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CONVERSATIONS WITH THOUGHT LEADERSKEYNOTE EVENT: Turning Strategy into RealityDATE: Wednesday 18 October 2023HOSTS:David Webley - Founder & Managing Director, Granite ConsultingKEYNOTE SPEAKER:Rob Loader â Strategy & Transformation ExecutiveRoberto Calati â Co-Founder & CEO Granite DataGuy Brunsdon â Product & Technology ExecutiveIn this keynote event, Roberto Calati, Rob Loader and Guy Brunsdon covered current trends in transformation, workforce insights, a Silicon Valley perspective, and a practical discussion on how to bridge the expensive gap between strategy and execution.
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CHAPTERS00:00 Ch.01 Event Welcome and Introductions07:21 Ch.02 Brian's Dyslexia Journey11:25 Ch.03 What is Dyslexia?13:26 Ch.04 Not Tied to Low IQ14:25 Ch.05 Spikes in the Profile15:09 Ch.06 Dyslexia in the Workplace19:11 Ch.07 Fourth Industrial Revolution19:55 Ch.08 Skills Forecast 20:50 Ch.09 The Value of Dyslexia29:22 Ch.10 Attracting and Retaining Dyslexic Workers 35:06 Ch.11 Thanks and CloseCONVERSATIONS WITH THOUGHT LEADERSKEYNOTE EVENT: Building Competitive Advantage Through NeurodiversityDATE: Wednesday 16 August 2023HOSTS:David Webley - Founder & Managing Director, Granite ConsultingKEYNOTE SPEAKER:Brian Heatherich â Technology Leader & Advocate for NeurodiversityIn this event, Brian talked about what dyslexia is and what it isnât, what are the âsuperpowersâ of a person with dyslexia that organisations should tap into, the current representation of people with dyslexia within in the corporate environment, the power of tapping into neurodiversity for organisations of the future and recommendations on how to commence or continue your corporate neurodiversity journey.
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CONVERSATIONS WITH THOUGHT LEADERS
KEYNOTE EVENT: How to Unleash a World Class BA Practice
DATE: Wednesday 14 June 2023
HOSTS:David Webley - Founder & Managing Director, Granite Consulting
Mark Carter - Director Granite Consulting
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Maria Montgomery â Leader, Author, Trainer, and Speaker
In this session Maria Montgomery shares insights from her recently released book âA Guide to Getting Business Analysis Done the Right Wayâ. Maria talks about why getting business analysis right is crucial for organisational success, where to focus your efforts to build Business Analyst capabilities and establish a 'Centre of Excellence'.
CHAPTERS00:00 Ch.01 Event Welcome and Introductions
05:44 Ch.02 Evolution of Business Analysis
09:49 Ch.03 Current Challenges and Problems
15:39 Ch.04 Impacts of Poor Business Analysis
17:03 Ch.05 The Model for Getting Business Analysis Right
18:17 Ch.06 So What Does it Take to Do Well
20:05 Ch.07 Best Practice
22:39 Ch.08 The Business Analysis Checklist
23:08 Ch.09 Thanks and Close
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DATE: Wednesday 24th May 2023
HOSTS:
David Webley - Founder & Managing Director, Granite Consulting
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Gemma Suanders â Chief Workplace Editor and Proud Queer Executive
Alana Bennett â Human Experience Fanatic and Coach
In this edition of Conversations with Thought Leaders we talk to two exciting guests, Alana Bennett â Human Experience Fanatic & Coach and Gemma Saunders đ GAICD â Founder & Lead Consultant, Workplace Edit. With our very own David Webley - Managing Director & Co-Founder hosting, Alana and Gemma talk about what is driving and derailing connection within an organisation and why connection matters.
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CONVERSATIONS WITH THOUGHT LEADERSKEYNOTE EVENT: Winning With DataDATE: Wednesday 22nd March 2023HOSTS:David Webley - Founder & Managing Director, Granite ConsultingRoberta Calati - General Manager, Granite Data SolutionsKEYNOTE SPEAKER:Bharath Venkataraman - Senior Data LeaderABOUT ROBERTO:Roberto is an accomplished technology leader with nearly 20 years of experience driving digital and technology transformation in multiple industries and has held executive technology roles at Myer, Toll Group and Tabcorp. Throughout his career, Roberto has had a passion for data from the very beginning, where he worked in research labs collecting and transforming data, right up to leading BI and data teams as a divisional CIO. Under Roberto's leadership, his teams have delivered numerous successful data-driven initiatives that have had a significant impact on the businesses they support. This has included millions of dollars of cost out through BI initiatives and developing cross-functional insights that led to the creation of new product categories. Seeing the massive, sustained increase in the demand for data platforms, people and capability drove Roberto to co-found a data company and help businesses build world-class data capabilities. ABOUT BHARATHBharath Venkataraman is a senior Data leader with extensive experience in creating and delivering organisation wide BI and Analytics vision and strategy, across various domains such as FMCG, Telecommunications, Supply Chain, Logistics and Retail to support strategic business goals and enable best-in class information delivery. Bharath has over 15 yearsâ experience in recruiting, developing, and managing high performing teams to deliver complex Analytics solutions and well considered, multi-level insights to a variety of stakeholders to enable customer teams to make better, more informed strategic decisions.
