Friska Wirya is a thought leader, TedX speaker, and Global Change Expert. Friska was the former Head of Change at the biggest gold miner in the Southern hemisphere, leading digital transformation changes to achieve US$170m annual saving. She infiltrated a digital-first culture across 4 countries to create a strong foundation to drive adoption of new and emerging technologies, achieving recognition such as the Most Innovative Hard Hat from Apple and various industry awards.  Prior to this, Friska was the Global Change Lead for multi-million dollar projects spanning technology, structure, process and people, impacting +23,000 at Tier 1 engineering firm Worley, and was one of the founding consultants for Fujitsu Australia’s […]

This is one of the MOST special episodes I have ever recorded! The 100th powerhouse special of The Boss in Heels Podcast! 100 episodes is such a massive milestone in the world of podcasts, and I could not be more grateful than to be able to share it with the most incredible podcast community… each and every one of you who has supported the podcast, rated, reviewed, and shared the love with their family, friends and networks. Thank you. In this episode, I invited four of my powerhouse friends Anna Bezzu, Belinda Agnew, Friska Wirya and Tima Elhajj for a roundtable discussion which was recorded at The Crown in Melbourne. […]

Friska Wirya is a highly reputable Change Management Consultant who helps organisations and their employees accept, implement and thrive through change. Friska has led change for some of the biggest mining and engineering companies in the world, impacting tens of how thousands of people do their jobs through technology implementations, operating model redesigns, M&As, process and system reengineering, restructures and culture shifts. Friska is a frequently published contributor to publications like The Australian, and a highly sought-after keynote speaker around the world. In this episode, we cover: How Friska took a leap of faith by taking a 40% pay cut to change careers and ultimately move from employee to entrepreneur. […]