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ThunderCast: Charged-Up Insights for People in TechEP 35: Alistair Burton on What We’re Still Getting Wrong in Tech (And How to Fix It)Chris McGowan sits down with technology and business leader Alistair Burton. From the realities of justifying IT costs to the uncomfortable truth about our industry’s talent pipeline, this episode is a charged-up unpacking of what tech leaders are really wrestling with in 2025. Discussion Points: 1. The Power of Showing Up What happens when you ask better questions and truly listen The underrated career value of curiosity and connection Alistair’s own reflections on what his podcast taught him about leadership and growth 2. The Top 5 Things on Tech Leaders’ M...2025-05-071h 29
Life Lessons#50 - The last episode!That's a wrap. The last ever episode of Life Lessons and it's been a blast. 50 episodes. A year of conversations.I learned a lot and I hope you did too. Thanks for listening and watch this space for more podcasts in the future!!2025-04-2336 min
Borderlines: Roots and Real Country MusicBorderlines #1180: December 1, 2024Jamie Lin Wilson - Just Like Heartache, Live @ Dan's Silverleaf
Allen Dobb – Rosetown, Rosetown
Jim Clements & The Right To Die – Mayfly, When The Saints Go
Christine Albert - Sweet Dreams , Threadgill's Supper Session
Alistair Christl - From Now On, Living Like I'm Living
Guy Clark - Mud, The Dark
Buddy Miller - Worry Too Much, Universal United House Of Prayer
Joe Charron - One Horse Town, Hallowed Ground
The Little Willies - For The Good Times, For The Good Times
Scotty Camp...2024-12-011h 49
Life Lessons#49 - Guy Thorpe - How to deliver projects well.Guy Thorpe is a project delivery and project management expert.
With a career that spans decades, Guy knows what it means to deliver complex projects in difficult organisations and now he is dedicated to helping you do the same.
Through his own consultancy and through his large following on LinkedIn, Guy is a go to destination for how to deliver projects well.
I enjoyed talking all things projects and I hope you do as well.
Find Guy here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/guy-thorpe/2024-11-081h 19
SYD LifeSingle, Dating, Married | Relationship MiniseriesWHAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR!!
This episode kicks off a two episode long relationship series where we are joined by two a-list panels talking about how to be single well, date well, and be married well. This week we're hearing from the guys - Tyler Antcliff, Curtis Grey and Alistair Burton, we are beyond blessed to hear from these incredible guys.
We're GOING there, answering all your questions - make sure to tune in and send to ALL your friends.
We hope you love this episode, be sure to share it...2024-11-0742 min
Control the ControllablesA Wheelchair Coaching Masterclass with Craig AllenThis week on CTC, we welcome to the show coach of 31 time Grand Slam champion Alfie Hewett, Craig Allen!Craig is a fantastic and generous guest, telling the great story of how he came to coach Alfie, giving his opinions on all things wheelchair tennis, and telling us about his experience coaching some of the brightest juniors in the UK, including Alistair Filmer and Lewis Burton.This one is a must listen for all young coaches as Craig shares his invaluable advice from 35 years of experience, as well as sharing a little about how to...2024-08-141h 10
Rock Around The BlogKolme 40-vuotiasta albumia: Metallica, Big Country ja Little StevenSami Ruokangas ja Pauli Kauppila ruotivat kolmea vuoden 1984 albumia: Little Stevenin ”Voice Of America”, Big Countryn ”Steeltown” ja Metallican ”Ride the Lightning”. Kaikki ovat omalla tavallaan hienoa albumeita ja ajankohtaisia sikäli, että kaikki kolme aktia esiintyvät tänä vuonna Suomessa. Ajankuvaa, poliittista taustaa ja rockin hienoa historiaa! Kuuntele, viihdy ja sivisty.
Jakson soittolista: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/09ROcdRyxkrc6SKYM2nhrX?si=b7de1b94f1e64a99
Menossa ovat mukana Bruce Springsteen, Bob Clearmountain, Ronald Reagan, Southside Johnny, Gary U.S. Bonds, Jean Beauvoir, Wendy O. Williams, The Plasmatics, Miami Vice, Sopranos, The E Street Band, Michael Monroe, Kari Pyrh...2024-06-2053 min
Big CoC EnergyEpisode 6 - Social Murder - Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition TTRPG Actual Play(April, 1933)Three years have passed since Frank's encounter with Dora and 'The Builder,' but his new routine is disturbed by old problems...Keeper of the Arcane Lore = ZraitorFrank Burton = AlistairWe are always looking for more Players to join us. Both new and veteran players are welcome. Inquire within the Discord for more information, or join just to follow along and chat. https://discord.gg/G9BtJWM5dWYou may also email me, Zraitor, at:zraitor@yahoo.comBecome a supporter of this p...2024-06-162h 04
Life Lessons#48 - Will McNelis - Delivering value to your organisation through appropriate ways of working.Will McNelis is a multi talented coach, facilitator, trainer and delivery professional.
He is a specialist in bringing modern and contemporary work practices to organisation to enable them to deliver sustainable, strategic advantage.
In this podcast Will and I kick around what modern ways of working are, and how they can help your organisation achieve more.
Find Will here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/willmcnelis/
2024-05-311h 21
Life Lessons#47 - Clinton McGregor - Everything you want to know about how ChatGPT works.Clinton McGregor is a senior leader with the ability to reach from the technical detail all the way through to the strategic layer.
With a successful career history in Data and Analytics, and expert level knowledge it was only natural that Clinton would take a strong interest in AI.
In this podcast Clinton educates me on how ChatGPT works, some possible use cases and how he has been experimenting with it.