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CONVERSATIONS WITH THOUGHT LEADERS
KEYNOTE EVENT: What's the Fuss About Flutter?
DATE: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
HOSTS:
David Webley - Founder & Managing Director, Granite Consulting
Sam Jenkins - Lead Consultant Software Development, Granite Consulting
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Christian Findlay - Independent Flutter Developer
ABOUT CHRISTIAN:
Christian is a highly experienced and respected Technology leader with over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. Christian has partnered with large organisations such as MYOB, Toll Group, Loan Market Group and Telstra Health.
Christian has been running his own business, christianfindlay.com, for just over 3 years where he has specialised in content creation and development with Flutter. Having previously worked with Xamarin, Christian strongly believes that Flutter is the future for cross platform application development, not just from the point of view from the Developer, but due to the hugely reduced costs and times for companies. Christian has a history of releasing apps on the Google Play, Microsoft and Apple stores. He currently has Flutter apps in the two stores and is overhauling two existing apps for release soon.
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HOW TO GROW BEYOND DIVERSITY
DATE: 1 June 2022
HOST: David Webley, Founder & MD of Granite Consulting
GUEST: Gemma Saunders â Founder and Lead Consultant, Workplace Edit
ABOUT THIS EPISODEThis episode explores diversity and inclusiveness in the workplace, and the ways that organisations are best able to not only nurture a diverse workforce but leverage it for strategic advantage. Although many organisations pay it lip service, those that truly embrace diversity are emerging as employers of choice, growing their talent pool, and yielding the benefits that this stands to offer. With Gemmaâs first-hand experience working with numerous companies in this space, the webinar is sure to provide many insights and tips that attendees are able to apply in their own teams and organisations.
ABOUT GEMMA
Gemma is the founder of âWorkplace Editâ, a consultancy that partners with organisations to adapt and leverage the huge amount of value of having a diverse workforce. Gemma is a proud queer woman and parent of two. She has many accolades including being a finalist at the Australian LGBTI Awards (alongside the cast of Netflix show âOrange is the New Blackâ) and has been on the board of âWear It Purpleâ and âMinus18â (organisations that do pivotal work in LGBTIQ+ inclusion). Gemma was a senior executive at Medibank until 2020 where she helped build a diverse and inclusive workplace and has since worked for Afterpay, Linktree, Koala, Sportsbet and approximately 30 other global & local brands over the past two years. -
FIVE CONVERSATIONS TO BUILD YOUR CULTURE
DATE: 27 April 2022
HOST: David Webley, Founder & MD of Granite Consulting
GUEST: Shane Hatton â Leadership Author, Trainer, Coach & Speaker, Author of 'Let's Talk Culture'
ABOUT:
Shane is an author and speaker on culture, coaching, leadership and communication.
Whether you want to rebuild your culture in this new post-COVID world or improve your ability to inspire your team towards success, this podcast will dare you to walk new paths as a leader and unlock what seems impossible.
What is covered in this podcast:
- What do we mean when we talk about âcultureâ?
- Can culture be influenced, or does it just happen?
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LEADERSHIP AS A LIFESTYLE
DATE: 8 September 2021
HOST: David Webley, Founder & MD of Granite Consulting
GUEST: Colleen Callander â Keynote Speaker, Director, Author of 'Leader By Design'
In this episode David speak to Colleen Callander (former Sportsgirl CEO, Founder of Mentor Me Women and Author of âLeader By Designâ) and covers topics such as the foundations of leadership, how kindness can be used by leaders, how to recognise and avoid burnout, and building the confidence to be a better leader.
INSIGHT 1 Confidence is a skill and not a trait. It's therefore something that can grow and be nurtured and developed.
INSIGHT 2 A degree of chaos and disruption is healthy and helps to lift resilience and innovation. However there is a significant difference between disruptive and destructive leadership and an organisation will only grow from the former and not the latter.
