrepreneurial Podcast talk about "What does GREAT & HAPPINESS look like to you", without any restraints and how to achieve it. In a podcast with Ali from Kiikstart, Ali talked about the importance of understanding what "Great" or "Happiness" for your business and life looks like and how this understanding is the foundation of planning your arts business.https://tea.buzzsprout.com/1208858/8032163-topic-planning-tania-tea-podcaster-ali-kiikstart-talk-business-for-creativesIn this podcast Michelle explains how to imagine and dream about "What Great looks l...
2021-04-1137 min
TEA The Entrepreneurial ArtistTOPIC: CRAFTING COLLABORATIONS - Tania/TEA Podcaster & Ali/Kiikstart talk Business for CreativesTopic: Crafting Collaborations: Less Talk, More ActionIn this podcast Ali from Kiikstart and Tania talk collaborations. Ally goes through points that are good to consider when thinking about collaborating with a gallery, another artist/creative or any organisation, group or individual you are considering do a collaborative project together or just working together.Ali goes through 8 questions that can help with “Crafting Collaborations”The link below is an exercise that you can download http://www.tkicreativephotography.com.au/uploads/1/3/3/2/13329256/kiikstart_collaboration_summary_of_key_factors.pdfAli w...
2021-03-2641 min
TEA The Entrepreneurial ArtistTOPIC: TIME RESPECT - Tania/TEA Podcaster & Ali/Kiikstart talk Business for CreativesTopic: TIME RESPECTIn this podcast Ali from Kiikstart and Tania talk about how to use time, we discuss that time management is not really possible but respecting time is. Ali goes through some key points that help with “Time Respect”The link below is an exercise that you can download a “Time Respect Exercise”http://www.tkicreativephotography.com.au/uploads/1/3/3/2/13329256/kiik_time_respect_exercise_fill.pdfAli works with many different businesses and individuals to help them build the best business they possibly can while understanding what they...
2021-03-1240 min
TEA The Entrepreneurial ArtistTOPIC: PLANNING - Tania/TEA Podcaster & Ali/Kiikstart talk Business for CreativesWe discuss PLANNING2nd podcast in the series of "Business for Creatives" discussions and resources to help creatives build a business doing what they love as artists In this podcast Ali and Tania talk through some difficult questions we need to ask ourselves as creatives to work through how best we can create a plan to build a successful business selling and creating art.Ali has very generously provided some resources to the listeners of our podcastClick on link below to access the resources; KIIK Skill Gaps and Threats to Be Aware of When Desi...
2021-02-261h 02
TEA The Entrepreneurial ArtistTania/TEA Podcaster & Ali/KIIKSTART Talk Business for CreativesIntroducing a partnership between TEA The Entrepreneurial Artist Podcast & KIIKSTARTAli Uren founder and owner of KIIKSTART will be joining me Tania Ingerson founder and owner TEA The Entrepreneurial Artist Podcast regularly to discuss all things business for creatives.In this podcast we get to know Ali and we chat about projects she has been involved in, we cover many different topics that we will be exploring more in future podcasts, including the value of a business plan but more than that what you need to consider before you even start to work...
2021-02-0835 min
Safety on TapEp002 - A seriously crazy mindset, with Ali Uren from Kiikstart Do you ever feel a bit dull, without much 'oomph', plodding rather than sprinting through your work? Listen in as I get SMASHED (in a good way!) by energy, ideas and actionable improvements from Ali Uren, the change-maker at Kiikstart. We cover a lot of ground - from the courage to let go of what's not working, to personal risk assessments, through to getting dirty hands in the business planning process and creating delightful experiences for our customers. If you only take a pinch of value from this interview you will still be a richer, more effective person! Let’s get to...
2016-06-1934 min