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Mar 28, 2022

A collective leadership journey towards healing-centred education

During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, I was invited to work together with a courageous group of educators at the Berry Street School located across Victoria, Australia, and co-host what we called a collective leadership journey towards healing-centred education. The school’s principal, Joanne Alford, along with a number…

Healing Centred

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A collective leadership journey towards healing-centred education
A collective leadership journey towards healing-centred education
Healing Centred

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·Mar 29, 2020

How holding space transforms our ability to respond

“Complexity is simplicity in the right cup.” — Thomas Hübl During the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, I used my time in isolation to connect with friends and colleagues around how we, as people and communities, can build our ability to respond to this unfolding situation. …

Regeneration

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How holding space transforms our ability to respond
How holding space transforms our ability to respond
Regeneration

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Published in Benefit Mindset

·Mar 22, 2020

Being of benefit in challenging times

A care package for those of us who are caring for others — In this time of heightened anxiety and isolation, a great many people are feeling a deep call to be of benefit. Over the past week, I have been using self-isolation to do some deep work and to connect with trusted friends and colleagues around how we can care for ourselves…

Benefit Mindset

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Being of benefit in challenging times
Being of benefit in challenging times
Benefit Mindset

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·Dec 18, 2018

Regenerative wellbeing

Creating the conditions conducive for well beings — The organising idea, or paradigm, we use to make sense of wellbeing has profound implications for the quality of results we create. In this article, I want to share an emerging, “regenerative” view of wellbeing I have been exploring for a number of years. What I am sharing here are…

Wellbeing

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Regenerative wellbeing
Regenerative wellbeing
Wellbeing

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Published in Benefit Mindset

·Aug 22, 2018

Happy Spaces

A wellbeing co-design pioneer — In early 2017, I met Matty Lawrence, the purpose-driven founder of Happy Group. Matty had recently launched a prototype co-working space in the bayside city of Hampton, called Happy Spaces, that put wellbeing, community, sustainability and adventure at the centre of everything they did. …

Leadership

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Happy Spaces
Happy Spaces
Leadership

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Published in Benefit Mindset

·Jun 4, 2018

Writing an irresistible narrative about people and place

A reflection on Melbourne's Enlightened Development Symposium — How can development be a source of health and transformation? How can we open up to an awareness of place as a living being? How can Melbourne embrace the regenerative development story inspiring the global property industry? These were some of the radical questions explored by a diverse group of…

Sustainability

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Writing an irresistible narrative about people and place
Writing an irresistible narrative about people and place
Sustainability

6 min read


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·May 30, 2018

Reinventing professional development and wellbeing training for educators

Using the power of story to mobilise teacher-led innovation — “Nothing has given me more hope recently than to observe how simple conversations give birth to actions that can change lives. There is no more powerful way to initiate significant social change than to start a conversation. When a group of people discover that they share a common concern, that’s…

Education

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Reinventing professional development and wellbeing training for educators
Reinventing professional development and wellbeing training for educators
Education

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·May 30, 2018

Creating ecosystems of kindness and wellbeing at St Francis Xavier College

What happens when 3000 young people, 500 educators and a community of parents work together to create an ecosystem of wellbeing and social innovation? This is what happened at St Francis Xavier College in Australia, in 2018, when they became the first school to host a whole school, 21-day benefit…

Education

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Creating ecosystems of kindness and wellbeing at St Francis Xavier College
Creating ecosystems of kindness and wellbeing at St Francis Xavier College
Education

4 min read


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·May 18, 2018

How to host a 21-day benefit mindset challenge at your school

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” — Jane Goodall A 21-day benefit mindset challenge is a whole school approach to creating…

Psychology

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How to host a 21-day benefit mindset challenge at your school
How to host a 21-day benefit mindset challenge at your school
Psychology

4 min read


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·Sep 11, 2017

Becoming regenerative inside and out

When aspiring to become regenerative, it’s useful to have a range of maps which can contextualise our choices and focus our practices. Maps that comprehensively acknowledge the nature of the challenges we face so we can navigate our options in less fragmented ways. In this article, we explore and contrast…

Sustainability

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Becoming regenerative inside and out
Becoming regenerative inside and out
Sustainability

8 min read

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