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Geoff McDonald Alan Silcock – Five Gifts Flourishing GeoffMcDonald.com Geoff McDonald interviews author Alan Silcock about his new book, Five Gift Flourishing in episode 116 of the Ideas Architect podcast. Show Links Alan Silcock’s website – Following Forsyth Alan Silcock interviews Geoff McDonald about his next book, Deep Minimalism Download the Interview Recording Transcript of Interview with Alan Silcock Geoff McDonald  00:00 Hi, Alan, […]

Geoff McDonald Deep Minimalism with Geoff McDonald GeoffMcDonald.com Deep Minimalism Deep Minimalism is the topic of Geoff McDonald’s next book. It’s what you get when you apply the principles of Minimalism to all (or at least, more) areas of your life. The first slice of this topic is shaping as a standalone book, Minimal Work. In this podcast episode (#115 of the Ideas […]

Geoff McDonald Heart Leadership with Ian Berry GeoffMcDonald.com Heart Leadership In his latest book, Heart Leadership, business mentor and leadership expert Ian Berry talks about the progress from the mind of leadership to leading with the heart. It’s an interesting update on leadership styles and more timely than ever given our experiences with the pandemic, lockdown and often, leading from afar with more […]

Geoff McDonald 1000 Blog Posts – Podcast GeoffMcDonald.com 1000 blog posts – today! It’s official. Today – this very blog post – I have now written and published 1000 blog posts on this website. Three cheers for me! Yes, That’s a bit self-indulgent and I’m proud of this result – that’s a lot of writing over a ten-year period. Ideas Architect Podcast In […]

Geoff McDonald Sandi Givens – Find Your Courageous Voice GeoffMcDonald.com Sandi Givens Sandi Givens runs an online program for women across the country called Find Your Courageous Voice. Her passion is to enable more people to have courage and authenticity in their conversations. Sandi is also the author of Women on the Move, a CSP professional speaker with PSA, a supporter of Beyond Blue and […]

Geoff McDonald Do More With Less GeoffMcDonald.com Do More with Less Do More with Less is episode #111 of the Ideas Architect Podcast. Here is the video and transcript… Are you stretched to your limits? Are you just hanging on? Life is fast – keeping up with all the software updates is tough let alone mastering them Everything is complex – even […]

Geoff McDonald Bill Jennings: Valuable Conversations GeoffMcDonald.com Bill Jennings, Time and Space Bill Jennings runs Time and Space – community events for secondary schools that help mums and dads and mentors have conversations with young people that they wouldn’t normally have. It’s all about hearing the perspective of the other generations. Bill is a former secondary school teacher and a Certified Speaking […]

Geoff McDonald Project Passion – Ship Smaller Sooner GeoffMcDonald.com Project Passion One of the big ideas in Project Passion is borrowed from the work of Scrum and the Lean Startup: the MVP. This is to overcome one of the big mistakes many of us make in our projects is to pursue perfection. We naturally start our projects with the view of the perfect result […]

Geoff McDonald Carolyn Tate – The Purpose Project GeoffMcDonald.com Carolyn Tate – The Purpose Project Carolyn Tate is an author, educator and community builder. She has written five books with her latest being The Purpose Project. (Her purpose is to write books that truly matter.) She is also an educator running workshops and speaking to groups about how to bring purpose to work and […]

Geoff McDonald Marty Wilson – More Funny, More Money GeoffMcDonald.com Marty Wilson Marty Wilson is Australia’s funniest motivational speaker. He followed the traditional career path from Pharmacist to Advertising Copywriter to Stand-Up Comic – well not so traditional – to become Australian Comic of the Year. Today, Marty is a regular on the corporate speaking circuit making audiences laugh about the serious topics of resilience […]

Geoff McDonald Mark Molony – Mindfulness and Productivity GeoffMcDonald.com Mark Molony – Intention and Attention Mark Molony is a coach, counsellor and educator. He is the co-founder with John Bruna of the Mindful Life Program. Over the past 30 years, Mark Molony has spent a lot of time watching people trying to get things done. In fact, most of his conversations are sparked by […]

Geoff McDonald Toby Marshall – Lead Creation Strategies GeoffMcDonald.com Toby Marshall – What’s Hot in Marketing and Lead Generation Toby Marshall is the founder of Lead Creation – a B2B marketing agency that does both the strategy and the implementation of the marketing. Toby and his team employ the strategy of online>offline>online. This means you start by making online connections, then meet face-to-face at […]

Geoff McDonald Melanie Colling: Purpose Driven Projects GeoffMcDonald.com Melanie Colling: Connect and Grow Rich Melanie Colling runs Purpose Driven Projects to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses through projects. For me, that’s an instantly curious topic – lots of people are talking about purpose and we all have projects, but few are talking about ‘purpose-driven projects’. Previously Mel had worked in the corporate world […]

Geoff McDonald Tim Graham – Build a Fit Business GeoffMcDonald.com Tim Graham: Integrity Group Fitness Tim Graham runs a group fitness centre in Ballarat, Victoria called Integrity Group Fitness. Traditionally, gyms and the fitness industry have focused on short-term results through boot camps and weight loss. This view shapes how fitness centres promote their service. And it is best demonstrated by the TV show The […]

Geoff McDonald Georgian Benta – Build the Gratitude Habit GeoffMcDonald.com Georgian Benta: Build the Gratitude Habit Georgian Benta is an entrepreneur and podcaster based in Romania. He is the host of The Gratitude Podcast which has had over 30,000 downloads. Georgian’s vision is to inspire 100,000 people to live a life inspired by gratitude. He shares his pursuit of self-knowledge from a simple desire to understand […]

Geoff McDonald Taruni Falconer – Cross-Cultural Leadership Habits GeoffMcDonald.com Taruni Falconer Cross-cultural communication expert Taruni Falconer helps people work in other cultures or come to Australasia. Her role is to help them navigate their new cultural landscape and work settings. Effectively, Taruni Falconer is a Habits Coach. She helps leaders communicate effectively in high-stakes situations and teach them how to develop powerful habits and […]

Geoff McDonald Geoff McDonald – The Ideas Architect GeoffMcDonald.com Geoff McDonald: The Ideas Architect In this special 100th episode we turn the tables as Suzanne Mercier interviews The Ideas Architect himself Geoff McDonald – we talk about podcasting, board games, Book Rapper, Project Passion and purpose. The Ideas Architect Podcast In Episode 100 of The Ideas Architect Podcast we discuss: Why I created The […]

Geoff McDonald Brett Jarman – Expert Leverage with Teams, Systems, Content GeoffMcDonald.com Brett Jarman Brett Jarman from Help Me Leverage talks about two powerful ways to Expert Leverage so you can earn more and work less: Build systems to automate your actions; and Build teams to leverage your time. Brett Jarman’s business helps high-value experts, produce, promote and monetize their content. His niche area is a business […]

Geoff McDonald Project Passion: Inner Goals Over Outer Goals GeoffMcDonald.com Inner Goals One of the reasons that we fail to complete our projects is that we focus on inner goals and not outer goals. Have you ever considered that you might be working on the wrong goal? And, I don’t mean writing a book versus getting a new job. Heidi Grant Halvorson is a social psychologist […]

Geoff McDonald Business Strategy Rules Rule GeoffMcDonald.com Business Strategy Rules The big challenge around Business Strategy Rules and Project Design is to plan just the right amount. My first career was as an architect. Our role was to plan every single thing before any construction started. Whilst this worked for 50-storey skyscrapers, it’s unlikely to be the best way to design your […]