INSIGHT 3 Although kindness is often perceived as weakness, the opposite is true. It requires courage to make strong and tough decisions with kindness.
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RESILIENCE MATTERS, MORE THAN EVER
DATE: 18 August 2021
HOST: David Webley, Founder & MD of Granite Consulting
GUEST: Maggie Roberts â CEO Creative Factory, Director Diving Australia, GAICD
This conversation explores resilience and how it has featured in Maggie's journey from elite athlete to corporate executive. It provides listeners with a range of concepts and techniques to develop and nurture resilience, which during these unprecedented times is more important than ever.
INSIGHT 1
Visualisation is a powerful tool that can be used in all walks of life. Deep visualisation will help you believe it is possible. What you believe, you can achieve.
INSIGHT 2
Values are fundamental to resilience and what bring it to life. Living by values such as courage, strength, excellence, perseverance, and belief, will help you grow from setbacks and be more resilient.
INSIGHT 3
Reflect, not regret is a mindset that reframes setbacks as opportunities to learn. This not only provides a genesis for growth, but is key to maintaining a positive outlook and improved mental wellbeing.
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LEADING THROUGH OUR (ULTRA) MARATHON CHALLENGES
DATE: 14 July 2021
HOST: David Webley, Founder & MD of Granite Consulting
GUEST: Dr. Kay Bretz â Author, Facilitator, Executive Coach, Keynote
Speaker, and Elite Athlete
This conversation explores the mental preparation of competing in ultra marathons and how these techniques can be applied to everyone's work and life challenges.
INSIGHT 1 To achieve step level gain, rather than just marginal gains, a fundamental shift in mindset is required. Although doing bits and pieces may enable the one percenters, itâs necessary to deliberately diverge from your default, to turn right instead of left, to attain your 22% step level improvement.
INSIGHT 2 We all have our limiting beliefs that are self-fulfilling and provide a safety net in work and life. Itâs not until we honestly confront and dispel these limiting beliefs, which takes courage and vulnerability, that our true potential can be realised.
INSIGHT 3 When we accept that pain and discomfort is an essential part of the journey, and from which we learn the most, we can embrace it and use it as fuel for growth. Resisting pain can cause more suffering than the pain itself, and by accepting it, will often allow the discomfort to dissipate.
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DATE: 9 June 2021
HOST: David Webley, Founder & MD of Granite Consulting
GUEST: Bill Davoren â High Performance Coach Development Manager, Australian Institute of Sport (AIS)
This conversation explores what high performance development looks like at an elite athlete level, and whether any parallels can be drawn to manage the performance of individuals and teams in the business world.
INSIGHT 1 When individual team members are prepared to make personal sacrifice to put team ahead of self, team performance is raised to a new level. This is where a team of champions can become a champion team, and the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
INSIGHT 2 Thereâs no point striving for the final percent of marginal gain until the ninety nine percent has first been attained. For teams and individuals at this level, the focus is then often more about maintaining, rather than attaining, their leadership position.
INSIGHT 3 As teams and individuals ascend to higher levels of performance, mental strength and resilience is of growing focus. At the elite level, it is usually mental strength, rather than physical talent, that is the differentiator.
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DATE: 14 April 2021
HOST:
David Webley, Founder & MD of Granite Consulting
GUEST:
Geoff Purcell - Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Melbourne Water
This conversation explores the growth of Digital in organisations and across the community, how it has been expedited by COVID and social distancing, and the human impacts that leaders need to recognise and accommodate.
INSIGHT 1 As Digital becomes more pervasive, the boundaries between IT and the business are fading. IT is being driven from the back to the front office, and technologists are becoming a more critical contributor to the broader business discussion.
INSIGHT 2 For technologists to truly add value, they not only need to understand the business, but also to nurture and strengthen their relationships with their colleagues within it.
INSIGHT 3 Managing the impact that the rise of Digital has on culture, one size does not fit all. Apart from a principle of ensuring no one feels isolated, each team should have the autonomy of putting in place what works best for them.
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DATE: 10 March 2021
HOST:
David Webley, Founder & MD of Granite Consulting
GUEST:
Professor Ken Sloan - Dep. Vice Chancellor, Monash University
This conversation explores the evolving corporate landscape and challenges leaders now face on a day to day basis. It includes the importance of nurturing the right mindset that enables a leader to leverage the opportunities that adversity can present.
INSIGHT 1 2016 was a pivotal year. As much as 2020 has transformed the world, 2016 was when there were a number of unexpected changes (such as BREXIT and the US election result) that marked a turn in the pendulum and started presenting substantial new challenges and adversity for leaders to navigate.
