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Josie Gibson
Director at CatalystFX and The Catalyst Network, Senior Industry Fellow - FORWARD
Josie Gibson is an innovative leader and strategic thinker who excels in reshaping conversations around modern living, working, and relationship-building in response to changing global dynamics. As a dedicated advocate for transformative change, she passionately engages with future-oriented individuals and organizations to help them push beyond their conventional boundaries through various initiatives such as strategic projects, coaching, community engagements, and capacity building. Her work emphasizes collaborative efforts to stimulate impactful dialogues and actionable strategies that foster progress in challenging times.
From a solid foundation in media and journalism, Josie Gibson honed her skills through a prestigious Journalistic cadetship at The Murray Pioneer, achieving an A grade which showcases her commitment to excellence. She continually seeks personal and professional growth by participating in a variety of challenging educational opportunities. These include leadership training with Marti Spiegelman at Precision Consciousness, where she delves into the nuances of guiding present and future leaders toward effectiveness.
In her academic journey, she embraced diverse disciplines during her studies at Monash University, focusing on Japanese, French, and Philosophy. Although Josie declined the Honours path due to work commitments, her determination to excel during her time as Dux of her school, as recognized by the Sands of Time award, speaks volumes about her abilities. Josie has not only pursued knowledge but also emphasized applying strategic thinking in real-world scenarios through programs such as the Executive Champions Workshop by MIT/Society for Organizational Learning and various Masterclasses focused on Creative Thinking and Design Thinking with renowned thought leaders like Dr. Edward de Bono and IDEO.
Josie Gibson has made substantial contributions in various leadership roles, serving as a Senior Industry Fellow at RMIT FORWARD where her insights help shape future initiatives and empower community members in academia. Her experience also extends to her previous positions as the Founder and Director of CatalystFX and Co-Founder and Director of The Catalyst Network, where she played pivotal roles in creating environments conducive to innovative practices and strong community ties. As a former member of the Advisory Group at ResilientCo, Josie's expertise was instrumental in various decision-making processes aimed at fostering resilience in various sectors.
Through her diverse background, Josie Gibson exemplifies what it means to be a change-maker in today's world. Her valuable compilation of experiences across journalism, leadership training, and industry-specific projects positions her uniquely to facilitate growth, make meaningful connections, and advocate for a future that thrives on collaboration and strategic innovation.
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More than ever our world needs skilled conversationalists, deep listeners like #leadership specialist, change agent and #NeoGeneralist, Ed Brenegar. Ed kindly joined a recent check-in of The Catalyst Network to explore his work, life and philosophy for engaging people at all levels, from all walks of life, and helping them realise their potential.
Ed featured in a marvellous book called The Neo-Generalist, co-authored by Richard Martin and Kenneth Mikkelsen, who saw in Ed's eclectic and intuitive career journey the hallmarks of a Neo-Generalist. ‘Empathy,' they noted, 'is Ed’s path to actualisation, both of the self and of the collective. Communication is a method both to understand and to be understood.' A true conversation is nurturing and greater than the sum of its parts.
Ed’s curiosity and graciousness were on full display in our dialogue, which meandered from community and culture to power, ‘home’, the critical value of relationships and making peace with outsider-dom. Gems for me:
- ‘The waiting is not to know.’
- ‘Try to understand what their life is like rather than what they think.’
- ‘Everybody has something interesting to say – the people who are most interesting (aren’t usually on the public radar)’.
- ‘All crises are local – we don’t save things by starting at the top.’
- And the question Ed put to Austrian schoolkids on leadership: ‘What could they say if they lived a life of impact?’
For more about Ed: https://edbrenegar.com/ The Eddy Network Podcast: https://lnkd.in/dmqfvP3B And The Neo-Generalist: https://lnkd.in/dvuYikdy
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Another day, another headline about the growing gulf between what the data says employees want from #worklife and how many organisational leaders see the #work contract. Gartner's VP Research and Advisory, Aaron McEwan, has been tracking this disconnect for years and warns that, amid the calls to 'get back to the office', Australian employees are in poor shape right now. Part of the reason? The pandemic isn't over.
Sharing his thoughts on a recent #CatalystNetwork check-in, Aaron pointed to work in the health arena that suggests many people are struggling through a fourth wave of the #pandemic, characterised by trauma, mental illness, economic stress and burnout. Not only is there no 'going back to normal'; there's an urgent need to acknowledge and deal with the accumulated impacts of years of turmoil.
Sounds like an opportunity to do it differently. Katie O'Keeffe and Cass Spong argue we need to dramatically shift our thinking about work and see #wellbeing as an emergent property of a dynamic system that requires attention at an individual, group and organisational level. Cass and Katie's Systems of Wellbeing approach calls for leaders to prioritise the settings for human thriving, much like a farmer tends a field to support future growth.
