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Shape the System

Find and tell the stories that inspire more people to rethink the way the world works. We interview people from all over the world who are changing our systems.. this might be food, energy, finance, education, health, environment, charitable.. anything really. They may be involved as founders or CEOs or providers to the specific vertical. The ventures they operate may be non-profit or for profit but they will have found a way to create success, sustainability and impact.

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00:40:20

Caroline Farrer & Kelly Riley - Solmates

Shape the System ·

2023/07/30

In a world of disposable led convenience Caroline and Kelly, as cofounders of Solmates, decided to tackle the problem in a unique and compelling way to try to overcome the constrains and restrictions for a product like sunscreen. We explore how regulation actually drives what options can be used for the packaging that apply to one product (sunscreen) vs another (skincare) and how these somewhat arbitrary constraints required entrepreneurial thinking to circumvent. We learn how Kelly’s toddler’s

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00:43:54

Gareth Evans - VECKTA

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2023/07/23

With massive transformation happening in the utility scale energy generation businesses are starting to be left behind. Unable in a lot of cases to gain energy security for themselves they are limited to playing a passive role in both their own energy resilience as well as the transition to renewables generally. Additionally as the transition and aging infrastructure is disrupted there is an impact of around of $150Bn a year in the US alone.To enable businesses to have resilient , affordable and

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00:32:54

Amanda Price - KPMG High Growth Ventures

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2023/07/16

**About The Guest(s):**Amanda is the Head of High Growth Ventures at KPMG, where she leads a team dedicated to working with startups. With a focus on deep tech and climate tech companies, Amanda helps founders navigate the challenges of scaling their businesses and provides them with the necessary support and services.**Summary:**Amanda discusses the importance of compliance and governance for startups, particularly in the deep tech and climate tech sectors. She emphasizes the need for founders to

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00:43:55

Sherry Shannon-Vanstone - Profound Impact

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2023/07/09

The gap between the $300 Bn funding available for research in private and public organisations and where those funds are needed has a massive macro impact on society. Profound Impact, which started initially in helping impact led researchers communicate their value, has now applied machine learning models to the entire universe of grant and funding process to better connect funding available with the individuals and institutions best able to leverage or win those funds.The process of grant funding

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00:48:27

Tucker Perkins -Propane Education & Research

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2023/07/03

Potentially the most contentious interview that we’ve down to date we explore the role propane and natural gas plays in the transition to clean, renewable energy.As the CEO of the Propane Education & Research Council Tucker Perkins has decades of experience across the energy sector and helps to put natural gas into context across the energy needs of our modern world.As we transition to renewable energy there is a segment of the energy mix where energy density is critical (think shipping and

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00:37:27

Ashlee Sang - Specialist Interview

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2023/06/14

In our latest specialist interview we talk to Ashlee Sang who has spent decades working with impact led founders, companies and non-profits about brand messaging and communications in the context of impact led ventures.Ashlee takes us through a framework of thinking on how to connect values, actions and messaging so customers or other stakeholders not only understand what you stand for but also what this means for you and you brand specifically.It's not enough to simply define values but define what

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00:48:56

Shaunak Roy- Yellowdig

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2023/05/29

In episode 54 we talk to Yellowdig founder Shaunak Roy about education. Our current educational norms are based on constructs dating back to the industrial revolution and more recently post WW2 but the world we live in today, especially the world today's students inhabit, is vastly different. How do class rooms, teaches and our educational organisations need to adapt? What are the patterns students encounter outside of the classroom and how might these inform how we teach and support students (and

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00:55:51

Pete Ceglinski - Seabin

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2023/05/22

Seabin burst on to the scene back in 2016 with a innovative bin designed to clean up oceans and waterways, installed in marinas with a video that went globally viral. 5 years on and whilst they have sold bins in over 50 countries globally and cleaned up hundreds of tons of plastics from billions of litres of filtered water the business wasn't itself sustainable, in fact it was in trouble.In this interview with founder & CEO Pete Ceglinski we talk in detail about the huge pivot they have undertaken

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00:45:33

Jan Skjoldhammer - Founder of NoviOcean

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2023/05/15

In episode 55 we talk to Jan Skjoldhammer, the founder of NoviOcean. Wave power is one of the least progressed forms of renewable energy but there is an infinite amount of wind creating waves and those waves end up useful right along the coast where over 40% of populations live. In a water locked country like Australia that number rises to 80%The challenge with traditional wave generated power is not enough power and too expensive to build, deploy and maintain.NoviOcean changes all that with an

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00:38:54

Graham Stewart - Fibre52

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2023/05/08

Ever wondered about the environmental impact of the shirt (or dress!) on your back? The textile industry is a huge source of environmental impact across chemical, energy, heat and water usage, even before the shirt/dress is made. Cotton, as the dominant natural fibre is one of the biggest offenders which is where Graham Stewart of Fibre52 comes in. They have pioneered a new approach to this entire process that drastically reduces all these inputs and actually improves the strength and durability of