Reach out to Clinton here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/clintonmcgregor/2024-05-231h 12
Life Lessons#46 - Shaun Davies - Digital content and responsible AI.Shaun Davies spans a unique position as en expert in both media and technology. As someone on the initial wave of digital content, Shaun has seen the evolution of the industry to the algorithm driven sophisticated model we see today.
With recent roles in content moderation on major platforms Shaun understands how hard it is to manage online trust and safety at scale.
With an ability to translate the magic of internet algorithms into lay terms, I learned a great deal from this conversation.
My conclusion? AI is here and will only get...2024-05-011h 22
Life Lessons#45 - Rich Eames - International BMX Commentator - A chance opportunity led to an Olympic gig.Rich Eames was racing national BMX in the early 2000s when a chance opportunity created a life path that has taken Rich to where he is today.
Jumping onto that opportunity for no other reason than 'why not', coupled with a deep passion for the sport has led Rich to become an international and Olympic commentator for the sport of BMX racing.
You will find him today as the voice on any UCI BMX racing broadcast whilst also keeping the UK massive happy at national and regional level.
With a little black book...2024-04-171h 15
Life Lessons#44 - Jason Tan - Leveraging generative AI to grow your business.Jason Tan is an innovator with a deep knowledge of how technology, data and AI can improve peoples' lives and businesses.
Currently focussing on the power of generative AI to fast track growth through innovative relationship building on social media platforms, Jason and I discuss how this tech works and how you can deploy it.
As an avid podcaster we also shared a few stories about the power of podcasting... if you remember to press record.
Follow Jason's work here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpctan/2024-04-111h 17Big CoC EnergyEpisode 4 - 1310 Air Way - Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition TTRPG Actual Play(April, 1930)A new mechanic at Grand Central Air Terminal is sent to fix a problem that is causing all the plane's engines not to start and gets embroiled in a strange plot...Keeper of the Arcane Lore = ZraitorFrank Burton = AlistairWe are always looking for more Players to join us. Both new and veteran players are welcome. Inquire within the Discord for more information, or join just to follow along and chat. https://discord.gg/G9BtJWM5dWYou may also email me, Zraitor, at:zraitor@y...2024-03-312h 31
Life Lessons#43 - Jessica Spendlove - Award winning performance dietician - Fuelling to be our best selves.Jessica Spendlove understands performance nutrition.
As a high performance athlete she used it to cross her own performance plateau. She then embarked on a successful career, working with some of the biggest sporting teams in Australia to maximise team performance from a perspective of fuelling for high performance.
Jessica's career has now pivoted to focus on coaching high performance athletes and executives to perform at the optimal levels.
In this podcast we covered Jessica's career journey and her current focus, with some key takeaways around how we can all approach optimising our own lives.
To find out more about Jessica's...2024-03-271h 09
Life Lessons#42 - Caroline Buchanan - EVERYTHING you need to know for a successful career as an athlete.Caroline Buchanan is an action sports athlete with international success across multiple disciplines.
2 x Queen of Crankworx.
8 x BMX and Mountain Bike World Champion.
2 x Olympian.
Success like this is hard to come by, and for those that do achieve this success, few can replicate Caroline's ability to build a commercially viable career.
From a talented 5 year old BMX racer to an internationally successful multi sports athlete, Caroline was driven and supported from day one to offer something different from her peers.
That difference has continued and...2024-03-201h 34
Listen to Latest Full Audiobooks in Literature, Comedy, Satire & ParodyA Look Back at the Nineties: The Complete Series of the Award-Winning BBC Radio 4 Comedy by Mark Burton, John O'farrell, Pete SinclairPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710444to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Look Back at the Nineties: The Complete Series of the Award-Winning BBC Radio 4 Comedy
Series: #1 of A Look Back at
Author: Mark Burton, John O'farrell, Pete Sinclair
Narrator: Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins, Rory Bremner, Chris Barrie, Hugh Dennis, Steve Coogan, Jack Dee, Various
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 2 hours 23 minutes
Release date: March 14, 2024
Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody
Publisher's Summary:
The 1993 series that sees Brian Perkins and Kate Robbins 'looking back' at the decade that was yet to happen Newsreader and ‘Godfather of Radio 4’ Brian Perkins and Spitting Image impressionist Kate...2024-03-142h 23
Life Lessons#41 - Hon. Sophia Moermond - Why Australia should legalise Cannabis.Sophia Moermond is a member of the Legislative Council in the Parliament of Western Australia for the Legalise Cannabis Party.
She was elected on a legalise cannabis platform, having developed an intense interest in the use of cannabis following her own experience of a complex and expensive treatment path for her mother.
Sophia believes in the same freedom of choice to use cannabis that is currently enjoyed by alcohol users in Australia and is also a strong advocate for the many sustainable uses of hemp.
This was a fascinating and enjoyable discussion around a complex subject. We discuss legalisation, de-criminalisation...2024-03-131h 15
Life Lessons#40 - Season 4 Review - Quick and solo.Season 4 is a wrap and if you haven’t listened to them all this, this might help you prioritise.2024-03-0720 min
Life Lessons#39 - Alicia McKay - Making strategy simple, getting sh*t done, and cutting through the cr*p.Alicia McKay is all about helping people make better decisions, challenging unhelpful norms, and turning good intentions into meaningful action.
With a client list in the 100s, Alicia takes a plain speaking, no nonsense approach to strategy and transformation.
With no time for corporate mumbo jumbo and a unique origin story, Alicia applies common sense to things we often over complicate.
Join me as I find out what makes Alicia tick, the power of action and how we can 'do strategy better' in our own organisations.
