THE POWER OF POSSIBILITIES

SERIES TWO: PROPEL

THURSDAY 18 AUGUST, 2022

 10:30AM - 12 NOON (AEST)

propel

WARWICK MERRY

Your Host & MC

Warwick Merry is an engaging MC and host that brings energy, humour and professionalism to the fore to make the "Power of Possibilities" an event to remember.

Welcome to the Power of Possibilities Speaker Series. Our second series is PROPEL with speakers Dr Kristy Goodwin, Dee Madigan and Kim Seeling Smith. This forward-looking session focuses on creating a workplace culture that is engaged, purpose-driven and ready to face modern challenges.

  • Dr Kristy Goodwin: Beating digital burnout
    This keynote provides science-backed solutions to counteract the always-on digital culture that has led to many knowledge workers experiencing digital burnout. Understand how our digital habits are fuelling our stress, why rest is vital for our performance, the micro-habits we can embed into our workdays and the digital cultures that can counteract digital burnout.   

  • Dee Madigan: How to be more creative?
    Creativity is the key to good business, no matter what business you're in! It is how you boost your productivity, attract and retain staff and boost your bottom line.  Find out how you and your organisation can be more creative. 

  • Kim Seeling Smith: 9 Keys to avoid the Great Resignation
    The Great Resignation is the result of a candidate short market running headlong into a workforce emerging from 2 years of pandemic-induced reflection. In this session, we will unpack 9 key factors, derived from over 5,000 exit interviews, that are critical to employee retention in the post-COVID world.


Featured Speakers

Dr Kristy Goodwin

Dr Kristy Goodwin is on a mission to promote employee wellbeing and bolster workplace productivity in an always-on digital world. As one of Australia’s digital wellbeing and productivity experts, she shares practical brain-based hacks to tame tech habits and the latest evidence-based strategies to decode the neurobiology of peak performance in the technological era.

Dee Madigan

Dee Madigan is Executive Creative Director at Campaign Edge and one of Australia’s most respected commentators on creativity. She has been Creative Director on over 11 elections, and is the author of The Hard Sell (MUP 2014) and is a contributing author in Change! Combining analytic approaches with street wisdom (ANU 2015) and MotherMorphosis (MUP 2015).

Kim Seeling Smith

Future of Work expert, Kim Seeling Smith helps organisations build and retain a future fit workforce to reach their commercial goals, create thriving cultures, and overcome challenges and seize opportunities presented by the post-pandemic world. Voted on of the top 101 influencers on employee engagement, you will frequently see Kim on major media outlets across Australia and the US.

SERIES three: PERFORM

 THURSDAY 22 september