How to shift a mindset: from COP25 to beyond

After just returning from the COP25, it seems that there is a big disconnect between knowledge, action and shifting mindsets. As we’ve seen, most of the commentary coming out of the United Nations political negotiations on climate change is mainly negative. Most of this negativity relates to the fact that the countries cannot agree by consensus […]

Women in leadership: changing minds and models

This week I am attending the United Nations Climate Change Negotiations in Madrid at the Convention of Parties (COP) 25th meeting. As part of my role in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and leading the Griffith University delegation, I have been able to assist with several side events and I am also a part […]

How to grow strategically

This week’s insights are based on two different yet similar books: John C. Maxwell’s No Limits: Blow the cap off your capacity” and Annie Stewart’s “Career to Calling: How to make the switch“. The books have lots of similarities: both authors are coaches and focus on building people’s capacity to do things they didn’t think […]