E2C - Brent Gregory | Future Universities, Networks & Creativity

08/14/20 • 66 min

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Brent and I discuss the future of Universities, the importance of soft networks and clusters of competence, creativity and the 6 thinking hats. New music in the introduction by Supakarn Nakavisut (@BARE MUSIC - https://bit.ly/33ZtIh8) 00:00:43 – Intro (Music by Supakarn Nakavisut) 00:01:25 – Specialising/decentralising Universities? 00:04:45 – Future of Universities 00:08:10 – Purpose built cities/communities 00:13:08 – Implementing the change despite pushback? Improving quality of life. 00:19:15 – Importance of teams and networks 00:23:58 – What recruiters say about networking skills 00:27:50 – Work hrs vs pay research (correlations) 00:32:01 – The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 00:33:20 – Six Thinking Hats 00:37:35 – Creativity and Innovation – “The literature of life is something we shouldn’t devalue” 00:45:22 – Accelerated Learning 00:48:31 – Tools and Drills for creativity? 00:50:52 – Clusters of Competence 00:53:43 – The impact of the coffee shop 00:54:25 – The Manhattan Project (20 Nobel Laureates) 00:55:14 – Gambling with Maths cluster; Silicon Valley; Musical crossovers 01:00:02 – What is the causal factor? What aren’t we measuring? 01:02:00 – Accounting is about making things visible 01:05:40 – Find Brent at ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brent_Gregory Intro Music by Supakarn Nakavisut (https://kaensupakarn.wixsite.com/bare-music/music) Outro music by Kasimir Gregory (http://anionthefuture.com/) SMArt - "Butterflying" by Kasimir Gregory (http://anionthefuture.com/category/smart-codes/)

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E2B - Brent Gregory | Accounting & Making the World a Better Place

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Brent and I discuss Accounting and its role in society, touching on COVID-19. We than walk through his career, with a slight divergence to discuss the Earle Page College Coast Run, that has now was over half a million dollars for the Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI).

00:00:45 - What inspired a career in Accounting?
00:07:00 - Impact of COVID-19 on our Economy. Are we valuing the right things?
00:18:15 - Accounting research - Sustainability.
00:27:20 - Researching student outcomes - a holistic approach.
00:32:10 - "Student DNA"
00:35:35 - Career - Postmaster General - Things learnt on the job.
00:55:02 - Starting a movement - The Earle Page College Coast Run
01:10:17 - Post-Sydney/Uni Career - Applied research
01:16:35 - Time off - working online
01:18:05 - The inspiration to become an Academic
01:19:15 - PhD idea "How the Capitalist system is failing society" - Why this PhD got stopped - "Elephant in the (University) room"
01:21:45 - Research for the students. Applied research in teaching.
01:23:54 - The RENT model - Recording, Environment, Needs, Teams
01:28:25 - Scalable "personalisation" of teaching.
01:30:00 - Next episode information

SMArt - "Time to Unwind" by Kasimir Gregory

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E3 - Dr Sarah Pearson | Innovation | Particle Physics, Cancer Diagnosis & Cadbury

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I am joined by Dr. Sarah Pearson, the current Deputy Director-General for Innovation at Advance Queensland. We discuss Sarah’s career that started in Particle Physics but has since included, cancer research, Cadbury confectionary, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), with a huge focus on collaborative innovation.
Sarah’s LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahpearsoninnovation
Sarah’s Twitter https://twitter.com/InnovationSarah
Advance Queensland Website https://advance.qld.gov.au/

Timestamps:

00:01:14 – Sarah’s current work at Advance Queensland
00:02:14 – Innovation out of COVID-19
00:03:40 – The ups and downs of Sarah’s Oxford PhD
00:09:00 – Careers Highlights
00:11:17 – Moving to Australia
00:11:47 – Working at McKinsey
00:12:52 – Becoming a parent – refocusing priorities
00:14:40 – Moving to Armidale – moving back into Physics and restructuring
00:16:36 – Breast Cancer research
00:18:23 – Outreach programs to get young people, especially women into STEM
00:19:18 – Open Innovation at Cadbury
00:22:33 – Back to Australia – struggled for a bit
00:23:08 – CEO at ANU Enterprise + Night jobs like the Scaling Frontier Innovation Program
00:26:54 – Canberra Innovation Network – company to build an ecosystem. Mass collaboration.
00:28:33 – Brief UoN stint
00:28:37 – Chief Innovation Officer at DFAT
00:30:29 – Head of Innovation Queensland
00:30:44 – Work-life balance
00:32:11 – Important Networks and influential people
00:36:10 – Childhood impacts on career. Moving around a lot.
00:38:37 – Merging innovation with encouraging women in STEM
00:43:14 – How to build inclusive new economies?
00:44:07 – How will innovation change the future?
Intro Music by Supakarn Nakavisuit (https://bit.ly/33ZtIh8)
Outro Music by Kasimir Gregory
SMArt – “Puppy” by Kasimir Gregory