Reach out to Alicia here:2024-02-281h 15Borderlines: Roots and Real Country MusicBorderlines #1140: February 25, 2024Wayne Hancock – Tulsa, Tulsa
Jane Hawley - Wouldn't It Be Nice, Ordinary Dream
John Borra - Trace In The Wind, Blue Wine
Robert Earl Keen with Lyle Lovett - T For Texas, Happy Prisoner
Ana Egge - Fairest Of Them All, River Under The Road
Robbie Fulks - Dancing Queen
Crybaby - A Melody Behind, Still
Lefty Frizzell - She's Gone, Gone, Gone, Pure Country - Lefty Frizzell
Alistair Christl - Going Out Tonight, Unmarked Grave
The Flyin' A's - Coal Tatto...2024-02-251h 55
Life Lessons#38 - Mohit Rau - Reading 100 books and learning from every single one of them.Mohit Rau is a man on a mission.
A mission to read 100 books and learn from every single one. And then to apply those learnings to change his and others' lives.
With a passion for educating others, especially migrants moving into Australia, Mohit's purpose is to add value to people's lives by paying it forward and writing about his lessons learned so that others can benefit.
For someone who is trying to develop a purposeful reading habit, Mohit's story, his approach to reading and his retention of what he has learned is inspiring.2024-02-221h 09
Life Lessons#37 - Connor Fields - BMX Olympic Champion - Setting and achieving big goals.Connor Fields is a 3 times Olympic BMX finalist and Olympic Champion. Beating odds of 1 in 22 million to get there.
With boundless energy as a child he found BMX racing as an outlet and soon found success. At age 15 he set the goal of becoming Olympic Champion and on his 2nd attempt he was successful.
Connor's 3rd attempt, and a chance to double up, saw a high speed crash and brain injury with potentially life changing implications.
Thankfully Connor has recovered and while he remains close to the sport he loves ,he is finding...2024-02-141h 10
Life Lessons#36 - Jo Wright - International coach and author of the runaway success - NO MORE SH*T MANAGERSJo Wright has decades of experience leading and coaching teams, She is a professionally accredited coach, public speaker, author and is on a mission to inspire people to think differently about their organisational culture.
Jo's new book - NO MORE SH*T MANAGERS - Seven steps to a coaching culture, is a runaway success, resonating deeply with leaders, managers and team members world wide.
Join me as I learn about some of Jo's pivotal career moments, trends she is seeing in the workplace today and what it takes to get a life's worth of experience...2024-02-071h 19
Two Geeks and A Marketing PodcastThe one about Mr Bates vs the Post Office, Screenwriting Maxims and Where Eagles Dare - TG112The one about Mr Bates vs the Post Office, Screenwriting Maxims and Where Eagles Dare - TG112 00:00:00 Introduction Here are your hosts, Roger and Pascal. 00:04:07 In the News A selection of announcements and news releases from the world of marketing and technology that caught our attention. 00:13:00 Content Spotlights ROGER: An Exhaustive List of Screenwriting Maxims and Their Definitions by Jason Hellerman in No Film School: https://nofilmschool.com/screenwriting-maxims PASCAL: Mr Bates vs The Post Office – ITV drama series. The power of s...2024-01-311h 14
Life Lessons#35 - TJ Hendy - Professional Ironman - The wisdom of an athleteTJ Hendy is an elite professional Ironman, having competed at the highest level including the Nutri Grain series.
Achieving excellence in any sport is hard. It's even harder when your father is widely considered as the Greatest Of All Time in the same sport.
TJ however has harnessed his environment, taking himself from a talented surfer in love with the ocean to a legitimate contender as a professional Ironman.
TJ has a wisdom and understanding of himself well in advance of many young athletes. One that helps keep him grounded and manage the...2024-01-311h 01
Life Lessons#34 - Shane Cuthbert - Rebuilding your life through serving others and becoming Cairns council candidate.Shane Cuthbert is running for the Cairns local council in March 2024. With a law degree and extensive volunteering you might consider him to be a typical council candidate.
That isn't the case. Shane has previously been incarcerated. He has spent time dealing with trauma. He even found himself the 'star of the show' as the problem child all the TV channels wanted to feature.
Shane is one of the most honest people I have ever met. We spoke about early troubles, how he turned his life around and how he focusses now on being of...2024-01-251h 20
Life Lessons#33 - Juan Chaves - Sales Acceleration Advisor - How to excel in big sales environments.Juan Chaves is an expert in both B2C and B2B sales, having built his career in Financial Services and then Enterprise Software sales.
Juan's experience has now been directed into his own business, where Elevate Concepts will help you or your organisation achieve more through improving your sales process and techniques.
As someone with unfinished business in the world of sales I loved learning more about Juan's values and his key observations into what makes others better at sales.
To learn more or to work with Juan you can find him here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanchaves/
...2024-01-1856 min
Life Lessons#32 - Vlad Guz - Leaving Ukraine - Life in a war zone to building a new life in AustraliaVlad Guz is a Marketing, Product and Project specialist. The kind of high quality individual we have all met in our careers.
Except that Vlad is from the Ukraine, where his distinctly European lifestyle was turned on its head as the Russian forces rolled in.
Vlad experienced a clash of worlds where project deadlines and corporate clients existed alongside missile strikes and foreign occupation, and he succeeded and continued to deliver.
Vlad has now left the Ukraine and relocated to Australia where he is focussed on building his dreams with his partner. The...2024-01-101h 33
Life Lessons#31 - Athena Manley - Strategy expert and C suite regular - Making the shift to fulfil her purpose.Athena Manley has built a career on great leadership followed by strategy and strategy execution. Her career spans multiple functions and sectors, which has provided a breadth of understanding most leaders can only dream of.
With early experience in Financial Services and lived experience in hardship, Athena also has a strong purpose related to empowering people to take control of their finances and mental health.
