Dom Price is Atlassian’s resident work futurist. His experience across the fields of technology, finance and gaming, combined with extensive travel through over fifty countries has informed a unique perspective on the future of work, valuing interconnectedness and a people-centric approach.
Dom’s TedX Talk about rediscovering a happier, more purpose-driven (and less productivity-obsessed) self, has had over 3.3 million views. Dom presents to leading organisations across the globe and he has a refreshingly candid take on all things work. Dom lives in Sydney with his partner Rebecca and their twin boys Frankie and Cooper.
In this episode Andrew and Dom discuss:
4:30 Dom’s disdain for the word ‘hybrid’, the problem with sporting analogies in business and making sure you hire the right people.
14:30 Wanting the rounded version of a person, Dom’s career path so far and not learning anything from business books.
22:30 Coming back into the office post covid, research always fits what you want it to and having too much choice in working options.
29:40 The changes in Dom’s working habits, time spent working not being productive, getting bored presenting keynotes and overcoming this.
35:00 Managing your energy effectively, Dom donating all of his keynote proceeds to charity and the enjoyment felt switching to presenting longer workshops.
42:00 The notion of developing ‘range’, Atlassian’s 5 Responsible Technology Principles and sharing your resources and research with the world.
47:30 Using data ethically and effectively, how Dom comes up with new content and the striking the balance between head vs heart vs hands.
57:00 Working with Atlassian employees, Social Contagion Theory “how you shoe up is how they shoe up” and having different circles of people.
1:04:15 The opposite of play is fear, and what Dom’s school teachers thought of him
1:10:09 Counterintuitive advice open relationships, intimacy and the notion of developing a playbook for love.
1:22:00 Andrew and Shannon Frost’s reflections.
To find the resources mentioned in this episode go to: https://www.andrewmay.com/performance-intelligence-with-andrew-may/
Find Dom at his Website: https://domprice.me/
Or at his LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/dominic-price-0892243
Find out more about Andrew’s Keynotes : https://www.andrewmay.com/keynotes/
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Article referenced: https://fortune.com/2023/04/16/elon-musk-warns-ai-artificial-intelligence-impact-regulation-plans-openai-microsoft-rival-xai/
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