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00:57:27

Maksim Izmaylov - Winding Tree

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2023/04/30

In 3+ years we have never spoken about cryptocurrencies, but in episode 52 we change all that. We spoke to Winding Tree founder Maksim Izmaylov about travel bookings and decentralised stores of value and record (ie crypto).What might initially feel like an odd use case turns out to have the potential to shift mainstream adoption of decentralised commerce and financial transactions, ironically by shifting the focus away from the holding and movement of money but instead enabling better, more

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00:54:31

Marshall Conley - Slo Jeans

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2023/04/03

In our first foray into a fashion related impact led company we talk to Marshall Conley from Slo Jeans about how they are turning the traditional fast, disposable fashion model (business and marketing) on its head. They have somehow pioneered a model that intersects bespoke, hype and sustainability (you'll have to listen to hear how they did it)Slo Jeans are at https://slojeans.co/Mountain of fast fashion clothingShape the System is an independent podcast with support from KPMG High Growth

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00:32:49

Jessica Marati Radparvar - reconsidered

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2023/03/12

In our first formal interview under a new format, focused on conversations with impact led specialists, we speak with Jessica Marati Radparvar from reconsidered. She and her team at reconsidered operate at the intersection of strategy and change management, especially as it applies to mid to larger established organisations who are trying to shift to be more impact led. Reconsidered is at https://www.reconsidered.co/ and their new program is at Sustainability Change Agent AcceleratorAbout the

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00:48:43

Eboni Freeman - Watson Institute

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2023/03/02

How do you enable and empower the next generation of impact led founders? You have to meet them where they are to help them solve the problems they understand and/or experience first hand by running a global network of impact focused accelerator programs.The individuals best placed to solve the challenges in their local community are typically furthest from the resources and support we tend to think of for early stage founders. The Watson Institute helps to bridge this gap Watson Institute -

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01:02:52

Scott Graham - Rex Energy

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2023/02/01

We completely unpack the retail energy market with a focus on the multi-tenant property market (retail spaces, aged healthcare etc), a cohort who traditionally have had virtually no way to pull levers to either improve their energy mix or energy prices.We uncover how the high market volatility has decimated some of the options previously available and how the energy grids and business models simply haven't kept up with the seismic shift to renewables.Finally, someone explains to me (and all of us)

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00:45:27

Saadi Allan - Subpod

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2023/01/11

We talk to Subpod founder Saadi Allan about how households hold the key to dealing with a huge amount of our food waste and how community is key to their mission to make composting a part of everyday life.How dealing with food waste in a decentralised way creates a massive lever avoiding not only food waste itself but also the energy and resources required to achieve centrally.Saadi talks at length about how community came first and the product itself followed.Subpod - https://subpod.com.au/About

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00:42:00

Will Richardson - Giant Leap

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2022/12/04

Understand how Giant Leap intersects impact and the high risk funding that is early stage venture investing.Will Richardson. managing partner of Giant Leap, talks us through how the changes in the world in the last 5 - 10 years has created a perfect storm for not only impact led ventures but impact lead venture investing.With a mission of backing mission-driven founders solving the world's most pressing problems Giant Leap has backed some of the best known founders and companies coming out of

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00:44:07

Rob Rastovich; Founder of ThingLogix

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2022/11/01

In episode 44 Rob Rastovich joins to talk about how his venture (Thinglogix) is using an array of sensors and the data they produce to understand from river to plate the nature of the food supply which addresses the huge levels of interdependency within the food supply.How sensors and data across the food supply can transform the way we consume food and avoid wasting it.We learn how the interdependency starts to transition to a source of network effects that have the potential to transform the way

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00:19:23

Marc Champagne - Invested Podcast

Shape the System ·

2022/10/16

In Episode 45 we speak with Marc Champagne of the INvested Podcast, Behind the Human and author of Personal Socrates.A new format of mini-interview we are testing where we find interesting people who are adjacent to our core founder / venture interview formatMarc is also working with KPMG High Growth Ventures on a mini-series at the intersection of founder performance (and stress) and the investors that back them so we took the. opportunity to talk about the challenges and stress of running early

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00:48:50

Camille Socquet-Clerc; CEO of Bloom Investing

Shape the System ·

2022/10/02

At the intersection of finance and sustainability, you will find Bloom Investing.The Bloom Impact Fund helps to drive the adoption of investment in the clean energy sector.Today we chat with Blooms co-founder Camille Socquet-Clerc about empowering people to understand the impact of investing sustainably.If you want to learn more about our energy systems, the shift we need to meet climate change forecasts head on, and the scale we need to adopt new, clean technologies to see real impact, this is the

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