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📍 Episode Description:
In this episode of Built In The Bush, we welcome globally respected behavioural scientist, master negotiator, and communication strategist Allan Parker OAM, for an unmissable conversation on what it takes to build sustainable, successful family businesses — without losing your mind or your relationships.

With a career that spans over 30 countries, boardrooms of the United Nations, OECD and Microsoft, and grassroots consulting with multi-generational Australian family enterprises, Allan brings a unique blend of global insight and deep local heart.

Together, we explore:

• The soft spot Allan holds for family-run businesses, and why their unique strengths and challenges matter more than ever
• How to navigate conflict, succession, and communication breakdowns with clarity and care
• The surprising emotional patterns behind business disputes — and how to diffuse them early
• Why traditional negotiation tactics do not apply to families(and what to do instead)
• How bush values, legacy thinking, and emotional intelligence can transform leadership

Allan also shares stories from his time advising the OECD, shaping global SME policy, and working with the NSW Law Society, Macquarie Bank, and Microsoft across 11 countries, plus tips from his bestselling books Switch on Your Brain and Beyond Yes.

Whether you're in the thick of a family business, dreaming of passing on a legacy, or curious how to lead with more impact — this episode will leave you inspired, grounded, and future-focused.

🌾 Because in the bush, we build more than businesses — we build legacies

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Tune in for part two, with Geoff Pike, to learn how things unfolded in the town of Thargomindah, during and after this devastating flood. Hard to believe that right now in Australia there is a township living in caravans and tents, hoping the country doesn't forget about them and the long road ahead to rebuild. This little community epitomises what it is to be Australian and how just turning up for your mates, is sometimes all the hope you need.

Tune in to listen to Geoff Pike - Ago Vires, Thargomindah. Hear how they prepared & adapted to a dynamic event that resulted in the biggest flood Thargomindah has every seen. Hear how an isolated community banded together and harnessed their collective ingenuity & resilience, to buy their town 3 more days and ultimately divert the worst case scenario as the SWQ flood unfolded for them in Thargomindah