About Us

The Bullshift Company is based in Perth on the land of the Whadjuk-Noongar people with clients throughout Australia and overseas.

The company is owned by Andrew Horabin and led by Andrew, General Manager – Lianna and Head of Product – Ingrid.

OUR PURPOSE
Our purpose is to learn and teach conscious communication through humour.  We do this to help people be healthier, happier and more effective.

OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the ‘go to’ company in Australia for learning and teaching conscious communication.

OUR VALUES
Our values are exactly what we teach:

The Core Aims

  • Get up the Ladder of Relationships
  • Get down the Curve
  • Get the Subtext into the Text
  • Get from Shadow to Best Self

And the Four Shifts

  • Get Clear
  • Be Open
  • Be Honest
  • Collaborate

Our Story

Andrew Horabin became a professional speaker and facilitator in 1993, aged 18. He began with no qualifications, no capital, no equipment, no contacts and no idea where it would lead.

After initially promoting himself to schools (working with 50,000 students and staff over 15 years), he gradually began working with clients in big and small business, local, state and federal government, professional associations and community organisations in every different field, trade or industry you could name.

He also delivered specialist work with state and federal police (with agents from 40 countries) including undercover police, surveillance operatives, source handlers, intel analysts, detectives and senior managers of serious crime.

Taking up stand-up comedy greatly enhanced his performance skills and insights into people and language. He also created a character called “Mick the Demotivational Speaker” that would, ironically, become a great success in corporate comedy.

From 1995 to 2004, Andrew worked with a business partner and together they employed 20 people in four states. In 2004, they dissolved the partnership and Andrew continued his work.

In 2008, he wrote the first version of Bullshift, based on 15 years of experience consulting, teaching, facilitating and leading teams and projects.

In 2015, he decided to dedicate himself completely to the learning and teaching of conscious communication through humour – and started The Bullshift Company.

While based in Perth, we deliver to clients across the country and overseas, increasingly utilising a blend of live and online methods.

As we deal with “fake news”, “post-truth”, “anti/social media”, almost constant “disruption” … a healthy culture and clear communication have never been more important.
And laughter – you need lots of that, too. So what’s what we do.

Let’s shift some bulls …

Conscious Communication
We combine the fields of consciousness (mindfulness, self-awareness, self-regulation) and communication (speaking, writing, observing and listening).
Multi-skilled and talented
Our facilitators have over 50 years experience writing, presenting, performing and facilitating. They deliver keynotes, present workshops, facilitate forums and make people laugh.
Learn Bullshift Online
After years of working live in the room with people, we’ve developed platforms and products to help people learn Bullshift solo and in teams via BTV (Bullshift TV) and online resources.

Who is Bullshift?

We are professional learners, dedicated to sharing the practice of conscious communication through humour.

The magic of our company is the combination of our content (what we teach), our method (how we teach it) and our culture (living by our values). We work every day to embed the Bullshift Principles and Habits in our team.

Our first focus is to notice when the communication is vague, sloppy, confused, foggy or completely missing – and Get Clear.

Our second focus is to improve our openness.  In Bullshift terms, we distinguish between Being Open – letting it come in – and Being Honest – sending it out.

Our third focus is to be more honest, both with ourselves and others.

Our fourth focus is to continuously lift into Collaboration.

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