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Defying Gravity with Helen SounessMichael Malone, Founder iiNet with Helen SounessMichael Malone etc2024-10-0228 min
Defying Gravity with Helen SounessRenece Brewster, Former CEO and Co-founder of Visual Domain, with Helen SounessIn this episode of Defying Gravity, how scale up leaders overcome, Renece Brewster, founder of Visual Domain, touched on lessons like the power of networks, the importance of defining your values and aligning the business to them, and the acquisition process she underwent with News Corp – but she also spoke about some of the very real personal challenges female leaders face in the workplace that led her to founding Her Tech Circle. Enjoy!2024-09-0432 min
Defying Gravity with Helen SounessSam Riley, CEO and Co-Founder of Ansarada, with Helen SounessSam Riley, CEO and Co-Founder of Ansarada, with Helen Souness2024-08-1338 min
Defying Gravity with Helen SounessRob Newman, Entrepreneur, ex CEO Nearmap with Helen SounessRob Newman, multi time entrepreneur and scale up CEO of Perth based deep tech SaaS company Nearmap when I met him, covers two topics in this interview that so many Aussie start ups struggle to achieve. This is a masterclass on how to hire the Executive team you need to scale globally and how to enter and win leadership in the US market. Recommended listening if you are thinking about either step in your scale up journey.2024-06-1925 min
Defying Gravity with Helen SounessNatalie Mactier, CEO of Vivi with Helen SounessNatalie’s journey has been a whirlwind of experiences, starting at SEEK, where she left her mark on almost every facet of the company’s growth. Following SEEK’s ex-CMO Katie May, who founded Kidspot, Natalie played a pivotal role in the company’s acquisition by NewsCorp as CEO. Next, she was approached by a founder and investment team to join School Places - an online platform revolutionising private school vacancies. Today, Natalie is the CEO of Vivi, a communication and collaboration tool designed to engage school students and elevate educators. At Vivi, Nat has led several funding rounds and successf...2024-05-1528 min
Defying Gravity with Helen SounessAdam Schwab, Luxury Escapes CEO and Founder with Helen Souness.The ability to build a resilient team and reimagine yourself is critical for sustained growth in any business – a sentiment felt wholeheartedly by a travel industry upended by pandemic disruption. During our conversation, Adam Schwab talks about the critical inflection points Luxury Escapes faced, building an internal culture that rejects ‘day two’ mentality, the importance of reinvention, and knowing when it’s time to step away from a business (as well as when to step back in)2024-05-1438 min
Defying Gravity with Helen SounessTessa Court, Founder and CEO of IntelligenceBank with Helen SounessThe full Defying Gravity interview with the wonderful Tessa Herd Court, founder and CEO of IntelligenceBank, global SaaS company founded in Melbourne. Her reflections on growing her company from some Powerpoint slide ideas she tested on her fellow CMO friends to more than 800k users across 55 countries. How did she do it? The magic of delegation, orchestrating the dream team and developing a stomach of steel!2024-05-1418 min
Defying Gravity with Helen SounessLeigh Jasper of Aconex and Firmable interviewed by Helen SounessYou can’t orchestrate a $1.6b acquisition with Oracle without learning a few lessons along the way. Leigh Jasper, Co-Founder of Aconex and Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Firmable is the absolute definition of defying gravity. I’ve picked his brains on how to build a sustainable cadence that lasts you over time, lessons learnt from rapid scaling, flipping your perspective on mistakes vs rallying points, and why he’s at it again.2024-04-1637 min
Defying Gravity with Helen SounessAndrew Bassat of SEEK interviewed by Helen SounessSEEK is one of Australia's most valuable companies, with a valuation of around $9bn and operations and investments all over the world. But behind the numbers and accolades lies a narrative of personal growth and strategic leadership that propelled SEEK to the top - and at the centre of this is co-founder and ex CEO Andrew Bassat.
