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She's Taking Over - with Jenna Davies

Jenna Davies

She’s Taking Over is the go-to podcast for ambitious founders ready to scale smarter, lead better, and build a business that actually fits the life they want.

Hosted by Jenna Davies, consultant, strategist, and founder of Big Uppetite. Each episode blends raw behind-the-scenes stories with tactical insights on brand, business, mindset and growth. From navigating her personal and professional life and pivoting with purpose to raising capital and rebuilding from scratch, this is where the real founder conversations happen.

If you're evolving faster than your environment and ready to do the thing, this one's for you 🚀

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • S7 · E3
    October 19 · 52 min

    What Are We Working This Hard For? | Brock Ashby

    The first thing that struck me about Brock Ashby was the way he spoke about his wife and children. You can tell when a man means it. That made me curious about the business behind their life. Brock had spent years working from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. to build his coaching career. He had the drive. He was good at what he did. And before he became a father, he made a decision about the kind of man he wanted his children to know. What does it take to build with that much ambition and still be there for the people you love? Brock tells me how he earned his clients’ trust, what he changed in his business, and why being present at home mattered enough to plan for it early. I wanted to understand the courage behind that choice, because I believe the people we love are a huge part of what makes a life rich. A strong family, faith that you’ll figure things out together, a husband and father who shows up. That matters to me. If you’re working hard to build something of your own, I think you’ll recognise Brock’s drive. I hope his story also makes you think about the life you want that work to hold.

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  • September 23 · 41 min

    Sarah Dixson, Mayor of Woollahra: Faith, Family And Leadership

    Can you build a business, raise a family and still have a life you love in Sydney? If you have ever looked at the cost of housing, childcare, growing a business and a full calendar and wondered how women manage to hold all of it, this conversation is for you. In this episode of She's Taking Over, I sit down with Sarah Dixson, Mayor of Woollahra, family lawyer, business owner and new mum, to talk about what actually makes an ambitious life sustainable. Sarah has a six-month-old baby, a legal practice, a role leading her local council and a deep connection to the community around her. Her answer is refreshingly human: build your village, communicate clearly, ask for help and let people show up for you. This is a conversation for the woman building her career, contemplating family, or trying to create a beautiful life in a city she loves. We talk about: ⚡ How to build a real support system around your ambition 🤝 Why asking for help and accepting it expands what is possible 👩‍⚖️ Running a business while carrying meaningful responsibility 🗣️ The role communication, reputation and community play in building a career 🏡 Creating a life you want to stay in as Sydney changes 📚 Why being the most prepared person in the room matters 🙏 Faith, resilience and trusting that you can handle what comes next Sarah also shares the “grit and glamour” she inherited from the powerful women in her family, and the lesson she is carrying forward: you can do it, and you do not have to do it alone. 📊 DOWNLOAD JENNA’S STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE REPORT Want to go deeper into what’s changing for business owners? Read The Great Restructuring: What’s Really Happening to Your Business (2026–2030), Jenna’s Strategic Intelligence Report exploring the economic, cultural and technological shifts changing how we work, build businesses and create wealth. Inside: ⚡ The shift from employment to individual enterprise 🤖 How AI is changing the value of skills and labour 🧠 Why expertise, judgement and perspective are becoming more valuable 🏗️ The rise of Creative Units and AI-enabled businesses 📣 Why brand, reputation and community matter in an AI-saturated world 📈 The opportunities emerging between now and 2030 If this episode made you think differently about the business, family and life you want to build, start here. 👉 READ THE FREE REPORT: The Great Restructuring: What’s Really Happening to Your Business (2026–2030) (https://app.biguppetite.com/Strategic%20Intelligence%20Report%20by%20Jenna%20Davies.pdf?utm_source=report&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_great_restructuring&utm_id=001&utm_content=pdf) ✨ CONNECT WITH SARAH DIXON 📲 Instagram: @mayor.sarah.dixson (https://www.instagram.com/mayor.sarah.dixson/)

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  • August 21 · 58 min

    The Career Portfolio Is Here! How Georgie Healy Built A Business, An Exit & A Voice In AI...

