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I am a trusted advisor with over 20 years experience in senior roles in the Arts and Creative Industries, Government and Not For Profit sectors. Developing, creating and delivering innovative and transformative solutions are my forte.
I’m a different kind of consultant for a new kind of world. Let’s change it together.
Let's do this (and my hair π) #digitalfacilitation
Up early this morning, as I do many mornings to work at the job of creating change. To even the playing field, to elevate silenced voices, to turn up the volume on empathy and equality. Beyond the immediacy of burning rage, beyond the special commemorative days, beyond the sense of hopelessness. In order to make lasting change we must understand the systems and recreate them anew. Build the integrity in your voice by making the change in your own wold first. It's time. #systemchange #racism #inequality #vote #integrity
The look your hound gives you when itβs been all work and no play. #officedogsofinstagram #bullarab #officedog #adoptdontshop #workinhard
Because you're often engaged as a consultant because of who you are and not just what you've done, I'm diving headfirst into Get to Know Me Monday.
I've always been somewhat suspicious of clubs. A set of rules and regulations defining what you should and shouldn't do, or think, beyond, of course, the constraints of being decent and kind.
The way cliques mould people to be slightly different versions of each other was something so much easier to see from the outside. The way in which people would trade limitations for safety with a happiness and glee that made them feel like they belonged. I got it, I just didn't think it was for me.
Not that my favourite place was a tight rope over an abyss, but that I felt way more freedom if I could be a bridge between one way of thinking and another. The capacity to see merit and blindness, capability and weakness. Fear and desire.
The capacity to communicate difference in a way that opened ears instead of closing minds. Being valuable in a way that didn't constrain my thinking or ideas, and made progress and change central to the values of who I was. To understand and respect difference without feeling threatened meant that I could mediate and broker.
You know, like talking about creativity and art in a way that includes rather than excludes, empowers rather than insults. Being able to get to the heart of collaborative contracts, looking for equilibrium and synergy, details that strengthen and celebrate.
It's something I draw on in my strategic work, my facilitation and my writing. It's a perspective clients tell me they really value. #gettoknowmemondays #brenebrown #transparency #outsideperspective #gettotheheartofthematter #facilitation #leadership #artsleadership
Waking up to a gorgeous sunny morning. Coffee and tunes. Making banana cinnamon pancakes. Sous chef is deeply dedicated and ready to lick the bowl at a moments notice. πππππ Hope your Sunday is treating you well too. #makethemostofit
I got the wonderful news this week that I've received funding from @auscouncilarts to spend some time exploring what my facilitation practise might look like as a digital experience. We're talking engaging, visual, peer learning based, rigorous, full of exchange and peppered with big moments of self discovery. I'm hoping that we can develop a practise, tools and methodology that sits away from the 'expert' and 'pupil' dynamic the webinar sets up. Even better I get to play with the whip smart team @tendaystas #facilitation #webinarfatigue #cocreation #australiacouncil #ozco #tendaystas #play #research #exploration
Lipstick Friday! #keepinupappearances #videocalls
An update on the office hound for all of you who might be wondering. The patient is doing well, and her body is accepting the new knee with aplomb ... and for the most part she has remained calm.... #dogpatient #bullarab #officedogsofinstagram #adoptdontshop #bullarabsofinstagram
Throwback Thursday: My first trip to Paris in 2011- exploring the museums, bookstores and independent music venues. Even the buskers in Paris brought their A-Game. Gently being guided around the new city by ridiculously talented designer and artist @laurentsanguinetti and easing my way back into the language (and metro system). I miss travel, fromage and wine on the canal and you too Laurent! #throwbackthursday #paris #traveladventures #culture #buskers
A lot of people in the arts and creative industries are doing it tough right now. There's still a lot of uncertainty and chaos. Pass this number onto them. There's no shame in admitting you're struggling. These people really get it. #supportact
When your clients have a good month, you have a good month too. This lady has had a spectacular month. Can't wait to be able to tell you all about it! Wahibe Moussa, you're a star! @januaryjazz #performers #poets #theatremakers
Getting ready to chair the digital board meeting with @secondechoensemble from the floor of my lounge room while I keep a keen eye on the post surgery hound. I knew I stayed in the arts for the glamour π. #nfp #arts #governance #zoom
I do a lot of work with individuals and organisations around sensitive issues, changes and events. When we work together transparency is important to enable us to get to the heart of things. And those things remain there, in the cone of silence. It's why we trust each other to go to some difficult places and make some hard and sometimes bold decisions. We've got this. #coneofsilence #clienttrust #inthevault #trust #solid
As followers of my personal Instagram will know Tully, the much loved office hound, had some pretty major surgery last Friday. The good news is that her new knee seems to be settling in nicely and so far she hasn't destroyed her stitches! There's been a lot of napping going on though, and I've been juggling Zoom meetings with half an eye out on the gal. We're a pretty good team. #dogmother #surrogatevetnurse #bullarab #tplorecovery #officedogsofinstagram #bullarabsofinstagram
Get to know me Monday: I travelled quite a bit when I was young. Dad was an immigrant and because of that I had a bunch of relatives overseas. For a while I went to school out of Australia too. Looking back I realise that I was fascinating by the fact that there was a world outside of the bubble of my rural upbringing. A world which spoke differently, ate differently, played differently and learnt differently. I would analyse my place in it and how it was all put together and why. I was clearly a nerd π€·π½ββοΈ π. I was a bit like a mechanical engineer who would pull everything apart so they could work out how to put it all back together again. But with society. It is something that has stayed with me throughout my life. It's a handy perspective that enables me to get to the heart of systems, but also to find the hidden creative districts in new cities and the best vegetarian meals in places I've never been. I miss travel. #systemsthinking #travel #designthinking #curiosity #newcities #curiosity #nofear #gettoknowmemonday
Weekend shoutout to client @libbysteelmusic - another brilliant musician who has seen all her venue and festival gigs cancelled due to this Pandemic. If you fancy some gravelly, soothing Sunday tunes, head over to her instagram. Best served with a roaring fire and a glass of red. #supportact #ausmusic #libbysteel #sundaytunes #womeninmusic