Creativity and Innovation

My Journey Founding & Leading a Tech Start-up ‘for good’ | Jeremy Meltzer | Leadership Speaker

Jeremy Meltzer is one of Australia’s leading entrepreneurs. He is a speaker on ‘business for purpose’ and the Founder of i=Change, Australia's fastest-growing social enterprise tech start-up. i=Change was a 2018 finalist for Optus Innovator of the Year and won Australia Post’s Online Retail Industry Award for ‘best-bootstrapped growth initiative’ - the first time a social enterprise won this award in Australia.

Here Jeremy shares insight into his journey co-founding and leading a tech start-up, with a focus on changing retail for good!

Insights into Launching & Managing a Social Enterprise | Simon Griffiths | Business Speaker

Simon Griffiths is the Co-Founder and CEO of Who Gives A Crap, a profit-for-purpose toilet paper company that uses 50% of its profits to build toilets in the developing world. He is an outstanding entrepreneur and philanthropist who has built two social enterprises, generating donations of more than $1.9 million. His work has been covered by countless media outlets around the world, including The Huffington Post, MTV and The Stanford Social Innovation Review.

Book Excerpt: The Cyber Breach Communication Playbook - Peter Coroneos & Michael Parker

As CEO of the Internet Industry Association from 1997-2011, Peter Coroneos championed best practice across a range of issues, from privacy to cybersecurity to child protection. He served six years alongside the current privacy commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, on the Privacy Advisory Committee, a ministerial panel which advised government and industry on emerging social and technological threats to privacy.

Peter & co-author Michael have kindly shared the preface for their new book The Cyber Breach Communication Playbook. It’s a must-read for boards and senior executives to tackle the cyber breach communication challenge & Peter is offering half-day workshops to tackle this challenge.

Facebook’s self made theatre of the absurd just got weirder - Peter Coroneos (Cyber Security Expert)

As CEO of the Internet Industry Association from 1997-2011, Peter Coroneos championed best practice across a range of issues, from privacy to cybersecurity to child protection. He served six years alongside the current privacy commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, on the Privacy Advisory Committee, a ministerial panel which advised government and industry on emerging social and technological threats to privacy. Peter was a prime mover in the passage of Australia’s anti-spam laws, heralded as the strongest in the world, which removed us from the top 20 list of spamming nations. He also helped secure changes to the Privacy Act which brought the private sector under its remit. He twice represented Australian industry at APEC on standards for privacy protection throughout the Asia Pacific. He is now Regional Head for the global Cybersecurity Advisors Network.

Here the Digital Disruption speaker discusses Facebook’s latest announcement that it will enter the dating market.

The Facebook Defence - We were wrong and we’re sorry and we’ll try harder - Peter Coroneos (Cyber Security Expert)

As CEO of the Internet Industry Association from 1997-2011, Peter Coroneos championed best practice across a range of issues, from privacy to cybersecurity to child protection. He served six years alongside the current privacy commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, on the Privacy Advisory Committee, a ministerial panel which advised government and industry on emerging social and technological threats to privacy. Peter was a prime mover in the passage of Australia’s anti-spam laws, heralded as the strongest in the world, which removed us from the top 20 list of spamming nations. He also helped secure changes to the Privacy Act which brought the private sector under its remit. He twice represented Australian industry at APEC on standards for privacy protection throughout the Asia Pacific. He is now Regional Head for the global Cybersecurity Advisors Network.

Here the Digital Disruption speaker follows on from his last article Cambridge Analytica, Facebook and who controls your data and discusses Facebook's response.

A Beginners Guide to Blockchain - Steve Sammartino (Futurist Speaker)

Steve Sammartino is a business technologist who will blow your mind with his keynote. Uniquely combining anthropology and technology, Steve demystifies the rapidly changing rules of business. Your audience will leave inspired knowing exactly what they need to do next.

Here the Futurist Speaker talks us through Blockchain and explains what you need to know (in a very simple, non-techy way). 

Why mindfulness is crucial in leading intergenerational teams - Al Jeffery (Business Speaker)

Al Jeffery is a gift to many teams. Having launched a series of successful social enterprises from the age of 12! Today, Al is an international speaker and facilitator, working with people and organisations to help them discover their creative potential through mindfulness, community-building and integrating purpose into work.

Here the business speaker shares his insight and experience into mindfulness being critical in leading intergenerational teams.

New book launch: The Lessons School Forgot - Steve Sammartino (Futurist Speaker)

Steve Sammartino is a ‘business technologist’ who will blow your mind with his keynote. Uniquely combining anthropology and technology, Steve demystifies the rapidly changing rules of business. Audiences always leave inspired and know exactly what they need to do next. Steve is a best-selling Author and is just about to release his new book The Lessons School Forgot which is an instruction manual for hacking your mind and acquiring the skills to take control of your life and fortunes in the digital age. 