    The traditional career is shifting. What's replacing it is the career portfolio: A mix of skills, personal brand and side projects that you own, no matter what happens to your job. 🚀 AI just made building one faster than ever. In this episode of She's Taking Over, I sit down with Georgie Healy, host of In the Blink of AI, writer of Substack, Attention Is All I Need, former lead of Google's AI accelerator, and founder of Possum Playtime, to talk about what it actually takes to build leverage in this window of AI. Georgie has walked down almost every road of the "non-traditional" career path. She built and exited a tech business pre-AI, led innovation at one of the biggest companies in the world, and then walked away from the stability of Google to bet on her own personal brand, launching a monetised newsletter from week one to test whether she could commoditise her voice. Most importantly, we talk about what you can actually do now: ⚡ Audit what you're known for. 💻 Test if people will pay before you build. 📣 Build your reputation. 🧠 Use AI to remove barriers that used to require a team. 🗣️ Have an opinion, let it evolve. 🤝 Sell your skills back into your own network. 📈 Create leverage while the cost of experimenting is low. Because building a career portfolio isn't about protecting yourself from AI. It's about using this moment to build something that's undeniably yours. 📊 DOWNLOAD JENNA’S STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE REPORT Want to go deeper into what we discussed in this episode? Read The Great Restructuring: What’s Really Happening to Your Business (2026–2030) — Jenna’s Strategic Intelligence Report exploring the economic, cultural and technological shifts changing how we work, build businesses and create wealth. Inside: ⚡ The shift from employment to individual enterprise 🤖 How AI is changing the value of skills and labour 🧠 Why expertise, judgement and perspective are becoming more valuable 🏗️ The rise of Creative Units and AI-enabled businesses 📣 Why brand, reputation and community matter in an AI-saturated world 📈 The opportunities emerging between now and 2030 If this episode made you think differently about your next move, start here. 👉 READ THE FREE REPORT: https://app.biguppetite.com/Strategic... 🦋 BUILD YOUR AI DEFENCE Understanding what’s changing is step one. Building for it is step two. Book a call with Jenna and her team to create your very own AI-powered marketing dream team. Save the cost of a $150,000 hire. Scale as if you hired them anyway. We build the systems your next hire would have built — across customer success, operations, marketing, sales, project management, administration, AI and automation. 👉 BUILD YOUR MARKETING DREAM TEAM: https://maxxing.biguppetite.com/ ✨ CONNECT WITH GEORGIE HEALY Follow Georgie for more conversations around AI, technology and business shaping our future. 📲 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/georgiehealytech/ 💼 LinkedIn: /https://www.linkedin.com/in/georginahealy/ 🎤In the Blink of AI: https://open.spotify.com/show/5K4NkKXa8Cqxuoed1jBGwO

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  • S6 · E1
    August 12 · 57 min

    This Is Australia’s AI Window! Here’s How to Get Ahead...

    The old ways of creating security are changing. AI gives us a small window to build skills, businesses, brands, networks and leverage before the next version of work fully arrives. Invest in yourself. Get digitised. Build your network. Have a voice. 🚀 In this episode of She’s Taking Over, I sit down with lawyer, arbitrator, mediator and former parliamentary legal adviser Steph Hunt to talk about what the AI shift actually means for Australians, our jobs, businesses, wealth and future. We’re already seeing the workforce restructure. Jobs are moving offshore. AI is changing what businesses need from employees. The traditional pathways to building wealth feel harder, while the cost of living keeps climbing. But there is another side to this story. For people who are prepared to move early, AI is creating an extraordinary amount of leverage. We talk about why your expertise can become a business, why your personal brand and reputation may become some of your most valuable assets, and why skilled professionals have an opportunity to turn what they know into consulting businesses, Creative Units, services and intellectual property. We also unpack what Australia needs to get right. 🇦🇺 How do we protect Australian jobs without stifling innovation? How do we make it easier for small businesses to hire locally? What happens when highly skilled professionals leave traditional employment? And how do ordinary Australians have more of a voice in the policies shaping the next decade? This isn’t a conversation about left versus right. It’s a conversation about being awake to what is changing, understanding the game you’re playing and making deliberate moves while the window is still open. We cover AI, entrepreneurship, consulting, offshoring, Australian small business, tax, wealth creation, personal brand, reputation, community and the future of work. Most importantly, we talk about what you can actually do now. ⚡ Build your skills. 💻 Get digitised. 📣 Build your reputation. 🤝 Strengthen your network. 🧠 Learn to use AI properly. 📈 Create leverage. 🇦🇺 Have a voice in the future we’re building. Because this isn’t just about protecting yourself from AI. It’s about using it to create a more free future. 📊 DOWNLOAD JENNA’S STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE REPORT Want to go deeper into what we discussed in this episode? Read The Great Restructuring: What’s Really Happening to Your Business (2026–2030) — Jenna’s Strategic Intelligence Report exploring the economic, cultural and technological shifts changing how we work, build businesses and create wealth. Inside: ⚡ The shift from employment to individual enterprise 🤖 How AI is changing the value of skills and labour 🧠 Why expertise, judgement and perspective are becoming more valuable 🏗️ The rise of Creative Units and AI-enabled businesses 📣 Why brand, reputation and community matter in an AI-saturated world 📈 The opportunities emerging between now and 2030 If this episode made you think differently about your next move, start here. 👉 READ THE FREE REPORT: https://app.biguppetite.com/Strategic%20Intelligence%20Report%20by%20Jenna%20Davies.pdf?utm_source=report&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_great_restructuring&utm_id=001&utm_content=pdf 🦋 BUILD YOUR AI DEFENCE Understanding what’s changing is step one. Building for it is step two. Book a call with Jenna and her team to create your very own AI-powered marketing dream team. Save the cost of a $150,000 hire. Scale as if you hired them anyway. We build the systems your next hire would have built — across customer success, operations, marketing, sales, project management, administration, AI and automation. 👉 BUILD YOUR MARKETING DREAM TEAM: https://maxxing.biguppetite.com/ ✨ CONNECT WITH STEPH HUNT Follow Steph for more conversations around Australian policy, business, law and the issues shaping our future. 📲 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephanie.hunt/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniejenniferhunt/ 🌐 Website: https://stephhunt.com/

