I am a self confessed policy wonk and believe in the power of public policy to make a positive difference to the world in which we live.
I worked in the Victorian Public Service as a senior executive for 20 years, primarily in the Department of Premier and Cabinet. My roles included Director, Governance and Director, Equality. I also served as Special Adviser to the Secretary.
I am now an Industry Fellow in Public Policy at the University of Melbourne where I teach at a post graduate level. My subjects include public policy analysis, innovative design and service delivery, and persuasion for policy makers. I also deliver education programs for the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG), Melbourne Business School and the Institute of Public Administration. I have taught internationally at the University of Birmingham and in Malaysia for the Public Service Department (Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam).
I am the editor of The Bridge, a research translation series for ANZSOG. The Bridge delivers the latest public sector research to the in-box of public managers and decision makers every fortnight.
Webinars
Who decides? The role of ethics is behavioural insights, ANZSOG
Academics are from Venus, public managers are from Mars, ANZSOG
Publications
The Bridge research articles, ANZSOG
Back to the future?, ANZSOG
Reflections and predictions, Australian Journal of Public Administration
Building ANZSOG's Bridge between academics and policymakers, ANZSOG
Becoming a boundary spanning public servant, ANZSOG
Why public servants need to be constant and deliberate learners, The Mandarin
Understanding why policymakers 'do nothing', The Mandarin
Designing effective public engagement, Policy Design and Practice
If data is for good, then trust is king, The Mandarin
The road to equality and mental health, Neos Kosmos
The evolution of the digital state, Australian Journal of Public Administration
The 21st century public servant, Public Administration Today
The 21st century public servant, The Institute of Local Government Studies
Agile government, Victorian Public Sector Commission
The future of the public sector, Victorian Public Sector Commission