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How do you know when it’s time to make your next big career move? With International Women’s Day around the corner, we are excited to feature Avni Patel Thompson, Founder and CEO of Milo. Avni is building technology that directly supports the often overlooked emotional and logistical labor that falls on parents—especially women. Milo is an AI assistant designed to help families manage that invisible load more efficiently. In this episode, Avni shares her journey from studying chemistry to holding leadership roles at global brands like Adidas and Starbucks, to launching her own ventures. She discusses how she approaches career transitions, the importance of unpleasant experiences, and why she’s focused on making everyday life easier for parents. [01:26] Avni's University Days and Early Career [04:36] Non-Linear Career Paths [05:16] Pursuing Steep Learning Curves [11:51] Entrepreneurship and Safety Nets [15:22] Lived Experiences and Milo [19:55] Avni’s In Her Ellement Moment [20:03] Reflections Links: Avni Patel Thompson on LinkedIn Suchi Srinivasan on LinkedIn Kamila Rakhimova on LinkedIn Ipsos report on the future of parenting About In Her Ellement: In Her Ellement highlights the women and allies leading the charge in digital, business, and technology innovation. Through engaging conversations, the podcast explores their journeys—celebrating successes and acknowledging the balance between work and family. Most importantly, it asks: when was the moment you realized you hadn’t just arrived—you were truly in your element? About The Hosts: Suchi Srinivasan is an expert in AI and digital transformation. Originally from India, her career includes roles at trailblazing organizations like Bell Labs and Microsoft. In 2011, she co-founded the Cleanweb Hackathon, a global initiative driving IT-powered climate solutions with over 10,000 members across 25+ countries. She also advises Women in Cloud, aiming to create $1B in economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs by 2030. Kamila Rakhimova is a fintech leader whose journey took her from Tajikistan to the U.S., where she built a career on her own terms. Leveraging her English proficiency and international relations expertise, she discovered the power of microfinance and moved to the U.S., eventually leading Amazon's Alexa Fund to support underrepresented founders. Subscribe to In Her Ellement on your podcast app of choice to hear meaningful conversations with women in digital, business, and technology.…

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Soren Trampedach meets Jamila Rizvi 58:54

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Recorded live from 200 George, Soren Trampedach chats with best-selling author, commentator and presenter, Jamila Rizvi about the transformation of leadership in the new world of work, as well as the human capacity for resilience and the need for belonging.

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Democracy Event 1:32:29

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Host - Jon Yeo – Head of Curation, TEDxMelbourne Speakers - Yasmin Poole (Youth Advocate), Kyle Redman (newDemocracy Foundation) and Andrea Carson (Political Scientist & Journalist What is Democracy? Recently we've seen democracy take some wild and extraordinary turns. With left and right politics looking more similar than different, it has allowed extreme politics and the vocal minority to hold the interest of the community. Whether we like it or not, it has forced us to think about democracy and wonder if it works in most countries. Has traditional democracy become complacent? Are the needs of the people now too complex for democracy to truly understand the community's needs and respond quickly? We ask the question - What IS democracy today and does it actually meet our needs? With so much news and opinion coming from social media and a few media networks, who has the responsibility in curating these extreme views and yet still allow the vigorous conversations required of a modern democracy?…

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To the Metaverse and Beyond. 1:09:14

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Florence Guild: Pretty Hurts it's time to decolonise beauty with Sasha Kutabah Sarago 25:06

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Sasha Kutabah Sarago is a proud Wadjanbarra Yidinji, Jirrbal and African-American woman. Sasha’s traditional Country spans from Atherton Tablelands, Daintree to Tully, known as the Bama (Rainforest People) of Far North Queensland. A former model, Sasha grew frustrated by the invisibility of women of colour in fashion and media. Tired of importing overseas publications to see reflections of herself, Sasha had an epiphany. In 2011, Sasha founded Ascension, Australia’s first Indigenous and ethnic women’s lifestyle magazine. https://ascensionmag.com/ Last year, Sasha graced the stage for TEDxSydney 2020, where she shared her story on how she re-claimed her femininity and Aboriginality by redefining beauty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDMxAlTitgc&ab_channel=TEDxTalks This podcast, hosted by Fenella Kernebone explores the concept of beauty through the eyes of a first nations woman. An inspiring conversation with Sasha Kutabah Sarago.…

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How technology can benefit humanity 45:53

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Ep 36: New Sustainability - Tamara DiMattina, Olivia Tyler, Tonia Bastyan 1:06:56