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  • S6 · E2
    Jun 26, 2025 · 58 min

    Why Creative Freedom Isn’t Enough (And What You Actually Need to Succeed)

    BONUS: Why Creative Freedom Isn’t Enough (And What You Actually Need to Succeed) In this bonus episode, Jenna flips to the other side of the mic, joining filmmaker and creative entrepreneur Caleb Coroneos for a candid conversation about what happens after you hit your goals. You’ve built the business, bought your freedom, and proven to yourself that you can do hard things. Now what? This episode explores the quieter shift most founders don’t talk about—when the things that used to drive you no longer fit, and you’re ready to build from clarity, not chaos. Whether you’re refining your business model, evolving your identity, or letting go of what no longer aligns, this one’s for you. What you’ll take away Why creative freedom isn’t the finish line and what actually matters next The cost of staying in survival mode when your life’s moved on What it looks like to lead without chaos as your motivator How to let go of things that are working but no longer aligned Rebuilding your identity when your environment hasn’t caught up Jenna’s lessons from London, Cape Town, and startup life Five skills that actually move the needle as a modern founder ⏰ Key moments 00:00 Jenna joins Caleb as a guest on his podcast 03:30 Leaving corporate—and the fear under the leap 08:50 “Search for pride, not happiness”—the mindset shift that stuck 12:10 Letting go of what no longer aligns (even when it’s working) 17:30 Why freedom stopped feeling like the goal 21:00 Control, communication and leadership as identity shifts 26:40 When chaos no longer drives you—what comes next 30:10 Burnout, safety, and building from a different energy 36:50 Ambition, delusion, and taking the next big swing 41:00 What Jenna learned living overseas 47:20 You only get 8 big opportunities in life—here’s how to choose 50:30 5 essential skills for growth-stage founders 55:00 What Jenna wants to be remembered for You can reach a point where the business you built no longer fits who you’re becoming. That doesn’t mean something’s wrong, it means it’s time to realign. This episode is for the creator who’s built the thing, earned the freedom, and is now ready to create from clarity, not chaos. If you’re feeling that internal nudge to evolve, even when things look ‘fine’ from the outside, this conversation will make sense of what you’ve been feeling. Send it to someone navigating the same shift. And let us know what it unlocked for you 🧠🚀 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Feb 14, 2025 · 38 min

    The Fastest Way to Make Money (Without Panic Mode)

    If cash flow is tight and you need sales fast, this episode gives you the exact strategy to bring in revenue without resorting to desperate tactics. I’ll walk you through how to generate leads, close sales, and build momentum, so you're not stuck in a cycle of hustling just to survive. 💡 What You’ll Learn: ✅ How to set a clear revenue goal and reverse-engineer your sales plan ✅ The #1 mistake people make when trying to make money fast ✅ How to turn personal stories into viral content that attracts and converts ✅ The exact ChatGPT prompts I use to create high-converting Instagram carousels, captions, emails, and LinkedIn posts ✅ How to stop selling ‘coaching’ and start selling results ✅ The Leads & Sales Tracker I use to manage my pipeline (DM me “SALES” on Instagram to get it) 💡 ChatGPT Prompts to Make Content Creation 10x Faster 💬 Carousel Post Prompt (Instagram & LinkedIn) "You are a world-class content strategist and viral storytelling expert. Take the following personal story and turn it into a highly engaging Instagram carousel post written from the viewpoint of my ideal customer. Hook them in from the first slide. Make each slide lead naturally into the next to keep engagement high. Keep the language conversational, relatable, and compelling. End with a strong CTA to drive action (comment, DM, save). Here is the personal story: [Insert your journal entry]" 💬 Instagram Caption Prompt (More Depth & Engagement) "Take this personal story and turn it into a compelling Instagram caption that: Adds more depth and emotion beyond the carousel. Highlights additional pain points, solutions, and key takeaways. Hooks readers within the first two lines. Ends with a question or CTA to encourage conversation. Here is the personal story: [Insert your journal entry] Here is the carousel post text: [Insert carousel content]" 💬 Email Prompt (Story-Led & Value-Packed) "You are an expert email copywriter skilled in writing high-converting, story-driven emails. Take the following personal story and turn it into a compelling email that: Opens with a strong hook. Weaves in pain points and insights that position me as the go-to expert. Ends with a clear CTA to drive engagement or action (reply, download, DM, book a call). Here is the personal story: [Insert your journal entry] Here is the Instagram carousel & caption: [Insert carousel and caption text]" 🎧 This episode is packed with real, actionable strategies—hit play and start making money the right way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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