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What do I do?
I am a systems thinker, demographer, researcher and educator. I works with you to better understand the inter-related nature of socio-demographic change through research, data analysis and interpretation of complex economic and social issues using a systems thinking lens, in your context, so that you can make informed decisions.
"A consultant goes in with a solution. He tries to impose it on a situation. An educator tries to train the people responsible for the work to work it out for themselves. We don’t pretend to know the answer."
- Russell Ackoff
What does that mean?
I work with clients to help them better understand the dynamics underpinning their region, industry or organisation (‘system’). Together with my clients, I will help identify and articulate challenges and opportunities using a systems thinking approach and then works with clients to develop informed strategic policy directions.
While my work is founded in the analysis of data - quantitative and qualitative - from various credible sources, the richness and value of my work comes from the interpretation of that data in the context of the situation, underpinned by theory and policy analysis, and the objectives of the client.
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking that we used when we created them" - Albert Einstein
My credentials
I am a perpetual student, I am continually investing in my own learning and knowledge acquisition. Following my schooling, I completed a Bachelor of Commerce in economics, finance and marketing and a few years later went on to complete a Graduate Diploma of Education (I am a qualified, but non-practicing, secondary teacher of economics and business studies).
After working for ten years in a range of government roles in local government, trade, investment attraction, research and brand, I decided to pursue further education in demography and completed a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours in social ecology) and then a PhD in which I investigated Skill Utilisation in Australia in response to the proposed 3Ps solution to the implications of population ageing.
As I have a son with severe and complex communication and learning disabilities, I have also been pursuing further education in the science of learning. In 2023, I completed a Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Science of Learning) following the completion of the Language Essentials for Teaching Reading and Spelling (LETRS) course and the Orton Gillingham Dyslexia training course.
I remain committed to investing in my own professional learning and development.
Positions and memberships
More about me
I am Tasmanian born and bred. I'm older than the median age of the population. I'm a long time advocate for improving the life outcomes of all Tasmanians. I'm a gardener (of the fruit and vegetable variety), cook, walker, ocean lover, dog and chook person and a mum, wife, daughter and sister, step-mum (although I call it 'second mum').
I am a systems thinker, demographer, researcher and educator. I works with you to better understand the inter-related nature of socio-demographic change through research, data analysis and interpretation of complex economic and social issues using a systems thinking lens, in your context, so that you can make informed decisions.
"A consultant goes in with a solution. He tries to impose it on a situation. An educator tries to train the people responsible for the work to work it out for themselves. We don’t pretend to know the answer."
- Russell Ackoff
What does that mean?
I work with clients to help them better understand the dynamics underpinning their region, industry or organisation (‘system’). Together with my clients, I will help identify and articulate challenges and opportunities using a systems thinking approach and then works with clients to develop informed strategic policy directions.
While my work is founded in the analysis of data - quantitative and qualitative - from various credible sources, the richness and value of my work comes from the interpretation of that data in the context of the situation, underpinned by theory and policy analysis, and the objectives of the client.
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking that we used when we created them" - Albert Einstein
My credentials
I am a perpetual student, I am continually investing in my own learning and knowledge acquisition. Following my schooling, I completed a Bachelor of Commerce in economics, finance and marketing and a few years later went on to complete a Graduate Diploma of Education (I am a qualified, but non-practicing, secondary teacher of economics and business studies).
After working for ten years in a range of government roles in local government, trade, investment attraction, research and brand, I decided to pursue further education in demography and completed a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours in social ecology) and then a PhD in which I investigated Skill Utilisation in Australia in response to the proposed 3Ps solution to the implications of population ageing.
As I have a son with severe and complex communication and learning disabilities, I have also been pursuing further education in the science of learning. In 2023, I completed a Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Science of Learning) following the completion of the Language Essentials for Teaching Reading and Spelling (LETRS) course and the Orton Gillingham Dyslexia training course.
I remain committed to investing in my own professional learning and development.
Positions and memberships
- Board Director, Tasmanian Council for Social Service (TasCOSS)
- Council Member of the Australian Population Association
- Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Tasmania
- Founding member of the Tasmanian 100% Literacy Alliance
- Member of the Lifting Literacy Outcomes Monitoring Group
- Member of the TCCI Participation Taskforce
More about me
I am Tasmanian born and bred. I'm older than the median age of the population. I'm a long time advocate for improving the life outcomes of all Tasmanians. I'm a gardener (of the fruit and vegetable variety), cook, walker, ocean lover, dog and chook person and a mum, wife, daughter and sister, step-mum (although I call it 'second mum').