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Speakers Tamara DiMattina, Olivia Tyler, Tonia Bastyan Type Live Conversation About this conversation “Emerging economies can’t follow the rulebook of the past by forging a path to industrialisation using fossil-fuel technologies”.1 Climate Change is real and inevitable, and business as usual is over. How do we save the planet, and make sure growth continues to lift billions out of poverty? How do we move forward in a clean, green way? “Society is becoming more and more eco-conscious, demanding ethical practices, responsible behaviour and innovation to cut excess. And in response, brands are creating products, services, packaging, and new systems that are as desirable and functional as they are eco-friendly.” 2 We are now on the cusp of quite an exciting tipping point where investors, customers and the broader community are expecting and (rewarding!) those organisations and brands that are operating well and support regeneration: “restoring ecosystems, rebalancing our climate, and building economies that thrive, while allowing people and the planet to thrive, too.”2 In this interactive panel, we discuss how brands are playing a decisive role in creating a new sustainable way of doing business and find out how your business can join the only way forward. Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! For more information on our serviced office spaces and speaker conversations in Sydney and Melbourne please visit workclubglobal.com…

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Ep 35: Dare to embrace change - JoAnna Ferrari 39:41

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Speaker JoAnna Ferrari Type Live Conversation About this conversation In the face of uncertainty and risk, how do we respond to change and challenges? How do we grow our confidence and abilities to achieve our goals and desires? According to JoAnna Ferrari – “The Transition Specialist” -, it is about tapping into what she’s called “The Champions Mind”: the ability to instantaneously accessing all your resources and come up with the right response and resolutions. We all have this Champions Mind within us – always have – what keeps us stuck and unable to use it when we need it, is listening to our other mind, our scared learned mind. So many of us crush our own dreams, we shy away from opportunity and reduce our own ability to go after the things we really want in our lives. But what if we could simply break this pattern? What if we can literally free ourselves to grow, win and succeed at anything even in the toughest of situations? What if the quickest way to face change and beat fear is by learning to change and adjust you, not the situation? More About The Speaker JoAnna Ferrari, ‘The Transition Specialist’, has transitioned or reinvented herself over 21 times during her life. She has transitioned from child to entrepreneur at 15, from sales to executive at 34, from executive to international speaker at 38, moving her life and family from Chicago to Australia at 46 to be the CEO of a major business. None of these transitions would be as big a change or challenge as she encountered at 53 in her gender transition from male to female. JoAnna Ferrari teaches audiences how to harness the power of transitions with models and formulas she designed called ’Trans-Behavioural Science’ developed from drawing on her 30 plus years as a successful business leader combined with her incredible life experiences. JoAnna has consulted business over 140 countries, has been the interim CEO and executive of corporations in three countries and has 17 years as a professional speaker around the world. JoAnna's Linkedin: JoAnna Ferrari JoAnna's Website: joannaferrari.com Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! For more information on our serviced office spaces and speaker conversations in Sydney and Melbourne please visit workclubglobal.com…

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Ep 34: Press Pause Play: Learning To Focus In Times Of Distraction - Suzanne Boccalatte 47:12

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Speaker Suzanne Boccalatte Type Live Conversation About this conversation We’re living in a time of unrivalled connectivity with near limitless access to information at our fingertips—this is an attention-grabbing culture and it doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. It’s been said we now suffer from constant restlessness, feeling that we need to do more, to move faster and break things to succeed. This is the heart of our modern times. Have we lost the ability to slow down and find pause and concentrate—essential to be creative and successful? The solution is not unwavering pure focus, but our ability to learn how to manage the distractions around us. We need to practice this both online and offline. We will always find things to distract us, whether it was the television last century, the Internet or something else in the future. Today we are suspicious of the pause, and often see it as unnecessary or self-indulgent, as opposed to being essential to finding balance and resilience. Yet our greatest art, music and ideas for every technological breakthrough — originated here in those moments of unencumbered contemplation and concentrated attentiveness. Now try it for yourself, pause and smell the flowers, I dare you. More About The Speaker Suzanne Boccalatte has led a multifaceted creative life as a designer, artist, educator, publisher and writer. She is Professor Art & Design at UNSW. In 1990 she founded Boccalatte, an award-winning design practice, working with some of Australia’s most significant cultural and arts brands, with a mission to create work that encourages curiosity, foster culture and enrich society. She publishes and co-edits Trunk—an award-winning compendium with contributors from the global creative community, the next volume is on ‘Breath’. Suzanne has always enjoyed working in the cultural and creative industries where shifts in attitudes and mindsets emerge first. Conversation Notes - Attention is a resource, and we only have so much of it. We’ve become suspicious of the pause instead of embracing it. - The technological revolution has promised us more time, but now we’re busier than ever. - We feel that we’re in a constant state of restlessness, in a world with a deep sense of fragmentation and isolation. - We need to learn to be alone, without feeling like we’re lonely. - Our best ideas and thoughts come from our own company, when we’re in deep consciousness. “For us to be truly successful and be amongst ourselves, we need to take more pause. We need to pay attention to our experiences and our senses.” - Suzanne Boccalatte Suzanne's Linkedin: Suzanne Boccalatte Suzanne's Website: boccalatte.com Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! For more information on our serviced office spaces and speaker conversations in Sydney and Melbourne please visit workclubglobal.com…

