Work With Purpose

Monday December 9, 2024

Work with Purpose 2024: (un)wrapped

Join us in unpacking the best conversations of Work with Purpose in 2024 – from tips for human-centred design to understanding how the public sector can join hands in defence of Australia.

As the year comes to a close, we listen back to some of our fantastic 2024 Work with Purpose guests, reflecting on the sector’s most pressing challenges, innovative ideas, and inspiring stories.

Presented by David Pembroke, CEO of contentgroup, our guests give us many gifts – tips on reimagining leadership and collaboration, navigating workplace safety, ethical governance, and innovation, and designing better programs and policies with humans at the centre. We also return to learning about the most important tools for effective policymaking and the critical role of national security and defence. And finally, of course, we celebrate the stories of passion for public service past and present.

Key tips:

  1. Engage in diversity of thinking – involving them will be beneficial for you and the programs you’re designing.
  2. To combat burnout, set boundaries around your workloads and encourage your team to do the same.
  3. For the best results in policymaking, you need to understand the policy window – the right time and political will need to combine.
  4. If you want to see change, you need to have uncomfortable conversations about your and others’ biases.

Listen to the end of year wrap up:

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  • Dr Suzanne Akila image
    Dr Suzanne Akila

    Special advisor on negotiations for Greater Sunrise between Australia and Timor-Leste
    Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  • Martin Hehir PSM image
    Martin Hehir PSM

    Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer
    Governance and Corporate
    Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

  • Matthew Short image
    Matthew Short

    Assistant Secretary, Child, Youth and Priority Populations
    Department of Health and Aged Care

  • Dr Trish Mercer image
    Dr Trish Mercer

    Visiting fellow with the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)
    Australian National University

  • Bec Bodel image
    Bec Bodel

    Acting Assistant Commissioner of Behavioural Insights and Design
    Australian Taxation Office

  • Hon Patrick Gorman MP image
    Hon Patrick Gorman MP

    Assistant Minister for the Public Service
    Assistant Minister to the Attorney-General
    Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister

  • Adjunct Professor Kate Conroy image
    Adjunct Professor Kate Conroy

    Adjunct Professor
    Centre for Robotics, School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics at the Queensland University of Technology

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