C 4 Impact

What a privelege to be part of a small international delegation of people working in #clusters and across #innovationecosystems at this week's first Global Food Security Summit in Abu Dhabi (with my colleague Dr Mirjana Prica). Food bridges all cultures yet hundreds of millions of people around the world experience #foodinsecurity - requiring urgent #collectiveaction and whole systems approaches. It’s symptomatic of #wickedproblems and contributes to others. All of my favourite C's as part of the conversations - #collaboration #coinnovation #capabilitybuilding, #connections, #communications. A very big thank you to the wonderful UAE Ministry of Economy team who hosted us. I'll share more reflections and insights in another post. Looking forward to continuing to be part of what emerges here. TCI Oceania TCI Network

Reinforcing and adding to our list of ‘C’s for postive and collective impact 🤩

One of my ongoing passion projects. Sea-urchins - particularly CENTROSTEPHANUS - and the paradox of this species currently devouring our kelp forests and devastating our Great Southern Reef - alongside being a culinary delicacy and presenting many more innovation opportunities for value-creation. It was therefore great to be at the National Centrostephanus Workshop in Melbourne over the last couple of days. A wonderful gathering of researchers, industry, government and NGOs - with so much energy, shared #purpose, inspiration, and an array of solutions to address the complexity of the problem and opportunities. Congratulations to the Taskforce, event organisers and all the amazing participants. I was pleased to have the opportunity to speak on some of my favourite topics - strengthening #innovationecosytems, #placebased approaches and #clusters - and provide a practical example of the Victorian Sea Urchin Divers Association (VSUDA's) place-based strategy. VSUDA's John Minehan highlighted a range of activities already underway under the umbrella of that strategy. Luis Quijano from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology beamed in from Shanghai to highlight some particularly exciting work also being undertaken to support the strategy. We all know place is important - and that through place we can support #regenerative social, environmental and economic impact. If everyone looked after place - we can collectively achieve the #tippingpoints we urgently need for positive change. I highlighted however the tensions between place-based approaches and the dominance of centralised control and power. Places (at all levels) ofcourse are all interconnected into bigger systems - so the challenge is - how do we #codesign authentic and #empowering placebased governance models that are linked to overarching policies and national/global strategies, knowledge/data sets and tools? How do we get the right balance between top down and bottom up? How do we get better distributed or #collectiveleadership models? How do we organise ourselves to collectively work together more effectively? To top it off - was the awesome culinary urchin experience from the 'The Roe' in Melbourne - a case study in itself of the power of creativity, collaboration and entrepreneurship! Great to have an update from Senator Peter Whish-Wilson on the status of the Senate Inquiry into Climate-Related Marine Invasive Species - and hoping this can amplify the work already underway. Looking forward to more #collectiveaction on the #justdoits as well as tackling the more #complex. https://lnkd.in/ggF-92Gu Great Southern Reef Foundation, FRDC - Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Victorian Fisheries Authority, Seafood Industry Victoria

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Talk to us about unique personal and collective #learning experiences, #purpose, #strategy, #systemsthinking and #collectiveleadership 😊 .

Many thanks Eric McNulty for this article and for also highlighting Putnam’s two kinds of #socialcapital – and the importance of ‘bridging social capital’ in today’s increasingly polarising world.   We’re all naturally comfortable with 'bonding social capital' – because it’s based on our relationships, connections and a sense of belonging with those with whom we have shared ideas, interests, and identities. “The emergence of digital algorithms has turbocharged bonding capital because they like to feed us more of what we already like.” AI-driven social media, we know, is confusing what is ‘true’, fostering echo chambers, and promoting division, which is not putting us on a positive course at so many levels. Bridging social capital on the other hand seeks to bridge the divides. "It requires people to see as much value in diversity and divergence as there is in agreement and sameness.’’  There are so many implications for #leadership here…but it reinforces the importance of practicing deep empathic listening as well as fostering/facilitating deep empathic listening with others to truly understand the perspectives and experiences of others, challenge mindsets and blindspots - all which are essential for bridging increasing ideological and cultural divides. Why is #listening at so many levels still such an underrated and underdeveloped skill? Love to hear more thoughts...........

It's 'what' and 'why' we do what we do

Unfortunately I didn’t get to participate in any of the in-person events which were part of influential London-based economist - Mariana Mazzucato's, Australian tour – but I did sit in on the livestream of her lecture at Melbourne Uni last night. She stressed the pivotal role of the state in driving #purposeful (mission-led) #innovation through public-private partnerships, which must have #sustainabledevelopment and tackling societal challenges at their core. That requires urgent rethinking of #valuecreation and a shift from the current dominant focus on shareholder value. She argues that public investments should catalyze ‘additionality’ by selecting projects that drive #transformativechange, alongside ‘conditionality’ which sets requirements for private sector participation to ensure accountability and the fulfillment of societal objectives.   She reminded us that maybe we have 8 years before #climatebreakdown is irreversible – that we’re not on track, and that the 'consultification' of government has not served us well.   - How to overcome the inertia? - How to catalyze mission-led purposeful action and galvanise the actors within our #innovationecosystems ?   Let's all keep the #conversations going! Thank you InnovationAus.com #collaboration #cocreation #designthinking #systemsthinking #clusters #collectiveleadership #courage #placebased TCI Oceania

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I particularly enjoy facilitating #conversations and #connections in my home region with inspiring #changemakers. The positive #energy together with unexpected connections and initiatives are always so energising! Thank you everyone! Applying a #systemsthinking lens to understand dominant operating systems (that is the #mentalmodels and #mindsets, #cultural norms, and #systemic #behaviours that shape how our world works), allows us to also be alert to and lean into #emergent system #shifts - particularly more #regenerative shifts. It also helps us identify key #leveragepoints for supporting the #change we want to see. Alongside all the bad stuff happening across the world - how do we better support all these positive things that are happening at local and global levels to achieve #tippingpoints for #impact at scale? #collectiveleadership #regenerativeleadership #collectiveimpact #diversity #inclusion #agency #egotoeco #disruptionforgood Jodie Willmer Adam Bloem Paris Brooke Shayne Hyman Andrew Keast Jenny Bailey Tabatha Cole Heather Macalister Meredith (Mendy) Urie Peter Murden Rebecca Steenholdt ACEcD Prue McTaggart Carina Turner Christine Boucher. MBA, RN. Karen Tough Skipper Pete Josephine Jakobi