Chelsea Morley is the founder and creative director of Tiny Disco. A Melbourne based new-age advertising agency with a focus on creative ideas, and beautiful content.  

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SKIP THROUGHT THE EPSISODE:

00:00 - Welcome to Uncommon
02:00 – Funny Accents
03:10 – Earliest memory
04:30 – Crazy bee story!
06:20 – Earliest conception of death
12:05 – Childhood aspirations
14:00 – TV channels 
19:08 – TV career (Best and worst)
13:55 - Treated differently after pregnancy
19:30 – Parenting wisdom / advice
35:20 – Tiny Disco blowing up!
37:00 – Tiny Disco beginnings 
42:45 – Kids like a mirror?
47:40 – Finding inspiration sources 
50:50 – Jordan defends his bonsai plants!
52:55 – Rapid fire questions
58:00 – Closing remarks

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Founder of Tiny Disco, Chelsea Morley, explains how she was treated differently in the work environment after being pregnant.

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Bruce Peterson is the Founder & Executive Chairman at Grande Experiences and THE LUME. Responsible for immersive multi-sensory experiences such as ‘Van Gogh alive’, ‘Monet & Friends Alive’ and many more.

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SKIP THROUGHT THE EPSISODE:
00:00 – Welcome to Uncommon
00:46 – Last time in Rome?
03:50 – Earliest memory
06:10 – Valuable lessons from parents
08:50 – Generational difference 
12:00 – Australia relying on other countries 
17:40 – 1986 to 2005 
26:00 - Leonardo da Vinci
30:10 – Creating da Vinci exhibitions  
33:50 – Creating LUME
38:30 - Melbourne’s lack of cultural facilities 
41:10 - Choosing a location
45:15 - Ticket prices
46:40 - LUME Producing team
48:00 - Integrating art with brands
52:45 -  Rapid fire questions

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In this clip, Bruce Peterson explains how he came up with the idea for LUME and how context is key for true appreciation of art. 
 

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Beau Arfi is the CEO of Maple Property Group, owner of 20 properties by the age of 27. Beau is focused on helping Australians achieve their dream lifestyle through tailored investment strategies, detailed education and statistic-based property selections.

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SKIP THROUGH THE EPISODE:
00:00 – Welcome to Uncommon
01:50 – Earliest childhood memory
04:30 – Parents careers / Childhood aspirations
06:10 – Getting into property 
13:40 – Beau’s Investments 
15:40 – Bad investments 
19:35 – “Value for money”
22:00 – Apartment Investing?
30:00 – What does Maple Group do differently? 
33:50 - Useable equity 
39:30 - Property market changes 
44:50 - Advice for Jordan 
48:00 - Beau’s investing future
53:40 - Beau’s best advice 
56:20 - Rapid fire questions

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SHOW NOTES:

00:00 – Welcome to Uncommon
00:55 – Munich 
03:10 – Earliest memory
04:20 – What data to trust?
09:10 – Trusted data sources 
10:50 – Population Data
14:00 – Childhood career aspirations 
16:00 – University exchange 
19:00 – Germany and Australia
21:00 – Working at big four firms
24:00 - Important parts of Demographics business 
26:00 - Reading randomly 
28:15 - Pirates 
32:20 - Skilled worker shortage 
35:55 - Industries coping with worker shortage
42:00 Generational changes in working
54:20 - Australia's poorly invested wealth 
1:00:00 - How would Simon fix Australia 
1:02:40 - Let's make a massive solar farm 
1:09:25 - Rapid fire questions
1:13:00 - Closing remarks

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Amanda Niu and Ken Lau are co-founders of Eva, a homewares and furniture company with a focus on creating products that are made for living and fit into everyday life. 

SHOW NOTES:

00:00 – Welcome to Uncommon
00:30 - Moving to Australia 
04:15 - Earliest memory 
06:30 - Childhood career aspirations 
08:55 - How Amanda and Ken met
11:40 - Neuropsychology skills
12:50 - Engineering skills
15:00 - Running eBay store
17:25 - Turning point in business 
20:00 - Scaling the business 
26:00 - Product range / Future projections
30:22 - Surveying customers 
32:10 - Conception to Manufacturing
37:10 - Same or different manufacturer?
39:50 - Changes in the past 12 months
42:15 - Furniture manufacturing in China 
44:08 - Supplies for products 
45:30 - 365 Day Trial 
48:40 - Short wait times for furniture 
51:40 - People and culture in business 
54:30 - What in the next two years
55:40 - Engagement and wedding planning 
1:01:20 - Rapid fire questions
1:03:20 - Closing remarks

LINKS:

Eva - Website 

Eva - Instagram 

Eva - Facebook

Eva - Pinterest

Amanda’s Linkedin

Ken’s Linkedin

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Dr Amantha Imber is an organisational psychologist and founder of Inventium, a behavioural science consultancy. Amantha also co-created the Australian Financial Review’s Most Innovative Companies list and the AFR BOSS Best Places to Work list.
Amantha’s new book ‘Time Wise: Powerful Habits, More Time, Greater Joy’ Is available for pre-order now!

SHOW NOTES:

00:00 – Welcome to Uncommon
00:35 – Living in Elsternwick
02:20 – Earliest childhood memory
04:30 – Childhood acting aspiration
10:10 – Parents careers 
11:00 – Why Psychology?
14:00 – Organisational Psychology 
16:25 – Starting Inventium 
23:10 – Explaining expertise to clients 
26:05 – Important factors as a founder
29:30 – How I work podcast success
31:05 – Workplace environment improvements 
33:40 – 4 day work week
36:00 – Micro-managing companies 
40:15 – Workplace ‘innovation’ studies 
44:00 – Surveys vs Peer reviewed research
47:00 – Rapid fire questions
50:10 – Closing remarks

LINKS:

Inventium Website 

Amantha’s Website 

Amantha’s Instagram 

Amantha’s Twitter

Amantha’s Linkedin

How I work podcast

Time Wise: Powerful Habits, More Time, Greater Joy

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