GETTING TO KNOW YOU
whose philosophy is play with
purpose. We’ve created our own
methodology that is about creating
curious and critical thinkers and
problem solvers and our teaching
is supported by an organic, whole
food menu. Our consulting arm,
Thinkers.inq Consulting, takes our
philosophy of play with purpose
and engages with medium sized
businesses and large corporations
and is about developing thinkers
not just doers who will contribute
to great leadership, culture and
innovation – creating wellbeing in
workplaces.
Do you provide services
nationally?
We do. All our businesses embrace
the cloud which means we can
take on clients all over the country
from remote farms in Victoria
to individuals over in Perth. We
support this by travelling up and
down the coast seeing clients
and delivering keynotes and
workshops.
Do you have any plans for
overseas expansion?
We do with our Thinkers.inq
preschools but first we want to
change how schooling is done
in Australia and then we’ll head
overseas.
What would you say to
someone looking for a
business consultant and
what advice would you give
them?
I would say that it’s important to
think about what problem you’re
trying to solve rather than just
going to someone and yelling
help. The problem you identify
may not be the right problem
but it’s a starting point at least.
I also think it’s important to
understand how the consultant
works, how they charge, who else
they’ve worked with and what their
own experience in business is.
I’ve seen too many consultants
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that have completed a six week
course and then are sent into
the business world with their
templates and their one size fits
all approach and it just doesn’t
work with many businesses.
Have you written a book? If
so, please tell us a bit about
what business owners can
get out of it.
I have written a few books. The
first is More Money for Shoes
which is a full colour, illustrated
book which compares building a
wardrobe to building a business.
I purposefully and cheekily called
it More Money for Shoes becaus