Tyson E Franklin

Podiatrist, Business Coach, Podcaster & Author

Tyson Franklin graduated from Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane in 1988. Throughout his career, Tyson has successfully opened, sold, taken over, and relocated over 20 podiatry businesses. At one point, he owned and operated five podiatry clinics spanning more than 1,800 kilometres.

Tyson’s passion for business and marketing led him to complete a three-year entrepreneurship program. He enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience with fellow podiatrists, which inspired him to write It’s No Secret There’s Money in Podiatry, host the Podiatry Legends Podcast, and provide webinars, workshops, and business coaching for podiatrists.

Tyson acknowledges that he may never find the cure for cancer, but he hopes to inspire someone who can. Today, Tyson resides in Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

Skills Transference and How to Learn Everything Faster

Most people believe talent is something you’re born with but what if it’s actually something you build by learning smarter, not harder? In this session, we’ll explore the science and strategy behind rapid skill acquisition and why the pursuit of perfection is often the biggest obstacle to progress.

You’ll learn how the key to becoming more talented lies not in flawless execution, but in minimising errors and conserving mental energy. I’ll break down how high performers simplify complex processes into basic, repeatable steps, a technique that makes learning faster, more efficient, and far less stressful.

We’ll dig into a powerful yet simple formula: Mental Energy + Confidence = Skill Acquisition.

When you protect your mental energy and steadily build confidence, your ability to learn accelerates and what once seemed difficult becomes second nature.

But that’s just the start.

You’ll also discover how every skill you acquire can be transferred across different areas of your life and work. This “skills transference” effect means that nothing you learn is ever wasted; everything connects, builds, and reinforces what comes next.

By the end of this session, you’ll walk away with practical strategies to:

  • Learn faster with less effort
  • Build confidence with every new challenge
  • Turn previous experience into a platform for new growth
  • Avoid the energy traps of perfectionism
  • Apply skill transference to any area of life or business

Whether you want to sharpen your clinical techniques, improve communication, or master a completely new area, this session will equip you with a mindset and method for lifelong learning.

Decide Where You Are Going

Making Better Decisions for the Podiatry Practice You Actually Want

Many podiatrists don’t struggle because they lack skill or experience. They struggle because they’re making sensible decisions that quietly move their clinic in a direction they never intended.

This learning lab is designed specifically for podiatrists who want to take control of their clinic’s direction rather than reacting to patients, staff issues, opportunities, or industry expectations as they arise.

In this practical, reflective session, delegates will step back from the day-to-day pressures of clinical work and examine how their past decisions have shaped their current practice. More importantly, they’ll learn how to make clearer, more intentional decisions that align with the type of podiatry practice and lifestyle they actually want, not the one they’ve drifted into.

This is not about growth for growth’s sake. It’s about direction, clarity, and decision quality.

By the end of this learning lab, podiatrists will be able to:

  • Define the type of podiatry practice they want to build, including scope of services, workload, team structure, and personal involvement.
  • Recognise common decision traps in podiatry clinics, such as saying yes to the wrong patients, services, staff arrangements, or opportunities.
  • Use a practical decision-making framework to assess whether future clinical, staffing, or business decisions move the practice closer to or further away from their desired outcome.
  • Distinguish between busy clinic activity and meaningful progress, reducing reactive decision-making driven by stress or short-term pressure.
  • Make clearer, more confident decisions as a podiatrist and business owner, with less second-guessing and burnout.