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Escient talks LeadershipThe Escient View: The changing face of disability services in AustraliaEscient Managing Director Victoria, Rebecca Campbell-Burns, explores the disability sector in Australia and the challenges and opportunities in delivering person-centric care. Together with Terry Symonds, CEO, Yooralla and disability advocate and owner of Ampathy, Resilience & Me, John Davey.2023-03-2238 min
Escient talks LeadershipEva Balan-Vnuk, Executive Director ICT and Digital Government, Department of Premier and Cabinet SAEva Balan-Vnuk discusses her career, challenges, workplace diversity and leadership in Government.2023-01-3051 min
Escient talks LeadershipDelivering water sustainably and affordably in a period of growth: Maree Lang, Managing Director Greater Western WaterIn this episode Rebecca Campbell-Burns, Managing Director, Victoria speaks with Maree Lang, Managing Director of Greater Western Water about the importance of culture in company integration, the importance of collaboration and partnership, and what makes a good Partner. For context this episode was recorded in 2021 when much of the Country was still in lockdown as a result of Corona Virus.2022-06-2242 min
Escient talks LeadershipManufacturing Australia’s first and most affordable electric vehicle
In this podcast, our CEO Stephen Mabbs, talks with Greg McGarvie, founder and Managing Director of ACE EV, an electric vehicle manufacturer.
In this fascinating conversation, Greg outlines the vision of ACE EV to manufacture Australia’s first and most affordable electric vehicles, which will:
Disrupt the market in terms of how we think about and use trucks and cars
Be a ‘battery on wheels’, able to transport passengers but also act as back up power in emergencies and on construction sites
Help the world to reduce carbon emissions and combat the effects of global warming
...2021-05-2130 min
Escient talks LeadershipHow Kmart adapted to meet the challenge of COVIDIn this episode, our CEO, Stephen Mabbs, talks with Ian Bailey, MD of Kmart Australia & New Zealand. Ian describes how his interesting background prepared him for his current role. Recorded during the Victorian lockdown of 2020, this interview explores how the COVID-19 pandemic affected retail in Australia and how national organisations like Kmart adapted to meet the challenge.2021-04-0854 min
Escient talks LeadershipCreating the #techdiversity industry alliance
In this episode, our Victorian Managing Director, Rebecca Campbell-Burns, talks with two of the co-founders of #TechDiversity, Deirdre Diamante and Claire Marriott, about their backgrounds, motivation for starting #TechDiversity and the impact that it is having.
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2021-03-0925 min
Escient talks LeadershipThe story of RACV Solar and the future of renewable energy
In this episode, our CEO, Stephen Mabbs, talks with Andy McCarthy, CEO of RACV Solar and passionate advocate for renewable energy. Andy describes how he started and grew his business, challenges faced along the way and how becoming part of a larger organisation has unlocked growth opportunities.
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2020-12-0341 min
Escient talks LeadershipThe social enterprise creating healthy communities through public housing gardens
In this episode, our Victorian MD, Rebecca Campbell-Burns talks with social entrepreneur, Rob Rees. Rob is CEO of Cultivating Community, a social enterprise that manages community gardens across many public housing sites in Melbourne, runs school-based gardening programs, and provides community meals and cooking programs for at-risk members of the community.
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2020-11-1338 min
Escient talks LeadershipVillage Roadshow and Australia’s travel and entertainment industry - Part 2In this episode, Escient’s Victorian Managing Director, Rebecca Campbell-Burns, talks with Clark Kirby, CEO of Village Roadshow Group, a household name in Australia’s entertainment industry. Clark shares his views on leading the organisation through a global pandemic, growing up in the family business, and the exciting future for the local travel and entertainment industry.
2020-10-2036 min
Escient talks LeadershipVillage Roadshow and Australia’s travel and entertainment industry - Part 1In this episode, Escient’s Victorian Managing Director, Rebecca Campbell-Burns, talks with Clark Kirby, CEO of Village Roadshow Group, a household name in Australia’s entertainment industry. Clark shares his views on leading the organisation through a global pandemic, growing up in the family business and the exciting future for the local travel and entertainment industry.
2020-10-2036 min
Escient talks LeadershipInside aged care not-for-profit Silver Chain with CEO Dale Fisher
In this episode of Escient’s leadership podcast series, Escient’s Victorian Managing Director, Rebecca Campbell-Burns, talks with Dale Fisher, CEO of Silver Chain Group, a not-for-profit with over 120 years experience providing health and aged care services in the community.
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2020-08-1047 min
Escient talks LeadershipEscient Leadership Podcast Series Episode 2 – Paul Edginton (Part 2)In this second episode, our CEO Stephen Mabbs continues his discussion with Paul Edginton, the CEO of SYC. Paul discusses one of his greatest challenges as a leader – when one of his trusted leadership team defrauded the organisation of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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2020-07-3134 min
Escient talks LeadershipEscient Leadership Podcast Series Episode 1 – Paul Edginton (Part 1)We’re excited to announce our new podcast series on leadership.
In this series, we’ll be talking with Australian business and community leaders to learn more about them and try to understand what makes them effective in their roles.
What do they see as the most important attributes of a good leader? What are the toughest challenges they’ve had to face, how did they deal with them, and what did they draw from in the process?
In this first episode, our CEO Stephen Mabbs talks to Paul Edginton, the CEO of SYC, a...2020-07-2047 min