Think Visual

Ep. 13 - From Passion to Profession

Chris leads Future Friendly’s design practice, working with teams to drive the culture, tools and process required to create impact. Outside of coaching internally and with clients, he stay active in the design community as an educator and mentor having taught Product & UX design for JMC Academy and IXDA. Connect with him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellischristoph/ Website: https://christopherellis.design/ Future Friendly Website: https://www.futurefriendly.studio/

Ep. 12 - Beyond Resilience: Rethinking Refugee Narratives with Samah Shda

Samah Shda is the founder of Unbound Stories, a social enterprise that supports organisations and communities to tell stories in ways that centre dignity, agency and inclusion. With more than ten years of experience in refugee protection, community development and access to higher education, she collaborates across sectors to develop ethical storytelling practices that move beyond tokenism. As an Iraqi Assyrian who has lived and worked across the Middle East, Africa, Australia and Europe, Samah brings both personal insight and practical expertise to conversations about how stories shape our understanding of marginalised communities. Connect with her on: Website: https://unboundstories.org/ Samah's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samah-shda/ Unbounded Stories LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unbound-stories/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unboundstories.official/

Ep. 11 - Financially Free: How This App Is Helping Women Buy Their First Home with Jemi Jeng

Jemi Jeng is the founder of Penny, a home-buying and financial empowerment platform helping women take confident steps toward property ownership and long-term financial security. With a career spanning law, policy, and tech, she has worked across government tackling complex social and policy challenges before turning her focus to women’s financial independence. A passionate advocate for equity and inclusion, she believes that financial systems should be accessible to everyone, and that literacy, confidence, and access are key to changing that, particularly for women. Through Penny, she is building the tools, resources, and community women need to overcome barriers to homeownership and wealth-building. Connect with her on: Penny website: https://urpenny.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jemi-jeng

Ep.10 - Chasing Magic! with Mariane Power

Mariane Power is a Neuroinclusive Leadership and Systems Strategist dedicated to advancing the personal and professional capabilities of neurodivergent individuals, their families and teams. With her unique blend of clinical expertise and lived experience as a Neurodivergent professional, Mariane is a sought-after speaker, Executive Coach, and consultant for organisations striving to integrate inclusive work-life design with neuroscience, positive and performance psychology principles, to unlock the potential of diverse teams. Recognised as a World Class Education Top Innovator by Uplink and Deloitte Global, Mariane is the author of The IMPACT Mindset Theory and creator of the IMPACT Framework. As the host of Classroom 5.0, a podcast exploring the future of work, learning, and leadership, Mariane continues to shape conversations on building communities and workplaces that leverage cognitive diversity to drive sustainable innovation for impact. Connect with her on: Website: https://www.marianepower.com.au/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marianepower/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianepower/

Ep. 9 - Too much stuff? with Steve Baty

Steve Baty is the co-founder of the award-winning design studio Meld Collective, founder of Australia's largest design conference UX Australia, and director of the Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence. As one of the most influential designers in Australia, whose work spans over 30 years - Steve has previously held positions as the former CEO of the Australian Design Council, and president of the IXDA. He is the co-author of Designing Tomorrow. Connect with him on: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevebaty/ Meld Collective Website: https://www.meldcollective.com.au/

Ep.8 - What makes a strong team? with Keegan Luiters

Keegan Luiters is an expert in team performance. He is an author, speaker, coach and facilitator. Applying evidence based approaches, Keegan works with individuals, teams and organisations to deliver sustained performance outcomes. Connect with Keegan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keeganluiters/ Learn more about his most recent book Teamership: https://www.teamership.com.au/

Ep.7 - How visuals tell stories we can't ignore

Martin Tomitsch is a professor of design, and head of the Transdisciplinary School at UTS. He is a founding member of the Life Centred Design Collective, as well as former head of design at The University of Sydney. An author of several renowned books in design such as, "Making Cities Smarter and "Design, Think, Make, Break, Repeat"; Martin's latest book Designing Tomorrow won a 2024 Good Design Award for communication design. Connect with him on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martintomitsch/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martintomitsch/ Website: https://www.martintomitsch.com/ Link to "Designing Tomorrow" book: https://www.designingtomorrowbook.com/ Short Guitar Clip by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Artist: http://audionautix.com/

#06 Alan Chen

Alan is the co-founder of Sh8peshifters, and a creative professional with a truly diverse background. Over the past 24 years, he has worked as an illustrator, graphic designer, art director, film director, writer, producer, strategic designer, academic and teacher. He has won awards for his films and his illustration work has been featured in national exhibitions and publications. He has also spoken and scribed at numerous conferences and events. Connect with him on: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-tl-chen/ Shapeshifters website: https://www.shapeshifterscreative.com.au/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fable_us?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MTh3emZmd2owZHZ3OA== Short Guitar Clip by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Artist: http://audionautix.com/

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#05 Josh Bradshaw

Josh Bradshaw’s previously led product design teams at Rezdy & Domain Group, and he’s now the Head of Product at PaidRight. Josh describes himself as a father, a designer, a story-teller and a product thinker. His mantra is “design doesn’t belong to designers” and he lives that out through collaboration and facilitation. Josh was also the very first Think Visual! speaker — and we’re excited to have him back. Connect with him on: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-bradshaw-b228b533/ Music: Short Guitar Clip by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Artist: http://audionautix.com/

#04 Ben Pecotich

Ben Pecotich is a designer, coach, and founder of Dynamic4 – a B Corp focused on regenerative leadership and design for happier communities and sustainable business practices. With over 30 years of experience leading strategic change across Asia-Pacific, UK, and Europe, he founded Dynamic4 in 2001, using human-centered design to integrate strategy, design, and technology. Ben is also the author of 'Solve Problems That Matter' and co-founder of Sydney Design Thinking. Connect with him on: Linkedin: / benpecotich Dynamic4 Website: https://dynamic4.com/ Ben's book "Solve Problems that Matter": https://dynamic4.com/solve-problems-t... Music: Short Guitar Clip by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Artist: http://audionautix.com/

#03 Ewan Hall

Ewan Hall is an agile coach and a leader of workplace social advocacy. He has come to see creativity as vital to all roles and an essential ingredient in how we collectively reimagine our global systems. Connect with him on: Linkedin: / ewanhall-visualchangeagent Instagram: / atwvisual Resources mentioned in the conversation: Graphic Gear: Neuland markers reseller in Australia https://graphicgear.com.au/ Mike Rohde's Sketchnote Army: https://sketchnotearmy.com Music Credit: Short Guitar Clip by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Artist: http://audionautix.com/

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#02 Sophie Matrai

Sophie Matrai is a product designer with an incredible journey. Connect with her on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-matrai/ She mentors on ADP List: https://adplist.org/mentors/sophie-matrai

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#01 Sarah Stokes

Sarah has spent the past 20+ years driving impactful product experiences through human-centred design in entertainment, retail, finance property and tech. She’s passionate about empowering teams and individuals to thrive through coaching, creativity, and servant leadership. Her experience spans digital product design, team building, and strategic thinking. Sarah is also a speaker and workshop facilitator, covering topics like empathy, active listening, cognitive bias, effective feedback, and cultivating self-awareness. Sarah’s mission: to help people, and teams achieve their full potential through design thinking and creativity. Sarah also offers coaching focused on performance and career progression. Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahlucystoked/ Website: https://www.sarahstokescoaching.com/ Short Guitar Clip by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://audionautix.com/ **Watch with video option on youtube: https://youtu.be/EmHlzDkeqkg

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