330. Juliette Wright OAM, Founder and Director of GIVIT and Recovere, on revolutionising misguided charitable giving, having a million conversations, and leaning into anxiety

The Inner Chief

“You are best defined by what you say no to.”

In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, I speak to Juliette Wright OAM, Founder and Director of GIVIT and Recovere, on revolutionising misguided charitable giving, having a million conversations, and leaning into anxiety.

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Juliette is an Australian social entrepreneur who has devoted herself to alleviating poverty and addressing crises since founding GIVIT in 2009.

What started as a simple desire to donate baby clothes evolved into the creation of a groundbreaking world-first platform that offers efficient and effective disaster relief across Australia.

Under Juliette’s leadership, GIVIT grew into one of the country’s largest and most successful donation platforms, garnering endorsements from government bodies and facilitating over 8.5 million donations and supporting over 4,500 non-profit organisations nationally during crises and disasters.

Juliette's experience in developing innovative IT platforms, navigating stakeholder and government relations and managing rapid growth, positions her uniquely in her current role as CEO of Recovere, a social enterprise that supports international communities to manage donations post-crisis.

Juliette has been recognised with numerous awards, including being named an Australian of the Year Local Hero in 2015 and receiving the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in 2019.

In this episode we talk about:

✅ The origins of GIVIT, which was born out of addressing the negative side of donations

✅ How she handles the “million conversations” rule of social enterprises and getting past bureaucracy

✅ Why and how she leans into anxiety in order to be happy, and

✅ Her new role with Recovere and solving the biggest headache in disaster events.

Thanks to former guest, Natalie Cook OAM OLY, for introducing me to Juliette.

Deal hope,

Greg

Connecting with Juliette Wright OAM

You can connect with Juliette via LinkedIn.

Books and resources

• Shoe Dog - by Phil Knight

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