INSIGHT 2 The challenges of new ways of working are equal to the benefits. Leaders need to nurture a balanced and optimistic mindset that is both empathetic to how different people may be impacted, as well as proactive to leverage the opportunities it presents.
INSIGHT 3 Leaders need to move beyond response mode. The leader's 'to do' list should not only include tactical items that are reactive by nature, but should also include proactive items that are 'operational' and 'strategic'.
TOPICS:
Professional Journey Leadership Styles Reverse Mentoring New Ways of Working 2016, A Pivotal Year Role of Higher Education Growth Culture Working Remotely Mental Wellness Examples of Leadership Beyond Response Mode A Leader's 'To Do' List
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DATE: 24 February 2021
HOST:
David Webley, Founder & MD of Granite Consulting
GUESTS:
Renata Sguario - Founder & CEO Maxme
This conversation explores Human Skills. Their importance, not only in the workplace, but also in life in general. The growing gap in Human Skills that new virtual ways of working has highlighted and expedited, and how individuals and organisations can go about bridging that gap.
INSIGHT 1 In the new world of remote working, human skills are becoming more important and the gap far more evident.
INSIGHT 2 Uplifting human skills is more than just getting ahead. Uplifting human skills will improve your sense of wellbeing and make you feel better about your life in general.
INSIGHT 3 Listening is a fundamental human skill and is the difference between listening to understand rather than just listening to respond.
TOPICS COVERED:
Renata's Backstory
Motivations for founding Maxme
Human Skills in the Virtual World
Building Trust Virtually
About Maxme
About Hodie and Special Offer to CWTL Community
Listening to Understand vs Listening to Respond
The Importance of Reflection
Diagnosing a Human Skills Gap
How to Listen to Understand
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GETTING SH*T DONE IN UNCERTAINTY
DATE: 25 November 2020
HOST: David Webley, Founder & MD of Granite Consulting
GUESTS: Julia Steel, Speaker, Author, Facilitator, & Coach
This episode of CWTLeaders explores the obstacles and constraints during times of uncertainty, and provides insights to developing a mindset to overcome them.
KEY INSIGHTS
1. In time we will see the positive impact on culture that 2020 challenges has had.
2. This year has provided great opportunity to pause, reflect, and adjust.
3. Recognising what's important, rather than what's urgent, will enable what matters.
4. It's the situation that's uncertain, not ourselves, and we have control of how we respond.
5. Uncertainty doesn't diminish our enduring capabilities to overcome challenges and thrive..
TABLE OF CONTENTS (PODCAST @ Spotify)
05m30 Julia's Journey & Backstory
09m00 Impacts of 2020 on Productivity
12m30 Employee Expectations
15m00 Building Virtual Teams
17m00 Impacts of 2020 on Culture
24m30 Removing the Obstacles
26m30 Mindset Reset During Uncertainty
27m30 Developing New Habits
42m00 Building Relationships Virtually
44m45 Focus on What Matters
50m15 2021 Cause for Optimism
This conversation was part of an online forum that took place on Wednesday 25 November 2020, with attendees joining and posing questions from all around the world.
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THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET - HOW ANYONE CAN BECOME FEARLESS AND GROW
DATE: 11 November 2020
HOST: David Webley, Founder & MD of Granite Consulting
GUESTS: Jo Burston, Founder & CEO Inspiring Rare Birds
This episode of CWTLeaders explores entrepreneurship, how people can turn their passions into their livelihood, and the difference between a growth and fixed mindset.
KEY INSIGHTS
1. A passion for the cause and backing yourself are essential to entrepreneurial success.
2. Failures are inevitable when pushing boundaries and should be leveraged to learn and grow.
3. Adversity provides the impetus for innovation to occur.
4. Your people must be exceptionally change ready to seize emerging business opportunities.
5. Diversity nurtures different ways of thinking, yielding greater ideation and problem solving.
6. A growth mindset helps to leverage failures, build resilience, learn and grow.
TABLE OF CONTENTS (PODCAST @ Spotify)
# The Catalyst for Change
# By Accident or Design
# Importance of Passion
# Innovation from Adversity
# Hiring for Human Skills
# Fixed v Growth Mindset
This conversation was part of an online forum that took place on Wednesday 11 November 2020, with attendees joining and posing questions from all around the world.
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LEADING THE LEADERS
DATE: 28 October 2020
HOST:
David Webley, Founder & MD of Granite Consulting
GUESTS:
Tim Way, Managing Director & Career Coach, The Career Conversation
Alana Bennett, Human Experience Fanatic & Coach, Connected Experience
This episode of CWTLeaders explores the latest views and insights on leadership, with a particular focus on leaders who have leaders within their team, and how they should approach their role differently.
