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Dr. Mike Conway

Founder and CEO at XVenture

Sydney, Australia

Thought leader and subject matter expert, particularly in mindset and high performance. Author and producer of MindzenXV—an integrated performance improvement mindset program—proven to fast-track performance by 10% and provide approximately four hours of discretionary time (in a business context).

Worked with elite sports teams as a mindset and EQ coach for the Australian National Soccer Team, including during the World Cup in Qatar, as well as Olympic teams, professional basketball, and cricket teams.

Senior consultancy experience with EY and Deloitte in performance improvement and strategy within the health sector in the UK and Oceania.

Senior executive and board roles, including a decade as Managing Director/Business Leader for The Wiggles Pty Ltd, overseeing global TV, media rights, and live entertainment.

General Manager at Standards Australia for five years, leading strategy, cultural change, and international standardisation efforts.

Developer and producer of education programs in leadership, positive psychology, change, and mindset for executives, doctors, teachers, coaches, and teenagers—ranging from short courses to postgraduate MBA programs (Honorary Professor at two major universities).

Writer, director, and producer of three major TV series in Australia and New Zealand focused on relationships and communication between parents and teenagers.

Developed and written multimedia education programs utilising virtual reality solutions for accelerated learning.

Advisor to major corporations across various sectors, particularly in relation to culture change, leadership, and teamwork.

Began career in health within the UK NHS, including roles at Barts and King’s Hospitals in London.

Doctorate dissertation on "Examining a Sports Mindset Program's Impact on Executive Performance in Two Global Organisations." MindzenXV (Conway, 2023) was the mindset program executives completed as part of the research.

Holds a first degree and MBA, along with professional qualifications in health services management and clinical strategic psychotherapy, with professional memberships in human resources management, positive psychology, and behavioural medicine.

Available For: Advising, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Sydney, Australia
Speaking Topics: Performance Improvement Mindset (Growth Mindset); Leadership; Organisational Culture

Speaking Fee $6,000 (In-Person), $4,500 (Virtual)

Dr. Mike Conway Points
Academic 0
Author 4
Influencer 33
Speaker 0
Entrepreneur 0
Total 37

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Company Information

Company Type: Company
Minimum Project Size: $5,000+
Average Hourly Rate: $200-$300
Number of Employees: 1-10
Company Founded Date: 2011
Media Experience: 20 years - live news on TV and radio; featured in
Last Media Training: 02/01/2000
Last Media Interview: 08/31/2023

Areas of Expertise

AR/VR 30.22
Business Strategy
Careers
Change Management
Coaching
Creativity
Culture
EdTech
Education
Entrepreneurship
Future of Work
Health and Wellness
Healthcare
HR 30.08
Innovation 30.03
Leadership 30.05
Management
Mental Health 30.05
Personal Branding
Project Management
Risk Management
Social

Industry Experience

Consumer Products
Federal & Public Sector
Financial Services & Banking
Healthcare
Higher Education & Research
Media
Other
Pharmaceuticals
Professional Services
Retail

Publications

4 Article/Blogs
BPI - A NEW MEASURE FOR ELITE ATHLETE TEAM SELECTION
LinkedIn
January 09, 2024
Recruiting new team members is critical in a mission to achieve the highest levels of performance.  Whether you’re starting from scratch or adding to an existing team or in some cases having to redesign a current team, it’s the sweet spot. Yet, despite organisation leaders acknowledging this, and many technical directors of sports team’s claiming they have their recruitment processes “nailed”, choosing new team members is still left wanting.  Until now!   Over recent months, work has been undertaken in one sports code which may set the tone for helping choose athletes for the “draft.” A big-ticket item in many codes around the World.

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Tags: Leadership

UNITED, SIR ALEX AND ME
LinkedIn
November 15, 2023
As a lifetime Manchester United supporter this would be a never to be forgotten moment. The first of many conversations about that great period at Old Trafford. Five Premier Leagues, a Champions League, and a World Cup title. A period for those that love the club, hope for to come again.

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Tags: Leadership

Human-centred learning takes a giant step forward
Training & Development
September 01, 2022
Human-centered design is an approach to interactive systems development that aims to make systems usable and useful by focusing on the users, their needs and requirements, and by applying human factors/ergonomics, and usability knowledge and techniques. This approach enhances effectiveness and efficiency, improves human well-being, user satisfaction, accessibility and sustainability; and counteracts possible adverse effects of use on human health, safety and performance.

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Tags: AR/VR, HR, Innovation

Developing 'EARL': A contemporary approach to building high performing organisations
Training & Development
March 01, 2022
The time between Christmas and New Year provides many of us with a period to rest, to reflect on the past year and to reset for the future. Some, of course, continue working through, particularly the first responder, caring professions and those in hospitals and hospitality - and perhaps they get their break at some other time.

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Tags: HR, Leadership, Mental Health

1 Miscellaneous
Change Happens - Podcast - EY Co-CEO Jenelle McMaster speaks to Mike Conway
EY
July 19, 2021
In this episode of the Change Happens podcast, host Jenelle McMaster is joined by EY alumni and CEO and Founder of XVenture Mike Conway, who shares his expertise around emotional intelligence, resilience and leadership, and offers an insight into his ten-year tenure at The Wiggles.

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Tags: Change Management, HR, Leadership

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