Future Friendly

Episodes

1. 6

   Replacing fear with fun for kids in hospital — Captain Starlight

   Step into the Starlight Express Room at Sydney Children's Hospital, where superheroes in silver capes are transforming kid's hospital experiences. Meet Captain Starlight, a character from outer space who brings magic, laughter and play to seriously ill children and their families. Through…

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   Jan 21, 2025

   35m
2. 5

   Making education meaningful — Newmark Primary

   Newmark is a Primary school in Melbourne, Australia that has proven a new education model. In a world with ever-increasing complexity, Newmark shows us a powerful future vision for education today that challenges traditional learning models. Through the foundations of teamwork, design and solving...

   Jul 12, 2023

   42m
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   Creating pathways into tech 
for First Nations people — Celeste Carnegie

   Celeste Carnegie leads community engagement for Indigitek; they exist to increase the participation and success of Indigenous people in the tech industry. During our conversation, we cover several subjects: - Celeste's journey to Indigitek - The importance of community engagament - The reality of...

   May 10, 2023

   43m
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   Workshopping better work — Alison Coward

   Alison Coward is the founder of Bracket; they partner with ambitious, forward-thinking companies to help them build more collaborative and high-performing team cultures. Alison is also the author of 'A Pocket Guide To Effective Workshops', which demystifies the design and facilitation of great...

   Nov 28, 2022

   29m
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   Protecting what you love — Arielle Gamble

   We chat with Arielle Gamble, Director and Co-founder of Groundswell Giving, a giving platform for climate action, delivering grants to strategic, high-impact climate advocacy in Australia. Their message is simple: we know the solutions to climate change and there’s no need to wait to fund those...

   Aug 26, 2022

   1h 00m
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   Creating equity and access to the future of education — Greg Attwells

   How do we increase equity and access to education so no one is left behind? Creatable is an education company, led by Greg Attwells, on a mission to solve this challenge. Creatable connects the companies shaping the future of work with the professional development of teachers with a strong…

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   Oct 6, 2021

   36m
7. Designing good work — Matthew Taylor

   Matthew Taylor is the Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Arts, a UK organisation that has been committed to solving the biggest societal challenges for over 260 years. In July 2017 Matthew published the report ‘Good Work’; an independent review into modern employment, which was commissioned…

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   Apr 13, 2021

   27m
8. Reports don’t change the world — with Farhana Yamin

   Farhana Yamin, is the international climate lawyer responsible for getting the target of net zero emissions by 2050 included in the Paris accord. She came up with the goal after growing tired of the incremental improvements around the globe. We discuss her recent work where Farhana has moved away...

   Dec 9, 2020

   50m
9. Simple behaviours for managing crisis — Rebecca Cross

   In this episode, we speak to Rebecca Cross to get her experiences in helping to manage back to back national crises in Australia with the 2019 bushfires and 2020 COVID outbreaks. We cover a variety of topics around government response including taking a whole of government approach to…

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   Jul 25, 2020

   39m
10. Honesty in storytelling — Alex Chitty

    As an executive producer at VICE, Alex Chitty talks about the unique blend of honesty, determination and courage that he and his teams employ to capture and report on some of the most challenging, yet powerful, geopolitical stories from around the world. During the conversation, we cover several...

    May 25, 2020

    38m
11. Putting purpose into action — with Kirstin Hunter

    As MD of Future Super, Kirstin Hunter shares how they designed a purpose framework to help guide their decision making during times of crisis. Over the course of this conversation we cover: Future Super's Leadership Crises Framework How purpose drives action Investing as a tool for social impact...

    Apr 25, 2020

    28m