This episode of Living in the New Next features Audette Exel AO, Founder of the unique and inspiring organisation, Adara Group. 

The Adara Group consists of investment banking advisory businesses as well as a not for profit international development organisation. What’s unique about this Group is that all profits from the investment banking side go to fund the philanthropic development work Adara undertakes in Nepal and Uganda. 

In this episode you’ll hear Audette share fascinating insights on how Adara has had to pivot how they deliver their life-changing philanthropic work in response to COVID lockdowns. She also shares how she made the call to set up home offices for all Adara’s 250 staff, not just in their Sydney HQ, but also in Uganda, the US and Nepal as well. 

Plus, Audette reveals how being compelled to use new technology has broadened her view of what’s possible for her organisation and changed her plans for where she lives! 

If you’re after some inspiration and ideas on how your business can adapt, then don’t miss Audette’s stories, insights and advice on adapting, thriving and Living in the New Next. 

Living in the New Next is a podcast brought to you by Microsoft, sharing the stories and insights of how business owners are both surviving and adapting how they work during COVID.

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This episode of Living in the New Next features the leaders of Physiocise, a business well known in Australia for being leaders in the field of exercise rehabilitation. Whether it’s back pain, injury rehab, arthritis or balance . . . you name it, they help fix it! 

Physiocise Founder and now Creative Director, Anna-Louise Bouvier, and the company’s CEO, Melissa Partington, are our guests in this conversation where they explain how their 25 year old analogue business suddenly had to go digital very, very quickly when COVID lockdown happened. 

You’ll hear how they pivoted their business within 10 days to switch their 160 classes a week from in person to an online experience, including coaching some of their elderly clients on how to get online! 

In addition their physio instructors suddenly had to re-learn a completely different way to teach a class virtually. Not to mention, the new devices and software they needed to learn to use in order to be able to go remote.

We think you’ll love this conversation with Melissa and Anna-Louise who share some really inspiring stories and advice on how they harnessed technology to pivot their business, found new opportunities in the process, and now feel confident about thriving in the New Next. 

Living in the New Next is a podcast brought to you by Microsoft, sharing the stories and insights of how business owners are surviving and adapting how they work during COVID.

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This episode of Living in the New Next features Karen Alcock, Owner and Director of MA Architects in Melbourne. 

When we all started working from home earlier this year, little did Karen know she was going to have to keep her business going for months in lockdown thanks to Melbourne’s strict COVID rules. 

In this episode you’ll hear fascinating insights into how Karen and her team have had to adapt and use new technologies to help them keep working productively, as well as to stay connected and collaborating as a team.

Karen also shares how she could never have predicted that their new ways of working have actually expanded her business’s perceptions of what’s possible in terms of collaborating and working with other architects overseas.

If you’re after some inspiration and some practical advice, you’ll love Karen’s stories, insights and advice on adapting, thriving and Living in the New Next. 

Living in the New Next is a podcast brought to you by Microsoft, sharing the stories and insights of how business owners are both surviving and adapting how they work during COVID.

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Microsoft's the New Next - Downloads & Resources for Business Owners

MA Architects

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