Power to the People: How Good Empire's Empowering You to 'Save the F**king World'

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11/16/21 • 50 min

It’s been described as ‘TikTok for doing good’, a global impact loyalty program, and an app that empowers and challenges people to take action on some of the world’s biggest problems like hunger, poverty and climate change.

Founder Andre Eikmeier joins us to share where his inspiration came from, how he realised that he didn’t need to figure out how to save the world, plenty of smart people before him were onto that, he just needed to figure out how to empower people to take action and have visibility of their impact. Say hello to the next big thing: Good Empire.

How did Andre go from co-founding Aussie online wine retailer, Vinomofo, to building a new company that’s set out to tackle the world’s biggest issues? Change is hard, and humans love convenience, so how will Good Empire motivate people to take action? What advice does Andre have for entrepreneurs and business leaders? And perhaps the biggest question, what’s an app got to do with saving the world?

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Australia's Billion Dollar Problem: Clinical Trials, The Impact on Human Life and How HealthMatch is Changing the Future of Medicine

Manuri Gunawardena was 24 and in her final years of medical school, working on a brain cancer drug trial, when she witnessed the inequities in the clinical trial industry and the impact on human life. One patient in the trial was able to navigate the complex system and access a clinical trial and drug that was successful in curing their disease, another was not and sadly passed away.

Manuri made her own life-changing decision and, instead of becoming a clinician, founded HealthMatch. HealthMatch is a platform that empowers patients to identify and access clinical trials, changing the lives of people who need to access clinical trials and the future of medicine in Australia and across the world.

Clinical trials are worth $1 billion to Australia’s economy, yet 80% of trials are delayed or abandoned, impacting on the lives of the tens of thousands of people who need access to these often life-saving drugs. Why?

There are fundamental issues with the clinical trial model. It’s inefficient and inequitable, archaic and broken, the very opposite of customer-centric. We see data and technology used to drive innovation and create personalised experiences in almost every other industry, so why not this one? Why has the clinical trial industry fallen so far behind?

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That's Personal: How a Marketplace Model is Challenging the Norm for the Aged and Disability Care Industry

Ever wondered just how the aged care and disability services industry actually works? Well, this episode's for you!

Like many developed countries, Australia has an ageing population. Today, there are around 3 million Aussies who are aged 70 and older, and just under half a million people living with a disability who access support services through the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Together, older people and people with disabilities who live in their own homes, with care and support, represent a significant proportion of our country and our community.

With a sizeable number of people accessing these types of services and a huge number of businesses operating in this space, why is the aged and disability care industry lagging behind when it comes to being truly consumer-first and delivering an exceptional customer experience?

This week, we're joined by Mable's Chief Operating Officer, Rachel Debeck, for a behind-the-scenes look into the aged and disability care industry, an industry under immense pressure to both evolve and meet the increasing needs of our population. We take a look at the systemic challenges that exist in the industry, gain an understanding of how complex the customer journey is and discuss why disruption hasn't occurred sooner.

We also explore the new, alternative model that Mable offers, a model that leverages a peer-to-peer marketplace to solve workforce shortages while also putting choice and control back into the consumer's hands.