Steve has kindly shared chapter one of The Lessons School Forgot with us at ICMI so you can have a sneak peek.

Why we all need to change our thinking in the digital age - Steve Sammartino (Futurist Speaker)

Steve Sammartino is a ‘business technologist’ who will blow your mind with his keynote. Uniquely combining anthropology and technology, Steve demystifies the rapidly changing rules of business. Audiences always leave inspired and know exactly what they need to do next. Steve is just about to release his new book The Lessons School Forgot which is an instruction manual for hacking your mind and acquiring the skills to take control of your life and fortunes in the digital age. Steve is also a best-selling author of The Great Fragmentation, a business manifesto for the technology revolution. It has been translated into multiple languages and has a 5-star rating on Amazon.

Here the Futurist Speaker shares his insight and expertise about the future of the technology revolution we are currently experiencing.

Experience economy: Understanding customer-centric transformation & what your customer wants - Mark Cameron (Digital Disruption Speaker)

Mark Cameron is a strategic digital mastermind specialising in the digital business model revolution and customer engagement platform creation. A columnist for over 6 years, his expertise and opinions are featured in Australia's leading business magazine BRW, as well as the industry focussed Marketing Magazine, CMO, Social Media Today and Smart Data Collective in the USA. Mark has been inducted into an exclusive group of specialists from around the world regarded as Certified Experience Economy Experts. Mark is the 225th person to receive this qualification worldwide – and the only Australian on the list. Mark is a perfect fit for progressive thinking conferences and events.

In this series, the Digital Disruption Speaker discusses some key Experience Economy themes and frames them up for the current digital world. In part two, Mark looks at how businesses evolve and why building personalised products and experiences drive margin gains. In part three, he discusses the five stages of leading customer focused change. So stayed tuned.

Allowing a mindful, productive and creative culture in intergenerational teams - Al Jeffery (Business Speaker)

Al Jeffery is now ranked as one of Australia’s top 30 young entrepreneurs. While young, he has amassed enough valuable experience to be a leader on topics equally relevant to both early careerists and experienced corporate veterans. After nine years immersed in social enterprise, he’s an expert on social innovation, technology and the role of human behaviour in all areas of business. Al has spoken at and facilitated internationally with many companies such as Google, AusPost, Telstra, Apple and more. The Business Speaker wraps up his experience and learnings so leaders can allow for a mindful, productive & creative culture in their intergenerational teams.

Is there a subconscious behaviour causing the corporate disconnect with Millennials? By Al Jeffery (Creativity & Innovation Speaker)

Al Jeffery started his first social enterprise at 12 and is now ranked as one of Australia’s top 30 young entrepreneurs. While young, he has amassed enough valuable experience to be a leader on topics equally relevant to both early careerists and experienced corporate veterans. After nine years immersed in social enterprise, he’s an expert on social innovation, technology and the role of human behaviour in all areas of business. He is a powerful, entertaining and a well-trained speaker and facilitator. Here the creativity & innovation speaker shares his insights and experience into subconscious behaviour causing a corporate disconnect with Millennials.

STEM education – Is it helping or hurting innovation? By Dr David Cropley (Creativity & Innovation Speaker)

David Cropley is an international author, researcher and consultant in creativity and innovation, specialising in helping people and organisations to unlock their idea generation and problem-solving capabilities. David’s expertise is based on a deep understanding of the psychology of creativity and innovation, coupled with real-world experience in technology and engineering. David has worked with organisations in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, guiding them through the complexities of value creation in an ever-changing and challenging world.

Here the Creativity and Innovation speaker shares his expertise on STEM education. Is it helping or hurting innovation?

How the emerging Millennial generation and their demands are shaping culture by Al Jeffery (Business Speaker)

Al Jeffery is a 21 year old Australian social entrepreneur, international facilitator, cultural architect and creative. Since the age of 12, he has been on a mission to use conscious business as a tool for cultural and personal change, ultimately to bring forward a world that is “together in gift!” He has consulted and worked with the likes of Apple, Australia Post, Telstra and many more on cultural rejuvenation as well as spoken on stages internationally on the topics of; personal wellbeing and peak performance, engineering creative and high-performing culture, and emergent innovation frameworks. Currently he is the Founder of Base, creating Australia’s first co-living, working and learning space in Melbourne.

Here the Business Speaker shares with us some of the key insights into behavioural motivators for Millennials and what these mean for corporate cultures. 

An Exceptional Morning at the Melbourne Speaker Showcase 2015

As the rest of Melbourne were fast asleep, 250 eager attendees congregated at the picturesque Cargo Hall, South Wharf for ICMI’s highly regarded Melbourne Speaker Showcase Breakfast.

An annual event, the ICMI Speaker Showcase delivers some of the best talent in not only Australia, but the world over and is always well received by those in attendance.