In the social sector, impact is the goal – but sustainable impact is the real challenge. Every day, purpose-driven organisations deliver programs, services and advocacy that make a genuine difference. Yet many are operating in environments of uncertainty:...
5 Insights and your moves before term 3 Author: George Liacos Insight #1: Canberra’s New Money Comes With New Strings Education Strategic Planning may seem sometime just too hard. This wonderful slow motion roller coaster. On Budget night the Treasurer trumpeted the...
Along with pivot and “unprecedented”, “transformation” has emerged as a buzzword among for-purpose and business leaders in recent years. Over the last ten years, and especially the last two, we’ve been thinking deeply about what really makes a...
In November 2021, Spark Strategy and the United Nations Association of Australia (Victoria Division) launched a practical handbook to support Australian organisations to align to and benefit from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This handbook is a resource...
It can be a challenge for for-purpose leaders to ensure their strategic direction aligns with and responds to the emerging policy. In an era where so much of our social policy is led by Royal Commissions, it’s imperative that leaders are across any of these reports...
Are you looking for more meaningful and representative engagement with your community? If so, then deliberative engagement might be the path forward for you. Now mandated for councils under the Victorian Local Government Act (2020), we predict that deliberative...
