My PhD research explores what becomes possible when organisations are governed according to non-hierarchical principles of equality, diversity and inclusion. In 2017-18 I undertook a short-term ethnographic study with four not-for-profit organisations: Friends of the Earth Melbourne (Australia), Pachamama Alliance (US), Enspiral Foundation (Aotearoa-New Zealand) and Sustainable Economies Law Centre (US). My background is as an educator and organisational leader. I enjoy exploring the tension that emerges when theoretical concepts are consciously brought into living.
I learn best through a reflexive play between application and reflection. My career could be seen as an exploration of different expressions of leadership – as an entrepreneur in small to medium enterprises and in a trans-national manufacturing company, as a teacher in secondary schools, in formal (universities) and informal contexts (community-based workshops) and more recently as a community based researcher with the NED Foundation.