Join me as I discuss with Athena her leadership learnings and style, what makes good strategy, alternative approaches to building your C suite and how you end up on Necker...2024-01-031h 06
Life LessonsThe 2023 Christmas ShowHappy Christmas!
For the 2023 Christmas show Benny Wallington is back to update us on the progress of his book and the reboot of 101 Tokens.
We share a beer at the podcast bar, discuss some of the more popular events of 2023 and also get into our Naughty and Nice lists.
Join Benny and I as we welcome Christmas with a slightly less well organised than usual show.2023-12-201h 29
Life Lessons#30 - Season 3 Review with top 0.5% podcast supporter - Kim McNamaraSeason 3 is a wrap.
Well over 9 hours of insights and perspectives from amazing people.
Kim McNamara; Forensic Scientist and top 0.5% podcast supporter joins me to review all of Season 3.
We cover every episode, drawing out our big learnings whilst debating the future of under productive chickens.
Thank you for all your support. It means so much.
Season 4 starts next week.2023-12-131h 13
Life Lessons#29 - Steven Eugene Kuhn - Honesty, Integrity and Transparency to unleash your Humble Alpha.Steven Eugene Kuhn is a powerhouse of a human that created the life he deserved through self belief, hard work and always increasing the value of everything he is involved in.
Steven is a business leader, turnaround specialist, connector and author.
He is now focussed on mentoring ambitious individuals who want to take their career or life to the next level.
Join me as I explore with Steven how he created this life and what we can all replicate.
To connect with Steven:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenekuhn/2023-12-061h 20
Life Lessons#28 - Stephen McCarthy - My life as a 1st team scout for Manchester United - There is no such thing as a free lunch.Stephen McCarthy is an expert in recruiting Data and Analytics roles in Brisbane. But that wasn't always his life.
A talented football player in his youth; a series of injuries forced a re-evaluation of his future. What came next was a pivot into sports science, which then opened up an opportunity to become a scout for English Premier League club, Manchester United.
I loved this conversation where I got a glimpse behind the curtain of the beautiful game, learning about what it takes to be a scout, the business models of large and small clubs...2023-11-291h 10
Life Lessons#27 - Phil Wolffe - Workplace Wellbeing - It's not just pizza Fridays.Phil Wolffe is a workplace wellbeing specialist at Kinex Health. He works with organisations to upskill their people so they can be healthy and well under any circumstance.
He does this whilst also helping the organisation to optimise their circumstances to make it easier for their people to be healthy and well.
I became aware of Phil's work when he shared some confronting statistics online covering just how many people in a typical workplace are hurting.
Join me as I explore with Phil what we, and organisations can do better to make sure...2023-11-221h 08
Life Lessons#26 - Simon Petie - From military leadership to crisis management - keeping your head whilst all about you are losing theirs.Simon Petie is the founder and director of Escalate Consulting, specialists in business resilience.
After drifting out of high school and into the arts, Simon unexpectedly found himself joining the Australian Defence Force. Here he learned some critical lessons that turned him from drifter to top performer, seeing him rise up the ranks as an officer and leader in the Army.
In this episode we dig deep into some formative experiences, shaping the leader he is today and chart his path through the military to a rapidly growing business focussed on 'not business as usual'.2023-11-151h 40
Life Lessons#25 - Lisa Blair - Facing Fear - Multi world record holding sailor who knows no limits.Lisa Blair is a remarkable human who won't take no for an answer. She has always set herself huge challenges, figuring out how to complete them later.
After a summer job as a hostess on a sailing boat in Australia's Whitsundays, Lisa was captivated by the thought of sailing. Ever curious, she quickly learned more and more about boats and sailing, leading to a course change in her life and a goal to become a solo sailor.
Lisa has since clocked up more than 50,000 nautical miles of ocean sailing and amassed a wealth of world...2023-11-081h 43
Life Lessons#24 - Matthew Garvey - Immigration expert at Four Corners - Empathy + Expertise.Matthew Garvey has been providing immigration expertise for 27 years, enabling thousands of people to build new lives in new countries.
From starting and scaling a migration business with partners from all 'four corners' of the world, we discuss changes in migration trends over three decades along with the importance of migration to growing economies.
Moving country is a huge undertaking. To get it right you need both expertise and empathy along the way.
Join me as I learn about the many facets of international migration and how to maximise your chances of success.2023-11-011h 05
Life Lessons#23 - Chris McGowan - ThunderLabs Co-founder - Delivering digital differently.Chris McGowan is a business founder and creator with a desire to do things differently. Partnering with an A Team of tech innovators, he is focussed on providing heroic tech outcomes for visionary leaders.
He is also a podcaster, launching his ThunderCast the same week as this podcast. Seemed like a great reason to talk tech, podcasting and content creation!
Join me as I learn why podcasting, and what it takes to build a tech startup.
To get in contact with Chris:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-mcgowan-55a2301/
...2023-10-251h 16
Life Lessons#22 - Peter Whitlam - Delivering IT services at scale, hitting the wall and walking through it.Peter Whitlam is an experienced executive leader that has delivered across the full spectrum of IT organisations. He is currently delivering project services for some of the UK's most important government organisations.
A resilient leader who has seen it all. The pandemic caught him off guard and during and intense period of work he hit the wall.
Finding recovery in walking, Peter challenged himself to a 100km ultra. Thinking he may have bit off more than he could chew, he found new limits, successfully completing the challenge and raising money for the Campaign Against Living...2023-10-181h 31
Life Lessons#21 - Steve Sharp - Unlocking leadership potential through culture curation.Steve Sharp is a highly experienced motivational speaker, known for his infectious energy and authenticity as well as a unique ability to captivate and inspire an audience.
