The City of Port Phillip is undertaking a long term project that involves the local community in conversations about climate change.  We started the conversations using Open Space Technology to identify ideas.  These ideas have now progressed into projects for change. You can read more about this (or watch the videos) at http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/climateconversations.htm

We have recently utilised Future Search to discover many different ideas to improve literacy in the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula region. It was a privilege to work with such passionate people and hear so many wonderful ideas. Future Search process helps us think about the past and how it has contributed to the current situation. This provides context to think about the trends influencing us right now. Working in small groups that are mixed and also in groups of stakeholders provides lots of opportunities for generative dialogue. We ended the conference full of inspiration and motivation, ready for the ‘village to raise the children’. Thanks to all who attended, and to Bruce Turner from Phoenix Facilitation for his co-facilitation support and expertise.

My first career as a nurse provided a rich environment to study human behaviour. This led to studies in Leadership and Organisation Dynamics at Swinburne University, and completion of a Masters of Applied Science (Organisation Dynamics) at RMIT in Melbourne. I am now in the final year of the RMIT Professional Doctorate program, writing about ‘engaging stakeholders to create effective change’. The research has been undertaken in association with Melbourne Water and supervised by Professor Susan Long.

I enjoy working with individuals and with groups in organisations.  I facilitate and coach individuals and groups to be even more effective in their role and to deal with the ambiguities of working in organisations that are chaotic!

I work on small and large projects and my group of co-consultants becomes larger or smaller according to the needs of the client. We work together to create an approach that is collaborative, reciprocal and sustainable.