"Overthinking, confusion, and anxiety are all part of the norm in today's hyper-competitive world. The Innovation Mastermind is an optimal performance program for innovative leaders who are ready to break with tradition."

—Dr Shieak Tzeng

ARE YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS BUILT ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF SACRIFICE?

We live in a world that is rapidly changing, with new challenges constantly emerging. Many of you are called to bringing forth new solutions—ideas, inventions, products, and services—but may be struggling to create the internal conditions to be in lucid focus and flow.  You may be achieving, but sacrificing your physical and mental health along the way.

Don't blame yourself. There is another way. 

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Through working with hundreds of innovators in the healthcare, science, and technology industries I've observed that our capacity to be in "the flow" is inhibited by six factors: the lack of Space (time and inner space), Energy, Influence, Inspiration, and Self Awareness.

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I've distilled the most active ingredients from executive coaching and the science of the Flow state to help you accomplish your most important professional goals without sacrificing on health and wellbeing.

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The Mastermind has quite literally changed my life. And all the while through motherhood when I thought I wouldn’t even be able to participate in this wonderful program. This morning I was reflecting on why I initially joined the program and then when your questions came through with this message I thought here is the perfect opportunity to reflect, offer gratitude, and celebrate. Every human being should be able to experience your gift. Thank you for sharing it with us!

Dhevaksha Naidoo
Founder, Retreats by Dhevaksha

Scientist, Entrepreneur & Retreat Facilitator

TIME & SPACE

so that you can direct undistractable attention towards your highest priorities

PANORAMIC AWARENESS

so that you have crystal clear perception of what is going in your life, and how to effortlessly defuse problems

SUPERABUNDANT ENERGY

so that you can energise your mind and body with lucent creativity and aerial productivity

INCISIVE ACTION

so that you can take hyper efficient actions without the drag of indecision and overwhelm

AUTHENTIC AUTHORITY

so that you eliminate imposter syndrome and feelings of inadequacy for good

UNSHAKABLE BALANCE

so that you can experience success whilst nurturing your family, friends, and wider community without sacrifice

THE INNOVATION MASTERMIND IS FOR YOU IF

You are a leader who is tired of the stress-filled, frantic, chaotic pace of life and ready to embrace a smarter way of being in your professional and personal life.

If you have a family and want to make sure that your blue print for success does not involve compromising your time and relationship with the most important people in your life.

You are a leader who wants to be rewarded and paid based on your ability to think, solve problems, and inspire others to create change.

You are a high-performer but you are aware that how you're living and working isn't optimal and you want to know what you're truely capable of.

Trying to describe this group is like trying to answer "How big is the universe?" After we learned of a concept, no word of a lie, a few days later an experience/interaction would happen that allowed me to see the concept in action, followed by a debrief with the team to cement it. It is wild! 

Brionny Hooper
Human Factor Scientist, SCION

THE INNOVATION MASTERMIND HAS BEEN USED BY PROMINENT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE

UNT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER

Keeping patients at the centre of our efforts in education, research and care.

UNT Health Science Center is one of America's premier graduate academic medical centres, with six schools that specialize in patient-centred education, research and health care.

KIWINET

Driving prosperity from science and innovation

KiwiNet facilitates access to investment, training tools, networks and connections, plus market and technical experts. KiwiNet is a focal point for research commercialisation collaboration, encouraging organisations to seek out and exploit areas of common interest and opportunity.

BAKER IDI

Diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diabetes and cardiovascular disease

Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute is an independent, internationally renowned medical research facility, with a history spanning more than 92 years. The Institute's work extends from the laboratory to wide-scale community studies with a focus on diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and associated metabolic diseases.

SCION

Forests Products Innovation

Scion is a Crown research institute in New Zealand that specialises in research, science and technology development for the forestry, wood product, wood-derived materials, and other biomaterial sectors.

QUEBEC HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE

Specialists in cardiopulmonary diseases and obesity-related disorders

Since its creation in 1918, the Institute has stood on equal footing with the leading North American establishments for ultraspecialized care. Whether it is cardiac or bariatric surgery, respirology or cardiopulmonary prevention and rehabilitation, the Institute leads the way.

MASSEY UNIVERSITY

Te Kunenga Ki Purehuroa

For more than 80 years, Massey University has helped shape the lives and communities of people in New Zealand and around the world. Its forward-thinking spirit, research-led teaching, and cutting-edge discoveries make Massey New Zealand’s defining university.

KiwiNet is a consortium representing over 80% of the combined NZ science community. We believe in the power of New Zealand science to transform lives and change the world. These research organisations work together in an open environment of trust and collaboration to maximise value from publicly-funded research, commercialising it for the benefit of New Zealand.KiwiNet looks for trusted partners to support the delivery on these goals.

We found this in Shieak Tzeng.

KiwiNet has partnered with expert coaches that specialises in entrepreneurship support, with a world class designed programme supporting our commercial champions in their leadership, team-culture building, mindset, and mental well-being which runs over 90 days. Unlike mentoring or incubation that focus on building business skills, this program uniquely focuses on the “strong skills” necessary for successful commercialisation decision making and the individual who is driving start-ups to success.

This is where Shieak excels. We are unfailingly impressed by his professionalism and delivery of our capability workshops on verbal knowledge transfer.  He instantly connects with his audience, having direct experience and learning from his own expereinces and they take away lifelong learnings at the same time.  Praise of Shieak’s contribution to our leadership program over the years is like a highlight reel.  The results have been inmpressive, proving direct feedback that has seen 60% of those participating now CEO/Founders in new deep-dech start ups that have raised private sector capital.

Seumas McCroskery
Commercialisation Manager and Research Entrepreneur Lead, KiwiNet

I was struggling with my sense of purpose, particularly around my research. Who is this helping? I love what I do and I feel like I have a growing reputation for my skills, but how can I make it meaningful and translatable? When my friends and family asked me about my research, I want to be able to tell them how exciting and important it is and actually mean it! I was anxious about taking on my new leadership role. It’s intimidating when that team is made up mostly of men who are more senior than me.​ I also felt like I’m was not prioritizing the right things. I could feel myself battling the day-to-day challenges and never getting to the really important stuff that will actually help me to progress. Can I achieve my academic goals whilst still being present at home and not feeling like I’ve missed out on precious time with my children? 

The mastermind has completely changed my approach to life. I feel like I’m doing it the right way now, and I wonder why I didn’t do this in the first place. I’m regularly having bold conversations so that we can work together to solve problems. I’ve learnt about some really simple but effective tools for leadership. I’m embracing my own style and feeling confident about my strengths. I’m learning to lean into discomfort and to challenge my own beliefs about the opportunities that are available to me and what I am capable of. I’m thinking of things in terms of energy instead of time. I am really benefitting from the accountability that comes with being in this group by getting the nudge I needed to have the courage to do things I would normally have shied away from.  I’m enjoying the power of non-attachment and worrying less about the end product—it turns out that living this way leads to better outcomes anyway! 

Dr Chloe Taylor
University of Western Sydney