Dave Eddy is the CMO of Vicinity marketing agency and co-founder of Aussie caravan sharing community Camplify. He’s also a good mate of mine. Dave has succeeded in the rare feat of blending a laid back personality with legitimate business success. More recently he’s shifted his focus to include podcasting, which is why I had to sit down with him …
The Importance of Building a Positive Legacy
Legacy might sound like one of those words that get bandied about at retirement parties, funerals or when lifetime achievement awards are presented. But a positive legacy is far more than a footnote at the end of someone’s career, life, or otherwise. Legacies are not just quotes set in a bronze plaque, they are living breathing entities, they are how …
A 3-Step Formula for the Perfect Interview
Knowing how to interview someone is one of the best skills you can develop. Whether you are trying to understand your client’s behaviours, making new friends or business associates, or engaging with someone that could be a potential mentor. Over the last five years, I have spent a lot of time preparing people for interviews for jobs, conducting interviews for …
Why Brisbane’s Chief Digital Officer Says Business Owners Should Embrace Humanity in an Increasingly Smart World
Cat Matson is the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) for the City of Brisbane. What does that mean exactly? Well, she leads the efforts in the digital transformation of the city as a means of accelerating economic growth and equipping small-to-medium enterprises with the digital skills to boost their business. Apart from her extensive business strategy experience and her mighty personality, …
3 Entrepreneur Myths Debunked by a Global Entrepreneur Daniel Priestley
Entrepreneur myths are so common these days with the designation become the “cool” thing. Today Daniel Priestley is known as a best-selling author, international speaker, and successful entrepreneur. Having built and sold businesses in Australia, Singapore and the UK. But he didn’t become a globally influential business leader overnight. Daniel started out as a dance party manager. As an 18-year-old before …
3 Entrepreneurial Lessons from a CEO of a Multi-Billion Dollar Company
Although Graham Turner is the managing director of the multi-billion dollar Flight Centre Travel Group, he remains down to earth and is respected by peers of his industry for his egalitarian leadership approach. He values his 20,000+ employees and works to recognise people that contribute to the organisation, in more ways than just financially, and to each other. Graham grew …