Achieving ‘Cult Status’: a dedicated community who strongly identify with your purpose

Summit: syd23


Length: 20:16

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This talk is presented by

Tim Duggan - Author, 'Cult Status' & 'Killer Thinking' & Co-Founder, Junkee

Tim is a founder, author and optimist. He has co-founded several digital media ventures, most notably Junkee Media, one of the leading publishers for Australian millennials that was acquired by the ASX-listed oOh!media in 2016.

Tim’s first book, Cult Status: How to Build a Business People Adore, explores how to foster strong communities around a business or project, and was awarded the Best Entrepreneurship Book of the Year at the 2021 Australian Business Book Awards. His second book, Killer Thinking: How to Turn Good Ideas into Brilliant Ones, explores creativity in the modern workplace, and was named by Apple Books as one of the Top 10 Books of 2022.

Tim is the Chairman of the Digital Publishers Alliance, an industry body representing over two hundred titles from Australia’s leading independent publishers. He currently lives in Europe where he is writing his third book on the future of work to be published in 2024.