I was interested in chatting to Andrew not just about the growth of SEEK, but also how he managed to scale himself.2024-04-1317 min
Defying Gravity with Helen SounessAdam Schwab, Luxury Escapes CEO and Founder with Helen Souness.The ability to build a resilient team and reimagine yourself is critical for sustained growth in any business – a sentiment felt wholeheartedly by a travel industry upended by pandemic disruption. During our conversation, Adam Schwab talks about the critical inflection points Luxury Escapes faced, building an internal culture that rejects ‘day two’ mentality, the importance of reinvention, and knowing when it’s time to step away from a business (as well as when to step back in)2024-04-1338 min
Defying Gravity with Helen SounessTessa Court, Founder and CEO of IntelligenceBank with Helen SounessThe full Defying Gravity interview with the wonderful Tessa Herd Court, founder and CEO of IntelligenceBank, global SaaS company founded in Melbourne. Her reflections on growing her company from some Powerpoint slide ideas she tested on her fellow CMO friends to more than 800k users across 55 countries. How did she do it? The magic of delegation, orchestrating the dream team and developing a stomach of steel!2024-04-1319 min
Defying Gravity with Helen SounessCollis Ta'eed of Envato interviewed by Helen SounessAnother Defying Gravity Gravity conversation, this time with the founder of Aussie unicorn Envato, Collis Ta'eed. Collis dialled in from Darwin so I could pick his brains about how you grow a company from 0 to 600 staff as a self-confessed introvert, why running a business often feels like a dumpster fire, advice for other founders and executives, and how to know when it’s time to walk away.2024-04-1341 min
Defying Gravity with Helen SounessDidier Elzinga of Cultureamp full interview with Helen SounessThe full interview with Didier where he shares the Cultureamp story, and his own journey from start up founder to CEO of a 1000+ person global unicorn company. How he thinks about being the CEO the company needs each year, and changes to become that CEO.2024-04-1137 min
Mentor ListHelen Souness - Women In Leadership SeriesHelen Souness is a senior executive with a career that spans more than 30 years of commercial experience working in digital strategy, marketing and product across market-leading companies including Lonely Planet and ground breaking marketplaces SEEK, Envato and Etsy. She is a Non-Executive Board Director at Sendle, Australia's first 100% carbon neutral shipping service and Camplify, a leading marketplace for RV hire. As CEO of RMIT Online, Helen has grown a 130+ strong team to support a thriving community of learners to successfully navigate the world of work through relevant, accessible and flexible education online. She has spearheaded a suite of Australian first...2021-06-2431 minMentor ListHelen Souness - Women In Leadership SeriesHelen Souness is a senior executive with a career that spans more than 30 years of commercial experience working in digital strategy, marketing and product across market-leading companies including Lonely Planet and ground breaking marketplaces SEEK, Envato and Etsy. She is a Non-Executive Board Director at Sendle, Australia's first 100% carbon neutral shipping service and Camplify, a leading marketplace for RV hire. As CEO of RMIT Online, Helen has grown a 130+ strong team to support a thriving community of learners to successfully navigate the world of work through relevant, accessible and flexible education online. She has spearheaded a suite of Australian first...2021-06-2431 min
The Leadership DietHelen Souness on disrupting the education sector by listening, being curious and innovatingHelen Souness is the CEO of RMIT online, the digital education arm of one of the quiet achieving and hyper-successful universities in Australia. She shares with us some great insights including;
Looking for tail lights in other sectors gives clues for innovation
Disruptors often start off as curators of other peoples ideas
Listening and being curious allows you to learn fast
How she moved from the legal industry through digital markets
Her firm belief in the benefits of being curious
How she has consistently built up successful teams
and much more...2021-03-3055 min
The Chiefs by WhitearkEP015 Always Learning | Helen SounessJo Hands is asking the questions this week, with Helen Souness, Chief Executive Officer at RMIT Online, in the hot seat - and they're talking all things learning. With workforces changing, industries evolving and societal needs shifting - it's more important than ever to ensure you remain relevant, and ready. Nowadays technology is advancing at such a rapid rate; gone are the days where a 3 year degree you completed 20 years ago is sufficient. It's vital that you diversify, step outside of your comfort zone, and continue to learn and leverage your skills - no matter what industry you're in. From...2021-01-2729 min
The Uncharted LeaderCreating a Culture of Innovation with Helen SounessWhat does having humility and forgiveness in leadership have to do with digital disruption and innovation? Join me on today’s episode as Helen Souness, CEO of RMIT Online, shares her passion for inspiring women to pursue a career in STEM and bringing forgivensss and humility into leadership as a driver of creativity and creating a culture of innovation. Helen has more than 20 years experience in digital strategy, marketing and product across market-leading enterprises such as Seek, Lonely Planet, Envato and Etsy. Helen is one of 17% of female CEOs in Australia and is spear...2020-06-1247 min
Vogue CodesEpisode 9: Helen SounessVogue Australia’s Fashion Features Assistant, Jen Nurick, chats to RMIT Online CEO, Helen Souness, on how she has built a career out of connecting people. From growing digital marketplaces to fostering communities both offline and online, Souness gives us the down-low on the value of risk taking, hard work and what it means for women to be 'stempathetic'. This episode was brought to you by Estée Lauder, the night time skincare expert, and its cult serum, Advanced Night Repair. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2019-10-2730 min
The PickleEPISODE 2: Beautiful, simple design - with Jesse Dorogusker, SquareLive from RMIT’s Design Hub, Square’s Head of Hardware Jesse Dorogusker joins us in this episode to talk all things beautiful - and functional - design. Interviewed by RMIT Online CEO Helen Souness, Jesse talks through his career at Apple and Square, how to create an innovation culture, and what it’s like working along side Jack Dorsey.2019-09-2528 min
D'Arcy Waldegrave DriveMarg Foster: Silver Ferns suffer record defeat against EnglandLISTEN TO MARG FOSTER TALK WITH D'ARCY AND GORAN ABOVEOnce again, not nearly good enough from the Silver Ferns.Their quest to turn the page in 2019 displayed early signs of promise. At this level, though, meritorious ultimately counts for little.For the first half of this match at least, the Ferns went toe-to-toe with England in Liverpool to open the northern Quad Series.As the contest wore on, though, the experienced hosts comfortably pulled away; their dominant 54-41 victory confirming their favouritism to claim this tournament for the first time.Noeline Taurua used all 12...2019-01-1408 min