KEY INSIGHTS
1. Leadership is about shedding ego and enabling others to shine.
2. Don't under-estimate the significance of the human element.
3. Focusing on impact, rather than deliverables, will nurture trust and grow engagement.
4. The right language will help people get to know each other and work together better.
5. Leadership isn't easy, and it's important to make time for self care, to do it well.
6. Personal branding looks different in a remote working world, and shouldn't be forgotten.
7. Unlike the traditional 'ladder', a 'lattice' is a different way of thinking of leadership and type of contribution to be made.
TABLE OF CONTENTS (PODCAST @ Spotify)
# Leadership is Enabling Others
# Shifting Emphasis of Leadership
# Impact and Contribution Over Deliverables
# Leading in a Virtual World
# Ladder and Lattice Leadership, Different Ways to Contribute
# Leadership in Self Managed Teams
This conversation was part of an online forum that took place on Wednesday 28th October 2020, with attendees joining and posing questions from all around the world.
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CULTURE FUELLED GROWTH
DATE: 14 October 2020
HOST: David Webley, Founder & MD of Granite Consulting
GUESTS:
Con Mouzouris, CEO, Mantel Group
Caroline Henshaw, Head of Culture and People, Mantel Group
This conversation shares the journey and insights of the Mantel Group, and its use of a Principle based culture to drive substantial growth (0 to 300 team members in just three years), as well as be awarded one of Australiaâs Top 10 Places to Work.
INSIGHT 1
People are more engaged in small organisations. This type of engagement is able to be maintained in a growing organisation by limiting the size of each division to an optimum scale of ~150 people (as per Dunbar theory), a level up to which people are able to have meaningful relationships with each other.
INSIGHT 2
One advantage of remote working has been to create a level playing field between team members. Prior to COVID, people working in remote locations were alone when dialling into meetings where the rest of the team were co-located. Under COVID and the remote working practices it has introduced for most people, everyone is now dialling in and no-one feels on the outer.
INSIGHT 3
An uncompromising culture provides not only a sense of identity internally, but is also outward facing and something customers are able to recognise as an organisation they wish to do business with. A strong culture that is defined by Principles also means there is less need for internal rules and policies as the Principles themselves are able to guide the right behaviour.
TABLE OF CONTENTS (PODCAST @ Spotify)
09m45 Nurturing Culture
11m45 Uplifting Trust
13m30 Mantel Group Principles
17m45 Top 10 Places to Work
21m00 House of Brands
36m00 Mental Health
39m15 Customer Relationship
46m15 Future Plans
48m15 Difficult Stakeholders
49m15 Talent Acquisition
51m30 Resilience to Growth
This conversation was part of an online forum that took place on Wednesday 14thOctober 2020, with attendees joining and posing questions from all around the world.
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CUSTOMER FOCUSED AGILE TRANSFORMATION
DATE: 30 September 2020
HOST: David Webley, Founder & MD of Granite Consulting
GUESTS: Mark Bain, GM Technology Fred IT Group
This conversation explores transformation journey by Fred IT Group to a Customer Centric SAFe delivery model.
INSIGHT 1
A fundamental part of transformation is first asking the hard questions, and being prepared to answer them honestly. Until you truly face into the underlying problems, you are not able to solve them.
INSIGHT 2
Putting the customer at the centre of every conversation has enabled Fred IT to solidify its purpose and objectives. Even executives who had been in the business for several decades admitted to discovering new things about the customer. Clarification of purpose and objectives through a customer lens has made work much more meaningful for staff and resulted in an uplift in productivity and morale.
INSIGHT 3
Although KPIs continue to be used in certain areas, a greater emphasis on OKRs (objectives and key results) has helped to define a customer centric approach.
TABLE OF CONTENTS (PODCAST @ Spotify)
00m15s Welcome and Introductions
07m15s An overview of Fred IT, Customers and Products
11m30s The Imperative to Change
12m15s High Level Approach and Selection of SAFe
21m45s What Worked Well
24m00s Improvement Opportunities
29m30s Could the Transformation have Occurred During COVID
31m15s Onboarding New Team Members Virtually
32m45s A Customer Centric Approach
36m15s Purpose to Drive Engagement and Better Outcomes
39m00s Key Challenges Faced
40m15s Level of Visibility for Business Prioritisation
41m30s KPIs versus OKRs
46m00s Getting People Onboard
50m00s Advice for Tackling Change Resistance
This conversation was part of an online forum that took place on Wednesday 30th September 2020, with attendees joining and posing questions from all around the world.
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