RMIT leadership forum

AUDIO: Ambient music

VISUAL: RMIT students mingle in New Academic Street at the inaugural Leadership Forum.

TEXT ON SCREEN: Over 800 students from 76 countries gathered together at the RMIT Leadership Forum. This is what they discovered.

VISUAL: Emma Hendry is being interviewed at the Green Brain. She stands looking toward the camera.

TEXT ON SCREEN: Emma Hendry, CEO Hendry Group

EMMA HENDRY SPEAKS: We are living in a evermore global world and being able to be in a forum where you have so many different types of people from diverse networks from diverse geographical locations…it really is so empowering to see different perspectives.

VISUAL: Emma Hendry lectures to hundreds of RMIT students at Storey Hall.

TEXT ON SCREEN: We develop leaders who can cross boundaries.

VISUAL: RMIT students mingle in New Academic Street, visiting stalls held by organisations like Unbound.

TEXT ON SCREEN: Unbound. @UnboundAU. Unbound.edu.au. Step outside of your comfort zone, and into the global classroom.

VISUAL: Meher Deng is being interviewed at the Green Brain. She stands looking toward the camera.

TEXT ON SCREEN: Meher Deng, Master of Fashion (Entrepreneurship).

MEHER DENG SPEAKS: I didn't know exactly what to expect but I knew that there were industry leaders talking on different topics and I just thought it was a good chance to meet people who were interested in entrepreneurship.

VISUAL: Students discuss the Leadership Forum and topics discussed and meet with some of the speakers.

VISUAL: Ed Kitchen is being interviewed at New Academic Street. He stands looking toward the camera.

TEXT ON SCREEN: Ed Kitchen, State Manager, Victoria & Tasmania, Uber Eats

ED KITCHEN SPEAKS: Strong leadership skills are important for anyone in today's workforce and I think it's really important especially in today's world to be able to engage with people across all sorts of boundaries and from locations and cultures. For me leadership is all about building trust and leading through your teams. You're there as a coaching or a mentoring role to help guide them but not necessary as an authoritarian leader.

VISUAL: Students chat with stall holders at the Leadership Forum. Students arrive at Storey Hall and Martin Bean chats with students at the Forum.

VISUAL: Katrina Webb lectures to students. Katrina Webb is being interviewed at New Academic Street. She stands looking toward the camera.

TEXT ON SCREEN: Katrina Webb, Director, newday.

KATRINA WEBB SPEAKS: Leadership is something that we all have access to. We are all leaders if we choose to be, we can all lead in many different ways. It's really important for graduates to realize that it doesn't mean that they're going to be the leader once they're the CEO of an organization that they have capacity to lead today.

VISUAL: Katrina Webb lectures to students.

VISUAL: Peter Maddison lectures to students. Peter Maddison is being interviewed at New Academic Street. He stands looking toward the camera.

TEXT ON SCREEN: Peter Maddison, Founding Director, Maddison Architects PTY Ltd.

PETER MADDISON SPEAKS: We're in a very complex world today where everything's changing around us and the people were interacting with they're not your next-door neighbours. So that that kind of ability to embrace all the complexities of the world and have a balanced view is super important I think.

VISUAL: Peter Maddison lectures to students. Students hold up signs to the camera.

VISUAL: Michael Nolan chats with students. Michael Nolan is being interviewed at Storey Hall. He stands looking toward the camera.

TEXT ON SCREEN: Michael Nolan, Director - Cities Program, United Nations Global Compact.

MICHAEL NOLAN SPEAKS: Diversity makes any system stronger. If you're looking at a forest the greater the diversity and different roles the species play makes for a stronger environment. So we should be emulating that in our workforce.

VISUAL: students share ideas with each other at the Forum.

VISUAL: Jedidiah Brooks is being interviewed at the Green Brain. He stands looking toward the camera.

TEXT ON SCREEN: Jedidiah Brooks, Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance)

JEDIDIAH BROOKS SPEAKS: It was a really engaging day so it was kind of good motivation to sign up for more things like this and get involved. You can implement leadership principles in pretty much any situation I think it's really kind of what sets people apart, like makes them stand out.

VISUAL: Students chat with stall holders at the Leadership Forum. Emma Hendry lectures to RMIT students at Storey Hall. Students enjoy presentations by various speakers at the Forum.

VOICEOVER - MEHER DENG: If someone's looking forward to it I would say definitely come and just get to experience different kinds of business and leadership.

VOICEOVER - KATRINA WEBB: It's an incredible opportunity to learn so much.

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TEXT ON SCREEN: RMIT University logo. rmit.edu.au/globalleaders

AUDIO:  Ambient music fades out

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