Previous episodes
AGP Ep 23: Sarah-Jane Peterschlingmann—Money is not the goal. But focus on Service excellence + Integrity and the money will follow
Sarah-Jane Peterschlingmann started her own mission-critical cloud hosting company not long after graduating from university. Defined by a focus on service excellence and integrity, her leadership approach has led to a successful and multi-award winning company. Listen to hear how she thinks about business and leadership.
AGP Ep 22: Robert Mead—Alert but not alarmed. Information security as an enabler
Robert Mead is an executive security adviser with over 20 years of experience. He shares with us about his somewhat unique approach to practical risk management and how he has been able to use information security as an enabler of business outcomes.
AGP Ep 21: Andrew talks—Why UX professionals make great leaders
For something a bit different, this episode features a recording of a talk I gave last week at the UX Brisbane meetup. But there’s value here for any technical professional. It also includes a short leadership self-test and tips on how you can level-up your leadership superpowers.
AGP Ep 20: Chris Boyle and Tom O'Neill—The power of social entrepreneurs to change the world for the better
Chris Boyle and Tom O’Neill are social entrepreneurs. They are founders and directors at CommSync, a tech startup aimed at revolutionising child and community safety using the internet of things. Listen to hear how using passion and innovation you can make the world a better place.
AGP Ep 19: Ben Melbourne—The art of servant leadership. How to add value by empowering others
Ben Melbourne is the General Manager for ThoughtWorks Brisbane, a global software consultancy with a deep connection to Agile software development and project delivery. Ben shares his journey from being ‘in the trenches’ through to leadership roles and how he smoothed out the transition.
AGP Ep 18: Sarah Smith—Leading from the front, coding games and building high performing teams
Sarah Smith is the Founder and lead software engineer for Smithsoft, who make educational games for young people. She also Founded the Brisbane chapter of Women Who Code. We talk about her leadership and entrepreneurial journey, her achievements and challenges.
AGP Ep 17: Jen Bunk—Perfecting your ‘people stack’, all top performers have a coach
Jen Bunk is the Founder of People Stack Academy a leadership development consultancy for technology leaders. Her passion is organisational and leadership psychology and putting that into action to help new leaders grow.
AGP Ep 16: Craig Thomler—90% of digital disruption is still to come, impacts for government
Craig Thomler has digital experience in public and private sector and is a serial entrepreneur, from social media to oil rigs! We discuss the incredibly disruptive effects of digital transformation we’re yet to see and the inevitable impacts for governments around the world.
AGP Ep 15: Kim Hopwood—People, Process, Products and Profit
Kim Hopwood is the Managing Director of Pusher and Marcel, Australian Digital agencies. Kim started Pusher in his early twenties and had to learn leadership lessons as the company grew. Listen to hear about his personal leadership framework.
AGP Ep 14: Peter Buckmaster—Transformational leaders provide vision and narrative
Peter Buckmaster is the Director of Digital Services for the NSW Department of Education. Peter has had a varied career but there’s a consistent thread. Peter has always provided vision and narrative to lead the organisation forwards.
AGP Ep 13: Hasan Anjum—The power of diversity and lifelong learning
Hasan Anjum has a broad technical background starting as a Software Engineer working his way up to lead transformation programs within South Australian government. In this episode, hear about Hasan’s journey and the challenges he faced.
AGP Ep 12: John Smilek—Getting the best from ASD in IT, both challenges and superpowers
John Smilek had a difficult childhood, and Aspergers on top of that. But John’s eye-opening experiences early in life lead to a positive outlook and a passion for personal development. John is now the CIO of Streamline Products and an active champion for the development of young people in the community.