Having spent nearly 22 years in both leadership and consulting roles, Steve brings a deep understanding of the importance of corporate culture to optimise performance. And he knows how to get the best from people.
Passionate about organisational culture, Steve has had first-hand experience of leading through change in multiple sectors.
Join me as I tap into Steve's recipe for an aligned and high performing culture.
2023-10-111h 20
Life Lessons#20 - Season 2 Review with Josh Edwards - Full summary of all season 2 episodes.How can Season 2 be over already?
9 more hours of deep conversations with remarkable people.
Josh Edwards; outstanding leader and true podcast supporter, special guests in this episode, helping me review all of Season 2.
We pull out our best takeaway lessons and pearls of wisdom and we also establish that Josh gets zero pleasure from listening to me in breweries and distilleries.
Thank you for your support of the podcast. I truly appreciate you.
Season 3 starts next week.2023-10-0445 min
Life Lessons#19 - Alethea Mills - Clinical nutrition science - An antidote to cookie cutter nutrition advice.Alethea Mills is a clinical nutritionist with lived experiences, extensive qualifications and a passion for providing proven nutrition advice to her clients.
With an internet awash with health, fitness and wellness advisors it can be overwhelming when looking for sound, practical, evidence based advice. Alethea's approach is the antidote to the cookie cutter answers and is focussed on science based plans and protocols.
In the episode I explore critical issues including diet, the gut biome, iron deficiencies and sports focussed nutrition advice for long distance runners.
Join me in an easily consumable conversation...2023-09-271h 11
Life Lessons#18 - Cara Bradley - Peak performance and finding your flow - How to realise your potential regardless of age.Cara Bradley is a mind-body consultant, entrepreneur, author and menopause performance coach.
With decades of high performance coaching experience, applied knowledge of flow states and a business based around age old yoga practices, Cara has created Menopause Inc to provide workplace education to educate and empower women.
In this podcast we dive into Cara's experience in high performance coaching, how she was the secret ingredient in winning sports teams, her expertise in tapping into our latent potential and how she is now applying this knowledge to enable women to step up and not back.
2023-09-201h 04
Life Lessons#17 - Mark Pratt - What it takes to deliver unimaginably large projects.Mark Pratt is the CEO and Founder of Project Partners in the UK; a company dedicated to delivering great projects.
With a long history of successfully delivering unimaginably large change programs and projects, Mark has earned the right to provide technical guidance on how to manage projects.
What is more insightful is the glimpse into how Mark thinks and the steps he goes through to deliver such large beasts.
Join me in a brilliant conversation about what it takes to deliver great projects.2023-09-131h 15
Life Lessons#16 - Philippa Willis - A life in recruitment and the changing face of the industry.Philippa Willis is the Director for Queensland at Emanate Technology, an Australia wide technology and transformation business.
With a long career in recruitment, Philippa has seen the industry change from purely manual to heavily augmented by technology. Philippa believes the human touch remains strong and is what makes the difference when it comes to applying for roles, or hiring into them.
Join me as I get hints and tips from Philippa into how to be a dream candidate or client, plus other insights into the changing face of recruitment.
2023-09-061h 04
Life Lessons#15 - Luke Ridden - Granddad Jack's Craft Distillery - Life in Riddos World.Luke Ridden is Co Founder and Head Distiller at Granddad Jack's Craft Distillery on the Gold Coast. He is also on a serious transformation journey.
Having taken the business from a small still in his kitchen, to a high end distillery tasting room experience delivering award winning spirits, Luke has scaled a steep learning curve.
He maintains that passion for learning now, constantly reflecting and adjusting his approach to deliver greater business and personal outcomes. Goal setting is integral to his approach and he knocks them down like bowling pins.
Join me as...2023-08-301h 06
Life Lessons#14 - Jodie Cumner - 7 Marathons in 7 days in 7 states - Building communities through running.Jodie Cumner is an elite level runner based on the Gold Coast. Through her run coaching business she has coached over 200 people to achieve more from their running. More results, more personal goals, more joy.
Jodie's passion for running has seen her achieve numerous results and milestones. Not least her most recent 7 marathons in 7 days in 7 states for the Bravehearts Protect Kids charity.
It isn't just personal achievements that fuel Jodie. Jodie has a long history of building running communities and creating safe spaces for all walks (runs) of life to enjoy the sport that...2023-08-231h 00
Access Top-Rated Full Audiobooks in Literature, Comedy, Satire & ParodyThe Young Postmen: A BBC Radio 4 Comedy by Ben MillerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/661060to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Young Postmen: A BBC Radio 4 Comedy
Author: Ben Miller
Narrator: David Mellor, Vinnie Jones, Felicity Montagu, Alistair Mcgowan, Joanna Brooks, Jim Barclay, John Thomson, Ben Miller, Full Cast
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 2 hours 47 minutes
Release date: August 17, 2023
Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody
Publisher's Summary:
A surreal comedy about the escapades of a trio of Post Office workers In Swansden, it seems like the men and women of the Post Office must make their own fun. From following mystic runes on a fantasy journey and competing in a little light...2023-08-172h 47
Life Lessons#13 - Veronica Llorca-Smith - Locked out of your country - How a Lemon Tree Mindset can shift you from desperate times to best selling author.Veronica Llorca-Smith is a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Consultant, Author and Public Speaker. With a successful international corporate career, Veronica found herself locked out of her country of residence when border restrictions increased during the pandemic.
Away from her husband, and focussed on caring for her two children, Veronica turned to writing and content production as a way of taking control of her destiny whilst living in a foreign country.
Now seen as a leader in her space, Veronica has written multiple books focussing on her experiences and how others can take her learnings forward.2023-08-161h 05
Life Lessons#12 - Annelies Nijskens - Australian migration to build the Madocke brewery. Vision plus bravery equals excellent beer.Annelies Nijskens fell in love with Australia during a year 11 backpacking adventure. Who could have predicted she would return with her family years later to build an award winning Belgian style brewery in the heart of the Gold Coast.
