Experience

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  NPMSmith.com

  • Consultant in Qualitative Research, Public Issues Management and Change

    • Jan 2022 - Present

    I work with local government on community engagement, qualitative research (especially survey design, analysis and report writing), strategy and change management. This work complements my charitable work as the general manager at a small international charity working in Africa.

  • Professional Writer

    • Jun 2020 - Present

    Writer on Design, Change and StrategyForthcoming publications:* Change for the Better: Design Driven Strategy or Business and Government* Managing the Unknown* Take and Give (Practical Politics for Business)* Future Success: Better Strategy by Design

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  Rea Thusa Incorporated

  • General Manager

    • Jan 2017 - Present

  • Co-Founder and Vice-President

    • Jun 2017 - Dec 2020

    Rea Thusa is a registered charity (Charity ABN 36558788040) dedicated to improving the lives of children in Lesotho (southern Africa). We help vulnerable students complete school and have, for example, organized the construction of a school at Ha Molelle, near Teyateyaneng in Berea (60 km from Maseru).

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  Mornington Peninsula Shire

  • Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

  • Community Engagement Ambassador

    • Apr 2021 - Oct 2021
    • Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

    Just finished a 6 month contract working as a community engagement ambassador at Mornington Peninsula Shire. We were hired to work on the Shire's Vision 2040 project. I led a small team that analysed and reported on the qualitative feedback.

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  design-redesign.com

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Founder and Principal Designer

    • 2014 - Jan 2017
    • Melbourne, Australia

    I started this business after a quarter of a century teaching strategy, change, leadership and stakeholder management at RMIT University. The insights I gained from introducing innovative course and assessment designs at RMIT led me to set up a business focused on achieving better outcomes throug...

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  RMIT University

  • Lecturer in Management

    • 1988 - 2013

    Course design, coordination and teaching in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia (focused on strategic management, international management and political strategy for business). Presentation of professional development workshops on course design, assessment design and management education...