+1 Podcast

In this episode of the +1 Podcast, Dr Medo Pournader interviews Associate Professor Michelle Evans, Associate Professor in Leadership, Joint Associate Dean of Indigenous atthe Melbourne Business School and inaugural Director of Dilin Duwa Centre for Indigenous Business Leadership.A Kurri woman from the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Michelle, living in Albury on Wiradjuri country, Michelle started her higher education career in theatre studies of community-based theatre and radio. She later shifted her career to community arts and cultural development, became a co-founder of Wilin Centre at the Victorian College of the Arts, and studied leadership at Melbourne Business School.In this podcast episode, Michelle talks about the challenges that minority academics in business schools encounter and the opportunities to boost leaders of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander academics and business individuals. She tells Medo about the milestones and momentum that successfully drove indigenous leaders, such as the MURRA program, and her hope for the brighter future for the indigenous business sector.The +1 Podcast is produced by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Business and Economics and Melbourne Business School Joint Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee. The Committee can be contacted via [email protected]: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers’ own and may not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the University of Melbourne or the Melbourne Business School. The material and information presented here is intended for general information purposes only.

In this episode of the +1 Podcast, Dr Medo Pournader interviews Professor Tava Olsen, Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management and Deputy Dean of Academic at the Melbourne Business School.Growing up in Auckland and obtaining her PhD in Standford University, Tava moved to Missouri to teach at Washington University’s Olin Business School, before returning to New Zealand a decade later as a professor.Tava is involved with the overall strategic initiatives concerning diversity and inclusion at Melbourne Business School. In this podcast episode, Tava talks about gender issues in academia, including academic assessment and teaching evaluation, and how the MBS has initiated some strategies and programs to encourage diversity in academic fields.The +1 Podcast is produced by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Business and Economics and Melbourne Business School Joint Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee. The Committee can be contacted via [email protected]: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers’ own and may not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the University of Melbourne or the Melbourne Business School. The material and information presented here is intended for general information purposes only.

In this episode, Medo Pournader interviews Professor Rosemary Addis AM, a globally recognised director and strategist at the forefront of innovation and investment for impact.Alongside being an alum of the University, Rosemary is an Enterprise Professor at the Faculty of Business and Economics with a career traversing the public and private sectors – from practicing law in two hemispheres, leading federal government innovation, and heading up the strategy for global initiatives and market building.She is the Founding Managing Partner of Mondiale Impact, Executive Director of Impact Strategist, Chair of Climate Ready Australia 2030 and the Sweef Capital Board of Advisors, Ambassador for the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, Member of a World Bank Steering Group for Innovative Finance, and Non-Executive Director Indigenous Business Australia.Rosemary and Medo discuss how corporations and other organisations can foster diversity and inclusion and how stakeholders can be a force for positive change. Rosemary explains how major world issues such as climate change disproportionately affect minority groups and the role large businesses and industries play in the pursuit of a more sustainable, diverse world.The +1 Podcast is produced by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Business and Economics and Melbourne Business School Joint Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee. The Committee can be contacted via [email protected]: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers’ own and may not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the University of Melbourne or the Melbourne Business School. The material and information presented here is intended for general information purposes only.

In this episode of the +1 Podcast Series, Dr Medo Pournadertalks to Dr Victor Sojo, Senior Lecturer in Leadership in the Department of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business and Economics, and a member of the FBE/MBSL Joint Equity (Diversity and Inclusion) Committee.Victor explains his research on workplace abuse and the organisational factors that contribute to it. The pair discuss the factors that contribute to workplace abuse and how minority groups are affected, how gender dynamics affect work environments, the complexity of workplace abuse issues, and how the culture of academia could play into workplace issues.The +1 Podcast is produced by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Business and Economics and Melbourne Business School Joint Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee.The Committee can be contacted via [email protected]: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers’ own and may not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the University of Melbourne or the Melbourne Business School. The material and information presented here is intended for general information purposes only.

In this episode of the +1 Podcast Series, Dr Medo Pournader talks to Associate Professor Keke Song, associate professor of Finance at Melbourne Business School and a member of the MBSL Diversity and Inclusion Committee.The pair discuss diversity and inclusion in the classroom with scenarios where educators have to juggle allowing students their right to free speech with maintaining a safe, sustainable environment for students who could feel marginalised. The +1 Podcast is produced by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Business and Economics and Melbourne Business School Joint Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee.The Committee can be contacted via [email protected]: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers’ own and may not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the University of Melbourne or the Melbourne Business School. The material and information presented here is intended for general information purposes only.

In this episode of the +1 Podcast, Dr Medo Pournader interviews Professor Susan Ainsworth, professor of Organisational Studies at the University of Melbourne and internationally recognised expert in gender, workforce diversity, organisational communication, and qualitative methods.They discuss ageism, gender equity, and discrimination against people with disabilities. Susan explains the history of diversity and inclusion in organisations in Australia and shares her experiences with it professionally and academically.The +1 Podcast is produced by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Business and Economics and Melbourne Business School Joint Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee.The Committee can be contacted via [email protected]: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers’ own and may not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the University of Melbourne or the Melbourne Business School. The material and information presented here is intended for general information purposes only.

In this episode of the +1 Podcast, Dr Medo Pournader interviews Associate Professor Melissa Laird, Academic Director Curriculum and Transformation, and Deputy Head of School at the Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education (MSPACE). Melissa is also Co-Chair non-Indigenous of the University’s Reconciliation Network Committee, Co-Chair MSPACE Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and a member of the FBE/MBSL Joint Equity (Diversity and Inclusion) Committee.Melissa talks about her experiences as an ally to indigenous communities, what it means to be "in the river", the purpose and projects being undertaken by MSPACE, and decolonising the structures in which we create learning opportunities.The +1 Podcast is produced by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Business and Economics and Melbourne Business School Joint Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee.The Committee can be contacted via [email protected]: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers’ own and may not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the University of Melbourne or the Melbourne Business School. The material and information presented here is intended for general information purposes only.

In the first episode of the +1 Podcast, Dr Medo Pournader interviews Teagan Donnelly, Head of Innovation at Melbourne Business School (MBS).They discuss MBS& (an innovation hub within MBS centred on redefining the future of learning and work), her work with the gender equity not-for-profit The 100% Project, the role biases play in artificial intelligence, and how her curiosity and passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion led Teagan to pursue organisational psychology.The +1 Podcast is produced by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Business and Economics and Melbourne Business School Joint Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee.The Committee can be contacted via [email protected]: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers’ own and may not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the University of Melbourne or the Melbourne Business School. The material and information presented here is intended for general information purposes only.