StoryWork
Matt Jones, the founder of Four Pillars Gin, hosts this podcast where he interviews successful Australian business leaders and thinkers. He asks them to share the secrets of their success, focusing on how they use storytelling to build brands and navigate their careers. The show explores story as a powerful tool for growth, relevant to entrepreneurs, executives, and creators. Each episode offers insights into putting the power of story to work in business and life.
Episodes
Anouk Darling's Story
Anouk Darling has had one of those careers that makes normal CVs look a little underpowered.
She has worked in luxury at LVMH, helped reinvent Oroton, led the agency Moon, worked in private equity and now runs Scape Australia, a business with around $17 billion in assets under management and more than 20,000 student apartments.
But what makes Anouk interesting is not the scale. It is the way she t
Adam Spencer's Story
Adam Spencer has spent decades making difficult things feel accessible. Through his sextuple threats of maths, science, technology, AI, public speaking and comedy he has developed a rare ability to move between worlds, explore frontier topics and somehow take people with him. That made him a particularly interesting person to talk to at a moment when artificial intelligence is beginning to change
Stephen Connor's Story
Stephen Connor runs Volvo Cars Australia at a particularly interesting moment. The automotive industry is being reshaped by EVs, software and an influx of new brands, while Volvo is trying to evolve beyond the idea that has defined it for generations, safety.
Stephen’s own career has involved a fair bit of reinvention too. After senior roles in the UK and Dubai, he arrived in Australia without a j
Blaise Witnish's Story
Blaise Witnish started life as a kids' party host and working in bowling alleys. Now she's the CEO of Funlab, where she has spent more than two decades turning the joy of bowling, mini golf and competitive socialising into national (and now international) brands including Strike, Holey Moley and Hijinx Hotel. In the process, she has helped take Australian ideas about fun, irreverence and hospitali
Phil Morle's Story
What does a former theatre director know about building billion-dollar deep-tech companies? Quite a lot, as it turns out. Phil Morle has spent his career moving between art, technology and venture capital. From experimental theatre and the wild early days of Kazaa to co-founding Pollenizer and helping build Main Sequence into one of Australia’s most important deep-tech investors, Phil has led the
Allegra Spender's Story
The world needs more exceptional people to choose to go into politics. Allegra Spender is the exception on many levels, and in this episode of StoryWork we talk about her quite radical approach to politics and to being a politician.
Allegra was a McKinsey consultant with every possible option in front of her. But instead of seeking business success she chose public service.
I sat down and spok
Michael McQueen's Story
Change is a constant. I know that’s a cliché. But I believe we’re also living through an extraordinarily change-y time. And how we deal with change, both how we make change happen and how we deal with the change that will inevitably happen to us, will be a key determinant of our success at pretty much anything, from business to life.
I wanted to talk to Michael McQueen, not because he’s an expert
Zara Seidler's Story
When I started thinking about creating StoryWork, the first name I wrote on my list of people I wanted to talk to was Zara Seidler. Both because of what she’s built at The Daily Aus, and because of the intelligence and creativity she’s brought to the task.
This episode is a window into the process and vision of a brilliant young co-founder who has figured out how to do what everyone is wrestling w
Dom Pym's Story
We're coming out of the gates with one of the most exciting, inspiring people I've ever met.
Dom Pym, founder of Up Bank (and so much more), philanthropist, investor and visionary. If you want to hear an inspiring and surprising start-up to success story, it's his.
But this isn't just about making money. Listen to Dom for an insight into how his mind works and his bold plan to get more people to i
Matt Jones' Story with Amelia Adams
Welcome to this foundational episode. The backstory, if you like. Or, to be more specific, my story.
The word journey is overplayed, but forgive me for using it here.
The rest of this podcast is about other people and their stories. We’ll be meeting remarkable Australian founders, entrepreneurs, behavioural economists and business minds. But in this episode you get to meet me.
I enlisted my dear f
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