The Naked Ambition podcast is a show that explores the topics of innovation, design, and leadership, hosted by Fiona Triaca, the founder and CEO of Naked Ambition. Each episode features insightful conversations with thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and executives from a variety of industries, who share their experiences and expertise on how to drive innovation, build high-performing teams, and create a culture of creativity and collaboration. With a focus on practical insights and actionable ...
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In this episode I speak with. Chris McKay is an AI adoption strategist + CEO at Maginative. With his team for the last decade, he has helped businesses leverage data intelligence and digital strategies for growth.He’s passionate about AI literacy and serves as editor-in-chief of Maginative.com, an online platform that provides curated and accessibl…
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In this episode, I speak with Tim O'Neill and Jason Ross from Time Under Tension. They are an AI consultancy helping forward-thinking agencies and brands embrace and accelerate the power of generative AI. Tim’s been working in digital for close to 25 years, growing the very successful Reactive for over 17 of those before it was acquired by Accentur…
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Why Prompt Engineering Will Change the World. Just Not in the Way You Think With Devansh Devansh
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On this episode, I speak with Devansh from Artificial Intelligence Made Simple - a weekly newsletter breaking down important AI topics + trends including the validity of prompt engineering, ethics and bias in AI and whats involved in training some the larger foundation models.In this episode, we chat about why prompt engineering may be overhyped bu…
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Dr. Stephanie Chaousis is currently the Chief Customer Officer at clinical data technology company, Datarwe. In this role, she uses her passion for creating real-world impact through research translation and commercialisation to support the translation of data-driven innovation into Australian healthcare. She also heads up not-for-profit intelliHQ …
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How MCEC innovated new modes of working and service offerings in the post-pandemic event industry
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In our latest ‘How They Did It’ podcast episode we speak with the Senior Manager of Innovation at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), Katie Tinetti. Taking a huge hit to the events industry during the Covid Pandemic, MCEC were forced to develop creative solutions to presenting events. In a new era of innovation and collaboration in t…
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How MDHS is transforming the patient experience to deliver better health outcomes to their community
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In our latest ‘How They Did It’ episode we speak with Maryborough District Health Service (MDHS)’s CEO, Nickola Allan, and Director of Infrastructure, Technology & Experience and Deputy CEO, David Edwards. An exciting new era for healthcare in the Maryborough community, Nickola and David have recently led MDHS through a period of significant organi…
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In our latest podcast episode, we speak with Leslie Barry, the Founder and Director of Exponentially, where he uses the Google-developed method for de-risking innovation and shortening product development cycles called “Pretotyping”. In this super practical episode, we talk about • The origins of pretotyping and why it is different from prototyping…
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In this ‘How They Did It’ podcast episode we speak with the Head of Innovation Services at Allens, Liza Greenwood. At Allens, Liza leads strategic transformational programs for lawyers, focusing on innovation skills development and behavioural shifts – leading with the mindset of “getting better at getting better”. In an exciting time for law and i…
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In this latest episode we speak with Jo Mikleus. As the Executive General Manager of Latitude’s Insurance business, Jo was appointed to lead the strategic design and future of the insurance business. Naked Ambition partnered with the team at Latitude to build the prototype of this entirely new offer over 7 months in 2021. We discuss how this projec…
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Futurist Sohail Inayatullah on our 500-year future, Covid as a pivot, The politics of the future
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A political scientist and futurist, Professor Sohail Inayatullah is the co-host of Metafuture and its Online Futures School, an educational think tank that explores alternative and preferred futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them. He is a Professor at Tamkang University, Taipei, and an Associate at Melbourne Business School, as wel…
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Scott OBrien breaks down AR, VR, holographic telepresence and what we might see in the near future
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Scott OBrien is the Founder and CEO of Humense, a revolutionary Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR) and Virtual Reality (VR) platform. Through his experience studying psychology and playing professional sports, Scott conceived Humense as a tool suite, marketplace, and social platform for bystanders to ‘get in on the action’ via augmented exp…
