Monty Hamilton co-founded UBank inside NAB, Australia’s first digital bank, then built Belong inside Telstra in just eight weeks, from brief to launch.

He has spent his career launching new ventures from inside large organisations and has since led digital transformation at PwC and TELUS Digital across 30+ countries.

A conversation about creating space for change, corporate innovation and why progress beats perfection.

This is The Reinventor’s Mindset. Let’s dive in.

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction and Overview of TELUS Digital

01:52 The Rapid Launch of Belong: A Case Study

05:11 Building New Ventures Within Large Organisations

09:45 The Importance of Speed in Transformation

13:39 Navigating Crisis: UBank's Launch During the GFC

19:47 The Evolution of Digital Banking and Compliance

22:58 Innovation in Banking: The Australian Experience

25:54 Leadership and Empowerment in Change Management

30:35 The Importance of Relationships in Professional Growth

34:36 Cultural Insights from Global Business Practices

38:56 Childhood Beliefs and Professional Optimism

CEO Rob Samuels is 8th generation at Maker's Mark.

His grandparents walked away from 160 years of family whiskey to start fresh - then didn't profit for 25 years.

Now Rob is pioneering regenerative agriculture, rebuilding soil health while making bourbon.

A conversation about legacy, purposeful inefficiency, and why nature is the real maker.

This is The Reinventor's Mindset. Let's dive in.

Conversations about transformation with leaders who are still in the arena. The guests here aren't theorists. They're practitioners who've transformed themselves, transformed systems, and know what it costs to do both.

Host Ashton Jones grew up in housing commission, learned to swim at 34 to compete in triathlons, and is now a director at Australia's largest wealth manager. He's writing Bold Water - a book about transformation as reclamation.

First episode coming soon.