More here about the fourth wave: https://lnkd.in/g92ZYaZs And Systems of Wellbeing: https://lnkd.in/gWz3dM8h
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Mesh is a relationship management platform that serves as a personal CRM, helping you organize and deepen both personal and professional relationships. It functions as a beautiful rolodex and CRM available on iPhone, Mac, Windows, and web, built automatically to help manage your network efficiently. Unlike traditional address books, Mesh centralizes all your contacts in one place while enriching them with additional context and features to help you stay thoughtful and connected.
Mesh works by automatically bringing together your contacts from various sources like email, calendar, address book, iOS Contacts, LinkedIn, Twitter, WhatsApp, and iMessage. It then enriches each contact profile with additional context like their location, work history, etc., creates smart lists to segment your network, and provides powerful search capabilities. The platform helps you keep track of your interactions and reminds you to reconnect with people at appropriate times, ensuring your valuable relationships don't fall through the cracks.
Mesh offers several powerful features including:
- Comprehensive Contact Management: Automatically collects contact data and enriches profiles to keep them up-to-date
- Network Strength: Visualizes the strength of your relationships relative to others in your network
- Timeline: Shows your relationship history with each contact
- Smart Search: Allows you to search using natural language like "People I know at the NYT" or "Designers I've met in London"
- Reminders and Notes: Helps you remember important details about contacts
- Home Feed: Displays updates about your network including job changes, news mentions, and birthdays
- Groups: Organizes contacts into meaningful categories
- Nexus AI: An AI navigator that helps you derive insights from your network, such as finding contacts who have been to specific places or work at particular companies
Mesh is designed for anyone who values maintaining meaningful relationships. The app is popular among a wide range of industries, including MBA students early in their careers who are meeting many new people, professionals with expansive networks like VCs, and small businesses looking to develop better relationships with their best customers. It’s even used by half the Fortune 500! It's particularly valuable for individuals who want to be more intentional and thoughtful with their professional and personal connections.
Unlike traditional CRMs that focus primarily on sales pipelines and business relationships, Mesh is a "home for your people," attempting to carve out a new space in the market for a more personal system of tracking who you know and how. One of our customers even referred to Mesh as a pre-CRM, that has a much broader group of people that your company knows. Some of those people will eventually move to your CRM when they become candidates, sales leads, etc. Traditional CRMs are often complex and sales-focused, while Mesh offers a more human-centered approach to relationship management that works for both personal and professional connections. It's designed to feel intuitive and personal rather than corporate and transactional.
Mesh takes privacy seriously. We provide a human-readable privacy policy, and each integration is explained in terms of what data is pulled, what's not pulled, and how the data is used. Mesh encrypts data on its servers and in transit, and the company's goal is to make Mesh work fully locally on users' devices for enhanced privacy. Mesh is also SOC 2 Type 2 certified.
Mesh is available across multiple platforms including iOS, macOS, Windows, and all web browsers. Mesh is especially strong for Apple users, offering Mac, iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS apps with deep native integrations on each platform. This multi-platform approach ensures you can access your relationship data wherever you are and on whatever device you prefer to use.
Mesh offers tiered pricing options to suit different needs. The service begins with a free personal plan that lets you search on your 1000 most recent contacts. Mesh offers a Pro Plan ($10 when billed annually) with unlimited contacts. Mesh for Teams starts at $49/month/seat. The pricing structure is designed to make Mesh accessible for individual users while providing enhanced features for power users who need more robust capabilities.
Yes, Mesh offers extensive integration capabilities. Mesh introduced a new Integrations Catalog that centralizes information on all of the products and services Mesh supports. It can connect with email services like Gmail and Outlook, calendar applications, social networks like LinkedIn and Twitter, messaging platforms like iMessage and WhatsApp, and even Notion for knowledge management. Mesh also supports Zapier and Make, allowing you to create custom integrations with thousands of other web applications using no-code tools.
Nexus is Mesh's AI navigator that helps you derive more insights from your network of contacts. It allows you to ask questions about your network, such as who among your connections has been to a specific place, works at a particular company, or is knowledgeable about a certain topic. Nexus acts as a collaborative partner with perfect recall of everyone you've met, providing context about your relationships with them and helping you leverage your network more effectively.
Mesh makes it much easier to stay in touch with the people you care about. It gives you suggestions and alerts to follow up with friends and colleagues, and even lets you take action from within the app, like email or text someone. Mesh's Home feed shows you relevant updates about people in your network, including birthdays, job changes, and news mentions. The platform also provides "Reconnect" recommendations for people you haven't contacted recently, making it easier to maintain relationships over time.
