Lead, Connect & Grow

An evening of meaningful conversations, personal/professional growth & genuine connections

Join us for a thoughtful evening where we explore leadership together through real conversation, shared insight and genuine connection in an interactive session (workshop).

What We’ll Explore

🚀 Leading when nobody knows the answer: Building confidence and clarity when the path forward isn’t clear.

🤝 Creating meaningful connections: Moving past small talk - building professional relationships based on presence, purpose, and trust.

🌱 Turning uncertainty into opportunity: Growing through change, developing resilience and shaping a growth mindset.

What You Can Expect

✨ New perspectives

✨ Practical ideas to support your personal/professional growth

✨ Interactive and inclusive session — everyone participates

✨ New professional connections with like-minded Adelaide professionals

About This Evening

We are keeping this gathering limited to 16 places available - small group, quality conversation :)

Why? Because real connection and meaningful participation don’t happen in a crowd. Every voice is heard. Every conversation matters. You won’t just attend, you’ll contribute.

Your Facilitators

Mark Drechsler — Leadership in Complexity

Mark Drechsler trained in the last millennium as a mathematician, specialising in probability theory - a background that has shaped thirty years spent working around uncertainty, systems and risk. He has led teams small and large across the public and private sectors, in government, universities, tech startups and (just for something different) a motorbike workshop. He now works for an AI startup, leading a growing team of AI agents he's building to hand off the boring bits of his job to.

Nadia Cárdenas — Founder of Authentic Voices

Nadia Cárdenas is the Founder of Authentic Voices. Throughout her career, she has advised and supported students and staff in their professional development. She has led small groups of professionals in Market Research, Statistics, AI and Statistical Modelling. She loves numbers, data, and the arts, and she enjoys creating pieces of work with data and creative ideas. She was trained by a coach accredited through ASESCO (Spanish Association of Coaching) in 2018, further developing her interest in coaching, personal growth and human connection.

Mark and Nadia will guide you through reflection, dialogue, interactive activities and fresh perspectives.

Event Details

Date: Thursday 17 September

Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Venue: Inparrila, 161 Frome Street, Adelaide SA 5000

Places: 16 participants — secure your spot early

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