Narayan Vishwanathan on Staying Humble, Staying Curious, and Seeing the Human Side of Payroll
Payroll can look simple from the outside. People submit their timesheets. The system runs. Money lands in the right bank account on the right day. But for Narayan Vishwanathan, payroll has never been just numbers, rules, or compliance. It is people. It is trust. It is late timesheets, changing legislation, different countries, anxious clients, weekend […]
Claire Singleton on Choosing Curiosity Over Comfort
Not every career shift begins with a clear plan. Sometimes, it starts with a quiet, honest decision that something no longer fits. For Claire Singleton, that moment came after years of practising as a dentist. “By that point, I decided that it wasn’t the career that I wanted to do for the rest of my […]
Brandon Trabon on Seeing the Warning Signs Others Miss
As many stories do, it started with curiosity. Not the polished, career-driven kind, but the kind that begins with a kid, a computer, and a fascination with how things work. Where It All Began Brandon Trabon didn’t set out to work in ERP. His journey began somewhere far more familiar and far more playful. “I […]
Sam Borkar on Building a Life That Doesn’t Fit in One Lane
There’s a moment in Sam Borkar’s story that feels almost cinematic. A young international student, newly arrived in Australia, walking through Melbourne, looking up at glass buildings and imagining a desk behind one of those windows. He didn’t have a roadmap or industry experience, just a quiet question: how do I get there? Curiosity as […]
David Ogilvie on Why Principles Matter More Than Opportunity
There are moments in life when a single decision quietly shapes everything that follows. For David Ogilvie, one of those moments came when he walked away from an ERP project with no safety net, no pipeline, and no guarantee that work would come next. At the time, he didn’t know that decision would eventually leave […]
Chris Collins on Sliding Doors, SAP, and Never Narrowing Your World
It only takes a moment. A lift that isn’t delayed. A bus that arrives on time. A lecturer walking down the same corridor at exactly the right second. For Christopher Collins, that moment happened during his Masters of IT at QUT — and it quietly shaped the next 20+ years of his life. “If my […]
Satvinder Singh on Doing the Right Thing at the Right Time and Learning How to Slow Down
There’s a particular kind of wisdom that only comes from staying long enough to see things change. Satvinder Singh has seen SAP evolve from its earliest days — SAP 3.1G — to the complex, high-pressure transformation environments we know today. But when he reflects on his 27+ year journey, it’s not the technology that stands […]
Prasanna Paudel on Consistency, Courage, and Learning in Public
There’s a quiet kind of bravery in starting again. Not once, but many times. For Prasanna Paudel, that courage first showed up long before mining value chains or data science leadership. It began in Nepal, in a management-focused degree, at a time when a “future in data” wasn’t something you could clearly see — or […]
Tanya Jenke on Curiosity, Resilience, and the Human Side of Safety
“I’ve recently realised that curiosity isn’t just about learning or research, but also key in relationships.” What began as a simple reconnection with an old friend—hours of listening, laughing, rediscovering—taught Tanya Jenke that true curiosity is not about questions, but about presence. It’s about hearing the story someone else is telling. This shift reshaped how […]
Shyamlal Christudas on Trusting the Journey and Embracing Uncertainty
“My head was always on the chopping board. If things go right, you’re a hero. If something goes wrong, you’re the first to get shot.” For Shyamlal Christudas, it takes courage to step into a role where the stakes are so high. For Shyam, that leap was less about chasing titles and more about chasing […]
