The BlunderBus
Get on the Blunder Bus and hear honest conversations with great leaders about some of their greatest leadership disasters. We think it's possible to learn more from your moments of failure than your moments of success - if you know the magic secret!
Episodes
45 episodes
Episode Eight: Edward Vaughan and Leigh Hatcher on the Ultimate Blunder Bus Journey!
Yes folks, this is quite literally the ultimate Blunder Bus journey. After travelling thousands of kilometres around Australia, talking to some of the finest leaders in the land, the time has come to park the bus.So this episode is a bi...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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23:16
Episode Seven: Kylie Butler on Leading With A Mask
Kylie Butler was previously the Managing Director of Christian Coaching Institute (CCI) prior to CCI combining with Arrow in 2022. She is now the Executive Leaders Progr...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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21:21
Episode Six: Megan Powell du Toit on When The Church Goes Wrong
What do Christian leaders do when the church goes wrong? Megan Powell du Toit is a pastor, editor, writer, preacher, teacher, speaker, podcaster, poet...
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22:31
Episode Five: Peter Mayrick and The Injustice Of Treating Everyone The Same
Peter Mayrick is Director of Partners in Ministry and the Centre for Ministry Development. Previously he was involved in the leadership of (a now very famous!) pharmaceutical company. Peter's passion is leadership development, and he is a...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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17:58
Episode Four: Tim O'Neill and The Values Clash
Tim O'Neill is Director of Exponential Australia and also heads up A2A (the Acts 2 Alliance) network of churches. With his wife Sharon, he also leads Tailrace Community...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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16:38
Episode Three: Liam Glover on Leading With A Busy Brain
Liam Glover has been the Executive Director of the Arrow Australia Leadership Program for ten years. He is passionate about raising up leaders for churches and Christian...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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20:26
Episode Two: Karina Kreminski on Leading People Not Programs
Karina Kreminski is Co-Director of Neighbourhood Matters, based in Sydney's Surry Hills, and proudly claims to be a leaf-blower hater and flâneuse. On this episode she shares her r...
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21:47
Episode One: Cath Tallack and Doing It All
Cath Tallack has been the Emerging Leaders Program Director with Arrow Australia since 2017. She began pastoral ministry at Gateway Baptist Church a...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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17:22
Episode Five: The Failing Five: Silvia Fragiacomo and the Anxiety of Failure
Why does failure make us feel so anxious? Often it's because we can remember experiences in the past which scarred us, and even now as adults, continue to have an impact. Today the Blunder Bus travels to Sydney's inner west, where Dr Silvia Fra...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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10:52
Episode Four: The Failing Five: Marbz Diaz and How (Not) To Be A Cultural Imperialist
Marbz Dias is the National Church Relations Manager for Baptist World Aid. Coming from a Filipino background, Marbz knows personally what it's like to live in a society that is deeply scarred by the impact of a culturally insensitive colonial p...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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12:13
Episode Three: The Failing Five: Jill McGilvray and Staying Human
How do you share your heart with people in ministry, and still protect your life? How do you be friendly towards the people you care for, without becoming every single persons best friend? How do you care for your soul and stay human? Jill McGi...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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14:39
Episode Two: The Failing Five: Stuart Robinson, Church Killer
Bishop Stuart Robinson is one of Australia's best church planters and evangelists. So how did Stuart manage to kill a church plant stone dead literally overnight?This episode is one of the most listened to Blunder Bus episode of all tim...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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11:50
Episode One: The Failing Five: Keith Condie and the Blessing of Failure
In this season we revisit some of our best blunderers. And this episode from Keith Condie is a perennial favourite. Keith shares with incredible vulnerability about a mistake that he made over a long period of time, one which had a significant ...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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12:36
Episode Eight: James Duff on When The Bus Breaks Down
James Duff is Senior Pastor at The Common in Willagee in WA, and Perth Catalyst for City to City. James ...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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20:08
Episode Seven: Shebu John and The Fear Of Man
What could possibly be wrong with trying to keep the peace and keep other people happy? Turns out, a lot! This week's guest is Shebu John, Lead Pastor of Canterbury Gardens Community Church<...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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15:57
Episode Six: Pete Greenwood and the Fear of Abandonment
Pete Greenwood is planting Inner West Church in Flemington in Melbourne. His church is using a 'Missional Church Model', a very popular approach to church planting which requires a high in...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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19:14
Episode Five: Julie-Anne Laird, The Woman of Power!
What do you do when you realise you are powerful? When you realise you have influence on people's lives? In fact, when you realise that people pretty much can't say no to you!Welcome to the world of this week's Woman of Power, Julie-Ann...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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13:49
Episode Four: Steve Boxwell - What We Have Here is a Failure To Communicate
How do you know when you have failed to communicate? When people start shouting at you and leaving your church!Steve Boxwell, Pastor of Renew Anglican Church in Canberra and
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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13:33
Episode Three: Yvette McDonald and Shadow Politics
Managing change well is one of the trickiest things a leader does. So if you work for a global corporation which is introducing change across its entire system, you would be wise to carefully think about the politics involved. Especially the 's...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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15:00
Episode Two: Steve Gardner: What A Great Guy!
Jerry Seinfeld once said, 'Maybe my Mom was right! I am a great guy!'.Steve Gardner, Rector of St Paul's Anglican Church in Canterbury NSW and Sub-City Catalyst with City to City ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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11:57
Episode One: Andrew Katay and the Crisis of Identity
If you are going to be the leader of national church planting and revitalisation organisation, you'd better have made a few mistakes along the way! That's why Andrew K...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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15:40
Episode Eight: Kelly Crawford on Being The Expert
Kelly Crawford is the Public Engagement Officer for the Baptist Association of NSW/ACT. Her role is all about community engagement and sensitivity to issues of power and privilege. And her episode of The Blunder Bus is all about...you guessed i...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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11:14
Episode Seven: Christine Redwood on Making The Same Mistake
You can see the Blunder Bus coming down the road on this one! Christine Redwood is the Pastor of Seaforth Baptist Church in Sydney's northern beaches. But her episode of failure...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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11:34