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Victor Perton on the science + power of optimism in innovation and leadership
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Victor Perton is the Founder and Chief Optimism Officer at the Centre for Optimism, an offshoot of the Australian Leadership Project. Comprised of over 3500 leaders in 65 countries, the Centre for Optimism aims to help leaders combat negativity by asking the question “what makes you Optimistic?”. A respected author, speaker, moderator, barrister an…
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Catherine Hills on design trends, developing people and building confidence in creative teams
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Catherine Hills is a highly experienced leader of people and practice in design and transformation strategy. With a master’s degree in business research and over 22 years in the tech and design industry, she has extensive experience in capability strategy, design operations, and enablement in a variety of industry contexts both within Australia and…
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A highly skilled leader and strategist, Matt Davis is the CEO of Salvos Stores, servicing 350 stores across Australia with over 2000 team members and 10,000 volunteers. Previously holding roles in large NGOs and corporate retailers including ALDI and World Vision Australia, Matt combines his experience in the corporate and not-for-profit sectors to…
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Innovating against odds. How Kate Dillon bought together 20 makers mid-pandemic to save her business
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Kate Dillon is the Founder and Creative Director of She Lion, a luxury handbag brand.Purposefully designed to organise and diversify women on the go, the She Lion range embodies the attributes that Kate believes are key to success – fierce elegance, premium practicality, and bold ambition. Kate is a true innovator at heart, joining us on the podcas…
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Conrad Tracey is the CEO of Addiction Coaching Australia, an organisation that utilises their unique Delta Path Method to help individuals break the cycle of addiction. Working with individuals, corporations, government bodies and organisations, Conrad and his team aim to create meaningful societal change in Australia, providing a platform for educ…
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"Kath Blackham is a global leader in AI technologies and the Founder and CEO of VERSA, a digital transformation agency powered by conversational AI. The first agency to operate a 4 day work week in Australia, VERSA has been named by Fast Company as one of the best workplaces for innovators globally. Specialising in the integration of conversational…
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Design, Diversity and being positive about the future of our organisations with Prue Gilbert
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"Prue Gilbert was named by the Australian Financial Review as one of the top 100 women of influence for diversity and inclusion, Marie Claire calling her the “anti-discrimination guru” and Vogue naming her a “gamechanger”. As the CEO and Founder of Grace Papers, Prue has spent the last 10 years providing a platform for working parents to navigate t…
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The suprising pockets of growth in Crypto currencies and where to next with Coinjar CEO, Asher Tan
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Asher Tan is the Co-Founder and CEO of CoinJar, one of Australia's leading and longest-running cryptocurrency exchanges + wallet. With over 400,000 users they provide a space for investors to buy, sell, store and spend digital currency - in one place.In this episode we discuss the evolution, hype and volatility around cryptocurrencies and how what …
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Leah is an absolute innovation powerhouse – creating 6 companies in her 20-year career and in this episode she shares the brutal – and at times hilarious truth - of what it takes to bring ideas to life and grow a brand from scratch or bring one back from the brink. She also shares about the people who influenced her – including her successful Mum w…
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In this episode, we chat with Aaron Smith, the Chief Cultural Officer of KX Pilates. Aaron Smith, is an award-winning fitness innovator and entrepreneur. Aaron founded KX Pilates (which is Japanese for ‘continuous improvement’) in February 2010 and has since built it into Australia's largest pilates franchise with an impressive 74 studios across th…
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In this episode, we chat with strategic and leadership powerhouse Ashleigh Morris, the CEO of Coreo - Circular Economy Strategy Firm/agencyAshleigh’s recognition as a future leader includes accolades such as Top 100 Corporate Social Responsibility Influential Leader as well as recently being presented with the Young Businessperson Award by the Mayo…
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Michael is an accomplished entrepreneurial leader with an executive career spanning three decades and eight countries within start-ups, corporates, government, academia and not-for-profit sectors His unique experiences range from establishing a world first automated antibody facility in Australia, an app start-up, a German DNA engineering company a…
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How to build a product people love (and a company people love working for!)