Building a business is a mammoth task in any circumstances. Throw in temporary visas, a pandemic and the necessity to create their first brewery in a double garage and you have a true story of vision, entrepreneurship, bravery and hard work.
Join me as I find out what it takes to build a first class hospitality venue that creates award winning...2023-08-091h 01
Life Lessons#11 - Colin James - Internationally acclaimed public speaker and executive coach - Pivotal moments that shaped his outlook.Colin James is an internationally recognised keynote speaker, executive coach, educator and facilitator. His method of creating outstanding leadership through impactful communication and storytelling has seen him work across 100s of engagements in 34 countries.
Colin's early days significantly shaped his attitude and resilience as he left his apartheid controlled South African birthplace and embarked on a global search for a home that eventually brought him to Australia.
Join me as I explore with Colin his early days and the events that created who he became.
To connect with Colin:
https://www...2023-08-021h 12
Life Lessons#10 - Season 1 Review - I made it to 10 episodes - Key learnings and podcast howlers.Season 1 is done. It's over. 9 hours of deep conversations with amazing people.
In this episode I review the podcasts so far, taking and sharing my key learnings from the guests and my own journey into podcasting. I also share some of my biggest podcast howlers and what not to do.
Thank you for all the support. Season 2 starts next week.
2023-07-2633 minLife Lessons#9 - Benny Wallington - Drinking Coach, Author, Frother - Was it worth it? Vice optimisation.Benny Wallington is a remarkable human being able to straddle both the known and lesser known worlds we live in. Able to navigate corporate life one day, and build regenerative businesses the next, Benny is a true box-to-box player on the pitch of life.
From a career in advertising to becoming a drinking coach and with a wealth of global travel thrown in, Benny has a unique take on how to get the most from life.
Join me as I explore with Benny what it means to yarn, how to optimise our vices and how...2023-07-191h 03Life Lessons#8 - Petra Zink - How to become the trusted authority in your field. Using LinkedIn to build your brand.Petra Zink is the founder of impaCCCt and The360TalentCo. For close to ten years Petra has been involved in recruiting talent, growing talent, writing about talent and delivering key note speeches about talent. Petra knows a thing or two about what it takes to be seen within your industry.
Too many talented individuals remain invisible with their potential going to waste because they are seen as technical experts in their role and not the trusted authority in their field. Petra knows that success today consists of skills and talent plus the ability to market yourself in...2023-07-121h 06Life Lessons#7 - Georgia Ellis - Becoming a better human - Flow states and a life in Wunderland.Georgia Ellis is the founder of Blue Chip Minds and specialises in helping others develop optimal performance mindsets, enabling them to achieve and contribute more.
Following a successful career in Financial Services, Georgia came to the realisation that life could offer a lot more. Through the support of close friends she chose to invest in her own personal development, thus starting a chain of events that resulted in Georgia launching her own consultancy and coaching business.
Having worked with individuals and teams across 17 countries, Georgia has developed a deep understanding of our limiting factors and...2023-07-051h 11Life Lessons#6 - Chris Mapp - Building a recruitment business that delivers value.Chris Mapp had an unexpected career change after sustaining a serious sporting injury.
What came next was an accelerated launch into the world of recruitment, resulting in the creation of a business that he now shares with his partner.
Building a business is difficult at the best of times but when you throw in a pandemic that effectively stops recruitment across 90% of the country you have to dig deep. A quick pivot across sectors was possible because of the previous goodwill generated through Chris' focus on the value he gives his clients.
Join...2023-06-281h 25
Radio MarinaraFoiling, Everyday Oceans, Macquarie Island Marine ParkCabin Boy talks the science of getting a large object out of the water: from surfboards to maxi yachts, everyone’s getting up on the foil; Dive Reporter Myra Kelly talks back beach diving in winter, and about the magnificent marine artistry of Vera Moller. Rebecca Olive and Fiona Hillary from RMIT join us to talk about ‘Everyday Oceans: Surfing, Swimming and Gardening’, an immersive film festival that highlights the ordinary and profound impacts that everyday interactions with the ocean can have on our lives; and we cross to Hobart to speak with Alistair Allan, Antarctic campaigner from the Bob Brown Fou...2023-06-2544 minLife Lessons#5 - Jordan Ross - Are winners born or made? Success in sport and in business.Jordan Ross has mixed fitness and sport with corporate success for many years.
As a sales leader for major financial services organisations he has enabled 1000s of people to achieve their financial goals. As an athlete he has performed at the highest level in Rugby, Ironman, Cycling and now Cross Fit.
I think Jordan was born a winner. He disagrees and continues to apply hard work and consistent process to all he does.
Join me as I explore what drives Jordan and who have been key supporters along the way.2023-06-211h 13Life Lessons#4 - Benjamin Knight - Finding purpose through social good.Benjamin Knight has pursued various careers as Lead Engagement for AIME, Brand Manager with Orange Sky, professional photographer, youth advocate, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander program facilitator and music press Chief Editor to name a few.
He has a passion for community connection and believes marketing and communications should always start with strong storytelling. From working in street markets in Ecuador to prisons in Bolivia, the foundation of his passion for human connection is the product of 5 years of traveling in developing countries.
Join me as I explore what took Benjamin into the world of...2023-06-141h 08Life Lessons#3 - Justin Engels - Will humanity triumph over AI? Is it even a war?Justin Engels is a technology and financial services executive with a passion for life's big questions. A true enthusiast of all things human, Justin is fuelled by curiosity and is the perfect guest to jointly contemplate an AI enhanced future.