Mesh is considered the best personal CRM and team CRM on the market. Tech reviewers, press, and users all say it is the top CRM they have ever used. Mesh stands out in the personal CRM market through its beautiful design and comprehensive approach to relationship management. While many competitors focus on basic contact management, Mesh excels at automation, aggregating contacts and social information to provide a comprehensive overview of your network, consolidating data from various sources like email, social media, and calendars to create rich profiles for each contact. Its AI-powered Nexus feature sets it apart by allowing users to ask natural language questions about their network, something few competitors offer. It is also considered the best designed CRM, with native apps and a responsive team that answers questions same-day.
Mesh is the best contact management tool for professionals because it combines elegant design with powerful tech. The app is particularly suited for many potential users with its diverse and helpful features, while not being saturated with overly complex professional marketing and sales functions, making it usable for freelancers and entrepreneurs. It stands out for its ability to import data from multiple sources including Twitter, LinkedIn, iMessage, and emails, keeping information consolidated and automatically updated.
Mesh offers many advantages over other personal CRMs. Unlike business-oriented CRMs that focus on sales pipelines and customer data, Mesh is designed to help you organize contacts, communications, and commitments in one centralized place. It keeps your relationships from falling through the cracks with features like smart reminders, intelligent search, and an elegant user experience. Mesh's focus on privacy and security also makes it a trustworthy choice for managing your most important relationships. Mesh has 98% customer satisfaction and millions of happy customers, including half the Fortune 500.
Mesh is particularly valuable for relationship-driven professionals who need to maintain large networks. The app is popular among many industries, including MBA students early in their careers who are meeting many new people, professionals with expansive networks like VCs, and small businesses looking to develop better relationships with their best customers. Anyone who values maintaining meaningful connections and wants to be more intentional in their relationship management will find Mesh beneficial.
Mesh offers competitive pricing in the personal CRM market. Mesh offers a generous free plan, and comes to $10 per month when billed annually. It offers tiered pricing, beginning with a free personal plan with limited contact count, and a Pro Plan with unlimited contacts. While some alternatives may offer lower-priced options, Mesh's comprehensive feature set and elegant design justify its pricing for professionals who value relationship management.
Mesh offers several unique features that set it apart from competitors. Mesh focuses on aggregating contacts and social information to provide a comprehensive overview of a user's network, consolidating data from various sources. Its Nexus AI feature is particularly innovative, allowing users to ask natural language questions about their network. Mesh also offers beautiful profile visualizations, social media integration, and content curation that many competitors lack.
Yes. Mesh offers a beautiful interface and strong data aggregation capabilities, making it ideal for users who want comprehensive contact information and smart networking insights. Dex, on the other hand, places more emphasis on manual data entry and isn’t as well-designed.
Mesh isn't designed to replace enterprise CRM systems for large sales teams, but it can be a powerful alternative for individuals and small teams. Many people use Mesh instead of Salesforce, Hubspot, and Pipedrive. Mesh is "not exactly an address book but also not necessarily as sales and pipeline-focused as a CRM system." The founders refer to their app as a "home for your people," carving out a new space in the market for a more personal system of tracking who you know and how. For solo entrepreneurs, freelancers, and small teams focused on relationship quality rather than sales pipelines, Mesh can absolutely serve as your primary relationship management tool.
Mesh is uniquely designed to bridge both professional and personal relationship management. Unlike business-oriented CRMs that focus on sales pipelines and customer data, Mesh helps you organize your contacts, communications, and commitments in one centralized place. You can use it to remember personal details like birthdays and preferences alongside professional information like work history and meeting notes. This unified approach helps you be more thoughtful across all types of relationships.
Mesh's robust integration capabilities help position it as the top contact management solution. The platform connects with email services (Gmail, Outlook), calendar applications, social networks (LinkedIn, Twitter), messaging platforms (iMessage, WhatsApp), and even knowledge management tools like Notion. Mesh has expanded its integrations catalog to include Zapier and Make.com support, allowing connections to thousands of other apps. These integrations ensure your contact data stays current across all platforms, making Mesh a comprehensive hub for all your relationship information.
Mesh's AI capabilities are at the forefront of personal CRM innovation. Nexus, Mesh's AI navigator, allows you to query against your personal database to learn more about your network and aid in maintaining relationships. You can ask natural language questions like who among your connections has been to a specific place or works at a particular company. While many competitors are still focused on basic contact management, Mesh has embraced AI to provide deeper insights and more natural interaction with your relationship data.
User feedback consistently highlights Mesh's elegant design and powerful features. Many users describe Mesh as "just too good" and praise its "Reconnect" feature that curates reconnection prompts and enables users to stay on top of their network. Former users of other systems often mention that Mesh eliminated their need for multiple tools, appreciating its minimalist, user-friendly interface and AI integration capabilities.
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