The day will be an online session that is participatory and immersive, and we request that participants have their screens on for the duration of the session to support collegial learning. There will be a lunch break and smaller breaks across the day.

These workshops are for anyone who is working within, interested or curious about collective leadership, organisational change frameworks, individual strengths as drivers of change, collective decision-making and shared responsibility in the following positions or environments:

Community members and not for profit leaders
Community organisers and their teams
Business leaders and social entrepreneurs
Next generation leaders and other young activists
Department leaders, policy officers and program managers
NDIS directors, team leaders, planners
Teal / Agile organisations
Next Stage Organisations
Adaptive Leadership frameworks
Participatory Leadership practices
Living Systems frameworks
and more…

Come and explore how to approach a different way of working within an emergent organisational structure with teams, organisations, partners, and community.

Learn about principles, patterns, practices & processes with a focus on:

Strengths-based Practices
Living Systems
Hierarchy versus Self-Managed
Conscious Leadership
Diversification of Power
Participatory Leadership
Art of Hosting & Harvesting
Circle Practice
Appreciative Inquiry
Powerful Questions
Worldview Intelligence
Collaborative Platforms
Consent Decision Making

Conversations that matter about working differently for:

Our Selves, our Practice, and our Organisation

If price is an issue, please contact one of the facilitators listed here

Your hosts for this event are:

Dee Brooks - Through her down-to-earth style, Dee Brooks brings people together in dynamic ways to realise and engage the full potential of their networks and communities. Dee is an Intentional Nomad who has traveled and worked in over 20 countries. Based on two decades of grassroots work, her work has inspired people at hundreds of events and workshops worldwide where she offers community engagement and development training and also provides professional co-design, facilitation and keynote addresses for conferences, forums and events.

Vic Tyler - I am an educator and trainer I established and managed a tertiary college known as “Art and Pottery School”. I established a primary and secondary school” Fern Valley Montessori School” I am a current Director of “Kieran and Matt’s Place Ltd’ a not for profit that manages a group home that uses self-management principles and focuses on Person Centered Practice and active support to achieve goals and outcomes.

I have completed the Masters of Health Science (Developmental Disability) with The University of Sydney with major studies in Mental Health and Disability. I have experience in preparing Behaviour Support Plans and Support Coordination and client assessment to enable a good life and to reduce restrictive practice. I have a passion for inclusion of people who are marginalized. Empowering and enabling community has been a major driver throughout my life journey.

Luke Gilray - I have been working in the disability sector for the past 10 years. I have had a wide range of experience from working in youth crisis
management, Disability Employment Services, Transition to Work Programs, Australian Disability Enterprises.

I spent two years as a Local Area Coordinator and have spent the last two years as a Support Coordinator. I started in the sector due to lived experience helping my mother to support my brother growing up who has complex disabilities.