What does the future hold for human connection, art, music and performance? Should we embrace what is coming with positivity or should we model the very worst of possible scenarios purely so that we can avoid them?
Join Justin and I as we pose some possible scenarios from the realistic to the downright SciFi.2023-06-081h 04Life Lessons#2 - Andy Fell - The Rocking Chair Test - How to ensure that you fulfil your potential.Andy Fell is the founder of GiFT631, a leadership and personal growth business that centres on helping people to achieve their full potential.
With a history of achievement as a financial services executive, Andy took his own Rocking Chair Test on his 50th birthday and felt that something was missing.
Fast forward to today and Andy has helped countless organisations and individuals to up level their individual performance, leadership performance and sales performance by following some remarkably simple yet powerful principles.
Join me as I explore what makes Andy tick and how we...2023-06-021h 08
Life Lessons#1 - Steve Brophy - The advance of AI and its impact on education.Steve Brophy is an educator, writer and thinker with a passion for deep questions, futures thinking and exploring the impact emerging technologies have on the human experience.
What is all the fuss about AI? How might it impact our lives and what do we need to know to be ready?
Join me for the very first episode of Life Lessons with a great friend and true deep thinker.
There are some minor connection issues in this episode but hang in there. It is worth it.
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Life Lessons#0 - Welcome to the podcast.Join me, Alistair, as I engage in deep conversations with inspirational people.2023-05-2401 min
Wander_Land exhibition PodcastWander_Land conversation with artist Alistair LambertAlistair Lambert is an artist based in the South-West and a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors. He is working on an external installation for the exhibition that will introduce ideas around landscape, architecture and the fragile nature of the slate material he is using. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-05-1923 min
Hamilton Today with Scott ThompsonFirst Ontario Centre’s Renovation Schedule… What Is Happening?The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:What is coming up at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park as the season gets ready to get underway? Hamilton City Councillors have approved a pause to all remaining COVID-19 vaccine provisions under the city’s mandatory vaccine verification policy starting. In an event that feels all-too-familiar to even just the public, we are getting word of a “near catastrophic” car chase in New York City involving paparazzi… and a vehicle carrying Meghan and Prince Harry. What is happening with the First Ontario Centre’s renovation schedule? There have been delays and report...2023-05-181h 08
Explore New Full Audiobooks in Literature, Comedy, Satire & ParodyLife, Death & Sex with Mike and Sue: A BBC Radio 4 comedy by Bill DarePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/639031to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Life, Death & Sex with Mike and Sue: A BBC Radio 4 comedy
Author: Bill Dare
Narrator: Dan Strauss, Mark Kilmurry, Julia Hills, Ronni Ancona, Alistair Mcgowan, Robert Duncan, Sally Phillips, Roger Blake, Jan Ravens, Full Cast
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 50 minutes
Release date: March 23, 2023
Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody
Publisher's Summary:
A collection of the hilarious show-within-a-show about two daytime TV presenters Sit back, dip your biscuit in your tea, and relax... because Mike and Sue are here! In each episode of this mid-morning spoof, the sofa-bound host couple Mike...2023-03-2310h 50
Green Mountain MysteriesEpisode 65 - Twenty Hours: 6:50PM-8:00PMQuick action and critical decisions require fractured bonds of trust to be reforged...The gang, reeling from the outcome of a climactic duel, finally let the inertia of the day catch up with them. Albion does him some intimidatin', Desdemona makes a peace sign and eats a sandwich, and Ro does some snoopin'; with special guests Nick Trent as Marcus Wahlbrook and Sean Gettys as Alistair Karrde.Starring Christine Tardif as Desdemona Brown, Gwen Vetter as Ro Kamen, Thom Freitag as Albion Graves, and Michael Freitag as everyone else. Adventure written by Seth Burton. Edited...2022-12-211h 10
Stupid Hearts ClubAlistair Griggs - Nuclear ObliterationWelcome to the Stupid Hearts Club! The Club for everyone with a Stupid Heart-------------------I'm back! And I'm 'back'So that's TWO whole ways in which 'I'm back'. Thought I'd revert to a good old Griggs episode to get us moving again after last week and as usual he does not disappoint in making me shake my head at how his fetid little mind works. We discuss nuclear obliteration, Richard Burton, professional insecurities, embarrassing school memories and much more. The song at the end is called Beat it Back Down. It's getting...2022-11-011h 23Green Mountain MysteriesEpisode 54 - Having A Girl's Day Isn't Hard, When You've Got A Library CardAnd don't forget, the Dewey Decimal System is your friend.The gang try to work through some of their recent issues; some of them with words, some of them with fists... and sometimes both. Albion apologizes, Desdemona sweeps the leg, Ro loves Despereaux, and Sylvester takes on new students; with special guest Sean Gettys as Alistair Karrde.Starring Christine Tardif as Desdemona Brown, Darius Southland as Dr. Sylvester Coopersmith, Gwen Vetter as Ro Kamen, Thom Freitag as Albion Graves, and Michael Freitag as everyone else. Adventure written by Seth Burton.Today's show is...2022-06-111h 15
Actualidad ProgRock por Ramon PortaActualidad ProgRock Programa 9494 ACTUALIDAD PROGROCK:
AEON ZEN. Twilight tema.