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Ep 33: The Coder vs The Predictor: How The Brain Drives Focus - Dr Jared Cooney Horvath, PhD, MEd 50:27

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Speaker Dr Jared Cooney Horvath, PhD, MEd Type Live Conversation About this conversation How do we make sense of reality and how does our brain process the world around us? The answer to these questions may not be as simple or straightforward as you think. During this Florence Guild conversation Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath will take us on trip through the brain, shedding light on the power of stories to drive our perception and focus; and how we can change them in order to beneficially guide our own (and others’) focus. The ideas explored during this session can help advertisers better grab attention, branders build stronger memories, and trainers better impact their students & clients. More About The Speaker Jared Cooney Horvath (PhD, MEd) is an expert in the field of Educational Neuroscience with a focus on human learning, memory, and attention. He has conducted research and lectured at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, the University of Melbourne, and over 100 schools internationally. Jared has published 5 books, over 30 research articles, and his work has been featured in numerous popular publications, including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, WIRED, The Economist, and ABC’s Catalyst. He currently serves as Director of LME Global: a team dedicated to bringing the latest in brain and behavioural research to businesses and organisations. Conversation Notes - The stories we use to make sense of the world – in terms of how it works or how it functions – drive who we are and how we live. - These stories drive our perceptions, rather than the other way around. - This is the fundamental power of focus. - The concepts we use affect the coder in our brain, which affects the character in our body. - Our concepts not only affect the way we see things, but what those things mean to us. “You can literally see, feel and hear the world the way you think it should exist, not the way it actually exists” - Dr Jared Cooney Horvath, PhD, MEd Jared's Linkedin: Jared Cooney Horvath Jared's Twitter: @JCHorvath Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! For more information on our serviced office spaces and speaker conversations in Sydney and Melbourne please click here or contact us.…

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Ep 32: Brand With Purpose - Michel Hogan 32:57

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Speaker Michel Hogan Type Live Conversation About this conversation Brand is stuck in a time warp of thinking as “ing” or “re” dominated by marketing and advertising models and interests. This does not help organisations to sustainably navigate the complex relationship between what they do, how they do it and why they do it. Let’s begin with a mind-shift about a brand as a result of the promises you keep. Of all an organization’s (or individual’s) actions and decisions. Built on a foundation of their purpose and values. And delivered through people’s experience. Because when you take what you care about and use it to help shape the promises you make, you’re more likely to keep them. When you put your purpose to work in even the unheroic actions and decisions, they’re more likely to reflect it and become reasons to believe. So, what promises are you making and how are you keeping them? More About The Speaker Michel Hogan is an independent thinker and adviser. After 15 years in the US, Michel returned to Australia where she continues her practice helping individuals and organisations make promises they can keep and keep the promises they make with a robust, resilient brand as the result. Michel is a regular contributor and sought-after commentator on brand, organisations and people’s experience, writing weekly for SmartCompany.com.au and is the author of Between Making Money and World Peace; A Brand Blogthology on Purpose, Values and Keeping Your Promises. Conversation Notes - A brand is the result of promises that you keep, or those that you don’t. - A brand is a result. It’s an achievement, not a creation. - The fundamental ingredients to any brand are the purpose and values behind it. - We live in a world where people get hired for what they do, but get fired (or leave) for who they are. - It is so rare to walk into an organisation and for someone to tell you what they do and how it connects to what they care about. “How and why you make promises is really important. Too many organisations make promises and work out how to keep them later” – Michel Hogan Michel's Linkedin: Michel Hogan Michel's Twitter: @michelhogan Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! For more information on our serviced office spaces and speaker conversations in Sydney and Melbourne please click here or contact us.…

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Ep 31: Urban Brand-Utility: Impact Branding for the Urbanising Century - Sérgio Brodsky 37:10

