Positive change is what John Chambers is enabling through his life's many aspects: start-ups; helping corporates innovate in a way that suits them best; working with people to help them grow; seeking ways to grow awareness and connection with Aboriginal Australians.

Subtle Disruptors

John Chambers: Changes, macro and micro, that create value for all of us – SD91

Nature can provide inspiration to many of us, but it’s been particularly significant to Naturepreneur, Ian Banyard, who been discovering how reconnecting with the natural world is key to saving both ourselves and our planet.

Ian Banyard: Getting lost in nature to find our true nature – SD90

In many ways, this podcast series is about creating change in a way that is accessible to all of us, and which is aggregate has an amazing impact. This episode encapsulates this beautiful, both through the guest Athalia Zwartz, and the organisation she is part of, Initiatives of Change

Athalia Zwartz: Enabling external change through internal work – SD89

There is something that we have forgotten. Something that came naturally to us when we were kids. Something that came naturally to our ancestors. Through carefully listening to ourselves and to others, we can find a way back to loving the earth again.

Sieta Beckwith: Falling in love with the earth again – SD88

What happens when we slow down and write a letter? Not just to us in the act of writing it, but after posting it for the person who receives it? Melanie Knight creates settings where we can reconnect with analogue forms of communication, and rekindle our creativity.

Melanie Knight: Expression, connection, creativity and conviction – SD87

Some of the best work I have ever done has been working in tandem with somebody I connect with, have values aligned with, and most of all have a lot of fun with. The two Adams have found this in each other, with it manifesting in an excellent podcast called 'What you will learn'.

The three Adams (Ashton, Jones and Murray): The multiplying effect of an aligned duo – SD86

How much of the best thinking we have to offer, and that others have to offer, is being missed by the environments we create for our discussions? Candice Smith embodies what it means to tap into our collective best thinking.

Candice Smith: Creating environments that enable our best thinking – SD85

New models of organisation are emerging, where things like self-direction, autonomy, and bringing your whole self to work are highly valued and shown to bring rewards. Back In Motion Health Group is one of these organisations.

Jason T Smith: Divulging power for greater impact – SD84

"The performer is a member of the group, who is nominated by the group, to stand up on behalf of the group and say something of value." Luke Hockley embodies these aspects of being a performer and curates moments that draw this out of others as well.

Luke Hockley: Drawing deeply to enable self-love, belonging, insight, and action – SD83

Conversations that gently help people have a realisation; sharing with others about your voting intentions; writing letters to local members of parliament: In themselves, they are not glamorous, they are not new, nor innovative. But they are the simple, difficult, actions that in aggregate can make a significant difference.

Katerina Gaita: Conversations that create a ’climate for change’ – SD82

As he listens, Oscar enables the speaker to uncover meaning inside them they were previously unable to articulate. And he is on a mission to enable millions to interact in this way.

Oscar Trimboli: Deep listening, or slowing down to go faster – SD81

Lina Patel plays well with edges: between joy and ferocity; between what is permitted and what is possible; and between power and purpose.

Lina Patel: Playing at the edge of what’s possible and what’s permitted – SD80

Gilbert Rochecouste has played an enormous, behind the scenes role in shaping Melbourne to be the city it is today.

Gilbert Rochecouste: Subtly disrupting Melbourne – SD79

For forty years David Holmgren has been part of a worldwide movement of subtle disruption through co-originating permaculture. His latest book is a handbook on how to apply permaculture principles to the living arrangements most of us occupy today: suburbia.

David Holmgren: Principles of permaculture for a retrofitted suburbia – SD78

Garry Williams has navigated his way out of the corporate world, through General Assembly, Inspire9, FuckUp Nights Melbourne, and now working to help nurture Melbourne's innovation community at the University of Melbourne.

Garry Williams: Subtle disruption through trying, failing, learning, and allowing – SD77

Monthly episodes with people you have probably never heard of. What they are doing through their life or work will inspire about the small changes that can be made for an amazing impact.

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