Evan Parker CEO, Viostream

MBA, Monash University Business School, 2017

“I did my MBA after 10 years of service with the Australian Army, working with lots of people from similar backgrounds and the same training, following the same procedures and doctrine. In my cohort at Monash, we had about 40 per cent females

– I came from a combat corps in the army, where I didn’t work with any women. We had about

30 per cent international students and people from marketing and sales, engineering tech development and software. I’d only ever worked in a microcosm of similar people with similar backgrounds. In the MBA, you learn how to lead diverse teams. It opened my eyes to: ‘Hey, Evan, it’s not just the military way.’ You need to adapt your leadership training and development to be truly effective in business.”