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Speaker Sérgio Brodsky Type Live Conversation About this conversation Aggressive urbanisation and middle-class growth have compromised the delivery of appropriate public utility services for urban residents' wellbeing worldwide. Enters Urban Brand-Utility (UBU), the emerging thinking and practice reframing brand communications as a catalyst for sustainable development via people-public-private-partnerships and radically innovative use of media. UBU applications happen when brand communications touchpoints elevate their role from being mere messengers to delivering public utility services that supplement cities' infrastructure, alleviating urbanisation’s growing pains. By enhancing instead of interrupting people's moments this approach is a response to the decay of the advertising model, offering the conditions for ingenious advertising to step up from eye-catching stunts onto an infrastructure of creative, urban resiliency. To enable a virtuous circle, cities would then arrange for tax breaks, rebates, R&D contributions or other types of incentives. This way, marketing budgets are effectively turned into marketing investment funds where returns are reaped by brand, monetary and societal metrics. More About The Speaker Sergio Brodsky (LL.M, MBA), internationally experienced marketing strategist, regular columnist at Marketing Magazine, scholar of the prestigious The Marketing Academy and Chairman of its Alumni program. Sérgio is a sought-after speaker regularly featured on local and international circuits. Sérgio began his career as an IP lawyer before pivoting towards brand strategy, media and innovation, internationally. He is passionate about cities, culture and the role of brands and technology in society. Follow him on Twitter: @brandKzar Conversation Notes - When it comes to a brand it’s not about what ‘matters’, it’s about what doesn’t matter. It’s the intangibles, it’s the meaning. - Fundamentally, return on investment will always be a key consideration. Going forward, this will mean creating value beyond the billboard. - The DNA for any advertising campaign is a big idea, which often comes from a big ego. This idea is only expressed once we’re interrupted. - Advertising does not change behaviour, it only prompts our behaviour. The context upon which the advertisement takes place changes behaviour. - Brands that are good for people are also great for business. “If you only build your brand, you will die. If you just sell your product, you’ll become irrelevant. It’s an orchestration of both, you need to sell your stuff and your story.” - Sérgio Brodsky Sérgio's Linkedin: Sérgio Brodsky Sérgio's Twitter: @brandKzar Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe!…

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Ep 30: The Opportunity In Uncertainty - Dr Tim Rayner and Diana Renner 38:23

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Speakers Dr Tim Rayner and Diana Renner Type Live Conversation About this conversation As leaders, we are rewarded for our knowledge and expertise. However, our knowledge may also limit our perspective. In new, unfamiliar and uncertain situations, what we know can restrict our ability to think differently and see problems in a fresh light. The more we harness received knowledge, the less we learn about the situation, and the narrower our point of view becomes. In these volatile and uncertain times, it is vital that leaders learn to see problems in the broadest possible light. Leaders need to cultivate a new relationship to uncertainty – one that is attentive, authentic, and generative; that involves letting go of knowing and control; and contributes to their ability to see the broader system. Instead of rushing to close down the experience of uncertainty, leaders must learn to sustain the experience and turn uncertainty into an experience of raw possibility. The art of focus in uncertainty is about zooming in and zooming out. More About The Speakers Dr Tim Rayner Dr Tim Rayner is the Director of Education and Culture at The Merrier. He is an internationally-recognised philosopher and action educator with over 10 years experience working in social entrepreneurship and leadership development. Tim’s recent book, Hacker Culture and the New Rules of Innovation, explores the impact of software hacking and startup culture on 21st century business innovation. He teaches ‘Leadership, Teams and Scalability’ in the MBA (Entrepreneurship) Program at UTS Business School. Diana Renner Diana Renner is an organisational consultant, teacher and award-winning author. As the director and co-founder of the Uncharted Leadership Institute and the creator of Not Knowing and Not Doing Labs, Diana helps individuals and organisations develop new skills to navigate uncertainty and make progress on complex challenges. Diana is the co-author of Not Knowing: the art of turning uncertainty into possibility, awarded 2015 Management Book of the Year in the U.K. and translated in 10 languages, and Not Doing: the art of effortless action, published in 2018. Conversation Notes - Uncertainty has a lot to do with the culture surrounding expertise and leadership within our society. - As humans, we’re naturally wired to want to know and experience everything. - Emotions are not simply our responses to the world, emotions are the response to the way our body cognitively responds to the world. - Our brain loves taking shortcuts, but sometimes it prevents us from looking at things with fresh eyes. So when we stop looking, we miss out. - Uncertainty is a doorway to discovery, so long as we embrace it. “Mystery is an enticement and an invitation to learning” – Dr Tim Rayner Tim's Linkedin: Tim Rayner Tim's Twitter: @timrayner01 Diana's Linkedin: Diana Renner Diana's Twitter: @notknowinglab Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! For more information on our serviced office spaces and speaker conversations in Sydney and Melbourne please email events@workclubglobal.com.…

