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This week’s podcast guest is one whose biggest pivot was finding a way for businesses to better fulfil their potential, but shifting from the corporate world to academia - Griffith University’s, Nick Barter.

Nick talks Dave through the need for narrative and purpose beyond profit, bringing emotion into decision-making, and why your demography is your destiny.

This episode covers:

• Professor Nick Barter's career journey from business to academia, driven by his desire for long-term value creation
• The importance of an organisation's narrative and purpose beyond pure profit
• Incorporating emotional and purpose-driven decision-making in business, and where it often competes with more technical solutions
• Generational changes in decision-making based on our growing need for long-term sustainability

Nick Barter
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-barter-a50775/

Griffith University
https://www.linkedin.com/school/griffith-university/

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Over the course of a remarkable 30-year career, David Boynton has led some of the world's most prominent brands, including L'Occitane, Charles Tyrwhitt, and The Body Shop.

It’s a journey that’s taken him through transformative moments and challenges at every stage, bestowing him with pivotal learnings around leadership, growth, and culture.

Join us this week to discover the ‘crucible moments’ in which David was thrown into the fire, and emerged reforged...

This episode covers:

• The critical role of a clear, meaningful organisational purpose, exemplified through David’s work with The Body Shop
• Navigating significant changes at huge companies while maintaining core cultural values
• Culture as a fundamental driver for growth and success, not an add-on
• Willingness to reset strategies and challenge existing operational models when market conditions change
• Balancing heritage and innovation within longstanding brands

David Boynton

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-boynton-a111331/

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Sophie Devonshire’s career could be described as ‘squiggly’, but in business she’s a laser-focused CEO with an infallible eye for marketing and team-building.

Drawing on experiences from Coca Cola and Proctor and Gamble, she’s mastered the art of ‘leading with speed’, building purposeful pauses into business, and shaping roles to play into a team’s strengths.

Her leadership now is shaped by countless pivotal moments in her career, so join us as we discover how The Marketing Society’s CEO shaped her entrepreneurial lens.

Key takeaways from this episode:

• Navigating a "squiggly" career path from FMCG giants and agency work to international roles
• The power of pace-setting and agility in modern business leadership
• Balancing speed and responsibility in growth
• Building high-performing, complementary teams that can execute at pace
• Finding passion and purpose in your work

Sophie Devonshire

https://www.sophie-devonshire.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiedevonshiresuperfast/

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Matthew Wenger’s entrepreneurial story can be traced back to the age of just 8 years old, and from that point, Matt’s journey culminates in his current role spearheading the renewable energy transition.
He’s Harvard-educated, musically gifted, and a fantastic CEO of Relevate Power, so join us for this episode of Pivot Points to discover the moments that shaped his path to leadership, and the vision of a cleaner future for energy.
Key takeaways from this episode:

• Matthew Wenger's early entrepreneurial spirit
• Lessons learned through music, theatre, and early business ventures
• The importance of building engaged and aligned teams, like you would assemble a cast or a musical ensemble
• Relevate Power's mission to revitalize rural communities through renewable energy
• The challenges of finding the right investors and navigating the complexities of the hydroelectric industry

Matthew Wenger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwenger/
Relevate Power: https://www.linkedin.com/company/relevatepower/
https://www.relevatepower.com/

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Hello and welcome to Pivot Points.

The podcast that delves deep into the expertise of visionary leaders who’ve successfully taken their business, through a complex pivotal moment to unlock growth.

We’ll share with you how CEOs handle these critical inflection points, from leadership changes, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures to jumping an ‘S’ Curve or making a category pivot to drive future success.

Pivot Points is for C-Suite executives and anyone aspiring to leadership who want to learn how the emotional levers of change – purpose, brand and culture – are critical to successfully navigating a pivotal moment.

I’m Dave Allen, Founder and CEO at Brandpie.

With over 30 years experience in business I’ve had the privilege of working with some world class leaders. From AstraZeneca, BP, Capgemini, EY, SLB, Vodafone and The Royal Albert Hall, to name a few.

Successfully working through a pivotal moment for your business requires great leadership, coupled with clarity of purpose, ambition and strategy. Pivot points will aim to go deep on these topics to help you understand how great leaders excite people to drive change to create and build long term value – for their company, their people, their shareholders and for society.

Pivot Points will be releasing new podcast episodes every month(?) so make sure you follow on your favourite platform for the latest update.

Join us to discover how CEOs build their business and their brand at pivotal business moments.

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