

The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal
Vidit Agarwal
Founded 6+ years ago by Vidit Agarwal, The High Flyers Podcast (THF) is a global top ranked show exploring the personal and professional journeys behind the most relatable role models shaping our world.
Enjoy 250+ in-depth (and often rare) conversations with the world’s most influential and relatable role models in business, tech, finance, government and sport -- going beyond the headlines to explore their life and work including their formative years, inflection points, industry insights, and how they think, lead and build.
Episodes are listened to by CEOs, C-Suite Executives, Investors, Founders, and Government Leaders across Australia, USA, India, UK, Singapore, Canada and New Zealand.
Alongside the podcast, we host an annual High Flyers Growth Summit in Sydney and San Francisco.
This podcast is one of five products under our parent company, Curiosity Centre.
We're proud that more than 60% of our 250+ guests have trusted us for their first-ever public interview — or to go in-depth on their personal story for the first time. These include:
Malcolm Turnbull (Prime Minister of Australia), Jason Collins (Head of BlackRock, Asia Pacific), Brad Banducci (CEO, Woolworths), Anil Sabharwal (Global VP Product, Google), Elena Verna (Head of Growth, Lovable), David Haber (a16z Partner and Head of New York Office), Jodie Auster (Uber's Global Head of Travel), Jean-Michel Limieux (CTO, Shopify and Atlassian), Stevie Case (CRO, Vanta), John Haddock (CBO, Harvey), Mark Suster (Partner, Upfront Ventures), Rob Giglio (CCO, Canva), Niki Scevak (Partner, Blackbird), Craig Tiley (CEO, USA Tennis), Michael Schneider (CEO, Bunnings), Paul Bassat (Partner, Square Peg), Bowen Pan (Creator, Facebook Marketplace), Sweta Mehra (Executive GM, NAB), Peter Varghese (Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Australian Government), Sam Sicilia (CIO, Hostplus), Jack Zhang (CEO, Airwallex), Tim Doyle (CEO, Eucalyptus), Sukhinder Singh Cassidy (CEO, Xero), Rod Hamilton (CPO, Culture Amp), Sanjeev Gandhi (CEO, Orica), Philip Green (Australia's Ambassador/High Commissioner to India), Vivek Bhatia (CEO, MUFG) and more.
Engage with us via:
Email: contact@curiositycentre.com
Website: https://highflyerspodcast.com
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/vidags10
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thehighflyers
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehighflyerspodcast/
Follow us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Enjoy 250+ in-depth (and often rare) conversations with the world’s most influential and relatable role models in business, tech, finance, government and sport -- going beyond the headlines to explore their life and work including their formative years, inflection points, industry insights, and how they think, lead and build.
Episodes are listened to by CEOs, C-Suite Executives, Investors, Founders, and Government Leaders across Australia, USA, India, UK, Singapore, Canada and New Zealand.
Alongside the podcast, we host an annual High Flyers Growth Summit in Sydney and San Francisco.
This podcast is one of five products under our parent company, Curiosity Centre.
We're proud that more than 60% of our 250+ guests have trusted us for their first-ever public interview — or to go in-depth on their personal story for the first time. These include:
Malcolm Turnbull (Prime Minister of Australia), Jason Collins (Head of BlackRock, Asia Pacific), Brad Banducci (CEO, Woolworths), Anil Sabharwal (Global VP Product, Google), Elena Verna (Head of Growth, Lovable), David Haber (a16z Partner and Head of New York Office), Jodie Auster (Uber's Global Head of Travel), Jean-Michel Limieux (CTO, Shopify and Atlassian), Stevie Case (CRO, Vanta), John Haddock (CBO, Harvey), Mark Suster (Partner, Upfront Ventures), Rob Giglio (CCO, Canva), Niki Scevak (Partner, Blackbird), Craig Tiley (CEO, USA Tennis), Michael Schneider (CEO, Bunnings), Paul Bassat (Partner, Square Peg), Bowen Pan (Creator, Facebook Marketplace), Sweta Mehra (Executive GM, NAB), Peter Varghese (Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Australian Government), Sam Sicilia (CIO, Hostplus), Jack Zhang (CEO, Airwallex), Tim Doyle (CEO, Eucalyptus), Sukhinder Singh Cassidy (CEO, Xero), Rod Hamilton (CPO, Culture Amp), Sanjeev Gandhi (CEO, Orica), Philip Green (Australia's Ambassador/High Commissioner to India), Vivek Bhatia (CEO, MUFG) and more.
Engage with us via:
Email: contact@curiositycentre.com
Website: https://highflyerspodcast.com
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/vidags10
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thehighflyers
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehighflyerspodcast/
Follow us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Episodes
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Aug 17, 2020 • 37min
Be 1% better w/ Ridley Plummer - Behind the scenes of global sport, Skiing to NFL Superbowl to The Australian Open Tennis, World First Uber Eats Campaign
Take flight with Ridley Plummer, as he shares his inspiring story from Skiing to the Superbowl to The Australian Open Tennis and that's just the first minute of the game. Behind the scenes of global sport, World renowned events including the NFL Superbowl & The Australian Open Tennis (Millions of viewers!) Working in New York, Toronto & Melbourne World first brand campaigns with legends including Rafa Nadal (and filming at 5am with a famous female star!) Suprise & delight fans in today's new world and how to bring live stadium experience to fans on TV & social media plus more! Love your support by subscribing & rating/reviewing the podcast to help us reach more listeners. Follow on Instagram and LinkedIn This episode & show is to inspire YOU to fly high, learning from individuals like Ridley to help YOU be 1% better EVERYDAY.
Aug 3, 2020 • 43min
Be 1% better w/ Mike Dickson - Living & working in 4 countries, good vs great talent, T career & jigsaw puzzle thinking
Take flight with Mike Dickson to find out some fascinating tidbits about his favourite way to stay fit, the best advice he's been given in his 25 year career and loads more! "Life is what you make it, don't expect it to happen to you" Magic moments living & working in 4 countries Insights from working closely with senior business leaders for over 20 years Founding the Sales Director Incubator Program featuring candid interviews with executives from leading organisations including Nestle, PepsiCo, Frucor Suntory, Unilever amongst others What seperates good and great talent, T career thinking from Mckinsey & Jigsaw puzzles and lots more golden nuggets & actionable tips! Love your support by subscribing & rating/reviewing the podcast to help us reach more listeners. Follow on Instagram and LinkedIn This episode & show is to inspire you to fly high, learning from individuals such as Mike to help YOU be 1% better EVERYDAY.
Jul 21, 2020 • 48min
Taking Flight w/ Taps Matimba - Resilience and growth from Africa to Australia, experiences to get to Risk & Control at CBA, studying Law & working full time
Tune in to this inspiring story as we take flight with Taps Matimba. Key takeaways from this story include: Resilience & Growth, Journey moving from Africa to Australia, Dealing with change, Hustling to reach CBA & grow within the company, Early career learnings that set the path to the role now, Working full time AND studying a Masters in Law (JD), How Taps was able to run a full marathon, And loads more! Love your support by subscribing & rating/reviewing the podcast to help us reach more listeners. Follow on Instagram and LinkedIn This episode & show is to inspire you to fly high, learning from individuals such as Taps to help YOU be 1% better EVERYDAY.


