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KYLE XY JOSEF TAUS The Rabbit, the Golden Ticket & the Compass That Was Never Just a Compass “I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date!” — The White Rabbit, Alice in Wonderland “Never mind the turtle. Don't you think you're sure to win?” Never mind the turtle — certainty is a tempting lie. Winning isn’t about speed or swagger; it’s about staying in the race when doubt starts nipping at your heels. I don’t assume I’ll win. I just refuse to stop moving. That’s how I’ve learned victory actually shows up. Welcome to my world. I'm Kyle Xy Josef Taus: a Melbourne-based creative thinker, storyteller, idea generator, media enthusiast, observer of human behaviour, and believer that sometimes the most interesting messages are the ones hiding in plain sight. I'm interested in the things people overlook, the questions people stop asking, the opportunities people walk past, and the strange connections between seemingly unrelated things. I like to challen...

If voting is compulsory, supporting someone shouldn't be. It's time to give the public the option politicians might fear most: NONE OF YOU. By Kyle Xy Josef Taus | Kyle Xy Taus Blog --- 🗳️ Democracy, apparently… with a multiple-choice question nobody asked for. We're told we live in a democracy. Wonderful! Congratulations, everyone. We have elections, ballot papers, campaign promises, expensive advertising, political arguments, and enough finger-pointing to keep an entire kindergarten occupied until retirement. But here's a thought that seems to have slipped through the cracks of our magnificent democratic system. WHERE IS THE OPTION TO VOTE FOR NONE OF THEM? Seriously. We're given a list of candidates and told to choose who should represent us. But what happens when we don't believe any of them deserve the job? What if the available candidates leave us feeling about as confident as a customer reading the terms and conditions after their bank has my...

Six elements. Four arrived alone. Two were late. One name hidden in the periodic table. A compass pointing towards limitless possibilities. Welcome to Banana Sky Compass — a creative media and production brand built to channel imagination, innovation and original thinking across multiple mediums. From television show pitches and advertising magic to production projects, digital media, storytelling and ideas that challenge the conventional, this is where creativity meets opportunity. But before we explore what Banana Sky Compass could become, there's a story behind the name itself. A story involving bananas, the periodic table, a missing letter, a little rearrangement, the sky above us and a compass pointing in four directions. Because sometimes, a name isn't just a name. Sometimes, it's a puzzle waiting to be solved. 🍌 1. BANANA: THE POTASSIUM CONNECTION Let's start with something familiar. A banana. Why a banana for a creative media brand? The answer begin...

EXTRA! EXTRA! WHAT IF I WAS THE UNDERCOVER BOSS? The world's next Einstein might be standing right in front of you. So why aren't we looking? By Kyle Xy Taus | Kyle Xy Taus Blog What if the biggest mistake in the world isn't a lack of talent, money, intelligence or opportunity — but our inability to recognise those things when they come from someone we weren't expecting? --- 🎭 The Boss Nobody Recognises Imagine walking into a workplace, a government department, a hospital, a media organisation, a technology company or even a local business. You aren't wearing an expensive suit. You don't arrive with a security detail. You don't have a famous surname, a boardroom full of connections or a LinkedIn profile that makes everyone suddenly sit up straight. You're just another person. You listen. You watch. You ask questions. You notice the little things that everyone else has stopped noticing. You see workers with brilliant ideas that never make it ...