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Ep 29: Disruptive Customer Insights That Drive Competitive Advantage - Prof. Joe Urbany 38:40

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Speaker Professor Joe Urbany Type Live Conversation About Work Club Global Work Club Global is for people and organisations who want to break free from the rigid, conventions of traditional working. Those who have freedom of movement, curiosity of mind, diversity of thought and courage of spirit to transition effortlessly between work, life and leisure. Work Club provides collaborative working spaces to stimulate and energise its members and encourages conversations to spark creativity. About this conversation As commoditisation inevitably hits industries, organisations struggle deeply with differentiation and financial growth. Opportunities for competitive advantage, though, are often missed because of consistent misalignment between firm decision-makers and what customers actually value. We’ll discuss how “disruptive customer insights” can be applied to drive growth through differentiated strategy, innovation, enhanced customer experience and ultimately deliver financial results. More About The Speaker Joe Urbany, Ph.D. is Professor of Marketing in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, Illinois. He was previously Associate Dean of Graduate Programs in the College. He received his Ph.D. from Ohio University. Professor Urbany’s research and large volume of published work focuses on managerial decision-making, competitive strategy and buyer behaviour. He also consults to a wide range of organisations. He has been cited by several media outlets, including U.S. News and World Report, USA Today, MSNBC, the Wall Street Journal, and in other international media. Conversation Notes - Disruption is not only about change, it’s about opportunity. - Disrupt the value that customers feel they deserve, and what they actually receive. - The way you beat competitors is to understand customer decision making better than they do. Do this by conceptualising customer needs and work out how that relates to what is provided in your offering. - It’s very important to get very focused on each customer and each competitor, that’s where you get the depth of insight and actionable opportunities. - There’s nothing more motivating than someone thinking you’re something you’re not. There’s also nothing more motivating than someone not recognising something you are. “We tend to think of disruption as an ‘external’ focus, but we need to disrupt our internal organisation first. That’s where it all begins.” Joe's Linkedin: Joe Urbany Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! For more information on our serviced office spaces and speaker conversations in Sydney and Melbourne please click here or contact us.…

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Ep 28: Our Blockchain Based Future - Jamie Skella 40:31

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Speaker Jamie Skella Type Live Conversation About Work Club Global Work Club Global is for people and organisations who want to break free from the rigid, conventions of traditional working. Those who have freedom of movement, curiosity of mind, diversity of thought and courage of spirit to transition effortlessly between work, life and leisure. Work Club provides collaborative working spaces to stimulate and energise its members and encourages conversations to spark creativity. About this conversation Technologist and entrepreneur Jamie Skella has spent two decades designing, building and advising of businesses across blockchain, IoT, and even future food. Formerly Executive Director at MiVote, a not-for-profit democratic movement, Jamie has since gone on to co-found one of Australia’s first blockchain projects, Horizon State. A company focused on redesigning how societies collaboratively make decisions using emerging technology – and how to arrive at high-quality decisions – Horizon State has built a community empowerment and secure voting platform that delivers unprecedented trust through the integrity and post-unforgeable attributes of distributed ledger technology. More About The Speaker Jamie Skella joins Florence Guild to explain Blockchain in simple terms, walk us through the Horizon State story, and gets us to think big picture about the opportunity that blockchain enabled disruption presents – as well as the risks and opportunities that come along with it. Decentralisation and disintermediation is on the horizon, whether you’re ready for it or not. Conversation Notes - Blockchain can be framed as a digitised and synchronized notebook, designed to replace how society organises itself. - It provides for an equitable and disintermediated society where we can redistribute wealth and potentially even save the environment. - In the long-term, the banks will need to make way for the rapid influx of change. - At this stage, developer tools are young and a lot more quality design work needs to be in place. - The accountability and transparency present in the system will always counteract the criminal element. Quote “It’s not the technology we need to stop, or slow, or fix – it’s the people. Technology is agnostic, all technology can be used for good and for bad.” Jamie's Linkedin: Jamie Skella Jamie's Twitter: Jamie Skella Join Us Did you enjoy the conversation? If so, make sure to subscribe! For more information on our serviced office spaces and speaker conversations in Sydney and Melbourne contact us at events@workclubglobal.com.…

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Ep 27: Miles Davis, Autonomous Cars and the Adjacent Possible - Jacyl Shaw 45:21

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