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Dom PymDom is an entrepreneur and technologist who launched Up (up.com.au), a next-generation Australian digital bank delivering super powered banking. Up allows you to easily organise your money and simplify your life, giving you the freedom to do the things you love. Dom has been involved in software, web and mobile development for over 20 years …
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Damien Mu is one of the most genuine (and genuinely charismatic) leaders you will come across. Over the years I’ve witnessed him give many-a-rousing speech at AIA and the awe and admiration he inspires from their people is something else.Damien has been in the CEO seat at AIA Australia and NZ for the last 6 years and in that time has led one of the…
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Fred Etiemble on How companies can explore new opportunities (while maximising the current business)
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Fred is an executive advisor on strategy and innovation. Fred works with senior leaders on how to develop an innovation culture, explore new growth engines and transform their business. He has been working with or in large organisations for more than 20 years and knows their challenges from the inside. Fred is the co-author with Alex Osterwalder, Y…
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Mads Grummet on Building Companies, Teams and Cultures
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Madeleine Grummet is an award-winning education technology entrepreneur, startup mentor, 2020 Amazon Web Services Scout, Angel Investor, Board Director (MAICD), and Founder of leading career education and employability skills platform Future Amp. She is also the Founder and CEO of girledworld, which has connected 100’s of global industry mentors wi…
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Lisa Gray - VFMC CEO on doing strategy in changing times and how to build a culture of innovation
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Lisa Gray is the CEO of VFMC – the Victorian fund management corporation. Her career spans over 25 years predominantly in financial services having held various executive roles at NAB, MLC and Axa. Lisa is a winner of the Telstra Business Women’s Award for medium-sized enterprises and prestigious Rupert Murdoch Fellowship for Leadership and Managem…
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If you are a leader (or aspiring to be) you do not want to miss this episode. Amy Child’s – award-winning Managing Director at Momentum Energy shares deeply and highly practical advice, and candid perspectives on how she had dealt with and led through the challenges of recent months. If you want no-nonsense advice on how to lead with courage and hu…
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Jasmine Smith from Swisse Wellness on developing people, new leadership & not doubting yourself
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Jasmine Smith is the Director of People and Culture at Swisse. Jasmine Smith, Director, People and Culture, at Swisse Wellness, is a passionate people development professional who has extensive experience in leading and developing engaged and high performing teams.Over her years of working with many innovative and successful brands (Lush Handmade C…
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Claudette Leeming is the Head of Workspaces at Australia Post. She has spent her career in the property industry, with specialisation in Workplace Strategy, where she brings together technology and people & culture to positively influence workplace experience and effectiveness. Claudette is constantly challenging how we operate to evolve the workpl…
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How to bring creativity into every area of your life with Mykel Dixon
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In the latest episode of the Naked Ambition podcast, we speak with award winning speaker, author and musician Mykel Dixon. In our chat, Mykel shared his views and expert insights on: Why he believes creativity is the #1 driver for personal fulfilment and professional success. - The messy relationship between creativity, business and us.- What it me…
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How to have conversations that matter with Daniel Stillman
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In this episode of the podcast we speak with Daniel Stillman the author of Good Talk and host of The Conversation Factory. Daniel shared his views and expert insights on: - Why you need to get good at having conversations with yourself before others - The patterns present in every conversation - A simple model for leaders to have better conversatio…
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Pushing boundaries, making time for work that matters with IBM's Lee Duncan
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Tune for the next episode of the Naked Ambition Podcast with Lee Duncan. Lee Duncan is an Enterprise Design Sprint Leader at IBM. How he has challenged normal models of the way we work throughout his career, how he made design sprints mainstream at IBM and how they are using them to solve for AI and Blockchain challenges. He also shares his best pr…
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In this episode we speak with Kai Haley Head of Design Relations at Google, which supports design excellence for designers and developers building on Google's platforms. Kai was also one of the founders and leads of the Google Sprint Master Academy, where she has trained over 800 Sprint Masters to drive innovation across Google’s diverse product ar…
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Join us as we speak to Trish McCluskey, the Pro Vice Chancellor of Victoria University and award winning educator and leader. Trish was instrumental in the design and development of the VU Block Model, a radical reconceptualization of the traditional university curriculum.Naked Ambition
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Join Fiona from Naked Ambition in uncovering tools, techniques and all that there is to know about Virtual Design Sprints from the Design Sprint master himself, Robert Skrobe.Robert is the owner of Dallas Design Sprints, and the authority on the virtual design sprint process and the organizer of the Global Virtual Design Sprint and the Referral Net…
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The Intersection of Design Thinking and Lean Start Up for Innovation with Humphrey Laubscher
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Humphrey Laubscher is a Product Innovation Coach at Apply Lean and has previously worked in innovation roles within Aus Post and Nab Labs. In this episode Humphrey shares his perspective on working in some of the Australia's most high profile innovation teams + what works and what doesn't when it comes to enterprise innovation. He also gets specifi…
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Olga is currently the Head of Customer Experience and Design at Medibank, a position she has held since April 2017. Prior to this role she was Human Centred Design practice manager at Nab Labs. In this episode Olga gives a deep and unique insight into how she has built her team and cemented their key role in the business (after the design team was …
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How Cisco Leads Cross Industry Innovation with Kate O'Keeffe
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Kate O'Keeffe the Senior Director and one of the founders of Cisco Hyperinnovation Living Labs – also known as CHILL. CHILL condenses up to two years of normal innovation into just two days by bringing together a handful of Cisco’s customers—along with entrepreneurs, hackers, and end users—in a 48-hour lab focused on a particular industry challenge…
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Heath Brown is an Executive Director in CommBank’s Innovation Labs, responsible for developing strategies and programs to make innovation accessible for bank staff, business clients and the broader community. These programs are aimed at building out world class innovation capabilities and innovation culture within CommBank, and then to share these …
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