//podcastplus.net/feed/beyond-the-obvious~215a1497 Performance Coaching Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:11:09 +0000 BTO_ROSS_ISRAEL_FINAL.mp3 In this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with Ross Israel, Head of Global Infrastructure at QIC. Ross and his team manage over AU$14B in assets such as ports, roads, airports, water, electricity, gas and healthcare. Investing in unlisted long-duration assets like infrastructure requires such a nuanced view of risk and a long, historical... The post Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Ross Israel appeared first on DavidHobart.com . Tue, 28 Jul 2020 06:23:58 +0000 BTO_ROSS_ISRAEL_FINAL.mp3 https://media.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/content.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/JAMIE_BTO.mp3 In this conversation, the first in a series of conversations with some of Australia’s best investors and fund managers, I chat with Jamie Nicol, CIO and a founding partner of DNR Capital, a $6B Aussie equity manager based in Brisbane. It was a broad conversation where we discussed the challenges in building his business over... The post Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Jamie Nicol appeared first on DavidHobart.com . Thu, 02 Jul 2020 09:16:34 +0000 https://media.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/content.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/JAMIE_BTO.mp3 https://media.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/content.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/Daniel_Want_FINAL.mp3 In this episode, I talk with Daniel Want, Director and CIO of Prerequisite Capital Management. If you’re interested in markets and macro-economics, this is a great chat. Daniel is a very nuanced thinker, as he is able to see unintended consequences as if they should be obvious to us all. In this conversation, Daniel talks... The post Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Daniel Want appeared first on DavidHobart.com . Wed, 29 Apr 2020 19:40:45 +0000 https://media.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/content.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/Daniel_Want_FINAL.mp3 https://media.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/content.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/Marty_R-FINAL.mp3 In this episode, I have a chat with Marty Rabjohns about leadership. Marty was the Coxwain for the Australian men’s rowing eight for a number of years, culminating in his representation for Australia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. For those not familiar with rowing, the Coxwain is the small person steering and barking orders at... The post Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Marty Rabjohns appeared first on DavidHobart.com . Wed, 01 Apr 2020 22:24:49 +0000 https://media.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/content.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/Marty_R-FINAL.mp3 https://media.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/content.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/Aongus_O_FINAL.mp3 Today’s conversation is with Aongus O’Gorman. Aongus is Head of Delegated and Specialist Solutions at Willis Towers Watson in Australia. Aongus started out with Europe’s largest systematic trading hedge fund in the mid-1990’s and then came to Australia as Head of Implemented Solutions at Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC), where he was responsible for their multi-manager... The post Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Aongus O’Gorman appeared first on DavidHobart.com . Thu, 19 Mar 2020 03:27:19 +0000 https://media.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/content.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/Aongus_O_FINAL.mp3 https://media.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/content.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/My_Lemming_Moment_FINAL.mp3 What is it about bull markets that leads to delusional behaviour? How can I immunize my thinking and behavior when I’m experiencing the collective delusions of the market? In this episode, I talk about my embarrassing herd driven behavior during the Bitcoin boom of 2018 and the lessons that I learned on how to manage... The post Beyond the Obvious – Bitcoin & my Delusion of Grandeur appeared first on DavidHobart.com . Wed, 19 Feb 2020 04:52:11 +0000 https://media.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/content.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/My_Lemming_Moment_FINAL.mp3 https://media.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/content.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/Awareness_FINAL_mp3.mp3 We all make mistakes and we reflect on those mistakes so that we don’t make the same mistakes again. Generally, self-reflection over time leads to self-awareness. But unfortunately, not all reflections add to our mental wellbeing, nor do they add to our performance. In this episode, I distinguish between the types of framing questions that... The post Beyond the Obvious – Reflecting on Mistakes appeared first on DavidHobart.com . Mon, 10 Feb 2020 22:24:44 +0000 https://media.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/content.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/Awareness_FINAL_mp3.mp3 http://media.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/content.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/Joachim_Klement_FINAL_mp3.mp3 Joachim Klement is an investment strategist based in London. He’s worked for a Swiss private bank, as CIO for Wellershoff & Partners in Switzerland advising family office and institutional clients, and was head of investment research for Fidante Partners, a multi boutique asset manager with over AUD$60 billion under management. In this very timely and... The post Beyond the Obvious – Joachim Klement appeared first on DavidHobart.com . Fri, 31 Jan 2020 04:28:02 +0000 http://media.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/content.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/Joachim_Klement_FINAL_mp3.mp3 http://media.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/content.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/Phil_Slade.mp3 Phil Slade is a behavioural economist and psychologist and is the managing partner of decision architecture firm Decida. In this conversation, we discuss Phil’s crazily interesting background as a composer and his work with some of Australia’s leading talent in the performing arts. Phil talks about how he approached career changing decisions that led him... The post Beyond the Obvious – Phil Slade appeared first on DavidHobart.com . Thu, 23 Jan 2020 09:11:03 +0000 http://media.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/content.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/Phil_Slade.mp3 http://media.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/content.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/Mike_Berman_FINAL.mp3 Mike Berman is co-founder and CEO of Psyquation, an AI driven analytics platform for traders. During this conversation, Mike talks about some interesting behavioural observations across his database of over 150,000 retail FX traders. If you’re a private trader, it’s worth listening for those insights. If you’re an institutional investor, there’s particular value in Psyquation’s... The post Beyond the Obvious – Mike Berman PhD appeared first on DavidHobart.com . Mon, 06 Jan 2020 05:58:01 +0000 http://media.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/content.blubrry.com/beyond_the_obvious/Mike_Berman_FINAL.mp3