Israel Cooper on Constructing You - Choosing Excellence, Constructing Legacy, Creating Communities

Israel is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Home Development Group, and together with his wife Jessica lead a national and international construction and development organisation with a mission to build flourishing communities and eradicate global homelessness. After completing a dual honours degree at the University of Queensland in Economics and Commerce, Israel started out his career as a finance and economics adviser for PwC. After his early years in financial services, Israel spent the next decade in various technology and software companies. This included Co-Founder of Trigger Happy which created worlds first HTML5 render engine and tablet animation tool. Then CFO of Rex Bionics, which revolutionized the medical devices industry through the development of the worlds first commercially viable robotic walker, and transformed the lives of those bound to a wheelchair. As well as Director of Finance for Massive Software, whose Academy Award-winning technology is used for epic crowd scenes in feature films such as Avatar and Lord of the Rings. Israel lives in Christchurch, NZ with his wife Jessica, and three children. In this episode, you'll learn about: Constructing real inter-generational industry transformation Importance of defining your own identity Serving others for a greater purpose Philanthropy and business Pillars of communities that flourish Pursuit of excellence and not being the best Lessons of exemplary leadership And so much more. Resources: https://builtbyhome.com Chocolate Wars: The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest Chocolate Makers by Deborah Cadbury Show notes If you enjoyed this episode, and you've learnt something or it inspired you in some way, I'd love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Take a screenshot of you listening on your device, and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me, @elinormoshe_ or Elinor Moshe on LinkedIn. Don't forget you can also join the Facebook community to be part of the growing family of constructors who chose exceptional futures.