I was raised in on a small farm in Australia. My father was a 5th generation farmer in a time where a man's word was his bond and a hard day’s work was normal.

My mother, a polio victim, taught me that life was an adventure;  stand up for what you believe to be true and don't let anyone tell you what you can't do. 

At the age of 15 I joined the army. Little did I know 20 years later I was to go from a wide-eyed army apprentice to a being a highly-trained Special Forces operative.  

MySpecial Forces training included indoctrination in the some of the world's most advanced business enhancing techniques, processes, and technologies available at the time. 

These critical skills would work anywhere on the planet at any level of conflict, which I have had the opportunity to test in culturally diverse areas such as Australia, USA, Singapore China, Brazil, Denmark and Malaysia. After the military I spent 21 years drawing on the wealth of experience I gained in order to focus on one challenge: cracking the safety code.

The turning point for me was working with a large American company.  

It began like a scene from the movie Deep Water Horizon.  Large plumes of oil erupting into the air, equipment falling around people's ears, lifeboats launched, and several workers stranded on the facility with a highly explosive, combustible atmosphere ready to blow at any second.  

I was called in to design and roll out a safety campaign to turn the organization around and get them back on track. Just 18 months later it turned out to be a enormously successful campaign.  

However its real success was that it unlocked so many key elements that have been able to be repeated regularly to save lives and grow leaders in businesses all around the globe, bringing real hope to individuals, families and communities.