Aeon Zen proceden de Cambridge Gran Bretaña, el grupo inició su carrera en el 2008, con la apuesta del multiinstrumentista Richard Gray que asumió la parte de bajista y cantante, hasta la reestructuración del grupo en el 2012, con Andi Kravljaca ocupando este espacio siendo el resto de sus componentes desde dicho año: Steve Burton batería y Alistair Bell guitarras, practicando un estilo de metal progresivo. En el 2009 A Mind’s Portrait fue el debut y hasta el actual Transversal seis son los álbumes de estudio, con varios singles y EP’S. Twiligth es...2021-12-151h 07
Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full AudiobookLittle Blighty on the Down: Series 1-5: A BBC Radio 4 political comedy satire Audiobook by John OfarrellListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 538534
Title: Little Blighty on the Down: Series 1-5: A BBC Radio 4 political comedy satire
Author: John Ofarrell, Mark Burton, Mike Coleman
Narrator: Alistair Mcgowan, Andrew Sachs, Full Cast , Jo Kendall, Michael Troughton, Nick Hancock
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:34:20
Language: English
Release date: 10-14-21
Publisher: Penguin Books LTD
Genres: Fiction & Literature, General
Summary:
All five series of the political satirical soap opera set in the strangely familiar village of Little Blighty - plus Christmas Specials
'A comic microcosm of a country not a million miles away' Radio Times
Little...2021-10-1410h 34
PROGTALKS by The ProgspaceEP.23 - Rich Gray (Aeon Zen, Annihilator) chats with our guest host DarioBritish multi-instrumentalist Rich Gray is the guest of guest host Dario on this new episode of the Progtalks. We take a walk down memory lane as we discuss the history and discography of Aeon Zen in depth, how their new (and sadly last) album “Transversal” ties in there and we also talk about our favorite one-song albums.Aeon Zen is:Rich Gray - Rhythm; Lead; Acoustic Guitars, Bass, Keyboards VocalsAndi Kravljaca - Lead VocalsAlistair Bell - Lead GuitarSteve Burton - Drums ...2021-09-1643 min
What A Load Of CobblersFriday Night Lights: Paul Stratford's Rude AwakeningAnd so it was time for Keith Curle to hang up his panama hat and clear his desk but never fear as WALOC is here to chew the fat on what comes next. Is it Kevin Wilk-in? or does Jon Brady deserve the Cobblers job full time.Burton Albion writer for the Burton Mail, Colston Crawford joins us to preview the upcoming 6 pointer between Northampton and the Brewers. We discuss what Albion have done to get the best out of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink that Cobblers didn't and chat about ex-Cobblers Joe Powell and John-Joe O'Toole.2021-02-121h 09
STAR WARS The Vintage Rebellion PodcastEpisode 64 : Death Alistair DroidThe Vintage Rebellion welcome Andrew Preston and Mark Daniels to take us through Episode 64 as this months rotating guests.
Alistair Kirkland takes Stuart and Richard through his expansive and impressive collection during this months main interview, Stuart's delighted as Alistair is a Sigma nut who has recently finished his Sigma run.
Rich is joined by Ben Sheehan as they take a look at the new book from Kim Simmons. As well as this Rich guides us through his time at the Star Wars Annual event before celebrating the fact that Farthest From has a Christmas d...2019-09-245h 50
PROGRAMA GORRIONEl desafío de las águilas Gorrion 05Bienvenidos a Gorrion, un programa sobre cultura popular en el que se trata la literatura, el cómic, el cine y otras tantas expresiones artísticas y culturales. Los géneros fantástico, terror, aventuras y muchas más cosas se abordan en Gorrion.
Este programa se centra en la película El desafío de las Águilas, película bélica, dirigida por Brian G. Hutton en 1968 y protagonizada por Richard Burton y Clint Eastwood. También se tratará la novela en la que se basa, del escritor Alistair Maclean.
Acción y suspense a raudales es lo que ofrece esta h...2018-08-061h 00
the c-suite podcastShow 64 - Does the Insurance industry care enough about CX?Russell Goldsmith is joined by Martin Hill-Wilson, Founder of Brainfood Consulting, Alistair Burton, an expert in Interaction Analytics at Genesys, and Sharon O’Dea, Co-founder of Lithos Partners to discuss the topic of Customer Experience within the Insurance Industry.
This episode was produced in partnership with Genesys.2018-03-2137 min
CadaverCast: A Monster Movie Podcast40 - The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)Happy holidays, creeps! No matter what holiday you celebrate, we can all agree most holidays are better when monsters are involved... right? 6-year-old Alistair explores this question and more as he and CadaverDad discuss Tim Burton's THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993). Al and Dad also take time out at the end to celebrate some folks who've helped us grow as a podcast and made 2017 special for us.
You can support CadaverCast with your ratings and positive reviews on iTunes, by donating to our network at patreon.com/wordsalad, and spreading the word about CadaverCast to your friends (or enemies). We sure...2017-12-1940 min
Wireless TheatreFive Kinds Of Silence [Audio Drama]Five Kinds of Silence, by renowned writer Shelagh Stephenson, tells the story of a family living under the power of the vicious Billy, who physically, emotionally, and sexually abuses his wife, Mary, and children, Susan and Janet.
Performed by the final year students at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
The play won the 1996 UK Writers Guild‘s Best Original Play award and the 1997 Sony Award for Best Original Drama.
Starring: Billy 1 – Paul Jacobs, Billy 2 – Alistair Toovey, Billy 3 – Jake Mitchell, Billy 4 – Reginald Edwards, Susan – Patsy Ferran, Janet – Sophie Bleasdale, Mary – Emily Johnstone, Policewoman (sc 5) – Phoebe P...2017-01-3058 min
St John's Podcast548_Risen from the dead_Andy_Brown_PM08Apr2012Andy Brown PM 08 April 2012
Sermon series: Easter Evening Celebration - 1
Isaiah 25:6-9 & Matthew 28:1-20
read by Peter Burton & Alistair Matson.
Andy talks on the Resurrection and the great commission , the climax to our the evening series from Matthew.
Playing time: 26 minutes.2012-04-0826 min