To engage in conflict and collaboration, we need both will and skill.

• How do we ensure we don’t ‘kill the will’ through false positivity or fear?

• How do we leverage the foundations of connection and curiosity to create a culture ripe for constructive conflict and collaboration?

We say FAREWELL to a year in which hurt and hate has been directed towards Asian people throughout the world.

In an era in which conspiracy theories and suffering abounded - we wish all our friends and colleagues PEACE and HAPPINESS in 2021.

I had incredible years in Asia travelling, facilitating and learning. It is a wondrous and complex region, AND it pays to remember, people are people wherever you go.

The chorus of voices calling for a new national day is rising – but what date should we change it to?

How can we create a shared identity and prosperous future for all Australians?

What date would achieve that for all Australians?

The expression in retailers’ eyes yesterday was different.

“This was our last hope” she said - as we both had tears in our eyes.

Just last week I predicted we’d need 3 key skills in 2021. It turns out I needed to put Grit and Resilience into action earlier than I’d anticipated and found myself urgently asking:

• how do you actually DO, ‘grit and resilience’?

• How do you recharge your mental and emotional reserves when the very plans you’d made to do just that - crumble?

As having a vaccine, doesn’t mean we are all vaccinated and our old world will not be returning any time soon - if ever…

What type of leadership will capitalise on the opportunities 2021 presents?

Dan Price of Gravity Payments is an example of a Conscious Collective Leader.

In 2015 Price took a million-dollar pay cut to institute a $70,000 minimum wage (which more than paid for itself in productivity and innovation).

What lessons can you take away from this modern entrepreneur with purpose?

How well is Cultural Fit providing you with a future source of competitive advantage?

What is the right balance between fitting in sufficiently to have an effective voice, and being sufficiently different to MAKE a difference?