When my dad was diagnosed with younger onset dementia he was too young to fit in the aged care system, yet his illness was classified as an ageing disease, not a disability so he didn’t fit in that box either. This lack of fit is something that everyday folks experience every, single day. For carers […]
It takes a community Read More
I know so many truly good, open hearted, productive and bone tired accidental leaders. These are the people who are in the pubs selling raffle tickets, get stopped in the supermarkets to answer any kind of question, always show up to the community meetings to fill up the never ending pieces of butchers paper and
Are you a leader? No? So why are people following you? Read More
Interview on being a guide for accidental leaders with Deke Copenhaver, former Mayor of Augusta (US) and author of the Change Maker.
Change Maker Podcast with Deke Copenhaver Read More
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams I meet so many leaders who steer clear of that L word. And I get it. Calling yourself a leader means a whole bunch of responsibility is going to find its’ way to
Are you an accidental leader? Read More
Lockdown, connection, anxiety, singing, spring, Dept of Education, events, walking tribes, advocacy, a food cart and fathers day 30 August – 5 September The weeks are jam packed and somehow this one disappeared before I could grasp it. As lockdown in regional Australia moves into it’s fourth week I am starting to notice my home
Sunday review 5 September 2021 Read More
What really matters most to you? And what are you doing about that today? I’ve been asking people these questions since 2012. Why? Because it’s too easy to get carried away with the small stuff. The small stuff? Our problems, our neighbours problems, the problems we see on social media, the never ceasing list of
Get back to what matters today Read More
When my child got her first job in fast food I was delighted. The world around me said that it was a ‘good start’, ‘it would set her up for her future’. Those things I must agree are very true. However, perhaps it’s not only the training program that has prepped this girl for her
Six types of annoying humans my child has met in fast food Read More
In my region right now housing has reached an all time crisis. This isn’t just housing as in a roof over one’s head (which of course should be a basic human right), it’s also housing in the case of an ever increasing un-affordability and shortage of housing stock. I’ve no doubt the case is similar
Four simple (but surprisingly difficult) ways to solve our most wicked problems Read More
I first learned of the social enterprise movement in Australia around 2008. It was a time of experimentation in the way Government and business viewed (and funded) the not for profit sector beating a new drum “find a way to be sustainable”. For many of my not for profit colleagues this was a nightmare on
Social enterprise: More than a marketing angle Read More
International Women’s Day was this week (or, as the NSW Government declared, NSW Women’s Week) and as this week comes to a close I want to pose an important question… Ladies, are we getting in our own way? This week has been an emotionally charged one for me. It’s been a week of standing in
Ladies: are we getting in our own way? Read More